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Armadillidium vulgare
This Woodlouse is in mid-molt. The white thing in the image is the shed exoskeleton. "The molt takes place in two stages; the back half is lost first, followed two or three days later by the front. This method of molting is different from that of most arthropods, which shed their cuticle in a single process."
Under wood pile in leaf litter in backyard.
I've seen a blue one before caused by an iridovirus: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/771... and a common colored one: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/162... but never one like this!
7 Comments
wow. :)
I agree, Hema! This is much more interesting since it's a rather unique process.
I love learning new things! Thank you Leanne!
wow ,that makes it even more interesting!!
Amazing Cindy!
Agreed! I just updated the spotting with the answer to why it looks like this :)
very interesting!!