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Description:

I found it in my garden. It rolls into a ball as soon as you touch it.

Habitat:

Live under humid wood.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Simon Stock
Simon Stock 11 years ago
Woodlice
Oniscidea Woodlouse


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2 Comments

Simon Stock
Simon Stock 11 years ago

There are over 3,000 known species of woodlice so narrowing it down is difficult, but they form the suborder Oniscidea within the order Isopoda. If it rolls into a perfect sphere it will be of the genus 'Armadillidium'. Most woodlice cannot do this.

Simon Stock
Simon Stock 11 years ago

There are over 3,000 known species of woodlice so narrowing it down is difficult, but they form the suborder Oniscidea within the order Isopoda. If it rolls into a perfect sphere it will be of the genus 'Armadillidium'. Most woodlice cannot do this.

AllisonM
Spotted by
AllisonM

Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon, Tromelin Island

Spotted on Jul 24, 2012
Submitted on Jul 24, 2012

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