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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Crustaceans (Crustacea) » Malacostracans (Malacostraca) » Peracarida » Isopods (Isopoda) » Woodlice (Oniscidea) » Porcellionidae » Porcellio » Porcellio scaber
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Wood louse - Porcellio scaber
Copyright © 2005 Lynette Schimming

Wood louse - Porcellio scaber
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
March 25, 2005
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Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 26 March, 2005 - 4:50pm
Last updated 25 March, 2009 - 10:12pm

Moved
Moved from Porcellionidae.
… john and jane balaban, 25 March, 2009 - 10:12pm login or register to post comments

Porcellio scaber
ID by Ferenc Vilisics
… john and jane balaban, 25 March, 2009 - 10:12pm login or register to post comments

Sow Bug
Judging by the tubercles (round bumps) all over this one may be a Porcellio species. The example in Guide to Spiders is Porcellio scaber. Sow bug is the name used for species in two families. Family Oniscidae and Family Porcellionidae.
… Lynette Schimming, 10 April, 2005 - 7:24am login or register to post comments

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