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Sowbug - Porcellio scaber
Copyright © 2008 Mardon Erbland

Sowbug - Porcellio scaber
47.58109N 52.74535W (WGS84), St. John's, Northeast Avalon, Newfoundland/Labrador, Canada
May 28, 2008
Size: 10 mm BodyLenggth
This is the first time that I've seen a sowbug (called "carpenters" here in Newfoundland) that has a camoflauge pattern to it.  All the ones that I've seen previously have been gray or black.  I think that the one I photographed looks a lot like the one in West Virginia:
Under Rock Habitat, Sow Bug(Oniscidae)
Can anyone ID it below the Family Oniscidae?

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Contributed by Mardon Erbland on 31 May, 2008 - 7:31pm
Last updated 5 February, 2009 - 10:59pm

Moved
Moved from Trachelipus rathkii.
… John R. Maxwell, 5 February, 2009 - 10:59pm login or register to post comments

P. scaber
Hi All, sorry for this mistake!

I must revise my previous identification, because it was false: not T. rathkii.

Observing the head, the pointy middle lobe is visible that makes it clear that this is a Porcellio scaber.

Ferenc
… Ferenc Vilisics, 5 February, 2009 - 7:43pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Sowbugs.
… John R. Maxwell, 22 July, 2008 - 8:40am login or register to post comments

T. rathkii
Hi!

This is a Trachelipus rathkii from family Trachelipodidae. The color may vary, but one important trait distinguishes it: this has two flagellae on the antenna while Oniscidae has 3.

So, please remove it from Oniscidae and put under Trachelpodidae, Trachelipus rathkii.

Bye,
Ferenc
… Ferenc Vilisics, 22 July, 2008 - 8:38am login or register to post comments

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