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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Crustaceans (Crustacea) » Malacostracans (Malacostraca) » Marsupial Crustaceans (Peracarida) » Isopods (Isopoda) » Scutocoxifera » Woodlice (Oniscidea) » Holoverticata » Orthogonopoda » Crinocheta » European Pillbugs (Armadillidiidae) » Armadillidium » Common Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare)
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Isopod? - Armadillidium vulgare
Copyright © 2008 ron wilson

Isopod? - Armadillidium vulgare
Pacifica - San Pedro Valley Park, san mateo county, County, California, USA
April 8, 2008
Size: 1/2 inch length
Specifics? I was facinated by the color
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Contributed by ron wilson on 30 September, 2008 - 10:58am
Last updated 3 January, 2015 - 8:04am

Moved
Moved from Armadillidium.
… Eric C. Maxwell, 3 January, 2015 - 2:00am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Isopods.
… john and jane balaban, 25 March, 2009 - 4:11pm login or register to post comments

Armadillidium
ID by Ferenc Vilisics
… john and jane balaban, 25 March, 2009 - 4:11pm login or register to post comments

 
awesome! nunc dimittis...
i kept this one bookmarked from day one...
… v belov, 25 March, 2009 - 4:21pm login or register to post comments

I don't know the technical details
but someone once told me these blue woodlice have a virus that made them change to this color. I'll be interested to know if anyone can be specific. Great example!

Update - I found some references by Googling "blue woodlice" - here for example.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 30 September, 2008 - 1:16pm login or register to post comments

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