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Philoscia muscorum
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Copyright © 2010
Lynn Bergen
wood louse ? -
Philoscia muscorum
Baiting Hollow, Suffolk County, New York, USA
January 1, 2010
First bug of 2010, found walking on the snow.
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Contributed by
Lynn Bergen
on 25 March, 2010 - 12:37am
Last updated 4 April, 2010 - 9:09pm
Moved
Moved from
Woodlice
.
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Lynn Bergen
, 4 April, 2010 - 9:09pm
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Lynn Bergen
, 25 March, 2010 - 10:22am
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Order Isopoda
Looks like a Woodlouse, Pillbug to me, which I guess makes it Suborder Oniscidea - Woodlouse.
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Andrew Williams
, 25 March, 2010 - 9:41am
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Thanks Andrew
I think it looks like a pale Philoscia muscorum, with "three smaller segments (flagellae) at the end of the antenna (Ferenc Vilisics)".
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Lynn Bergen
, 25 March, 2010 - 10:22am
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Philoscia
Should be
Philoscia
alright and with that there is hardly a way around
P. muscorum
in the States or it would have to be something very excitingly exotic ;o)
The colour certainly is "interesting" though, but the species is quite variable and I've seen this colour before, but basically on youngsters. How big/small was this one?
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Arp
, 31 March, 2010 - 8:09pm
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Thanks Arp
We have a lot of P. Muscorum here, but I posted this one because I've never seen this color before. It was 7-8 mm.
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Lynn Bergen
, 2 April, 2010 - 6:05pm
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Thanks Lynn ...
... that's a medium sized one then. Corresponds rather nicely with
this one
and others I've found in this clear hue :o) (also featured on
this species collage
I made some years ago)
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Arp
, 2 April, 2010 - 7:24pm
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P. Muscorum links
Hi Arp, thanks for the links to your photos. I enjoyed them very much and was surprised to see the amount of color variation.
I'll try to find some more variety here.
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Lynn Bergen
, 4 April, 2010 - 9:04pm
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beyond my knowledge :-)
Philoscia definitely looks similar. That level of ID is beyond me. Did you see the giant marine isopod that got posted a couple days ago? Granddaddy to this little fella.
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Andrew Williams
, 25 March, 2010 - 11:18am
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Giant marine isopod
Good Wikipedia article, surprised to read that they are used for food.
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Lynn Bergen
, 25 March, 2010 - 2:48pm
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