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Isopod - Oniscus asellus
Copyright © 2006 Mardon Erbland

Isopod - Oniscus asellus
Logy Bay, Northeast Avalon, Newfoundland/Labrador, Canada
April 24, 2006
Size: 14 mm
I found this bug under a rock that I had overturned. I placed him on a sheet of white paper and photographed him from several angles in natural sunlight. I sent him back to his home when he finished the photo session. :)

I assume it's an isopod but can any more specific identification be added?

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Contributed by Mardon Erbland on 24 April, 2006 - 7:08pm
Last updated 12 May, 2006 - 4:26pm

Oniscus asellus
Nice photos! It's an Oniscus asellus, (Isopoda: Oniscidea: Oniscidae).
… Ferenc Vilisics, 2 June, 2006 - 8:30am login or register to post comments

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