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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Crustaceans (Crustacea) » Malacostracans (Malacostraca) » Marsupial Crustaceans (Peracarida) » Isopods (Isopoda) » Scutocoxifera » Woodlice (Oniscidea) » Holoverticata » Orthogonopoda » Crinocheta » Porcellionidae » Porcellio » Brickwork Woodlouse (Porcellio spinicornis)
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Almost looks like an isopod, doesn't it? - Porcellio spinicornis
Copyright © 2011 Mongoose

Almost looks like an isopod, doesn't it? - Porcellio spinicornis
Hay River, South Slave, Northwest Territories, Canada
May 23, 2011
Size: 1/2"
This was shot at 5:34 AM. Sunrise was at 4:41 that day. The overnight low was -2.5 C (27 F). We're in 60 N latitude on the estuary of the Hay River where it flows into Great Slave Lake. This creature was maybe 50 m from the river, in the gutter. It wasn't moving at all. I can't find anything remotely like it in my book. Any ideas?

Thanks,

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Elise
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Contributed by Mongoose on 24 May, 2011 - 12:14pm
Last updated 27 May, 2011 - 5:39pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 27 May, 2011 - 5:39pm login or register to post comments

Not an expert but...
...how about European Sowbug (Oniscus asellus)

… Ron M., 24 May, 2011 - 12:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Wow, you're totally right. No
Wow, you're totally right. No wonder it wasn't in the book. Thanks!
… Mongoose, 24 May, 2011 - 12:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Looks more like [i]Por*cellio
Looks more like Por*cellio spini*cornis to me.
… Kyle Kandilian, 24 May, 2011 - 4:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Wow, you're even more right.
Wow, you're even more right. Excellent. Thanks. :)
… Mongoose, 25 May, 2011 - 11:07am login or register to post comments

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