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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 » Common Rough Woodlouse (Porcellio scaber)
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Pill bug - Porcellio scaber
Copyright © 2011 Ben Gray

Pill bug - Porcellio scaber
Middlesex Fells, Somerville, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
December 17, 2011
This pill bug was found under a rock on a fairly cold day. Thanks for ID help!
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Contributed by Ben Gray on 18 December, 2011 - 3:27pm
Last updated 3 January, 2015 - 1:22am

Moved
Moved from Porcellio.
… Eric C. Maxwell, 3 January, 2015 - 1:22am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Woodlice.
… Ray Fisher, 30 November, 2012 - 5:54pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Isopods.
… Ray Fisher, 30 November, 2012 - 5:04pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ben Gray, 18 December, 2011 - 4:53pm login or register to post comments

Woodlouse, rather
Your isopod probably cannot roll up into a tight ball and therefore usually would not be called a pill bug. You can tell because of the two "tails" (uropods) that stick out the back. In ID-ing isopods it helps to have a shot of the head as well.

I'm no expert, but it is very similar to
… Sara Rall , 18 December, 2011 - 3:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thanks for the ID help, I wasn't aware of the difference between pill bugs and other isopods. I'll move to isopods for now to be safe, but this does look similar to the one that you included a link to. Thanks again!
… Ben Gray, 18 December, 2011 - 4:54pm login or register to post comments

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