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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Crustaceans (Crustacea) » Malacostracans (Malacostraca) » Marsupial Crustaceans (Peracarida) » Isopods (Isopoda) » Scutocoxifera » Woodlice (Oniscidea) » Holoverticata » Orthogonopoda » Crinocheta » Philosciidae » Philoscia » Philoscia muscorum
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unknown larva - Philoscia muscorum
Copyright © 2014 Stuart Tingley

unknown larva - Philoscia muscorum
Shediac - Parlee Beach Provincial Park, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada
October 18, 2014
Size: est. 15 mm
On leaf litter at edge of hardwood forest. I feel like I should know what this is but I'm stumped.

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Contributed by Stuart Tingley on 22 October, 2014 - 8:28pm
Last updated 2 December, 2014 - 3:08pm

Moved
Moved from Woodlice.
… Stuart Tingley, 2 December, 2014 - 3:08pm login or register to post comments

Definitely Philoscia muscorum
It is the only species of this genus present in North America, and is quite distinctive among the isopod species present here.
… Eric C. Maxwell, 2 December, 2014 - 12:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thanks very much, Eric.
… Stuart Tingley, 2 December, 2014 - 3:09pm login or register to post comments

Did some looking around...
It resembles Philoscia muscorum:



Wait for expert confirmation, though.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 22 October, 2014 - 8:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Oh, yes!
Thanks so much for your guidance, Ken.
… Stuart Tingley, 22 October, 2014 - 9:04pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 22 October, 2014 - 8:35pm login or register to post comments

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