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Woodlouse - Armadillidium vulgare
Copyright © 2005 Lynette Elliott

Woodlouse - Armadillidium vulgare
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
April 5, 2005
Size: 13 mm
No visible tails (uropods) which suggests this is a pill bug, Armadillidium sp, but I tried to get it to roll up in a ball and it never did.
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 10 April, 2005 - 7:15am
Last updated 25 March, 2009 - 4:32pm

Moved
Moved from Pillbugs.
… john and jane balaban, 25 March, 2009 - 4:32pm

Armadillidium vulgare
ID by Ferenc Vilisics
… john and jane balaban, 25 March, 2009 - 4:31pm

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