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Oniscidea 01a - Armadillidium vulgare
Copyright © 2009 Karl Volkman

Oniscidea 01a - Armadillidium vulgare
Canyon Park, Bothell, Snohomish County, Washington, USA
April 8, 2009
Size: ~4mm
A tiny red Oniscidea (Upper left corner) found hiding under a damp board on a rock with a number of ants, small centipedes, millipedes, and other isopods.

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Oniscidea 01a - Armadillidium vulgare Oniscidea 01b
Contributed by Karl Volkman on 8 April, 2009 - 8:22pm
Last updated 30 November, 2012 - 6:04pm

Moved
Moved from Trichoniscidae.
… Ray Fisher, 30 November, 2012 - 6:04pm

My family calls it Armadillid
My family calls it Armadillidium vulgare (Latreille, 1804).

no, just kidding! :)

Ferenc
… Ferenc Vilisics, 9 April, 2009 - 6:31am

hi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this is what my famaly calls a rolly polly or pill bug
… e. fosdick, 9 April, 2009 - 12:45am

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