wood louse ? - Philoscia muscorum

Moved

Moved from Woodlice.

… Lynn Bergen, 4 April, 2010 - 9:09pm

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… Lynn Bergen, 25 March, 2010 - 10:22am

Order Isopoda

Looks like a Woodlouse, Pillbug to me, which I guess makes it Suborder Oniscidea - Woodlouse.

… Andrew Williams, 25 March, 2010 - 9:41am

Thanks Andrew

I think it looks like a pale Philoscia muscorum, with "three smaller segments (flagellae) at the end of the antenna (Ferenc Vilisics)".

… Lynn Bergen, 25 March, 2010 - 10:22am

Philoscia

Should be Philoscia alright and with that there is hardly a way around P. muscorum in the States or it would have to be something very excitingly exotic ;o)

The colour certainly is "interesting" though, but the species is quite variable and I've seen this colour before, but basically on youngsters. How big/small was this one?

… Arp, 31 March, 2010 - 8:09pm

Thanks Arp

We have a lot of P. Muscorum here, but I posted this one because I've never seen this color before. It was 7-8 mm.

… Lynn Bergen, 2 April, 2010 - 6:05pm

Thanks Lynn ...

... that's a medium sized one then. Corresponds rather nicely with this one and others I've found in this clear hue :o) (also featured on this species collage I made some years ago)

… Arp, 2 April, 2010 - 7:24pm

P. Muscorum links

Hi Arp, thanks for the links to your photos. I enjoyed them very much and was surprised to see the amount of color variation.
I'll try to find some more variety here.

… Lynn Bergen, 4 April, 2010 - 9:04pm

beyond my knowledge :-)

Philoscia definitely looks similar. That level of ID is beyond me. Did you see the giant marine isopod that got posted a couple days ago? Granddaddy to this little fella.

… Andrew Williams, 25 March, 2010 - 11:18am

Giant marine isopod

Good Wikipedia article, surprised to read that they are used for food.

… Lynn Bergen, 25 March, 2010 - 2:48pm