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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Crustaceans (Crustacea) » Malacostracans (Malacostraca) » Marsupial Crustaceans (Peracarida) » Isopods (Isopoda) » Scutocoxifera » Woodlice (Oniscidea) » Holoverticata » Orthogonopoda » Crinocheta » European Pillbugs (Armadillidiidae) » Armadillidium » Common Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare)
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Woodlice (Oniscidea) - Armadillidium vulgare
Copyright © 2006 Jonathan Burishkin

Woodlice (Oniscidea) - Armadillidium vulgare
Collegedale, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA
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Contributed by Jonathan Burishkin on 16 April, 2006 - 12:27pm
Last updated 22 March, 2009 - 5:43pm

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Moved from Pillbugs.
… john and jane balaban, 22 March, 2009 - 5:43pm login or register to post comments

vulgare
Hi! This is an Armadillidium vulgare, or common pill bug. Older males sometimes lack yellow dots, but - besides coloration - one of the important id. marks visible here is the flat frontal lobe (middle of the head, compare with A. nasatum).
Best wishes, Ferenc
… Ferenc Vilisics, 24 February, 2008 - 4:57am login or register to post comments

Awsome Image
Awsome Image
… Ray, 24 February, 2007 - 2:27am login or register to post comments

Cute!
Nice photo of a pill bug. One of my favorite arthropods.
… Brittanie McCormack, 10 January, 2007 - 2:41pm login or register to post comments

Pill Bug
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