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Which species of blue woodlouse is this? - Armadillidium vulgare
Copyright © 2011 Cynthia Bingham Keiser

Which species of blue woodlouse is this? - Armadillidium vulgare
Escondido, San Diego County, California, USA
November 10, 2011
This blue woodlouse was striking in color and stood out next to the black one's. I have a video on my site showing the two next to each other in comparison.

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Which species of blue woodlouse is this? - Armadillidium vulgare Which species of blue woodlouse is this? - Armadillidium vulgare
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Contributed by Cynthia Bingham Keiser on 10 November, 2011 - 7:26pm
Last updated 31 January, 2014 - 10:04am

Moved
Moved from Armadillidium.
… Ray Fisher, 30 November, 2012 - 1:05am login or register to post comments

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… Ray Fisher, 30 November, 2012 - 1:03am login or register to post comments

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… Ken Wolgemuth, 16 November, 2011 - 8:36pm login or register to post comments

a guess
From a neat site about woodlice I read that "An iridovirus can infect woodlice and at advanced stages of infection virus accumulates in such large numbers that it forms crystallinel structures in the diseased tissues. These crstalline structures give an intense blue or purple colour to the woodlice.Individuals infected to this extent will usually die within a short time." So the poor thing may be sick. The site is http://www.porcellio.scaber.org/
… Joe Zito, 10 November, 2011 - 9:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
I just found that site too! Awesome. Thanks Joe for the comment. Poor thing indeed!
… Cynthia Bingham Keiser, 10 November, 2011 - 9:47pm login or register to post comments

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