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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Crustaceans (Crustacea) » Malacostracans (Malacostraca) » Marsupial Crustaceans (Peracarida) » Isopods (Isopoda) » Asellotes (Asellota) » Waterslaters (Aselloidea) » Common Waterslaters (Asellidae) » Caecidotea
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Sow Bug? - Caecidotea
Copyright © 2013 Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh

Sow Bug? - Caecidotea
Norris, Madison County, Montana, USA
May 13, 2013
Size: 3/16" or 5mm
Netted and photographed today, May 13, 2013
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Contributed by Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh on 13 May, 2013 - 5:20pm
Last updated 3 July, 2015 - 5:40pm

Moved
Moved from Asellidae.
… Eric C. Maxwell, 3 July, 2015 - 5:40pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 14 May, 2013 - 8:07am login or register to post comments

probably Caecidotea
Most Asellus in North America are now placed in the genus Caecidotea; family name remains Asellidae.
… J. H. Epler, 14 May, 2013 - 8:04am login or register to post comments

I was thinking it was a drago
I was thinking it was a dragonfly larvae.
… thornacky1, 13 May, 2013 - 6:22pm login or register to post comments

Not an expert, Not an ID
similar to some in/near Asellus
… John R. Maxwell, 13 May, 2013 - 5:26pm login or register to post comments

Asellus or something along these lines
same order as sowbugs, but the latter are strictly terrestrial
… v belov, 13 May, 2013 - 5:24pm login or register to post comments

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