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Field Notes

Description:

I found it in my garden. It rolls into a ball as soon as you touch it.

Habitat:

Live under humid wood.

Species ID Suggestions

Woodlice

Oniscidea

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Simon Stock
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Comments (2)
Simon Stock
There are over 3,000 known species of woodlice so narrowing it down is difficult, but they form the suborder Oniscidea within the order Isopoda. If it rolls into a perfect sphere it will be of the genus 'Armadillidium'. Most woodlice cannot do this.
Simon Stock
There are over 3,000 known species of woodlice so narrowing it down is difficult, but they form the suborder Oniscidea within the order Isopoda. If it rolls into a perfect sphere it will be of the genus 'Armadillidium'. Most woodlice cannot do this.

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WILD Cities: Urban Biodiversity
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PublishedJuly 24, 2012

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