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Philoscia muscorum - Very pale Extremely pale, but full-grown specimen of Philoscia muscorum. Juveniles are often a bit paler than adults, but at roughly 8-9mm this was no juvenile(!) Geotagged,Isopoda,Netherlands,Oniscidea,Philoscia,Philoscia muscorum,Philosciidae,Schiermonnikoog,Woodlouse,nl: Mospissebed Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Philoscia muscorum - Very pale

Extremely pale, but full-grown specimen of Philoscia muscorum. Juveniles are often a bit paler than adults, but at roughly 8-9mm this was no juvenile(!)

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The Common Striped Woodlouse

"Philoscia muscorum", the "common striped woodlouse" or "fast woodlouse", is a common European woodlouse. It is widespread in Europe, the British Isles and is found from southern Scandinavia to the Ukraine and Greece. It has also spread to Washington and many states in New England, also the mid-Atlantic states of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, as well as Nova Scotia.

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Uploaded Dec 8, 2020. Captured in Cornelis Visserpad, 9166 Schiermonnikoog, Netherlands.
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