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Rough woodlouse, Heesch, Netherlands A female Rough woodlouse would be my guess, but I hope Arp sees this to verify. <br /> Sorry for the ugly background, here it is crawling up the edge of the tray in which I collected it. It was released after the session.<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/107647/porcellio_scaber_-_side_view_heesch_netherlands.html" title="Porcellio scaber - side view, Heesch, Netherlands"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/107647_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=XZDG5Jd02jX4nabt0ift44Kf5%2FM%3D" width="200" height="154" alt="Porcellio scaber - side view, Heesch, Netherlands Extreme Macro,Porcellio scaber,Rough woodlouse" /></a></figure> Extreme Macro,Porcellio scaber,Rough woodlouse Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Rough woodlouse, Heesch, Netherlands

A female Rough woodlouse would be my guess, but I hope Arp sees this to verify.
Sorry for the ugly background, here it is crawling up the edge of the tray in which I collected it. It was released after the session.

Porcellio scaber - side view, Heesch, Netherlands Extreme Macro,Porcellio scaber,Rough woodlouse

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    Pudding4brains
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    Depending a bit on actual size ... the youngsters are all much paler so it is sometimes hard to tell, but this one looks like it may well be the white-marbled colour pattern of an younger adult female already - my guess would be somewhere around 5mm maybe? Posted 4 years ago
    1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
      Ferdy Christant
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      Thanks for the info. Yes, compared to the other creatures I sometimes found it next to, 5mm makes sense, possibly a tad bigger. Posted 4 years ago

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The Rough woodlouse

"Porcellio scaber" is a species of European woodlouse.

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Similar species: Brood Pouch Crustaceans
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Jan 14, 2021. Captured Dec 19, 2020 16:11.
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  • NIKON D850
  • f/8.0
  • 1/1600s
  • ISO64
  • 50mm