Porcellio scaber - Leucistic

Finally found a terrestrial Isopod with leucism to shoot some better images with my current setup. On the internet you will find various other images of leucistic Woodlice, so supposedly it's not even that rare, but when you want to find one it just doesn't seem to happen :o)

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Flown Kimmerling

Lion

Magnificent!! <3

I also love all of the details in this collage! Thank you for sharing! Posted 6 years ago
1. Pudding4brains
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks Lisa, quite happy with the find myself :o) Posted 6 years ago

Christine Young

Lion

How interesting! Posted 6 years ago

Ferdy Christant

Lion

One of my friends just asked what leucistic means? Posted 6 years ago
1. Pudding4brains
  
  Lion
  
  Leucism is an aberration/defect in the ability to produce pigments. Think of it as "albino light": The animal does not have working pigmentation in (large) parts of the body, but is not completely unpigmented as in albinism. Most prominently the eyes and some other parts, typically maybe the soft nose of a dog or deer, or the hoofs/nails will be pigmented.
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucism Posted 6 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    Mt friend says thanks :) Posted 6 years ago