Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 319

The summary discusses Porcellio scaber, a species of woodlouse found in Central and Western Europe, the United Kingdom, North America, South Africa, and Australia. It describes the taxonomy, distribution, physical characteristics, habitat, feeding habits, life cycle, and behavior of the species. The woodlouse exhibits specific behaviors to avoid desiccation and predators and has been the inspiration for an algorithm called the Porcellio scaber algorithm (PSA) used for solving optimization problems.