Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 324: Common Striped Woodlouse

Common Striped Woodlouse
Arthropods Daily · No. 324 Common Striped WoodlousePhiloscia muscorum
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Common Striped Woodlouse
Common Striped Woodlouse (Philoscia muscorum) – species of family “Philosciid Woodlice“

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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This is not intended to be a dry lexicon. Personal stories and sensitive articles form the framework for our pictures: „Konny and the blues — Diary of a 26-legged being“ Konny the woodlouse struggles with the challenges of a 26-legged life and talks to a flying visitor about the dangers of climate change.

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Konny and the blues — Diary of a 26-legged being