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Common Pygmy Woodlouse

Trichoniscus pusillus

160 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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25 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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What the records say

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 653, February 482, March 756, April 1,189, May 1,714, June 1,869, July 2,000, August 1,720, September 1,263, October 943, November 515, December 403.
United States13,574
Alaska13,505
Canada124
Ontario103
New York60
United Kingdom29
England27
Russia14
Denmark11
Moscow10

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassMalacostracans · Malacostraca
OrderIsopods · Isopoda
FamilyTrichoniscidae
GenusTrichoniscus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Common Pygmy Woodlouse with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.