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Nosy Pill Woodlouse

Armadillidium nasatum

26,989 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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28 photos

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 156, February 188, March 174, April 335, May 284, June 174, July 135, August 128, September 165, October 162, November 126, December 144.
United States20,822
North Carolina2,341
Virginia1,950
Pennsylvania1,891
Ohio1,486
Alaska1,472
France1,412
New York1,339
Maryland1,315
Canada1,216

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
FamilyPill Woodlice · Armadillidiidae
GenusPillbugs · Armadillidium

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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