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Brickwork Woodlouse

Porcellio spinicornis

19,512 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 481, February 355, March 556, April 875, May 1,262, June 1,376, July 1,472, August 1,266, September 930, October 694, November 379, December 296.
United States14,160
Alaska9,942
Canada5,751
Ontario3,088
New York1,854
Alberta1,121
Russia1,004
Austria935
Germany895
Minnesota801

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
FamilyPorcellionid Woodlice · Porcellionidae
GenusPorcellio

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