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Isopod expert Helmut Schmalfuss has e-mailed the following comments regarding the identifications of these isopods: the isopods on your photographs no. 2 and 3 belong to the same species, they are different color morphs of Porcellio scaber, which is the most common terrestrial isopod in western Europe.
Do isopods grow on trees? AYDIN 2007
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Thankfully, both Joan Jass in Milwaukee and Ferenc Vilisics in Budapest e-mailed me to point out that the animal was actually P. scaber.
Another yellow isopod: Porcellio scaber AYDIN 2008
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Thankfully, both Joan Jass in Milwaukee and Ferenc Vilisics in Budapest e-mailed me to point out that the animal was actually P. scaber.
Archive 2008-04-01 AYDIN 2008
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Last weekend, also in my backyard, I found a yellow Porcellio scaber, another relatively common isopod.
Another yellow isopod: Porcellio scaber AYDIN 2008
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SNAIL'S TALES: Another yellow isopod: Porcellio scaber skip to main
Another yellow isopod: Porcellio scaber AYDIN 2008
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Last weekend, also in my backyard, I found a yellow Porcellio scaber, another relatively common isopod.
Archive 2008-04-01 AYDIN 2008
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The frontal lobe of the head is supposed to be rounded in P. spinicornis and triangular in P. scaber.
An isopod from Canada: Porcellio spinicornis AYDIN 2007
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A: Porcellio spinicornis from Montreal; B: Porcellio scaber from Maryland.
An isopod from Canada: Porcellio spinicornis AYDIN 2007
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In rainy weather Porcellio scaber is often found on tree trunks.
Do isopods grow on trees? AYDIN 2007
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I have relied on the shape of the frontal lobe of the head red arrows in the pictures below to distinguish P. spinicornis from P. scaber.
An isopod from Canada: Porcellio spinicornis AYDIN 2007
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