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Common Pill Woodlouse

Armadillidium vulgare

Classification

Order
Isopoda

Armadillidium vulgare, the common pill-bug, common pill woodlouse, roly-poly, potato bug, slater, doodle bug, or carpenter, mega tripod is a widespread European species of woodlouse. It is the most extensively investigated terrestrial isopod species. It is native to Mediterranean Europe, but as an introduced species they have become naturalized in almost all suitable ecosystems.

Distribution

Martien van den Heuvel · CC BY
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Netherlands · 11,830Germany · 8,413United Kingdom · 3,280Spain · 2,052France · 1,945Italy · 507Belgium · 306Luxembourg · 236Peru · 66Switzerland · 53