Common Rough Woodlouse

porcellio scaber

The Common Rough Woodlouse is a tiny creature that looks like a little armored bug! It loves to hide under rocks and in damp places, where it can scurry around safely.

Lebensraum: Common Rough Woodlice are often found in gardens, forests, and under logs or stones.

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The Common Rough Woodlouse is a small, oval-shaped crustacean with a distinctly bumpy, greyish-brown segmented body. It has seven pairs of legs and two visible antennae, making its textured back different from smoother woodlice.

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Common Rough Woodlouse

Kategorie

Invertebrate

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

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Interessante Fakten

Female woodlice carry their babies in a special pouch, just like a kangaroo!

They are crustaceans, related to crabs and lobsters, not insects!

They can survive for months without food if conditions are just right!

Woodlice drink water by sucking it up through their rear end, like a tiny straw!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Common Rough Woodlouse has a tough, segmented exoskeleton that helps protect it from drying out and hungry predators.

Common Rough Woodlouse can release a foul-tasting liquid because it's stored in glands, deterring predators with a bad flavor.

Common Rough Woodlouse can detect humidity changes because specialized sensors help them find damp, dark places to survive.

Maße und Details

Länge: 1.7 cm
Gewicht: 0.1 g
Lebenserwartung: 3 Jahre
Gelegegröße: 50

Ernährung und Fütterung

These tiny recyclers munch on decaying plants and fungi, helping to clean up the environment!

Hauptnahrung

decaying leaves
rotting wood
fungi
dead insects
algae

Nahrungssuche

Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

hunts

Woodlouse Spider

Dysdera crocata

This spider hunts woodlice specifically with its large fangs.

hunts

Common Centipede

Lithobius forficatus

A speedy predator that ambushes woodlice in damp places.

eaten by

Common Toad

Bufo bufo

An opportunistic amphibian predator that often dines on woodlice.

eaten by

Common Shrew

Sorex araneus

A small mammal that forages for invertebrates like woodlice.

Merkmale

Sozial

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