Common Striped Woodlouse
Philoscia muscorum
Animalia
COMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- 3-4 yrs
- Size
- Small
- Diet
- Decomposer
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Social
- Solitary
- Biome
- Temperate woodland
- Range
- Europe
- Movement
- Walking
- Breeding
- Live Birth
- Defense
- Camouflage
- Status
- Common
About
The Common Striped Woodlouse is a fast-moving terrestrial crustacean found in damp grassland, hedgerows, and leaf litter across Europe. Unlike most woodlice it runs with surprising speed when disturbed, aided by its slender, streamlined body and distinctive pale mid-dorsal stripe.
Life cycle
- 1.juvenileA juvenile crustacean takes adult form after its larval phase, growing in stages between molts.
- 2.adultFully grown at adult size and full hard shell.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Isopoda
- Family
- Philosciidae
- Genus
- Philoscia
- Species
- Philoscia muscorum