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Crustaceans (sowbugs, pillbugs, etc.)


Landhopper (Talitroides topitotum)

Dooryard Sowbug (Porcellio laevis)

Pillbug (Porcellionides pruinosus) ?

Unknown Isopod (  ) ?



Landhopper
Dorsal view    

 

 

       
Side view, about 9 mm in length. 

Per Frank Howarth, Entomology, Bishop Museum: “There's not quite enough detail in this photo to be absolutely sure, but the specimen looks most like Talitroides topitotum.”

 

 

Dooryard Sowbug (aka Slater, Woodlouse, Pillbug)
     

 

 

Native to Southern Europe and the Mediterranean.  Introduced accidentally in the 1800s.

 

 

Pillbug
     

 

 

Pillbug is about 8 mm long.

 

 

Unknown Isopod
 

 

 

Isopod is about 5 mm long.