#4489 · 🦀 crabs & other crustaceans
Nosy Pill Woodlouse
🇳🇱 Neusoproller ·Armadillidium nasatum
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Katja Schulz · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Judy Gallagher · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. © Timothy Lindsey · CC BY 4.0
- 4. © Lucas Garriga · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. © Thomas Shahan · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © Cole Shoemaker · CC BY 4.0
- 8. © Adam · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Thomas Shahan · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. © Kathy Richardson · CC BY 4.0
what is it?
Armadillidium nasatum is a large, Britain-based species of woodlouse that has been introduced to North America, along with Armadillidium vulgare also found in other parts of Europe.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 8 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 26,873 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Gustav Budde-Lund in 1885 (141 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Nosy Pill Woodlouse
- Nederlands
- Neusoproller
- scientific name
- Armadillidium nasatum
- class
- Malacostraca
- order
- Isopoda
- family
- Armadillidiidae
- sightings in NL
- 8
- sightings in Europe
- 4,808
- sightings worldwide
- 26,873
- GBIF records in NL
- 133
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1885 by Gustav Budde-Lund
relatives· Armadillidiidae
#4439 📷 8Common Pill Woodlouse
🇳🇱 Gewone oprolpissebed
Armadillidium vulgare
👀 1.2k in NL
#4498 📷 10Beautiful Pill Woodlouse
🇳🇱 Prachtoproller
Armadillidium pulchellum
👀 5 in NL
#4502 📷 10Arcangeli's Pill Woodlouse
🇳🇱 Kleine oproller
Armadillidium arcangelii
👀 2 in NL
#4514 📷 10Versicolored Pill Woodlouse
Armadillidium versicolor
🌍 3.5k seen
#4519 📷 10Southern Pill Woodlouse
Armadillidium depressum
🌍 2.1k seen
#4520 📷 10Granulated Pill Woodlouse
Armadillidium granulatum
🌍 2k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 210119, Wikidata Q2585227, GBIF 2203739, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.