#4436 · 🦀 crabs & other crustaceans

Common Rough Woodlouse

🇳🇱 Ruwe pissebed ·Porcellio scaber

🦀 Crabs & other crustaceans 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Julian Fuchs · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Elliot Blythman · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © wickus_ · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Justin Chan · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Jason M Crockwell · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. © Elliot Blythman · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Dann Thombs · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Ken Walker · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
9. © Katja Schulz · CC BY 4.0
10. © Edithvale-Australia Insects and Spiders · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Porcellio scaber (otherwise known as the common rough woodlouse or simply rough woodlouse ), is a species of European woodlouse. , which are able to curl into a ball to defend themselves.

base stats

NL sightings 2,161iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 73,010iNaturalist observations

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 2,161 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #1 most seen of the crabs & other crustaceans in NL.
73,010 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Pierre André Latreille in 1804 (222 years ago).