3 Isopods and 1 Beetle
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- NathantExperienced Member
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I went to a forest today and to be honest, I'm screwed up. I caught 3 Isopods. One looks like Oniscus asellus, however it is a lot more orange than the ones I'd find in my yard, and the would-be yellow dots are rust colored. Size is 12mm from head to... umm those two pointy things Another one Looks like Philoscia muscorum at first glance, but it is a lot grayer and there is very little yellow. The familiar stacked-triangle stripe down the middle is also absent,a characteristic that are in all My P. muscorum. Size is 8mm. The same goes for the other, but it is wider and a bit darker. Size is 9mm.
1st described=1
2nd described=2
3rd described=3
I also caught what I think is a Tenebrio species. Any ideas? Size is roughly 10mm, caught under rock with moist soil in backyard.
1st described=1
2nd described=2
3rd described=3
I also caught what I think is a Tenebrio species. Any ideas? Size is roughly 10mm, caught under rock with moist soil in backyard.
Isopod 1 is an unusually colored Oniscus asellus, isopods 2 and 3 are Trachelipus rathkii, a species that is often confused with Porcellio scaber but has different patterning.
The beetle is a Carabid, not a Tenebrionid, and is probably a species of Pterostichus or something closely related.
The beetle is a Carabid, not a Tenebrionid, and is probably a species of Pterostichus or something closely related.
- NathantExperienced Member
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Hisserdude wrote:Isopod 1 is an unusually colored Oniscus asellus, isopods 2 and 3 are Trachelipus rathkii, a species that is often confused with Porcellio scaber but has different patterning.
The beetle is a Carabid, not a Tenebrionid, and is probably a species of Pterostichus or something closely related.
Awesome, thanks! Good thing I asked, I would have placed my Trachelipus rathkii in with my Philoscia muscorum. I knew something wasn't right. I also found a couple other beetles identical to that Carabid in the forest, nesting in some wood.
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