#porcellio — Public Fediverse posts
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#Isopod #Porcellio #hoffmannseggii is one of the largest known #terrestrial isopods. It is native to southern Spain, #Portugal, and #Morocco. Adults can reach a length of 4 centimeters.
It exhibits unusually strong #territorial #behavior and is also known for guarding its #offspring.
I am successfully #breeding this #species.
© #StefanFWirth Berlin January 2026Please feel free to buy me a coffee: ko-fi.com/sfwirth
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#Isopod #Porcellio #hoffmannseggii is one of the largest known #terrestrial isopods. It is native to southern Spain, #Portugal, and #Morocco. Adults can reach a length of 4 centimeters.
It exhibits unusually strong #territorial #behavior and is also known for guarding its #offspring.
I am successfully #breeding this #species.
© #StefanFWirth Berlin January 2026Please feel free to buy me a coffee: ko-fi.com/sfwirth
Photos
© S.F. Wirth -
#Isopod #Porcellio #hoffmannseggii is one of the largest known #terrestrial isopods. It is native to southern Spain, #Portugal, and #Morocco. Adults can reach a length of 4 centimeters.
It exhibits unusually strong #territorial #behavior and is also known for guarding its #offspring.
I am successfully #breeding this #species.
© #StefanFWirth Berlin January 2026Please feel free to buy me a coffee: ko-fi.com/sfwirth
Photos
© S.F. Wirth -
#Isopod #Porcellio #hoffmannseggii is one of the largest known #terrestrial isopods. It is native to southern Spain, #Portugal, and #Morocco. Adults can reach a length of 4 centimeters.
It exhibits unusually strong #territorial #behavior and is also known for guarding its #offspring.
I am successfully #breeding this #species.
© #StefanFWirth Berlin January 2026Please feel free to buy me a coffee: ko-fi.com/sfwirth
Photos
© S.F. Wirth -
#Isopod #Porcellio #hoffmannseggii is one of the largest known #terrestrial isopods. It is native to southern Spain, #Portugal, and #Morocco. Adults can reach a length of 4 centimeters.
It exhibits unusually strong #territorial #behavior and is also known for guarding its #offspring.
I am successfully #breeding this #species.
© #StefanFWirth Berlin January 2026Please feel free to buy me a coffee: ko-fi.com/sfwirth
Photos
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The two most common #woodlice in Central Europe in deadwood in #Berlin: #Porcellio #scaber and #Oniscus #asellus, #detritusfeeders. Both originate from Western Europe and appear as neozoa e.g. in America. Their #ecologicalrequirements differ: O. asellus tolerates #drought better. P. Zidar et al. (2003) found in choicetests that O. asellus properly #detects #foodqualities, which might be of #hygienic applied interest.
© #StefanFWirth 2025
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14677364/#Photos:
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Antipredatory strategies of terrestrial isopods
Colourful species of terrestrial #isopods: A #Armadillidium werneri Strouhal, 1927 B #Porcellio duboscqui Paulian de Félice, 1941 C Armadillidium gestroi Tua, 1900 D Porcellio haasi Arcangeli, 1925 E "Merulanella" sp. 1 from Thailand F " #Merulanella" sp. 2 from Thailand (photographs Adrián Purkart).