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Common Shiny Woodlouse (Oniscus asellus)

#Woodlouse #Crustacean #Isopod #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CCBYSA #Crustaceans #Crustacea #Isopods #Isopoda #Woodlice #Animal #Animals #Arthropod #Arthropods #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography

Common Sea Slater (Ligia oceanica)

#SeaSlater #Crustacean #SeaLife #MarineLife #Woodlouse #Isopod #Crustaceans #Crustacea #Isopods #Isopoda #Woodlice #Animal #Animals #Arthropod #Arthropods #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CCBYSA #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photo #Photography

Common Sea Slater (Ligia oceanica)

#SeaSlater #SeaLife #MarineLife #Woodlouse #Crustacean #Isopod #Crustaceans #Crustacea #Isopods #Isopoda #Woodlice #Animal #Animals #Arthropod #Arthropods #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CCBYSA #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photo #Photography

2/2 And if it helps you to stay curious for your whole life, you can name it "Slow Looking" and feel a little bit Zen or hypey. 😉 https://steady.page/en/naturematchcuts/posts/47c218fa-5ba0-4dae-9140-305637008a00

#NatureMatchCuts #curiosity #curious #nature #soilLife #natureObservation #observation #NaturePhotography #woodlice

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

Ref
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14677364/

#Photos:
© S F. Wirth

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

Ref
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14677364/

#Photos:
© S F. Wirth

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

Ref
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14677364/

#Photos:
© S F. Wirth

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

Ref
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14677364/

#Photos:
© S F. Wirth

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

Ref
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14677364/

#Photos:
© S F. Wirth

Mastodon can be a great source of inspirations! Thanks to @ak_text post about #SlowLooking I discovered a buzzword important for #nature, and every #museum and #gallery.

I show you how to do it and why a woodlouse under a stone can be as interesting as an ancient artefact behind glass:
https://steady.page/en/naturematchcuts/posts/47c218fa-5ba0-4dae-9140-305637008a00

And of course you can buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/naturematchcuts/tip or subscribe to my #newsletter!

#NatureMatchCuts #mindfulness #woodlice #compost #senses #kids #education #soilLife #soil

🧵 1/ My first school room in #nature was a loose rock in a dry stone wall: https://www.cronenburg.net/naturematchcuts_podcast/behind-the-scenes/

For many years I missed some species of that #soilLife until I built a box for making photos. Home to #woodlice and their roommates to show people the adventures happening in #compost and being able to photograph better. At irregular intervals, I'll take you on a tour, as for all things nature without #CW.*

#reconnectWithNature #biodiversity #soil #gardening #Naturephotography #macro #humus

So what are people's thoughts on using wood chips for weed suppression? I've heard that fungal decomposition sucks nitrogen from the surrounding soil, plus the nooks and crannies can provide ideal habitat for plant-nibbling pillbugs. (This is not my plot.) #CommunityGarden #garden #gardening #weeds #mulch #fungi #woodchips #nitrogen #pillbugs #woodlice #allotment

Brickwork Woodlouse (Porcellio spinicornis)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brickwork_Woodlouse_(Porcellio_spinicornis)_-_B%C3%A6rum,_Norway_2021-09-16.jpg

#Woodlouse #Crustacean #Isopod #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CCBYSA #Crustaceans #Crustacea #Isopods #Isopoda #Woodlice #Animal #Animals #Arthropod #Arthropods #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography

Meet the smallest animal known to spread #seeds with its poop https://www.science.org/content/article/meet-smallest-animal-known-spread-seeds-its-poop

#Earwigs and #woodlice as some of the world's smallest internal #SeedDispersal agents: Insights from the #ecology of Monotropastrum humile (Ericaceae) https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ppp3.10519

"the #woodlouse is the smallest animal yet known to disperse seeds by eating them. It and other small #invertebrates play underappreciated roles in spreading #plants far and wide."

Meet the smallest animal known to spread #seeds with its poop https://www.science.org/content/article/meet-smallest-animal-known-spread-seeds-its-poop

#Earwigs and #woodlice as some of the world's smallest internal #SeedDispersal agents: Insights from the #ecology of Monotropastrum humile (Ericaceae) https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ppp3.10519

"the #woodlouse is the smallest animal yet known to disperse seeds by eating them. It and other small #invertebrates play underappreciated roles in spreading #plants far and wide."

Meet the smallest animal known to spread #seeds with its poop https://www.science.org/content/article/meet-smallest-animal-known-spread-seeds-its-poop

#Earwigs and #woodlice as some of the world's smallest internal #SeedDispersal agents: Insights from the #ecology of Monotropastrum humile (Ericaceae) https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ppp3.10519

"the #woodlouse is the smallest animal yet known to disperse seeds by eating them. It and other small #invertebrates play underappreciated roles in spreading #plants far and wide."

Meet the smallest animal known to spread #seeds with its poop https://www.science.org/content/article/meet-smallest-animal-known-spread-seeds-its-poop

#Earwigs and #woodlice as some of the world's smallest internal #SeedDispersal agents: Insights from the #ecology of Monotropastrum humile (Ericaceae) https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ppp3.10519

"the #woodlouse is the smallest animal yet known to disperse seeds by eating them. It and other small #invertebrates play underappreciated roles in spreading #plants far and wide."

Meet the smallest animal known to spread #seeds with its poop https://www.science.org/content/article/meet-smallest-animal-known-spread-seeds-its-poop

#Earwigs and #woodlice as some of the world's smallest internal #SeedDispersal agents: Insights from the #ecology of Monotropastrum humile (Ericaceae) https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ppp3.10519

"the #woodlouse is the smallest animal yet known to disperse seeds by eating them. It and other small #invertebrates play underappreciated roles in spreading #plants far and wide."

#Biofluorescence: Unseen world of the #CelticRainforest revealed by UV
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-68301119

"The ancient woodlands are full of #moss and #lichen which light up under #UV and lots of creatures too, like #WoodLice and #centipedes all doing interesting things."

#Biofluorescence: Unseen world of the #CelticRainforest revealed by UV
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-68301119

"The ancient woodlands are full of #moss and #lichen which light up under #UV and lots of creatures too, like #WoodLice and #centipedes all doing interesting things."

#Biofluorescence: Unseen world of the #CelticRainforest revealed by UV
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-68301119

"The ancient woodlands are full of #moss and #lichen which light up under #UV and lots of creatures too, like #WoodLice and #centipedes all doing interesting things."

#Biofluorescence: Unseen world of the #CelticRainforest revealed by UV
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-68301119

"The ancient woodlands are full of #moss and #lichen which light up under #UV and lots of creatures too, like #WoodLice and #centipedes all doing interesting things."

#Biofluorescence: Unseen world of the #CelticRainforest revealed by UV
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-68301119

"The ancient woodlands are full of #moss and #lichen which light up under #UV and lots of creatures too, like #WoodLice and #centipedes all doing interesting things."