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    (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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    (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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    (c) Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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    (c) Martin Grimm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Markus Horrer, all rights reserved

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Common Shiny Woodlouse

Oniscus asellus

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Oniscus asellus, the common woodlouse, is one of the largest and most common species of woodlouse in the British Isles and Western and Northern Europe, growing to lengths of 16 mm and widths of 6 mm.

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