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This group has:

245 Media. See Latest, See Favourite.
56 Sightings. See on Map.
19 Species. See Other Views.

Group Description

Many legs. Worldwide there are 3,637 species of Woodlouce. There are 35 species of Woodlouce in 10 different families native to the UK and a further 10 which have been introduced. There are 57 species of Centipede in the UK.

SubGroups

name	latinname	species	sightings	media	image
Ant Woodlouse	Platyarthrus hoffmannseggi	1	4	12
Blunt-tailed Snake Millipede	Cylindroiulus punctatus	1	1	16
Bristly Millipede	Polyxenus lagurus	1	1	10
Common Flat-backed Millipede	Polydesmus angustus	1	4	37
Common Pygmy Woodlouse	Trichoniscus pusillus	1	3	13
Common Rough Woodlouse	Porcellio scaber	1	8	38
Common Shiny Woodlouse	Oniscus asellus	1	4	11
Common Striped Woodlouse	Philoscia muscorum	1	8	22
Cylindroiulus Unidentified	Cylindroiulus Unidentified	1	1	2
Cylindroiulus caeruleocinctus	Cylindroiulus caeruleocinctus	1	1	1
Cylindroiulus londinensis	Cylindroiulus londinensis	1	2	11
Lithobius melanops	Lithobius melanops	1	3	9
Macrosternodesmus palicola	Macrosternodesmus palicola	1	1	7
Nosy Pill Woodlouse	Armadillidium nasatum	1	2	8
Pill Millipede	Glomeris marginata	1	3	14
Pill Woodlouse	Armadillidium vulgare	1	4	8
Southern Pill Woodlouse	Armadillidium depressum	1	3	7
Western Yellow Centipede	Stigmatogaster subterranea	1	1	11
White-legged Snake Millipede	Tachypodoiulus niger	1	2	8