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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-371--577277571 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Darrell, This is a sowbug (a.k.a., pillbug or woodlouse), a perfectly harmless and very common arthropod that it is ubiquitous throughout the Maritimes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodlouse They are not insects (which always have six legs) but are actually crustaceans in the order Isopoda. Most isopods are marine, but this group has become terrestrial It looks a lot like the common introduced European species, Oniscus asellus: http://www.royalalbertamuseum.ca/natural/insects/bugsfaq/sowbug.htm Cheers, Chris On 18-Jun-11, at 8:45 PM, Darrell wrote: > http://abolitphotos.exposuremanager.com/p/insects_spiders/_mg_8079unknowninsect_10 > > Never seen one of these before and cannot seem to find it online. > Looks like what we call a wood bug but much smaller and way faster, > sits high on it's legs too. Anybody want to help ID this critter? > > Found it while cleaning up more garbage, they were in a KFC > container. So brought it home and shot it here. Not sure I want to > let it go near my house as thinking it is some sort of house pest > maybe. > > All the best, > Darrell Christopher Majka <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada * Research Associate: Nova Scotia Museum | http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh/research-asfr.htm * Review Editor: The Coleopterists Bulletin | http://www.coleopsoc.org/ * Subject Editor: ZooKeys | http://pensoftonline.net/zookeys/index.php/journal/index * Associate Editor: Journal of the Acadian Entomological Society | http://www.acadianes.org/journal.html * Editor: Atlantic Canada Coleoptera | http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/PDF/index.html * Editor: Bugguide, Coleoptera http://bugguide.net Whenever I hear of the capture of rare beetles, I feel like an old war- horse at the sound of a trumpet. - Charles Darwin --Apple-Mail-371--577277571 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi = Darrell,<div><br></div><div>This is a sowbug (a.k.a., pillbug or = woodlouse), a perfectly harmless and very common arthropod that it is = ubiquitous throughout the Maritimes:</div><div><br></div><div><span = class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre"> </span><a = href=3D"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodlouse">http://en.wikipedia.org/wi= ki/Woodlouse</a></div><div><br></div><div>They are not insects (which = always have six legs) but are actually crustaceans in the order Isopoda. = Most isopods are marine, but this group has become terrestrial It looks = a lot like the common introduced European species, <i>Oniscus = asellus</i>:</div><div><br></div><div><a = href=3D"http://www.royalalbertamuseum.ca/natural/insects/bugsfaq/sowbug.ht= m">http://www.royalalbertamuseum.ca/natural/insects/bugsfaq/sowbug.htm</a>= </div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>Chris</div><div= ><br><div><div>On 18-Jun-11, at 8:45 PM, Darrell wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = bgcolor=3D"#ffffff"><div><em><font size=3D"4"><a = href=3D"http://abolitphotos.exposuremanager.com/p/insects_spiders/_mg_8079= unknowninsect_10">http://abolitphotos.exposuremanager.com/p/insects_spider= s/_mg_8079unknowninsect_10</a></font></em></div><div><em><font = size=3D"4"></font></em> </div><div><em><font size=3D"4">Never seen = one of these before and cannot seem to find it online. Looks like what = we call a wood bug but much smaller and way faster, sits high on it's = legs too. Anybody want to help ID this = critter?</font></em></div><div><em><font = size=3D"4"></font></em> </div><div><em><font size=3D"4">Found it = while cleaning up more garbage, they were in a KFC container. = So brought it home and shot it here. Not sure I want to let it go near = my house as thinking it is some sort of house pest = maybe.</font></em></div><div><em><font = size=3D"4"></font></em> </div><div><em><font size=3D"4">All the = best,</font></em></div><div><em><font = size=3D"4">Darrell</font></em></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div><br= ><br><div apple-content-edited=3D"true"> <span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div = style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div = style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; = "><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Christopher Majka <<a = href=3D"mailto:c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca">c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca</a>> = | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada</div><div><br></div><div>* Research = Associate: Nova Scotia Museum | <a = href=3D"http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh/research-asfr.htm">http://