Side view of a common shiny woodlouse (Oniscus asellus) on a rotting piece of wood in late winter. A very common species found under bark or leaf litt

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Side view of a common shiny woodlouse (Oniscus asellus) on a rotting piece of wood in late winter. A very common species found under bark or leaf litter in woodland habitats. Photographed in Somerset, UK, in February.

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