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Usually don't bother with photos of these things. They are so common and I rarely can get an interesting shot. But the colors on this one and being on a lemon I rather liked the shot. Not sure if this one just molted or this is it's true color?
Thanks for looking.
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Comments (15)
durleybeachbum
What a beauty! Can't answer your question though.
dreampaint
very nice macro.
Bossie_Boots
Very nice Macro superb work !!
MagikUnicorn
Stunning MaCro
bevsphototreasures
Oh that is soooo cool. I love bugs but through the lens, not touchy feely!! This is just great seeing.
flora-crassella
a very cool bug!!!!
EyeOfTheJen
It is a great shot!
jophoto
Very well done! Don't know the answer either. I can ask my granddaughter who got fascinated by them one summer and did research on pill bugs and kept them as pets for a while.
jocko500
wonderful shot
Katraz
Great shot, I see a lot of these on the nursery but have never seen one like this I would guess it could be a partial albino or sport or something like that.
whaleman
Great macro!
kgb224
Just love the colors my friend. Stellar macro capture. God Bless.
Juliette.Gribnau
superb macro !
fallen21
Beautiful capture.
Chipka
This one is young and probably just molted. Generally woodlice darken with age and are rather garish after their odd, little two stage molt. Its also interesting to see such a specimen. I've scarcely seen any of the brighter, yellower (or even rarer pink) specimens, and this one looks to be one of the Armadillidium vulgare sorts--quite common, but not always the most readily seen; and like most land-dwelling isopod crustaceans, they're incredibly interesting and quite overlooked, despite their exquisitely alien physiological attributes. Needless to say, they're among my favorite creatures and they're always a challenge to photograph; it's best to raise them as pets and photograph them rather than try to capture the "wild" ones who never stand still. They only move fast when you are trying to photograph them. Apparently, Isaac Asimov was fond of these as well, and in the fringes of pop culture, there's actually a giant woodlouse god named--of all things--Muffin the Great. Go figure! Anyway, this is a marvelous, quite gorgeous photograph of a marvelous, not-exactly-old specimen. I love the paler, yellower body and the darker, more "woodlouse" colored head. Great shot of the eyes as well. All in all, this is a superb capture of one of my favorite earth-dwelling creatures. On full zoom, you can pick out many of the creature's facial features, including the little v-shaped cranial plate with little notches for the antennae. Also, woodlice (pillbugs and sowbugs) are among the only creatures I've ever seen with antennae extending from below their eyes.