This animal is a brownish or reddish species which is
heavily mottled with light patches. These patches are sometimes so numerous
that the whole animal looks yellow. The abdomen or pleon is sharply
marked off from the pereion, and there is not the smooth outline that
we se in Oniscus and Porcellio. The animal
is very abundant in the countryside, especially in grassland areas,
but it is far less common in gardens than the aforementioned species.
It can be found there however, usually under damp logs or in the leaf
litter under the hedge. It becomes rare in the north. Unlike Oniscus
and Porcellio, which pull their tails down tightly and
sit still when disturbed, Philoscia is a very active creature
and scuttles away on it's relatively long legs. It's body is never more
than
11 mm long.
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