porcellio

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    Porcellio Laevis “Dairy Cow”

    Dairy cow isopods are a popular morph of the woodlouse Porcellio laevis. With their large size, and impressive mottled coloration, they are one of the most popular isopods kept in captivity. The cosmopolitan woodlouse, Porcellio laevis (Latreille) is large and distinctive, and was formerlyrecorded widely in Britain and Ireland, mainly in urban and strongly synanthropic situations. In recentdecades the species has been recorded in a decreasing number of localities. P.Laevis likely originated in northern Africa according to this source. “Is Porcellio laevis declining in Britain and northern Ireland?” -Bulletin of the myriapod & isopod group These energetic species are easy to keep eating almost anything and everything placed into their…