Porcellionides pruinosus

A slater at O'Connor, ACT

Porcellionides pruinosus at O'Connor, ACT - 19 Nov 2017 08:50 PM
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Identification history

Porcellionides pruinosus 14 Dec 2018 KimPullen
Isopoda (order) 20 Feb 2018 KimPullen
Unidentified 8 Feb 2018 PeteWoodall

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At lights at night. Looks a bit t long in the body for Porcellio scaber, but then some do look long at ALA, and iNat e.g. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9441240

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   15 Dec 2018
This is Porcellionides pruinosus. Common but under-reported in urban centers across Australia.
KimPullen wrote:
   15 Dec 2018
Thanks to silversea_starsong for this identification.

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