Nov 3, 2023
#2011 - Laevophiloscia sp.
Very active, for a woodlouse, especially at night, but they were certainly no slouches during the day, either. Quite a pretty stained-glass pattern.
Philosciid woodlice are found worldwide, and there's 123 genera in the family. One of those genera is known only from caves in Australia's Nullabor Plain. Laevophiloscia I'm not sure about - some resources say they're endemic to Western Australia, but others record the genus from elsewhere in Australia. It's certainly been found in caves, but not exclusively in caves.
