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vayda on Nostr: 🚨 ARTHROPOD OF THE DAY 🚨 Porcellionides pruinosus is a cosmopolitan and ...

🚨 ARTHROPOD OF THE DAY 🚨

Porcellionides pruinosus is a cosmopolitan and detrivorous woodlouse that is native to Europe, and is suspected to consist of very closely related species. Ten subspecies are recognised. The species carries Wolbachia endosymbionts, which is an alpha-proteobacterium that is known to modify the reproduction of their crustacean hosts by inducing cytoplasmic incompatibility or feminisation.

Powder Orange is a morph of Porcellionides pruinosus that derived from the Powder Blue morph. Porcellionides has a wide range of morphs. The "powder" portion of their common name comes from the dusty appearance that the adults take on in between sheds.





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