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Common Shiny Woodlouse

Oniscus asellus

4,917Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
110Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan180
Feb283
Mar399
Apr873
May539
Jun433
Jul397
Aug437
Sep378
Oct434
Nov217
Dec257

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Sefton England346
2Gwynedd Wales333
3Argyll and Bute Scotland301
4Highland Scotland192
5Halton England118
6North Yorkshire England87
7Kingston upon Hull, City of England87
8Somerset England83
9Glasgow City Scotland81
10Devon England79
11York England77
12Liverpool England75
13Surrey England73
14Dorset England73
15Cornwall England69
3,152 England991 Scotland631 Wales130 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 110 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,917
Peak month
April
Counties with records
110
Scientific name
Oniscus asellus
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,253
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Isopoda
Family
Oniscidae
Genus
Oniscus
Name with authority
Oniscus asellus Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
41

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1573371 · GBIF 5176315