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Common Striped Woodlouse

Philoscia muscorum

3,019Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
100Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan164
Feb189
Mar206
Apr461
May410
Jun328
Jul243
Aug168
Sep157
Oct190
Nov200
Dec201

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England144
2Kent England117
3Sefton England74
4Cornwall England68
5Oxfordshire England64
6Surrey England61
7Dorset England58
8Essex England57
9Somerset England55
10Norfolk England47
11Worcestershire England45
12Gwynedd Wales42
13York England42
14Kingston upon Hull, City of England34
15Nottinghamshire England32
2,516 England226 Scotland207 Wales59 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 100 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,019
Peak month
April
Counties with records
100
Scientific name
Philoscia muscorum
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,017
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Isopoda
Family
Philosciidae
Genus
Philoscia
Name with authority
Philoscia muscorum (Scopoli, 1763)
Described
1763
Contributing datasets
40

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1646839 · GBIF 2209507