Common driftclinger
Armadilloniscus ellipticus
Eats: Leftovers and dead thingsWoodlicePonds, rivers and shores14 legsNot an insect, but a bug cousin
The common driftclinger is a small woodlouse. Woodlice are not insects at all, they are crustaceans, cousins of crabs and shrimps. It lives in many parts of the world, from Europe to the Caribbean.
Fun fact: woodlice are not insects. They are crustaceans, cousins of crabs and shrimps, that live on land.
Lives in
North America, the Caribbean, Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania, often near the seashore
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Like other woodlice, it eats dead plants and other bits and pieces it finds.
How fast is it?
A garden snail about 0.05 km/h (0.03 mph)
Common driftclinger about 0.15 km/h (0.09 mph)
A tortoise about 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It has 14 legs, seven on each side.
2
It lives on many continents and on islands in the Caribbean.
3
There are two kinds of it, and one of them is named after the island of Madeira.
you asked
Most asked questions about Common driftclinger
?Is the common driftclinger an insect?
No. It is a woodlouse, a crustacean related to crabs and shrimps.
?How many legs does the common driftclinger have?
It has 14 legs, seven on each side.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Armadilloniscus ellipticus
- Group
- Woodlice
- Family
- Detonidae
- Classification
- Malacostraca > Isopoda > Detonidae
- Lives on
- North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and Oceania
Where the facts come from
- Armadilloniscus ellipticus (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Eric A. Lazo-Wasem. CC0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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