Duncan Mcewan / Wood lice on decaying oak, Scotland.

Duncan Mcewan / Sowbug woodlouse (Oniscus asellus) shedding exoskeleton. Inverness-shire, Scotland, UK, Europe

Will Watson / Water Hog-louse or Water Slater (Asellus aquaticus) on sallow leaf, Herefordshire Plateau, England, December 2018. Captive.

Will Watson / Water Hog-louse or Water Slater (Asellus aquaticus) with exopod regrowing, sallow leaf, captive conditions, garden pond, Herefordshire Plateau, England, December 2018.

Jan Hamrsky / Water louse (Asellus aquaticus), November, Europe, controlled conditions

Laurie Campbell / Common / Shiny woodlouse (Oniscus asellus) on Jelly / Jew's ear fungus (Auricularia auricula-judae) Berwickshire, Scotland, February.

Laurie Campbell / Common / Shiny woodlouse (Oniscus asellus) on moss, Berwickshire, Scotland, February.

Laurie Campbell / Common / Shiny woodlouse (Oniscus asellus) on moss, Berwickshire, Scotland, February.

Adrian Davies / Woodlouse (Oniscus asellus) newly emerged adult, UK, October.

Kim Taylor / Woodlouse (Oniscus asellus) close up of head. Surrey, England, September. Digitally manipulated.

MYN / Paul van Hoof / Sowbug woodlouse (Oniscus asellus) adult, The Netherlands, September. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Kim Taylor / Woodlouse (Oniscus asellus) juvenile on black background, Surrey, England, August.

Mark Bowler / Common woodlouse (Oniscus asellus) close up portrait, UK, captive

Jan Hamrsky / Water louse (Asellus aquaticus) climbing on the sunken wood, Europe, July, controlled conditions

Jan Hamrsky / Water louse (Asellus aquaticus) head detail, Europe, July, controlled conditions

Jan Hamrsky / Water louse (Asellus aquaticus) Europe, July, controlled conditions

Laurent Geslin / Woodlouse (Oniscus ascellus) on wood, in garden, Switzerland

Paul Hobson / Sowbug woodlouse (Oniscus asellus) sillouette at dusk, Sheffield, UK

Rod Williams / Common / Sowbug woodlice (Oniscus asellus) on rotting wood, South London, UK, September

Rod Williams / Common / Sowbug woodlice (Oniscus asellus) on rotting wood, South London, UK, September

Alan Watson / Common woodlouse (Oniscus asellus) on the moss-covered trunk of an oak tree (Quercus petraea) in temperate forest , Killarney National Park, County Kerry, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Robert Thompson / Woodlouse {Oniscus asellus} County Down, Northern Ireland, UK, August

Robert Thompson / Woodlouse {Oniscus asellus} County Down, Northern Ireland, UK, August

Wild Wonders of Europe / Tønning / Four Common woodlice (Oniscus asellus) by crack in rock, Consdorf, Mullerthal, Luxembourg, May 2009

Dan Burton / Common centipede Lithobius forficatus} with Woodlice {Oniscus ascellus} UK

Philippe Clement / Sowbug Woodlouse {Oniscus asellus} on decaying wood, Belgium.

Philippe Clement / Sowbug Woodlice {Oniscus asellus} on decaying wood, Belgium

Philippe Clement / Sowbug Woodlouse {Oniscus asellus} on decaying wood, Belgium

Philippe Clement / Sowbug Woodlouse {Oniscus asellus} on decaying wood, Belgium

Dan Burton / Woodlice, England, UK, Europe

Niall Benvie / Woodlice on leaf litter, Scotland. UK

Duncan Mcewan / Wood lice on decaying oak, Scotland.

Chris Packham / Sowbug Woodlouse on decaying wood (Oniscus ascellus) UK

PREMAPHOTOS / Sowbug woodlouse under stone (Oniscus ascellus) England, UK

Kim Taylor / Common woodlouse (Oniscus asellus) on lichen-covered stone, Surrey, England

Kim Taylor / Common woodlouse (Oniscus asellus) orange colour variant on moss, UK

Kim Taylor / Common woodlouse (Oniscus asellus) on mossy stone, Surrey, England

Roman Willi / Common woodlouse (Onisculus asselus) portrait, Lucerne, Switzerland. October. Focus stacked image.

Chris Mattison / Common woodlouse (Oniscus asellus) on rotten wood, Yorkshire, UK

Chris Mattison / Common shiny woodlouse (Oniscus asellus) Monmouthshire Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. September.

Doug Wechsler / European woodlouse (Oniscus asellus) moulting in log, Pennsylvania, USA, August.

Nigel Cattlin / Grey garden or common woodlouse (Oniscus asellus) adult crustacean on old wood