Help with isopod identification, please?

Nettibug

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I hope it is okay to post this here! I found these little guys in my yard today. I have never seen these types of isopods, only being familiar with what I believe to be Armadillidium vulgare, the typical ones you find. Are these perhaps Philoscia muscorum? Thanks in advance!

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Brewser

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Philoscia muscorum or common striped woodlouse, fast woodlouse,European woodlouse.
Widespread across Europe, Britain, Nova Scotia and U.S.A.
Size about .45" or 11 mm
Habitat - Leaf Litter, Moss, Wet Logs.
Feeds on decaying leaves, wood, fungus, algae, dead insects.
 

Nettibug

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Philoscia muscorum or common striped woodlouse, fast woodlouse,European woodlouse.
Widespread across Europe, Britain, Nova Scotia and U.S.A.
Size about .45" or 11 mm
Habitat - Leaf Litter, Moss, Wet Logs.
Feeds on decaying leaves, wood, fungus, algae, dead insects.
Thank you!
 
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