Painted Pill Woodlouse

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Armadillidium pictum

Painted Pill Woodlouse, a reference photo
Photo: Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)

Armadillidium pictum is a species of woodlouse which occurs over most of Europe, except the Mediterranean Basin and Southeast Europe. In the British Isles, it is only known from a few sites, making it by some accounts, "Britain's rarest woodlouse". Since these sites are all remote from human habitation, in Cumbria and Powys, the species is thought to be native rather than introduced.

From Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Painted Pill Woodlouse being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

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Classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Isopoda
Family
Armadillidiidae
Species
Armadillidium pictum

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