Armadillidium gestroi, or Gestroi's pill woodlouse, is a large terrestrial isopod from Italy first officially described by Paolo Tua in 1900. It is sometimes kept in captivity by hobbyists.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Gestro's 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.
Easily confused with
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Isopoda
- Family
- Armadillidiidae
- Genus
- Armadillidium
- Species
- Armadillidium gestroi
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