Bug FAQEastern Rockslater
Ligidium elrodii · Order: Isopoda · Family: Ligiidae
The Eastern Rockslater (Ligidium elrodii) is a member of the family Ligiidae. It is a rock-slater species that occurs in North America.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
Eastern Rockslater (Ligidium elrodii) belongs to the family Ligiidae.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
It is a rock-slater species.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
It is native to North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 18 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Maryland, Ohio, Georgia, Arkansas, Illinois.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in United States; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
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Questions people ask
Same family (Ligiidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligidium_elrodii
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Text written 2026-10-26 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-26.