Bug FAQVelvety Pill Woodlouse
Eluma caelata · Order: Isopoda · Family: Armadillidiidae
It is generally dark brown. Its body is convex and covered with fine punctures. It has been introduced to places like French Guiana and can be mistaken for other Armadillidium species.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
It is generally dark brown. Its body is convex and covered with fine punctures.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
It has been introduced to places like French Guiana.
Source: Wikipedia
Lookalikes
It can be confused with other members of Armadillidium.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 1 of 51 states and DC. Most records: California.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: introduced in United States. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
More photos
Same family (Armadillidiidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eluma_caelata
Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia
Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-23.