Purple woodlice, not a separate species, but a sick woodlice

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Photo Purple woodlice by superx96 on Footo.nl

My daughter came back on with a blue-purple pissebed. I read something about that before, but I lost it for a while what was with it.

And I found what was going on again. The blue-purple woodlice have a virus, the Iridovirus. After infection with the virus, after about three weeks, they color purple-blue, which is due to the light reflection on the virus crystals. A week later, they die of the virus.

The virus is not harmful to humans.

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Encaustichris
Nooit gezien. Ik zal erop letten.
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Henkjan de Krijger
Dank voor deze kennis nooit geweten . Ik zal er op letten !
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ellesvandenbroek
@Henkjan de Krijger dat doe ik graag hier op Yoors, leuke kennisweetjes delen!
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nachtvlinder
Dat is niet zo mooi. Wel goed om te weten als mijn zoon weer eens een mooi insect ziet.
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