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'''''Asellus aquaticus''''' is a [[fresh water|freshwater]] [[crustacean]] resembling a [[woodlouse]]. It is known by common names including "waterlouse", "aquatic sowbug" and "water hoglouse".

==Ecologypraaaaaa==

"Scud fly" is common throughout the [[temperate]] zone including [[Europe]], [[Russia]], and [[North America]].<ref name="Maltby">{{cite journal |author=Lorraine Maltby |year=1991 |title=Pollution as a probe of life-history adaptation in ''Asellus aquaticus'' (Isopoda) |journal=[[Oikos (journal)|Oikos]] |volume=61 |issue=1 |pages=11–18 |jstor=3545402}}</ref> ''Asellus aquaticus'' is found in [[river]]s, [[stream]]s and [[standing water]] particularly where there are plenty of stones under which it hides although not where the water is strongly acidic.<ref name = "Rivers, Lakes and Marshes">{{cite book |author=Brian A. Whitton |year=1982 |title=Rivers, Lakes and Marshes |pages=131 |publisher=[[Hodder & Stoughton]] |location=London |isbn=0-340-23155-6}}</ref> It is [[omnivorous]].<ref name = "Rivers, Lakes and Marshes"/>