unidentified insect in soil

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c3real singapore, Singapore Apr 01, 2011

Usually resides in soil. Surfaces when plant is watered.
Somehow 'water-resistant', goes into defence mode and shrinks up when I shoot it with the water spray.

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Apr 01, 2011

This appears to be a very young sowbug, a terrestrial crustacean in the order Isopoda. These basically are scavengers on decomposing organic matter; some species occasionally can cause damage to very tender young plants.

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