Arctic daisy vs dooryard sowbug

Arctanthemum arcticum compared with Porcellio laevis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arctic daisy	dooryard sowbug
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Malacostraca (Crustaceans)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Isopoda (Isopoda)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Porcellionidae
Genus	Arctanthemum	Porcellio
Species	Arctanthemum arcticum	Porcellio laevis

Conservation Status

Arctic daisy

LC — Least Concern

dooryard sowbug

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arctic daisy	dooryard sowbug
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Arctic daisy

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Norway and United States.

dooryard sowbug

Habitat

Typically found in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan), Europe (12 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

Arctic daisy

The Arctic daisy (Arctanthemum arcticum) is a species in the genus Arctanthemum. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.