Revealed: the top 10 invertebrates of the year

03 Aug, 11:00. UK edition

Woodlice illustrations repeated on a sky blue background.

At last! It’s time for our invertebrate of the year competition as voted for by you. Today, the common woodlouse – come back on Tuesday to find out who else made the top 10

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1 The common woodlouse

(Oniscus asellus) If there were a prize for the range and joyfulness of a creature’s English-language names, the humble woodlouse would undoubtedly triumph over its million-plus invertebrate rivals …

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2 Come back Tuesday!

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