Macro of a walnut with three woodlice sitting on it. Woodlice like to eat pieces of wood, especially if it is rotting. The photo shows the side view of one specimen with its legs and the segments of another from above. Trilobite fans will be happy about the similarities.

A macro photo shows an adult woodlouse (partly hidden behind green salad) just having changed the skin. When they want to grow, they shed their old skin like clothing. Next to it lies the skin from their abdomen, like a pair of white trousers. The woodlouse still has damp, darker skin at the abdomen. At the front of its body, it has already dried to a grey colour. My tip for being curious: a macro lens and a magnifyer glass for soil life!

If you cautiously flip a stone, you can meet the natives living in your soil. They like being in the shadow and humidity of the rocks. Here: Woodlice with their babies and tiny flat brown snails eating on rotting salad. Depending on the health of your soil, you'll meet other animals, too. Replace the stone cautiously, don't press it down, let there be air.

Soil, stones and rotting salaad, leaves, and a slice of tomatoe. An easy self-made place for rock flipping is your compost, or like here a flower box. You need soil/humus, rotting plants/fruits and some stones or rocks as protection against too much sunlight. In a flower box, you have to add plant leftovers.