Woodlouse in the UK
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WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months agoI read somewhere a while back that the nicknames for these creatures is highly regional, and it seemed to pan out when their data showed that the regions which used the two names I know them by are the same ones that my family comes from.
Doodle-bug or roly-poly, btw.
9point6@lemmy.world 8 months ago
RecallMadness@lemmy.nz 8 months ago
At least the south east.
9point6@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Everything starts getting a little bit odd in that part of the country
WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
It’s all about the taste.
prex@aussie.zone 8 months ago
100%
Western Australia: Slater
I can only assume the other states are similar.
Crewman@sopuli.xyz 8 months ago
Pill bugs and potato bugs are some others I’ve heard.
NielsBohron@lemmy.world 8 months ago
In Nor Cal where I grew up, potato bugs are a totally different bug that looks like a cockroach fucked a grasshopper.
Crewman@sopuli.xyz 8 months ago
Image Oh. No, thank you.
MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 8 months ago
We have a similar bug here called a cave cricket! They look similar but cave crickets are harmless lol
HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world 8 months ago
They look like a pale version of our Weta.
But our bugs are chill. Little jumpy and spiky though.
NielsBohron@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Yeah, I have a deep-seated irrational fear of bugs large enough to “pop” when you step on them, and I think it stems from growing up around these monstrosities. They’re not as bad as bugs in a lot of places, but goddamn does it hurt to get bit by them, especially as a child.