We had those where I grew up to, our chickens would go absolutely bonkers when we would feed them one. One of them actually learned to come to me when I called because she knew it meant delicious bugs
jabathekek@sopuli.xyz
on 06 Dec 21:20
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What’s with all these weird names for a pill bug.
ReplicantBatty@lemmy.one
on 06 Dec 21:24
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It’s called a roly-poly and I will tolerate no disagreement, good day to you
jabathekek@sopuli.xyz
on 06 Dec 21:25
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nuh-uh
JackFrostNCola@lemmy.world
on 07 Dec 11:07
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Ye-ah
TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world
on 06 Dec 21:28
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They roly and they poly. No better names exist.
SadSadSatellite@lemmy.dbzer0.com
on 06 Dec 22:55
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I had to look that up lol, I’ve never seen Fern Gully. The username is a reference to Roy Batty, the character from Blade Runner.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
on 07 Dec 17:49
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Ahh, gotcha. It’s a good movie. Kinda sad looking back. They played it in schools in the '90s and drilled the message in that we were already doing clear cutting of forests without “The Leveler.” This was back when they “cared about global warming, and we will have to do something about it soon.” Rather than just claiming it doesn’t exist.
Robin Williams played Batty Coda, so I remember the character fondly.
mindbleach@sh.itjust.works
on 07 Dec 17:44
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Mold oxen
Because of the antennae! That’s adorable.
TastyWheat@lemmy.world
on 07 Dec 02:20
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Forbidden boba
TheEEEdiot@sh.itjust.works
on 07 Dec 02:23
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It’s a Roly Poly btw.
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
on 07 Dec 02:45
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This is a weird question but everyone else could smell these, right? Like a weird bitter, musty smell. That post about people smelling ants a while back made me wonder what other bugs not all people smell.
cholesterol@lemmy.world
on 07 Dec 02:52
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Doesn’t ring a bell. Earwigs have a distinct smell, though.
Glimpythegoblin@lemm.ee
on 07 Dec 03:02
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They excrete ammonia through their exoskeleton because they don’t actually pee! I’ve only noticed a smell from them when they’re in large groups. They may be a bit smelly, and a lot of people mislabel them as insects, but they’re actually terrestrial isopods and are related to crabs and shrimps!
zalgotext@sh.itjust.works
on 07 Dec 18:25
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Welp, that explains why the Netherlands calls these bugs “bedpissers”
Certain ants are pretty distinct. Thatch ants spray formic acid as a defense, and will have a sour smell (and taste, or so I’ve been told). Odoriferous house ants are named so for obvious reason, and smell (to me) like pen ink. Assuming they taste terrible, but I dunno anyone who’s tasted one.
Also, for what it’s worth, my entomologist father refers to the thread’s subject as “sow bugs”, so that’s how I know them, but pill bugs and rolly polly are common here.
TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works
on 07 Dec 20:54
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That’s very interesting. I can’t smell ants at all and [threads subject] smell like dirt to me (I assume because they live in dirt)
Thanks for explaining!
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
on 07 Dec 02:59
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Yeah fair, I’d have a bit of anger too if I’d been force-fed woodlice as a child.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
on 10 Dec 21:05
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i think they might have pissed in some beds
OlPatchy2Eyes@slrpnk.net
on 07 Dec 07:48
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It’s because they roll up into a cute little ball and it tickles us in a way nothing else does
TheWolfOfSouthEnd@lemmygrad.ml
on 07 Dec 08:45
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My MIL calls them Brick Beetles…cause every time you lift a brick up there one under it. Partner was 30 before she found out that’s not their real name.
Yeah, we all have our own tags for critters. Went looking online for doodle bugs and most all of the links pointed to ant lions. We called those sand diggers when I was a kid.
RebekahWSD@lemmy.world
on 07 Dec 18:02
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I was taught they were called pill bugs. Although I knew them as also roly polys. My mother called them pill bugs, the other kids called them roly polys.
She told me it was an east coast versus west coast name and clearly is more “every group of people had decided they wanted to name this thing themselves” XD
ThermonuclearCactus@lemmy.blahaj.zone
on 07 Dec 21:59
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I mean I have a pair of aquatic sowbugs I’ve been keeping in an empty yogurt cup. They look like regular sowbugs but they’re underwater, hence aquatic sowbug.
Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone
on 08 Dec 03:10
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Interesting. Where I live this is what we call a potato bug
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We had those where I grew up to, our chickens would go absolutely bonkers when we would feed them one. One of them actually learned to come to me when I called because she knew it meant delicious bugs
What’s with all these weird names for a pill bug.
It’s called a roly-poly and I will tolerate no disagreement, good day to you
nuh-uh
Ye-ah
They roly and they poly. No better names exist.
I would’ve been with you until I saw Grumper Pig.
I’ll accept carpet shrimp.
aww
Roly-poly is correct, but I’ll also accept potato bug.
Potato bugs are Jerusalem crickets no?
No no Jerusalem crickets are Wavypills
Re: your username: Is a Replicant Batty Coda just a normal Batty Coda? He’s already a cyborg with crappy/ intermittent reception.
I had to look that up lol, I’ve never seen Fern Gully. The username is a reference to Roy Batty, the character from Blade Runner.
Ahh, gotcha. It’s a good movie. Kinda sad looking back. They played it in schools in the '90s and drilled the message in that we were already doing clear cutting of forests without “The Leveler.” This was back when they “cared about global warming, and we will have to do something about it soon.” Rather than just claiming it doesn’t exist.
Robin Williams played Batty Coda, so I remember the character fondly.
This is the first time I’ve heard anyone call them anything other than a woodlouse
You must be referring to the Woodlouse Hunter which hunts… *checks notes …Granny Grunters.
I only ever called them woodlouses when I learned that name as a teenager because everyone here always called them “roly-polies” or “potato bugs.”
Roly polies does sound adorable, I’ll give you that
Do you mean the bean bug?
No, I mean a sow bug.
It does have a hard back
Their family name is Armadillidae (arm-a-dill-a-dee) which also just sounds silly
Aww, tiny armadillos!
🙃
Probably the cutest insect, and they do us no harm. Unshocking they have a collection of amusing names.
Apparently, they’re not actually insects, but rather crustaceans.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodlouse
That’s actually not shocking either! Nice, thanks for the info :)
Crustaceans are basically ocean insects, fite me
not basically at all, they just are
Ladybugs are even cuter, but do not fare as well.
This would have made the Spanish version of A Bugs Life interesting.
… on consideration, it is the same joke.
Nice-o-pod
They’re good lil guys
Norwegian, a loved one goes by many names…
Melkedyr: Milk bugs
Benkebitere: Bench biters
Kaffetroll: Coffee trolls
Munkebiller: Monk beetles
Kaffelus: Coffee lice
Munkelus: Monk lice
Moldokser: Mold oxen
Kaffedyr: Coffee bugs
Tusselus: Goblin lice
Paddelus: Toad lice
Potetroll: Potato trolls
note to self: don’t buy coffee in Norway
Because of the antennae! That’s adorable.
Forbidden boba
It’s a Roly Poly btw.
This is a weird question but everyone else could smell these, right? Like a weird bitter, musty smell. That post about people smelling ants a while back made me wonder what other bugs not all people smell.
Doesn’t ring a bell. Earwigs have a distinct smell, though.
Yeah they smell like stinky wood/almonds to me.
Isn’t almonds also the scent reported by those genetically-equipped to smell cyanide?
They excrete ammonia through their exoskeleton because they don’t actually pee! I’ve only noticed a smell from them when they’re in large groups. They may be a bit smelly, and a lot of people mislabel them as insects, but they’re actually terrestrial isopods and are related to crabs and shrimps!
Welp, that explains why the Netherlands calls these bugs “bedpissers”
Not me! Do you smell ants? I think it’s a genetic trait.
I’ve never noticed an ant smell, if I had to guess I’d assume it’s some different chemical I’m picking up on from the pill bugs.
I think so! I love them but I haven’t smelled them. What’s your stance on cilantro? I love genetic smell/taste traits.
I’m a soap-taster, unfortunately, but it smells really good to me! I just wish it tasted like it smelled
I don’t think it is, but I wonder if it’s related?! Neat!
I wish it tasted to you like it does to me :c I LOVE cilantro!
Certain ants are pretty distinct. Thatch ants spray formic acid as a defense, and will have a sour smell (and taste, or so I’ve been told). Odoriferous house ants are named so for obvious reason, and smell (to me) like pen ink. Assuming they taste terrible, but I dunno anyone who’s tasted one.
Also, for what it’s worth, my entomologist father refers to the thread’s subject as “sow bugs”, so that’s how I know them, but pill bugs and rolly polly are common here.
That’s very interesting. I can’t smell ants at all and [threads subject] smell like dirt to me (I assume because they live in dirt)
Thanks for explaining!
hey Smooth Randy
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Pissebed
Man, what the fuck did the roly polys do the the Netherlands?!
They piss in our beds! grrr
“I swear, it was these bugs!”
thimsternisse.com/healing-magic/
Apparently they fed them to kids as a cure for wetting the bed.
Yeah fair, I’d have a bit of anger too if I’d been force-fed woodlice as a child.
i think they might have pissed in some beds
It’s because they roll up into a cute little ball and it tickles us in a way nothing else does
My MIL calls them Brick Beetles…cause every time you lift a brick up there one under it. Partner was 30 before she found out that’s not their real name.
Swedish: Gråsugga = gray sow.
DOODLE BUGS!
I’m my head a doodle bug is more like a beetle with long segmented legs that kind of bobs around as it doodles along.
Yeah, we all have our own tags for critters. Went looking online for doodle bugs and most all of the links pointed to ant lions. We called those sand diggers when I was a kid.
I was taught they were called pill bugs. Although I knew them as also roly polys. My mother called them pill bugs, the other kids called them roly polys.
She told me it was an east coast versus west coast name and clearly is more “every group of people had decided they wanted to name this thing themselves” XD
I mean I have a pair of aquatic sowbugs I’ve been keeping in an empty yogurt cup. They look like regular sowbugs but they’re underwater, hence aquatic sowbug.
Me in Australia: Now that’s a real Butchy boy.
Me in Australia: that’s a slater
I call them isopods but that’s only because I started keeping them as pets Rn I have some dairy cow isopods
They’re proper pokemons, they have shiny version
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I was 30+ before I knew not everyone called them slaters
It is called a pissebed in Dutch…
Yet where i live we call them verkskes ( little piggies )