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minus-squareWeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·3 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.
minus-squareCrewman@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·3 months agoPill bugs and potato bugs are some others I’ve heard.
minus-squareRecallMadness@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-23 months agoAt least the south east. (Edit) I say this but reading and Guildford call them cheesy bobs and cheese logs. What the fuck.
minus-squareWeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoIt’s all about the taste.
minus-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoEverything starts getting a little bit odd in that part of the country
minus-squaredustycups@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months ago100% Western Australia: Slater I can only assume the other states are similar.
I 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.
Pill bugs and potato bugs are some others I’ve heard.
Woodlouse in the UK
At least the south east.
(Edit) I say this but reading and Guildford call them cheesy bobs and cheese logs.
What the fuck.
It’s all about the taste.
Everything starts getting a little bit odd in that part of the country
100%
Western Australia: Slater
I can only assume the other states are similar.