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minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·21 days agoThis is the first time I’ve heard anyone call them anything other than a woodlouse
minus-squarejabathekek@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·21 days agoYou must be referring to the Woodlouse Hunter which hunts… *checks notes …Granny Grunters.
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-221 days agoI only ever called them woodlouses when I learned that name as a teenager because everyone here always called them “roly-polies” or “potato bugs.”
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 days agoRoly polies does sound adorable, I’ll give you that
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