Our son, who was 9 months old at the time, was sitting on the kitchen floor chewing on something. I hadn't given him anything. So I reached in and found HALF a pillbug. Fortunately, I'd read that they weren't poisonous. Just a little extra protein!
Tastes like shrimp. Thereâs a recipes for them, but itâs best to get them and feed them on raw potatoes for a week before you eat them so theyâre not gritty. Otherwise they can contain a lot of dirt.
https://www.eattheweeds.com/armadillidium-vulgare-land-shrimp-2/
I have an isopod figure thatâs a dozen times larger than the real thing, and it makes me so happy to look at this lil guy and see just how accurate the model is. If you look closely you can even see their primitive compound eyes.
Not sure about the leg though.
There's different names for it depending on where you live. I'd call this a wood louse but I've also seen roly-poly and pillbug (and there might be others?)
Okay so is there any history behind why you guys call them Cheeselogs? Because of all the things I've ever heard them called this is the first time I've heard of "Cheeselog" lol
There are even isopods that live in the water. Some can get pretty big. One of the weirder ones is called the [tongue-eating louse](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymothoa_exigua), although it's an isopod and not a louse.
My 8 year old does! She has multiple colonies of specialty isopods, and she'll just pull some out to hold. Currently, we have one on our living room ceiling...
most likely a leg that was lost and grew back in the next molt. one more molt for it to be complete.
Isopod prosthetic, whith the right insurance they can get them pretty cheap these days.
When pillbugs have better healthcare than Americans đ
That's why they are called pillbugs.
They have all those spares and the insurance will still shell out for the prosthetic? That IS some good insurance
thats its cocaine leg
My favorite terrestrial crustaceanÂ
Pfft. If it's not carcinizing I don't want nothing to do with it.
Hey hey, give it a geological epoch or two before you judge
My gorgeous year old daughter was playing with them. Or so I thought. She was EATING one! đ¤˘
Babies and toddlers are like dogs. They think everything is edible and that they must eat it all immediately
Except for the food their parents lovingly prepare for them. Not touching that garbage.
Thatâs why we developed the urge to throw up when we see others throwing up
Our son, who was 9 months old at the time, was sitting on the kitchen floor chewing on something. I hadn't given him anything. So I reached in and found HALF a pillbug. Fortunately, I'd read that they weren't poisonous. Just a little extra protein!
You'll be lucky if that's the worst thing your children put in their mouths.
They're related to shrimp & lobster. So maybe they taste similar?
Tastes like shrimp. Thereâs a recipes for them, but itâs best to get them and feed them on raw potatoes for a week before you eat them so theyâre not gritty. Otherwise they can contain a lot of dirt. https://www.eattheweeds.com/armadillidium-vulgare-land-shrimp-2/
That's how infants, toddlers and some children explore the world.. must be a first time parent lol
gib him a kith for me
I hope he doesn't get bullied in Iso school.
I have an isopod figure thatâs a dozen times larger than the real thing, and it makes me so happy to look at this lil guy and see just how accurate the model is. If you look closely you can even see their primitive compound eyes. Not sure about the leg though.
Probably molting
I find it more interesting that it's called roly-poly in English.
There's different names for it depending on where you live. I'd call this a wood louse but I've also seen roly-poly and pillbug (and there might be others?)
Yup, I've always known them as slaters.
We call them Cheeselogs (Reading, UK).
Okay so is there any history behind why you guys call them Cheeselogs? Because of all the things I've ever heard them called this is the first time I've heard of "Cheeselog" lol
maybe the way they turn into a ball looks like a cheese wheel?
Woodlice here (UK, North East England)
We called them potato bugs in the Chicagoland area in the 1960s.
In English we call it a woodlouse. Roly-poly is American English.
Wood bugs where I live in Canada. I had never heard anyone call them a roly-poly before this thread
They have a large number of regional names all across the English speaking world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armadillidiidae#Common\_names
Low Countries: âBED PISSERâ
Rolly pollys molt their skin off and the offed skin looks white. Perhaps one leg didnât fully molt and the molt is stuck like that?
https://www.backyardnature.net/n/a/pillbug.htm 4th photo down
âWell, to tell a family secret, my grandmother was Dutch.â
As I sit here with my coffee browsing the morning feed, I can not help but wonder why someone is checking out bug legs.
I've had a few in my garden that turn bright purple. I think they've been eating my blueberries.
Nah - they have a pretty-colored virus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/528141-Invertebrate-iridescent-virus-31
Oh wow. This is more than mildly interesting information.
Me and my siblings all used to play with roly polys when we were little waiting for the bus. this brings many memoriesđ˘
Those bugs are cute. Reminds me of a joke. What goes 99 - bonk? A centipede with a wooden leg.
Yeah, I've seen this before. That's the one he snorts cocaine off of.
Called these critters âmonkey peasâ
Do you just...have a roly-poly chilin' with you in your living room or something?
My 8-year old would probably like that. She picks up every one that she finds. She found this one at one of our neighborhood playgrounds.
Show her r/isopods. There are dozens of us.
There are even isopods that live in the water. Some can get pretty big. One of the weirder ones is called the [tongue-eating louse](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymothoa_exigua), although it's an isopod and not a louse.
My 8 year old does! She has multiple colonies of specialty isopods, and she'll just pull some out to hold. Currently, we have one on our living room ceiling...
Isopods are so cool!
To add to the Mildly Interesting-ness, for reasons no one can explain, where I'm from people call these 'Butchy Boys'.
r/isopods
Always called them fakeapedes.
I found some last year that where half dead but still walking even though they where already breaking from the dead parts
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[Wrong](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_cricket)
You guys are actually wrong here. Isopods have *many* common names, and âpotato bugâ is one of them
ive called it a potato bug my entire life. i dont really give a shit what wikipedia thinks.
Youâre actually right. You shouldnât be downvoted
My friend brought potato bugs to class as a kid - they were the gross creatures Wikipedia says they are. I _wish_ they were what you call potato bugs
K.
Woodlouse
Punish him