...is it a regional expression?
2007-03-01 22:01:36 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
The scientific names for rolly pollies( note the spelling) are pill bugs, sow bugs, terrestrial isopods or potato bugs. Rolly pollies are named for their rolled up position like modem pill bugs.
Pill bugs hide in damp places during the day and are active at night. Under moist areas such as bark and stones, they make their burrow (living quarters.) One of the pill bugs' most surprising characteristics is that they have such a wide distribution pattern. "Home" can be a forest, garden, or basement.
2007-03-01 22:22:31 · answer #1 · answered by rosieC 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Roley Poleys
2016-10-20 06:36:07 · answer #2 · answered by harmonie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
roley poleys are also called pill bugs here- but i like the roley poley name better. (:
2007-03-01 22:04:34 · answer #3 · answered by lynn 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
most of my jobs I have ever worked at required me to get over things that scare me , or that I disgust. I figure I have to have a job, what better way than to find one to get over your fears. I washed dogs for like 3 months, scary thing is, is I was super scared of all dogs but my own when I accepted the job, love all dogs now. I currently am a server, and I HATE germs, I dont use public restrooms, they are crawling with them, but I love my job, and I am constantly playing with others peoples chewed up food and messing with germs, I figure I can wash my self up with soap and water. I used to be really afraid of all the germ things, the jobs helped me realize a shower and lots of soap gets rid of a LOT of things. The whole getting over my phobias( which most people wouldn't attempt) has actually helped me a lot, do a lot more things that I wouldnt have b4 And yes, germs still freak me out!
2016-03-18 03:42:21 · answer #4 · answered by Lorri 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Woodlice is the actual name.
Common names for woodlice vary throughout the English-speaking world. They include: armadillo bug , cheeselog , doodlebug , monkeypea , pill bug , roly-poly , potato bug, roll up bug , slater and sow bug .
2007-03-01 22:09:28 · answer #5 · answered by Carol N 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We called them potato bugs or water bugs in Cleveland, Ohio
I believe they are pill bugs or sow (like the female hog) bugs
2007-03-01 22:06:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sow bugs
2007-03-01 22:26:12 · answer #7 · answered by Sky Watcher 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're talking about what I think you're talking about - the little woodlouse thingies that can roll up into a ball - I call them pill bugs.
2007-03-01 22:07:40 · answer #8 · answered by Tish P 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
roley poley,thats what I say too
2007-03-01 22:05:23 · answer #9 · answered by grmat 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've always called them potato bugs.
2007-03-01 22:06:42 · answer #10 · answered by YAWN 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋