Hi everyone, RScott and I were wondering what you grew up calling the Armadillidium vulgare. We thought it would be interesting to find out if different cultures and countries had different names for them. If you don't know what that is then you may recognize it by a few of it's nicknames like Pill bug, Roley Poley, or Tiggy Hog. I for one called it a Roley Poley. What did you call it?
2007-10-04 09:56:29 · 18 answers · asked by Sptfyr 7 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
It's a bug.
http://www.myers-services.com/learn_more/images/big/pill_bug.jpg
2007-10-04 10:05:03 · update #1
Oh, yea, don't forget to say where you are. Thanks :)
2007-10-04 10:05:45 · update #2
Oklahoma for me.
2007-10-04 10:07:56 · update #3
I was born in Salem, Oregon. In the Northeast, we called them Potato Bugs. Some people also called them Pill Bugs.
My parents were born and raised in Mississippi. They called them Doodle Bugs.
My grandmother (also from Mississippi) taught me a rhyme so when we visited her, I played with them.
I would try to make them come out of their home (underground). They were very hard to get to come out of their underground home.
What you would do is this - you would take a piece of straw (or a long piece of dried grass, etc.) and put in the "doodle bugs" hole. Then, you would recite: "Doodle bug, doodle bug, your house is on fire, come out, come out, where ever you are..." and this was *supposed* to get the doodle bug to crawl out on the piece of straw or long piece of dried grass and then you could play with them.
By the way, when I lived in Virginia and Maryland, they were called Roley Poley's.
2007-10-04 16:05:29 · answer #1 · answered by Humdinger 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Roley Poley (southern california) and one year my science teacher told us to bring in some pill bugs, and I had no idea what he was talking about!
2007-10-05 00:07:00 · answer #2 · answered by earthlover7 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Each area I've lived in:
Long Beach Ca.........Roley Poley
San Francisco " "
Oakland " "
San Luis Obispo " "
Seal Beach " "
Alameda CA " "
Grand Rapids MI Roley Poley
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St . Louis Missouri Roley Poley
Farmington Mo " "
2007-10-05 06:00:45 · answer #3 · answered by LucySD 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Roley Polly in St.Louis, MO
2007-10-04 17:04:58 · answer #4 · answered by k monster 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What an eyeopener!! I didn't even know they had them in England. Here in Florida, at least 60 years ago, we called them Doodle Bugs and I didn't know any other names for them until people from other states began moving into our area in the 50's.
2007-10-04 19:38:38 · answer #5 · answered by Bromeliad 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rolly Polly, Doodle bug, or Potato bug. Heard them all in Texas.
2007-10-04 19:32:38 · answer #6 · answered by DR 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Roley poley (USA-Virginia)
2007-10-04 17:05:42 · answer #7 · answered by booboo 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I call them pill bugs or sow bugs or rolly pollies. Some of them can live for about five years. They are good for the soil but beside that they usless.
2007-10-04 17:36:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
wow, never heard of any of these names, is this a bug or a plant...can you show a picture....I'm curious , thanks. I live in Ontario, Canada...where r u guys from
Thanks for the pic..yeah I recognize it now, but my Mama never did teach me the name, but I remember I used to play with them until they would curl up into a perfect little ball !! They do look like armadillos guess that's what I'd call them.
2007-10-04 17:02:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They were roley-polies in MI where I grew up.
2007-10-04 18:51:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋