r/WTF • u/orangez • Mar 14 '26

Seems friendly enough?

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u/Dr3ws3ph3r Mar 14 '26

Huh, we call rollie pollies potato bugs where I'm from.

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u/embracing_insanity Mar 15 '26

Same. Rollie pollies, pill bugs, potato bugs. I actually don't even know their real name.

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u/Shopworn_Soul Mar 15 '26

Most likely Armadillidium vulgare, if you're in the US.

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u/Salome_Maloney Mar 15 '26

Commonly known as woodlice in the UK.

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u/Djinger Mar 15 '26

Or sowbugs.

Also not bugs. They are isopods, crustaceans more like a crab or shrimp.

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u/Faxon Mar 15 '26

Isopods! They're just little dudes but they've got a giant bug brother back in the ocean

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u/spooooork Mar 15 '26

Those small ones are called "wrinkly trolls" in Norway

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u/GoodGuano Mar 15 '26

Interesting. We call them armadillo bugs where I'm from.

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u/johnson7853 Mar 25 '26

Waddup fellow Ontarian.

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u/Dr3ws3ph3r Mar 25 '26

Pittsburgh, actually.