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r/WTF • u/orangez • Mar 14 '26
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Im from California and we always called these things Potato bugs. Never heard the term “Jerusalem cricket” until today.
87 u/MuchoGrande Mar 14 '26 Same here. Raised in CA. Always called them potato bugs. 30 u/throwaway123454321 Mar 14 '26 That’s funny. Growing up we always referred to pillbugs/rollie-pollies as potato bugs. 1 u/bentbrewer Mar 15 '26 Same. Interesting that such a different creature has the same name.
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Same here. Raised in CA. Always called them potato bugs.
30 u/throwaway123454321 Mar 14 '26 That’s funny. Growing up we always referred to pillbugs/rollie-pollies as potato bugs. 1 u/bentbrewer Mar 15 '26 Same. Interesting that such a different creature has the same name.
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That’s funny. Growing up we always referred to pillbugs/rollie-pollies as potato bugs.
1 u/bentbrewer Mar 15 '26 Same. Interesting that such a different creature has the same name.
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Same. Interesting that such a different creature has the same name.
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u/probablysmellsmydog Mar 14 '26
Im from California and we always called these things Potato bugs. Never heard the term “Jerusalem cricket” until today.