c/science_memes · by fossilesque@mander.xyz · 2y

LIES

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14 Comments

Is both roly and poly.

So I probably shouldn't boil, mash or put in a stew? Damn, that's a lot of time I've wasted..

AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Am I missing the point by saying that's not a potato bug? Not even sure it's a pillbug, but maybe is. Looks like a sowbug.

amansman@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 2y (2 replies)

That there's your standard issue roly-poly.

AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Also called a pillbug. Okay, I'll defer to you - maybe sowbug lol a little flatter.

boogetyboo@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y

We call them slaters, or slater beetles in Aus

idiomaddict@feddit.de · 7 pts · 2y (2 replies)

That’s definitely a bug, just not an insect

maculata@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Technically not a ‘bug’ but ok.

idiomaddict@feddit.de · 2 pts · 2y

I could see it both ways. Crustaceans are arthropods and this resembles a true bug about as much as a spider does, but I’ll give you that crustaceans are probably not top on people’s list of “looks like a bug.”

I lean towards using it for most kinds of “small invertebrate pest,” because those are the factors about bugs that I care about. Even a tiny, annoying hummingbird would only seem like a bug to me until I looked at it, but something with chitin almost always feels like it counts

JoMomma@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y

Land Crustacean

YaDownWitCPP@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

It's an isopod!

Spacehooks@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I think I saw another post where it's good at heavy metal spoil extraction.

Is it the same type of creature?

swab148@startrek.website · 2 pts · 2y

Yep!

SirDankbud@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 2y

We should call them prawntatoes instead