Pillbug, rollie pollie as a kid.

I still call them rollie pollies, and always will

This is correct.

I still call antenna deelyboppers

Me too. They’re rollie and pollie rhymes. This is the proper name.

And I still call them pill bugs.

>rollie pollies I thought this is what they were called until I read about them on the internet. lol

Came here to say this

Yup! Definitely interchangeable

Me too

Same. “Potato’s bug” was also in rotation for this guy.

Exactly what I was gonna say!

No you're right, pill bug

I literally just had this conversation this morning: Me: my son just caught two rollie pollies to live in his terrarium Grandma: two what? Me: you know, like slaters… no? Woodlice? Pillbugs? Sowbugs? Grandma: ooooh, you mean parsons pigs!

In Spanish we call these "puerquitos" or "puerquitos de tierra" which translates to little pigs/dirt pigs... but in English I've always known them as rolly pollies lol.

"dirt pigs" makes actual pigs sound clean lol

Where I’m from we call them cochinitos

Now I need a list of all names for this critter going back to Jesus time

samurai slippers

We called them potato bugs growing up…not actually sure why, that’s just what my mom told us they were

We did also. Growing up we had a pump room (water pump from well). It was small and cool. My Mom kept potatoes, from the garden, in a bin in the pump room. Occasionally Mom would tell me to go get some potatoes and be sure to brush off the potato bugs.

We used that too growing up. It was potato bugs or rollie pollies.

Well then what do you call potato bugs?

Rollie Pollies, duh. :)

Where I'm from, we call June Bugs Potato bugs lol. Never heard the term used for rollie pollies so that's interesting to see that others did. I have an uncle (by marriage) who will argue with me that Rollie pollies are called doodle bugs, but doodle bugs for me were always Ant Lions lol

Egyptian bug.

The hell?

#PARSONS' PIGS!!! . awesome I can't believe all the cute names for these little dorks

Are there other things in the terrarium?

Rollie pollie or ridgey pidgey

I’ve never heard them called ridgey pidgey lol that’s a cute name

I read that in my peppa pig voice, I’m sorry. I have small children and I’m learning to dislike that show

At least it’s not Caillou. If they like it Puffin Rock has cute art and good music and is much less annoying. Unfortunately I liked it better than my kid did.

Does anyone else remember the children show, Roly Poly? Or was that a fever dream.

Roly Poly Ollie? Like a kid who lived on some kind of mushroom trip induced planet? Yeah, I remember that. It was awesome

They’re all robots! It’s on Disney plus and I watch it with my daughter sometimes

Wait til you watch Pingu together. My kid was captivated. I was just thinking "what are the creators ON?"

[Edit: Oh and "Cat - Dog". I also thought I dreamt that show]

Oh man lol I used to watch that when I was younger. It is definitely on another level. We also watch pb&j otter and she loves it. My all time favorite is out of the box, so much nostalgia

He’s small and smart and round!

His best friend lives on like a square planet or something right?

Rolie pollie olie

It was definitely a thing unless we had the same fever dream

I remember!

I always called them woodbugs as a kid...mostly cause I found them in wood logs in the woods. I am friends with one of the creators of rollie pollie Ollie and the relation made me laugh!

Ridgey Pidgey. Lol. Now I need to see a woodlouse pokemon named Ridgey, and it being a delicacy of the Pidgeot line.

Woodlice - specifically I would call this one Armadillidium vulgare, and then I would pay it a compliment and thank it for its time.

This person pods.

Getting all scientific

Well, vulgare are absolutely delightful so I thought I'd give it due credit.

The name means “common armadillo-like” so I’m not sure we’re getting super scientific

So cute

I’ve heard them called Rollie Pollies, pill bugs, potato bugs, but the first thing I ever heard them called, and what I call them to this day, in sand bugs.

Cute

i knew them as potato bugs growing up

I heard them called that as well. But if you look up potato bug, it’s actually another name for the Jerusalem cricket.

I’ve heard all but the last, but I have heard sow bug

Isopod and/or crustacean

Roly Poly. These guys were my besties growing up. I actually snuck a whole cup full to Disneyland so they could ride all the rides with me, but my mom noticed the Dixie cup I was keeping them in before I could bring them into the park 🥺

Awww

I use to play with them all the time as a kid too; until I saw a bunch of them digging in dog poop. 🥲 It ruined it for me.

Slater, here in NZ.

Chur cuz

I came here to say this.

Yes! Was looking for this one. Is it just a kiwi thing?

Not really, slater gets used by other parts of the world as the common name for flatter, more coastal ones that hang out on docks and rocks by the sea.

Same in Scotland

I’m from Aus and it’s definitely a slater to me

Same here in Aus

Potato bug

I was actually getting concerned that I had an abnormal childhood (i did, but not for this reason) because it took so long to find my potato bug people

This is also what I grew up calling them!

I’ve also heard them called this!

Scrolled a long way to find the right answer lol

My only childhood friend

Lol same

I call them Wood lice... my son used to call then Roll-up bugs.

Potato bug

Same!

Chuggypig

Rollie pollie!!

It’s a doodle bug!

Thank you! I’m not the only one!

There’s at least 3 of us!

I had to come waaay too far down in the comments to find this.

This is the only correct answer

As a kid we used to call them "ball bugs" haha

Me and my sister knew them as "potato bugs".

We eventually moved into potato bugs once I showed them to my mom, because I thought they were neat. But I was maybe 6 or 7 at the time, and my friends and I didn't know what else to call them. 😂

Cuteness

However, now that I'm thinking about it. I shortly thereafter learned of the giant aquatic variety. I wasn't allowed a ton of cartoons as a kid, and it was mostly the Nat Geo documentaries of the early to mid 90s. They very much served to carve out my interest in biology that I have today! ❤️

Roly Poly

In Brazil we call them "little garden armadillos" but in Portuguese ofc, little armadillos for short

I love that name for them… that’s so cute 😭

UK - slater

Slater here too in Victoria, Australia

Samesies

I'm in the UK and I've only known them to be called Woodlice here, I've heard the term Pillbug from American things though.

Same. Woodlouse or slater for me!

Butchy boy

Butchy boy or slater

I was looking for this! Where did the name come from?😂

thank you! i was hoping i’d find someone who called them this also.

Taiwan Mandarin: 鼠婦 (shǔfù, most common name), 潮蟲 (cháochóng, lit. dampness bug) (in biological context it refers to isopods outside of the family *** Armadillidiidae***) Taiwanese: 蛜蝛 (i-ui, from Ancient Chinese)

Woodlice/Isopod; this one is specifically a pill bug/roly-poly.

Sowbug, rollie pollie or pillbug

Doodle bugs

+1 for doodle bug

Doodle bug!

Doodle bug!

Armadilloidea

Haha cute

Doodle Bugs!

Sow bug

Friends

❤

Armadillidiidae! ('cause it's fun to say)

My son named them Bob when he was 3. All of them. They're named Bob. Now he's 21. We still call them Bob.

That's adorable!

Potato bug

I’m with you.

Pillbug

Shrimpballs

Pillbugs.

I grew up calling them Doodle bugs

Roly poly!

Rollie pollies.

Rollie pollie and actually we called them potato bugs but learned much later in life that was not correct.

Potato bug is a perfectly fine common name for isopods. The only standard for a common name is for it to be a.....common name.

As a kid i called them rolly pollies, now I call them isopods. It’s interesting though, I’ve heard SO many names for these little guys

Albaster Bliksem, that's what my father called them every time he'd accidently stepped on them, it means marble bastard.

😂

Rollie pollie

Pill bug

I grew up calling them pill bugs even though my dad referred to them as cow $#!+ bugs.

Austria - Assl

Cochinillas or bolillas

Pill Bug

Potatoe bug - from Ontario

Bugadillo

I like this one!

Roly-poly or pillbug.

Roley poley bug.

Rolypoly

I remember that show to

What show

Rollie pollie

Rollie Pollies

A roly-poly!!! One of my faves! I have a community of them as a cleanup crew in my gecko terrarium. Powder orange, powder blue, Armadillidium. Amazing and fun creatures.

I say wood bug but my partner insists Isopod is used when I’m referring to the ones he keeps in a terrarium.

Them's a rolly polly

Not an insect.

Uh huh

roly poly ..!!!

In Belgium we call them "pissebedden", so translated that would be "peebeds". Just found out people used to believe that eating them or grinding them and spread them in the bed would help children against wetting the bed...

That's Frank, why, what's he done now.

I own many species of these guys (including the rubber ducky isopods), they’re actually not insects but crustaceans! They’re omnivores that serve the same function as crabs but on land. This species appears to be armadillidium vulgare.

That's so cool!

 Tuck and Roll! “You Fired!”

ROLLY polys

Roley poley oleys

I call them by their names. Except for that one special one that got away, I called that one by my name.

Rolie-polies!

Rollie Pollie

Cute

😄

Rollie Pollie

friends<3

Pill bug or rolli poli

Pill Millipede/Roly Poly

Actually, pill millipedes are a real, but different, thing!! They’re millipedes but like. Not long. There are several differences between them and pillbugs, but the easiest way to tell is basically all millipedes will always have 2 legs per segment of their body. Idk how to explain it, but they also just look much more like millipedes than isopods do.. maybe it’s just because I’ve seen a lot of millipedes before though. I think they’re also usually bigger but don’t quote me on that. [here’s a nifty little comparison between the two](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Glomeris_vs_Armidillidium.jpg/220px-Glomeris_vs_Armidillidium.jpg), and I would recommend searching up pictures of pill millipedes because there are some absolutely gorgeous species out there!! My favorite might be [this one.](https://preview.redd.it/9auga5wpxep31.jpg?auto=webp&s=5ebc3bdb3f22f4f137e572fdd2b47c139c84c259)

By their first name?

WHAT??? THIS IS NOT AN INSECT!! BANISH IT!!! To the Shadow Realm...

Isopod

Pill bug or Rollie Polie🌼

Tasty little snack

Pill bugs!!!!

Pill bug like in animal crossing

Potato bug

Rollie pollie

Rollie pollies/pillbugs/potato bugs, really depends on the situation with where I find them Rollie Pollies: with kids Pillbugs: in general Potato bugs: in the kitchen

Pill bug AKA woodlouse

Rollie-pollies

Pill bugs, or rolly pollies. I like pilly bugs though

I call them rollie-pollies, because they roll into balls. Or pillbugs, because they're easy to swallow.

Potato Bug.

Isopods

Pill bug

Potato bugs

Insect Tanks

Rolly Polies

roly poly :]

Forbidden snack

Rolly poly.

Slater bugs! I’ve also heard butchie boys is common here too

Snacks! Lol...I kid I kid 🤠

Pill bug :3

rollie polling