i think our garden might be missing a few woodlice now, the girls play with them the moment they get outside, and you know how playthings get lost ...
bill over the road calls them billy-bakers, and when i lived in scotland the twins sean and dan called them slaters, and found me some very impressive ones, back when i hated touching them and pretended that i didn't!
the other day daisy saw one that she thought was doing a pooh, and shouted with glee, "he's doing a poooo! he's making compost!"
so, they have been listening when we chat about the garden!
We call them roly-polies, or pill bugs or--for some unexplained reason, maybe the shape?--potato bugs.
ReplyDeleteWe call the sow bugs, or rolly-polies, like Donna. We had them all over in California, but I don't see them as much in Montana.
ReplyDeleteCute pictures!
I think you are going to have to make them some big ones to play with. Raggy-woodlouse?
ReplyDeletePill Bugs, Rolly Polies or Potatoe bugs as well. In Maryland. I always liked potatoe bugs. They look very little like Potatoes. :D
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