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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..
That’s definitely a bug, just not an insect
Technically not a ‘bug’ but ok.
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
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.
That there's your standard issue roly-poly.
Also called a pillbug. Okay, I'll defer to you - maybe sowbug lol a little flatter.
We call them slaters, or slater beetles in Aus
It is a pill though.
Pops one
makes you taste colors
That's definitely a bug. Bug isn't a taxonomic term.
I believe it is. A bug is a range of insects with piercing mouthparts. Like sap-sucking guys, or assassin bugs. I don’t think mosquitoes count though. I could be wrong.
Bug is a taxonomic term? Fucking taxonomists. Taxonomy is a garbage pseudoscience that takes our living natural language and turns it into a dead, useless thing like their pinned up butterflies.
"You know what, fuck you, taxonomy."
Un-deads your butterflies
Not exactly taxonomy but kinda.
Land Crustacean
I think I saw another post where it's good at heavy metal spoil extraction.
Is it the same type of creature?
Yep!
It's an isopod!
We should call them prawntatoes instead
this post was submitted on 18 Mar 2024
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