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01 Jul 05 - 01:22 PM (#1513811) Subject: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: *Laura* Apparently the different nicknames for woodlice is one of the biggest dialect variations there is. Im from Somerset, England and I always knew them as Billy Bakers. Where do you come from and what was your nickname for woodlice? xLx |
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01 Jul 05 - 01:36 PM (#1513828) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Ebbie I don't know any other name for them but here is something to do with them: "These recipes have been provided by a "Wild Foods" enthusiast. I couldn't bring myself to eat these creatures, however for those interested in survivalist foods here are the details. Apparently they smell of fish as they cook and add a crunchy texture and a slight fishy taste to the food. - Perhaps they should be mixed in a blender after killing and before cooking? "Woodlice are raised on clean paper and fed with potato for a number of days before cooking. Before cooking they must be killed. This occurs instantly by placing in a sieve and dropping it into a pot of boiling water. "In view of the size of woodlice I would suggest that it wouldn't be a profitable exercise to rely on them to provide enough food to survive on. Woodlouse fritters Woodlouse sushi Woodlouse scones Woodlouse fry-up " Oh, Yum |
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01 Jul 05 - 01:39 PM (#1513833) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: GUEST,TIA Are we talking about the little grey land crustaceans? If so, how about... sow bugs sow beetles pill bugs roly polies potato bugs potato beetles All are used here in eastern USA |
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01 Jul 05 - 01:42 PM (#1513836) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: GUEST,MMario sowbugs or pillbugs |
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01 Jul 05 - 01:43 PM (#1513837) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: *Laura* yup - the 'little grey land crustaceans' pill bugs! I love it! |
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01 Jul 05 - 01:48 PM (#1513841) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Metchosin wood bugs, sow bugs and pill bugs are terms used here on the westcoast of Canada. Jeez, I think if I were really hungry I would eat the potato myself, rather than feed it to a wood bug. |
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01 Jul 05 - 01:51 PM (#1513847) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: GUEST sowbugs and pillbugs mate throughout the year, with most activity in the spring. The female carries the eggs, numbering from 7 to 200, in a brood pouch on the underside of her body. Eggs hatch in three to seven weeks and the young are white-colored. They remain in the brood pouch for six to eight weeks until they are able to take care of themselves. There may be one to two generations per year, with individuals living up to three years depending on weather conditions. These creatures live outdoors, feeding on decaying organic matter and occasionally young plants and their roots |
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01 Jul 05 - 01:52 PM (#1513849) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Cool Beans Well, let's see. There's Alice, Mary, George, Fred, Jose... |
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01 Jul 05 - 02:03 PM (#1513857) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Jim McLean In the West of Scotland we call them slaters. |
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01 Jul 05 - 02:07 PM (#1513860) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: GUEST Poor body hygene |
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01 Jul 05 - 02:26 PM (#1513879) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: GUEST,TIA If I remember correctly, the dipping in boiling water is not just to kill them. They are loaded with urea. Would taste like...well exactly what you think...if not boiled first. |
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01 Jul 05 - 02:43 PM (#1513899) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: John MacKenzie Yep Jim slaters is what we used to call them too, but you and I are from a similar background. My live-in housekepper calls them Monkey Peas, but she's from Kent so you have to make allowances. Giok |
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01 Jul 05 - 02:45 PM (#1513902) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: GUEST,The Shambles Her in Dorset - Chiggi-Pigs. |
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01 Jul 05 - 02:47 PM (#1513905) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Hamish Slaters in Dundee, too. |
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01 Jul 05 - 02:57 PM (#1513909) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Fergie In Ireland we call them slaters also Fergie |
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01 Jul 05 - 03:08 PM (#1513917) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Ebbie "All are used here in eastern USA " TIA Used in what way and to what purpose, Tia? I've lived in Virginia and in Michigan and I've never heard of it. |
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01 Jul 05 - 03:20 PM (#1513927) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Don(Wyziwyg)T "Pea bugs" is what you will mostly hear from children in Kent, UK. Little girls tend to say "Yeeuucchh!, but they do that with anything that has six or more legs, so I guess it doesn't count. Don T. |
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01 Jul 05 - 03:29 PM (#1513936) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: GUEST,TIA All these terms are used. I heard 'em all growing up in NJ, PA and RI |
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01 Jul 05 - 04:11 PM (#1513968) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: *Laura* no more billy-bakers? |
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02 Jul 05 - 03:10 AM (#1514032) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: fat B****rd On the council estates around here. Wayne, Craig, Dean etc for the lads and for the ladettes Kelly, Chantelle and jailbait. |
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02 Jul 05 - 04:52 AM (#1514064) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Sooz I've heard them called bibblebugs or coffin cutters. |
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02 Jul 05 - 06:09 AM (#1514074) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: JennyO They're known as slaters here in Oz too. When my brother and I were kids, we used to call them piggies. We stopped short of giving them nicknames though. Then again, Sally Slater or Sammy Slater do have a nice ring about them :-) I think they're kinda cute. Anyway, I don't have any plans to get rid of them. I've never seen them doing anything to my plants - I only occasionally see them hiding in dark damp corners minding their own business. So I'll live and let live. And I won't be eating any either, no matter how you dress 'em up. |
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02 Jul 05 - 08:58 AM (#1514138) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Dave Hanson Leatherjackets. eric |
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02 Jul 05 - 09:22 AM (#1514152) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Tannywheeler Yup. "Pill Bugs" here in Texas. Eat them???!!! eeeeeee-ooooooooooooooooo grossssssssss. Tw |
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02 Jul 05 - 10:39 AM (#1514202) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Alice So what are silverfish? Not sure if it is wood lice, but we (in Montana) call a grey crawly bug "silverfish". |
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02 Jul 05 - 10:41 AM (#1514206) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Alice Nope, did a search and silverfish eat paper and books and glue, not wood. I guess we call them woodlice. |
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02 Jul 05 - 11:24 AM (#1514219) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: JennyO Here's a site showing the difference. If you scroll down to the bottom, the woodlice/slater/pillbug (Armadillidum vulgare) is second from the bottom, and the silverfish (Lepisma saccharina L.) is at the bottom right underneath it. BTW the only place I've seen silverfish is occasionally in the bath. They don't seem interested in my books, so they can stay too. Does anybody eat those? |
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02 Jul 05 - 11:47 AM (#1514226) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: GUEST Leatherjackets are the larvae of the crane fly, which I also know as the 'daddy long legs', though some people confuse matters by calling long-legged spiders 'dady long legses'. |
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02 Jul 05 - 01:10 PM (#1514258) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: GUEST,TIA How about "earwigs". Do those things on their tails actually pinch? Why the ear in earwig? |
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02 Jul 05 - 01:41 PM (#1514278) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Megan L slaters in orkney too, not to be confused with the slaters of yarpha dashed fine familly and not a bit of armour plating in sight |
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02 Jul 05 - 01:51 PM (#1514283) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Matt R Rollypollies in Philly, or at least my family |
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02 Jul 05 - 02:29 PM (#1514311) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: GUEST Earwigs: yes, those tail pinchers actually do pinch,doesn't hurt, but it is a firm pinch! |
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02 Jul 05 - 02:31 PM (#1514312) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Donuel Hey if you put pill bugs in the microwave and cook them for 3 minutes they are totally unharmed. They have great armor against microwave frequencies. |
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03 Jul 05 - 11:12 AM (#1514404) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: *Laura* in SOmerset also - Bakers. on it's own without the billy. |
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03 Jul 05 - 12:58 PM (#1514475) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: GUEST I grew up in Peterborough (Cambridgeshire, UK) and I was always told, from childhood, that it was boring (perhaps that's why I like watching traffic lights change?). Anyway, in terms of woodlice it probably is quite boring ... because we always called them ... woodlice. I'll get me coat then... |
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03 Jul 05 - 08:08 PM (#1514795) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Peace I calls 'em "Those little thingies." |
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03 Jul 05 - 08:13 PM (#1514798) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Peace And yet MORE about this little darlin'. Here |
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03 Jul 05 - 11:22 PM (#1514879) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: GUEST,Jack the Sailor Where I grew up in Newfoundland, we called them "carpenters". |
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27 Jul 05 - 11:54 AM (#1529308) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: *Laura* I found another one at Trowbridge - along the same lines as mine though - Bakermen. xLx |
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27 Jul 05 - 12:07 PM (#1529322) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Rapparee Spot, Fido, Rover, and Fang. |
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27 Jul 05 - 12:29 PM (#1529350) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: JohnInKansas Jenny O I'll let the woodlice stay, since they're a principal "digester" of the woody yard waste that you'd otherwise have to clean up occasionally. They will occasionally chew the paper off of plasterboard, especially if there's a little dampness. "Termite inspectors" have been known to point out what they do as evidence of termite infestation - in order to sell a treatment contract; but the difference in kind of damage done is very apparent, and the woodlice don't generally eat anything that wasn't about to fall off anyway. They seem to require a certain consistent level of moisture, which is why they are seldom seen indoors. The silverfish, at least in my area, usually are the actual culprit when people find their clothing or linens "moth eaten." They do attack and devour little holes in cotton, wool, linen, paper, and even silk, and can be very destructive. They are pretty secretive, so if you're seeing even a few you probably have a lot of them and should make sure that any fabric/fiber stuff in storage is securely sealed and/or treated to repel them. Relying just on tight seals is iffy, since they can get through very tiny cracks when small, and grow up in the stuff they're eating. John |
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27 Jul 05 - 12:53 PM (#1529376) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: JennyO I hear what you're saying about the silverfish, John. So far I have not seen any evidence of them anywhere near my clothes or blankets or anything - only a couple in the bath, as I said. But I'll keep an eye out for them. You mentioned treating fabrics against them. What would you treat them with? Jenny |
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27 Jul 05 - 02:18 PM (#1529457) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Pistachio I'm with Jim and Eric - slaters and leatherjackets. I've found a few crossing my lounge carpet recently. They don't worry me BUT silverfish I'll kill! I had a 'colony' that appeared in my upstairs toilet a few years ago and slowly but surely I decreased the headcount...and 'touch wood' they've not returned (at least where I can see them). Such fast creatures - sorry for bug lovers - Please be assured I take spiders and other bugs out to the garden when my daughter screams having located them (19 yrs old)! Regards, H |
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27 Jul 05 - 05:37 PM (#1529642) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: JohnInKansas JennyO - I don't know of a treatment for the fabric itself. Of course if you wear it occasionally the silverfish tend to fall off and look for someplace dark. The old fashioned treatment was to store the stuff in cedar boxes and/or add a few mothballs. Neither of these is a particularly good solution, especially with newer clothing items. Elastic materials stored in cedar often decompose fairly rapidly, and either of the common kinds of mothballs will decompose several of the synthetic fabrics. If you're not opposed to modern chemical warfare, there are several "kitchen insect" products that generally rely on leaving a surface film that's toxic to anything small that creeps across it. You wouldn't put it on the stored stuff, but use it on floors, counters, and shelves where the stuff is stored. These products are generally less hazardous to the rest of the household than the general purpose bugjuices, and may retain effectiveness for a bit longer than the gp aerosols. Several people here have favorite herbal repellants, but my experience has been that you do have to refresh them fairly frequently to get any consistent effect. I don't have a favorite to recommend. Avoiding moisture, including high humidity, will do a lot to reduce bug populations; and avoiding accumulated dust and crumbs will help. You can just stomp them when you see one, but silverfish are pretty fast once you've startled them ... John |
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27 Jul 05 - 06:22 PM (#1529681) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: wysiwyg What do you call woodlice? / Pet peeves ~S~ |
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27 Jul 05 - 08:27 PM (#1529794) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull my wodlouse is called Dave. |
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27 Jul 05 - 08:57 PM (#1529837) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Gurney Woodpigs, when I was growing up in Warwickshire. I've only ever seen Silverfish in bathrooms. Quick little fellows. |
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28 Jul 05 - 10:20 AM (#1529954) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Little Hawk As a kid, I called them "armoured cars", if they're the ones I think you mean. Some of them could roll up in a ball to protect themselves. Interesting little things. I only saw silverfish rarely, and found them even more interesting. As for cockroaches, I knew one family who were housing at least 7 million of the little bastards. They were everywhere. You'd turn the light on, and watch the frantic scramble! Amazing and disgusting. |
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28 Jul 05 - 11:09 AM (#1530046) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: GUEST,crazy little woman In Kansas City, we call them roly-polies, from the way they curl up when threatened. |
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28 Jul 05 - 03:45 PM (#1530403) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: GUEST As children, on my street in NJ, we called them armor bugs or sometimes armadillo bugs. |
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28 Jul 05 - 05:47 PM (#1530582) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Dave the Gnome I think I can beat any other localisation - To just our house! When me and Mrs G were first wed we saw loads of the little buggers in our toilet which was originaly outside but, due to development, became off the kitchen extension. They were unknown to us before so they became 'wurgies' and because they were in the toilet, or 'loo', they were loo wurgies. They are still the same some 30 odd years later:-) Cheers DtG |
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28 Jul 05 - 06:00 PM (#1530598) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Fibula Mattock Slaters in Norn Iron too. |
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29 Jul 05 - 01:09 AM (#1530938) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Stephen L. Rich I call this one Ralph. I call that on Alemida. I call the one on your arm... |
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29 Jul 05 - 02:12 AM (#1530960) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: JohnInKansas Although ways to kill silverfish and why one should seem a lot more interesting, I suppose that in deference to the original subject of the thread I should confirm that in my area of the US (Kansas): Children universally called them "rolypolies" - when I was a child. Virtually all of the adults of older generations that I've known called them "sowbugs." I can recall a couple of kids that I knew in gradeschool days that called them "pillbugs" but most of us kids figured "they wuz furriners, sort of" and hadn't learned the local linguistic subtleties. I think they were Adventists or somethin' like that, and came from "back east." Maybe Kansas City or somethin'. That's about as far as East went in those days. I can't really say that the "old-timers" had all that much knowledge of these bugs' placement in the ecological function of things, but I do remember one day when granddad caught me teasin' some with a stick to make them roll in a ball up so I could flip them like marbles, and objected that I ought to "leave them alone and let 'em work." I think that was the time that he told me that when a horse hair falls in the water trough and soaks long enough it turns into a water snake, so I think I spent the rest of the week watching the hair I pulled out of old Fannie's mane float around in the stock tank. Never did get a snake out of it, but grandpa said I just didn't wait long enough. Grandpas are strange sometimes. John |
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29 Jul 05 - 02:14 AM (#1530961) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: GUEST,Alix graa parot mmmmm good in me |
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01 Aug 05 - 04:44 AM (#1532462) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Splott Man We called them Cheesebugs at home in Surrey. My friend from Berkshire calls them Cheeselogs. Here in South Wales they call them Slateys. I'm surprised Cheesbugs hasn't come up before, shows how local it may be. Hope that's helpful. Splott man |
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01 Aug 05 - 04:46 AM (#1532465) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Splott Man To the tune of I Can Sing A Rainbow... Grey and grey and grey and grey, Grey and grey and grey. I can sing a woodlouse, sing a woodlouse, sing a woodlouse... Collected from Bill Bailey (British comedian and musician) |
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01 Aug 05 - 06:36 AM (#1532502) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Torctgyd You can call them anything you like 'cos they ain't got ears (haahaahaahaahaahhaa) I read somewhere that the Dutch call them piss bugs (in Dutch obviously) due to the smell they can emit (as mentioned above) |
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01 Aug 05 - 06:22 PM (#1532924) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: GUEST,Cluin Used to be sowbugs or pillbugs, but now it's slaters, thanks to my friends in Barrhead (not Alberta). |
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01 Aug 05 - 09:44 PM (#1533062) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Les B cootie decoys ?? |
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02 Aug 05 - 12:50 AM (#1533155) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: GUEST,.gargoyle
I was trained to eat them raw - sort of nature's MRE's
Sincerely, |
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02 Aug 05 - 01:42 AM (#1533169) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: GUEST You are what you eat. Aptly true in some cases. |
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17 Jul 06 - 03:19 PM (#1785725) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: GUEST,Tom Morgan We used to call them...infact still do...granchy groovers! LOL THIS HAS TO BE THE BEST SO FAR!! anyone else heard of this? Just my GF wont believe me.. (pah what a wally!) |
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17 Jul 06 - 03:27 PM (#1785729) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Amos I call them by their last names, as I am not interested in a close relationship. If I don't know their last names, I refuse to call them at all. A |
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17 Jul 06 - 03:30 PM (#1785731) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Peace Posted without comment. 1 egg 1 carrot 1 cup of rice 3/4 cup of water seaweed sheet 2 table spoons of vinegar 2 table spoons of sugar 1 teaspoon of salt 2 tables spoons of killed woodlice |
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17 Jul 06 - 03:33 PM (#1785738) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Peace A feast for the eyes, the palate and the stomach. |
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17 Jul 06 - 03:39 PM (#1785742) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: bobad Terrestrial isopods |
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17 Jul 06 - 03:42 PM (#1785745) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Peace Extraterrestrial Isopod |
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17 Jul 06 - 04:01 PM (#1785755) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: GUEST My son aged 3 ,upon seeing woodlice for the first time, called them "Busy-boys ". |
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17 Jul 06 - 04:03 PM (#1785758) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: bobad That ain't no ET Isopod, Peace, that's a double exposure of the front grill of a 1953 Buick Skylark |
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17 Jul 06 - 04:06 PM (#1785760) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Divis Sweeney Slaters, here in Ireland. |
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17 Jul 06 - 04:59 PM (#1785814) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Amos It seems that many of them should be called by the euphonius family name Armadillidium, which sounds like prime material for a wandering minstrel's ditty. An arma-dilli-idiom of a derry, derry, down sort of ditty. A |
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17 Jul 06 - 05:34 PM (#1785846) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Sorcha Uh...woodlice??? |
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17 Jul 06 - 05:53 PM (#1785873) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: The PA Worcestershire - granny pegs. Worcestershire is the place and granny pegs the name, that is. |
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17 Jul 06 - 09:40 PM (#1786003) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Joybell My daughter always called them Teddy Bear Bugs. I never knew why and by the time she was old enough to explain it she'd forgotton. I know them as slaters but pill bugs was a name I heard in Melbourne when I was a child. They can't all curl up though - have you noticed?Cheers, Joy |
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17 Jul 06 - 10:15 PM (#1786024) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Peace Houston, we HAVE A problem. |
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18 Jul 06 - 04:11 AM (#1786179) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: GUEST,Jacqui 'We used to call them...infact still do...granchy groovers!' When I moved to Frome (Somerset) all the kids at nursery called them 'gramphy gravies'... can't get any explanation why, but it does seem to be a very local variant. An elderly friend of mine always called them 'belly buttons', she was from Devon and reckoned they always called them that there. |
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18 Jul 06 - 04:54 AM (#1786195) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Bee-dubya-ell Since they don't bite, sting or attempt to eat my house, I seldom call them anything. If they did bite, sting or attempt to eat my house I would call them names of which my mother would not approve. |
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18 Jul 06 - 09:12 AM (#1786326) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Amos PEace, What the hell IS that? A |
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18 Jul 06 - 09:53 AM (#1786351) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Bee-dubya-ell It looks like a super-sized relative of the mantis shrimp. |
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18 Jul 06 - 10:03 AM (#1786360) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: *Laura* Thats interesting Jacqui - I'm from Somerset and i've never heard either of them. Must be very local. I reckon my Billy Bakers is pretty local too as no-one else seems to have heard of it! Pill bugs and Slaters seem to come up a lot. Haha I really don't know why this topic interests me so much! I like words I guess... xLx |
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18 Jul 06 - 10:05 AM (#1786362) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: bobad "What the hell IS that?" Cousin to the woodlouse |
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18 Jul 06 - 06:00 PM (#1786694) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: GUEST Growing up in Surrey they were always 'Cheesy Bugs' although I've no idea why!! |
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18 Jul 06 - 06:04 PM (#1786703) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Georgiansilver Guest Shambles says chiggi pigs in Dorset..in Devon when I were a kid we called them chuggi pigs. |
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18 Jul 06 - 06:10 PM (#1786710) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Peace "What the hell IS that?" Amos, you recall that I had a case of crabs back in the 1960s . . . . |
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18 Jul 06 - 06:11 PM (#1786714) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Georgiansilver Having Lobsters on your piano is much better than having crabs on your organ they say. |
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18 Jul 06 - 06:23 PM (#1786723) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Dave4Guild Strictly speaking, Armadillidium is a genus of woodlouse which can roll itself into a ball , hence "pillbug", but there is also a millipede which can do the same thing, and is also called a "pillbug" There are many different species of woodlouse, e.g., Oniscus sp. in fact, but they are isopod crustaceans (ie all the legs are similar)and there are more marine ones, as you might expect 'cos they are more related to the crabs and prawns and things than they are to insects, which the silverfish is, by the way, since the silverfish is one of a group of primitive insects which are wingless, i.e., they have never had them, as opposed to those insects which may not have wings for some of their life-cycle, but nevertheless have them for at least mating and/or dispersal! |
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18 Jul 06 - 06:25 PM (#1786727) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Georgiansilver On the subject of millipedes..there were two male millipedes standing on a corner when a female millipede passed and one male said to the other.."That's a nice pair of legs, pair of legs, pair of legs, pair of............... |
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18 Jul 06 - 06:45 PM (#1786761) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Bert Hey Garg, I was just thinking that it should have a folklore prefix. |
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18 Jul 06 - 10:03 PM (#1786826) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: GUEST,Bee Called them cellar bugs in Cape Breton, many houses there used to have cellars with earth floors - one area for food storade, another for the coal, lotsa cellar bugs. |
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18 Jul 06 - 10:19 PM (#1786843) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Alba I call them Slaters. I think you can call them anything you like though because....... 1. They won't answer back. 2. Your bigger than they are so even if they could answer back they wouldn't argue with you. heehee Jude |
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19 Jul 06 - 08:12 AM (#1787166) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Mr Red Woodlice but individully I called them woodlouse Wednesbury - Staffs. |
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19 Jul 06 - 10:27 AM (#1787253) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Sorcha Ahhh...a pillbug would be a rolly poly or a sow bug |
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19 Jul 06 - 10:41 AM (#1787272) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Dave Hanson Martin Gibsons eric |
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19 Jul 06 - 10:47 AM (#1787279) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: MBSGeorge We allways just called them woodlice - my sister used to collect them and put them in a tub with grass and leaves and they would all die. (I have heard them called Chuckypigs) Silver fish are horrible - we used to have loads in Germany, not so many in Britain I drown them instantly. George |
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19 Jul 06 - 11:35 AM (#1787322) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Sorcha Ugh...I remember silverfish.....not any where I live now. |
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19 Jul 06 - 12:43 PM (#1787384) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Pwitz Like the reply by 'Guest' yesterday, I too was brought up in Surrey, but we called them the slightly different name of 'Cheesy Bobs'. |
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19 Jul 06 - 01:13 PM (#1787408) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: woodsie We've always known them as Charunglepherricksteinerhauseners here in South London. Charunglepherricksteinerhauseners is a fairly easy name to remember Charunglepherricksteinerhauseners is not hard to forget Charunglepherricksteinerhauseners is actually a shortened form of Charunglepherricksteinerhausenerhergisaniforbateshamgoolywinkles whether you use the long or the short it is pronounced "Littlebastards" |
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19 Jul 06 - 02:05 PM (#1787444) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: GUEST,Rusty Dobro Cheesy-bugs in 1950's Kent. Not sure I want to know the answer to this, but how/why did Donuel discover they are microwave-resistant? Did he start with ants, work up through woodlice en route to voles, gibbons, okapis? Is this interest culinary, or the product of a sick mind? Just remember jeff Goldblum and the fly. |
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19 Jul 06 - 08:11 PM (#1787761) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: GUEST,Theoretically G. Finland Don't know but it sure is worth hitting the '100' for |
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20 Jul 06 - 04:22 AM (#1787995) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: s&r Earwig is from earwing because that's the shape of their wings Stu |
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20 Jul 06 - 01:15 PM (#1788372) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: Scoville Roly-polies Sow bugs Pill bugs and one of the kids at meeting calls them "tank bugs". Another kid said they looked like little armadillos. |
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19 Apr 08 - 07:37 AM (#2319937) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: GUEST,Surrey, coulsdon actually! Another vote for cheesbugs.....definately a Surrey thing, cos my wife, from the UK's south coast knew them as woodlice (pl) or woodlouse (sing)....how educated is THAT! |
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19 Apr 08 - 11:28 AM (#2320047) Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice? From: gnu "Squish". |
