Talk:Armadillidiidae

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Moved this comment by "User:Franontheedge to discussion page: Looks awfully like a woodlouse to me in fact see this page: Woodlouse" --KarenJo90 13:10, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Insect?

"These insects commonly feed on decaying vegetation and are found under logs, garbage pails or any other place where moisture can be found."

Pretty sure pill bug is not an "insect." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.21.114.26 (talk) 08:16, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

   > Changed "these insects" to "pill bugs".

They're not. JIMp _talk·cont 17:38, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Pillbugs are crustaceans. 75.151.84.17 (talk) 16:11, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Sue bug

This article talks about Pill bugs, but not Sue bugs. 76.183.213.20 20:56, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Roly-poly

This article cites a source that says the term "roly-poly" has been used regionally as early as 1968. Well, I can't cite a source (online or otherwise) but I used that term as a young child in Birmingham, Alabama certainly 5 years and probably 10-12 years before that. (Birth date 23 Nov 1953 and I can recall using it for certain as a pre-teen and probably younger.)

I suspect, but cannot confirm, that I learned the term from my mother or father, which would tend to push the origin back further.

However, the animals to which we applied the term may well have been Pill millipedes rather than Pill bugs. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mikek999 (talk • contribs) 14:33, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

I grew up in the Piedmont region of North Carolina (b. 1957) and we always called them roly-polies, I would say since 1962 or later. I also saw a comment here about a "sue bug", which reminded me that I have seen the term "sow bug" ("sow" as in "female pig") (but not "sue bug") used for these animals too. (I hope I'm commenting in the right way and in the right place.) Lisapaloma (talk) 17:58, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

I just removed the statement, as it's at best misleading and certainly incorrect.Brett Buck (talk) 05:50, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

" their common name of pill bugs, roly polies or potato bugs" - maybe common use in USA. But in UK they are consistently called "woodlice". I suggest changing to " their common in USA of name of pill bugs, roly polies or potato bugs"

term roly poly

Thanks for this article! Growing up in Oklahoma (I was born in '65) I never heard any term other than "roly poly" used for these critters. It was the only term used by my parents and grandparents. I was so surprised as an adult living on the Atlantic seaboard to hear people call them pill bugs, doodle bugs and potato bugs, or "wood lice" when we were in England. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Urthcreature (talk • contribs) 18:41, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Pillbug predator

I don't know a lot about these creatures, but the statement, "These pill bugs have no specialized predators, ..." may need revision and a link to the Woodlouse spider article. Softrider65 (talk) 04:03, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Well, you could have done it, but I'll take care of it. Thanks for the info.

*Septegram*Talk*Contributions* 22:34, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

Increasing popularity

How can a dictionary from 2002 inform us about the "increasing" popularity of colloquialisms in 2009? (What I'd like to know is why there must be a double i in Armadillidiidae, and how to pronounce it.) Unfree (talk) 14:43, 12 December 2009 (UTC)