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
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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..
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
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
Land Crustacean
It's an isopod!
I think I saw another post where it's good at heavy metal spoil extraction.
Is it the same type of creature?
Yep!
We should call them prawntatoes instead