trevsastar

By trevsastar

Day 062/24. Well, I call it a Monkey-Pea.

I'm getting closer. This is the nearest I could find to an insect to photograph today.
But Woodlice are actually crustaceans. They get their name from often being found in old wood, and from louse, a parasitic insect, although woodlice are neither parasitic nor insects.
Common names for woodlice vary throughout the English-speaking world.
Armadillo bug, cheesy bobs, chisel pig, potato bug, sow bug and wood pig are some.
But when I was a kid, in Kent, England, we called them Monkey-Peas. I guess because when disturbed they sometimes roll into a pea sized ball.

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