Talk:Armadillidium

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[edit] Also "doodle-bug"; dialect areas for various common names?

In some places in the southern U.S.A. Armadillidium vulgare is also called "doodle-bug" as well as "roly-poly". I had not previously heard it called "woodlouse" or "pillbug". I'm aware that "doodle-bug" is also a common name for the ant lion.

I'd like to get some feedback from others about the dialect areas where these names are used and eventually add that to the article. I think I might have picked up the term "doodle-bug" as a child living near New Orleans or I might have learned it earlier while living near Atlanta, but I'm fairly sure "roly-poly" is the more common term in Georgia. --Jim Henry 15:40, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

In Australia, I've always called them slaters. 61.69.177.124 09:33, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

We are interested in whether roly-polies are nocturnal. Btw - In Colorado, Wyoming, and Minnesota they are known as "roly-poly". 67.176.54.198 00:12, 8 May 2007 (UTC)Susan and Aloha Churchill

Armadillidium vulgare are also found in northern regions habitating as far north as Canada.

Are these bugs worldwide? In Idaho I've only heard them as roly-poly's or pillbugs. It's good that I came to this article, I always thought they were a negative effect on gardens and yards. DavimusK 20:13, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

In northern Indiana/southwestern Michigan, they're commonly referred to as roly-polies and pill bugs. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Electric jellyfish (talk • contribs) 11:59, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

They are mainly called Roly-Polies here in Texas, and less often Pill Bugs. I have not heard them called anything else except online. LokiClock (talk) 08:50, 3 June 2008 (UTC)