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Then again the little grey oval Pill bug is a crustacean not an insect and not an arachnid.

• pacaro 10y ago
  And also another source of British vs. American dialect difference/confusion. In my experience, they're known in the U.K. as "woodlice", but in the US it's entirely reasonable for grown adults to refer to them as "roly-polys" The American use of "critter" also bemuses
  • hnal943 10y ago
    "critter" is a corruption of "creature" and distinctly southern USA (to my Midwestern ears).