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Common Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare)
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Copyright © 2008
Elliotte Rusty Harold
Doodle Bug -
Armadillidium vulgare
Irvine, Orange County, California, USA
February 17, 2008
Size: ~5mm
Armadillidium vulgare?
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Contributed by
Elliotte Rusty Harold
on 18 February, 2008 - 8:57am
Last updated 25 March, 2009 - 4:26pm
Moved
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Isopods
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john and jane balaban
, 25 March, 2009 - 4:26pm
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Armadillidium vulgare
ID by Ferenc Vilisics
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john and jane balaban
, 25 March, 2009 - 4:21pm
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Moved
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john and jane balaban
, 22 March, 2009 - 5:38pm
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Sow bug, pill bug, but doodle bug?
I'm with John and Jane on this ...this is the first time i've heard a pill bug called a doodle bug...I also grew up calling those backward walking, burrowing, predacious, little ant lion larvas doodle bugs...Bay Area California.
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michael marchiano
, 19 February, 2008 - 8:27pm
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Interesting -
We have always heard the term doodle bug used to represent the larval stage of the antlion, see
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john and jane balaban
, 18 February, 2008 - 3:37pm
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Doodlebugs
Growing up in New Orleans, we always called these creatures "Doodle bugs". I can't swear this is the same species I remember from back then, but it's pretty close.
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Elliotte Rusty Harold
, 18 February, 2008 - 3:39pm
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Stumbled upon this late...
Grew up in Alexandria, Louisiana (live near New Orleans now) and we always called these 'doodle bugs'...
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Ron M.
, 19 February, 2009 - 6:34pm
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We are always fascinated
by what are truly "common names" as opposed to the "official" English (and sometimes not-at-all common) names associated with species. Thanks
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john and jane balaban
, 18 February, 2008 - 3:42pm
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