We always called them pill bugs, roly-polys, and potato bugs. I don't know where "potato" bugs came from... They are probably all closely related to each other.
LJ >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3/1/2006 2:26:58 PM >>> THREE different kinds of bugs. 1. Sow bugs are aquatic. 2. Pill bugs are terrestrial - another name is Roly Poly, i.e. they roll up into a little ball when disturbed. 3. A Doodlebug is the one that makes the little sand craters and hides in the very bottom. When a small creature falls into the crater, the Doodle Bug rushes out, kills and eats the victim. Jimmy D DonO wrote: > Murph, > Know the difference between a sowbug and a pillbug (doodlebug)? > > Rico -- ******************************************************************* Jimmy D. Moore - Scout Exec. BSA (Ret.), TOWA, TF&G Contributor, GRTU Past VP. Past Pres. McGregor Rotary. Freelance Outdoor writer, humorist, half-assed Texan and collector of classic bamboo fly rods and classic golf clubs Author - "MOON HOLLER MISFITS Fishing & Hunting Club", © JIMMY D's Fly Fishing Website: http://home.earthlink.net/~rayado/rayadoflyfishingflypatternstips/index.html ******************************************************************** "Being able to read trout streams is just as valuable to a fly fisherman as the ability to read a defense is to an NFL Quarterback." Jimmy D. Moore - © [2004] *******************************************************************
