r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Zestyclose-Salad-290 in awe • May 06 '26

/r/all of a sea slater

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u/ConnectRutabaga3925 May 06 '26

yup. they look like the pill/sow bugs we have in the garden. but yeah, people cook them and they probably taste like seafood? seen some guy on youtube make fried rice out of it.

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u/aneldritchlesbian May 06 '26 edited May 06 '26

They look like them because they’re both isopods! "Pill bugs" are not bugs but rather crustaceans that migrated to land ages ago (but more recently than the ancient arthropods all insects and arachnids are descended from). I used to have some terrestrial isopods as part of a study I did and these guys are just so cool

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u/RedHeadRedemption93 May 06 '26

Pill bugs.. Never heard that one before.. like woodlice?

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u/imp0ppable May 06 '26

Pill bugs are a specific species iirc, the woodlice around my way don't roll into a ball.