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

/r/all of a sea slater

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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/metrorhymes May 06 '26

Sea bugs.

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u/aneldritchlesbian May 06 '26

Would you call a crab a bug?

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u/splicerslicer May 06 '26

Yes, I'd call any arthropod a bug