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Post by Caydenn on Oct 11, 2009 17:28:19 GMT
Always finding these in my garden, what are they?
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Post by Kyle on Oct 11, 2009 17:48:19 GMT
I would say it's some kind of wood louse.
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Post by Zarbi on Oct 12, 2009 16:15:39 GMT
I agree with Kyle, it is what we call a "Hard Back" or sometimes a "Leather Jacket" and it is most certainly a Woodlouse of some kind  |
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Post by Kyle on Oct 12, 2009 18:34:25 GMT
isn't a leather jacket a crane fly larva? I've always called they either pea bug or cheesy bugs (no idea why  ) |
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Post by Wood~Ant on Oct 13, 2009 7:16:17 GMT
isn't a leather jacket a crane fly larva? I've always called they either pea bug or cheesy bugs (no idea why ) I think a lot of it has to do with what part of the country you live in, and also what your parents may have called them. We called them "Hardbacks" as kids and a "Leather Jacket" was a Crane Fly larva, but some did occasionally use the latter name. The most common name however is still a Wood Louse I believe www.porcellio.scaber.org/wlice.htm |
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