Tag: roly-polys
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Those Hardy Roly-Polys
by M. Kathy Raines Many of us have fond childhood memories of playing with roly-poly bugs (Armadillidium vulgare)—also called pill bugs, woodlice, sow bugs or doodlebugs—those tiny, tough, multi-legged creatures that roll up into a ball. My three-year-old grandson snatches up the little black pills—troubled when they do not promptly curl up—then nudges them to…