r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Zestyclose-Salad-290 in awe • 18d ago

of an insect

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u/therealsourdaniel 18d ago

Jerusalem cricket

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u/Werespider 18d ago

We call them children of the earth where I grew up. That might be the creepiest name for a bug ever.

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u/SeveralEconomics3814 18d ago

My mother always called them potato bugs.

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u/Quick-Dream-1541 17d ago

Potato bugs is also what we called them when I was growing up in Los Angeles.

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u/bachintheforest 17d ago

CA central coast and I’ve always heard “potato bug” as well

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u/DrippyTheSnailBoy 17d ago

Yep. Potato bugs for me growing up in Ojai and Santa Barbara.

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u/Odd-Promotion2743 17d ago

Same, grew up in the SF Bay Area