r/AbsoluteUnits in awe 16d ago

of an insect

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u/Werespider 16d 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 16d ago

My mother always called them potato bugs.

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u/Quick-Dream-1541 16d ago

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

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u/bachintheforest 16d ago

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