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What do you call wood lice?

276 replies

toots111 · 02/07/2021 20:38

There was an article in The Times today talking about the different regional names for wood lice. It said that they call them Cheesy bugs in Surrey. Now I always thought that was a very North Kent name for them and it totally threw me that other places call them that. So What do you call them and where are you from?

OP posts:
Queenoftheashes · 02/07/2021 20:39

Cheeselogs (Reading)

Balaur · 02/07/2021 20:39

Slaters - from West of Scotland originally

GiveMummyTheWhizzer · 02/07/2021 20:39

Eeery wigs.

I've no idea why. Oxfordshire roots.

espressoontap · 02/07/2021 20:39

Wood lice.

DramaAlpaca · 02/07/2021 20:40

Baby armadillos Wink

stopknockingonmydoor · 02/07/2021 20:40

Hardy backs Grin

North East.

CrumpetandSausage · 02/07/2021 20:40

Slater beetles

Itstheprinciple · 02/07/2021 20:40

Wood lice ( Lancs)

Persipan · 02/07/2021 20:41

Woodlice. South East.

Original poster
toots111 · 02/07/2021 20:41

Hardy Backs is a pretty good name for them!

OP posts:
TheYearOfSmallThings · 02/07/2021 20:41

Woodlice (Dublin)

Chwaraeteg · 02/07/2021 20:41

Wood louse or granny grey. My 3 year old calls it a wood mouse.

Pinkflipflop85 · 02/07/2021 20:42

Cheesy bugs (nw kent/se London borders)

Chemenger · 02/07/2021 20:42

Slaters. NE Scotland. Earwigs are different and I would call them forkytails or horny golochs.

CatFaceCats · 02/07/2021 20:42

Slaters (Aberdeenshire)

Plump82 · 02/07/2021 20:42

Slaters. West of Scotland.

Puffalicious · 02/07/2021 20:42

Slater- Glasgow

Eleoura · 02/07/2021 20:42

Wood lice- Sth East

Lozza70 · 02/07/2021 20:43

Slaters Northern Ireland

Wriggleon · 02/07/2021 20:43

Slaters, Highlands

Puffalicious · 02/07/2021 20:43

Check all the Scots posting at the same time and shouting ' Slaters'!!!

Notaroadrunner · 02/07/2021 20:43

We called them creepy crawlies growing up. It wasn't til I was much older that I realised that wasn't their actual name.

Classica · 02/07/2021 20:43

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What do you call wood lice?
Graymare · 02/07/2021 20:44

Chucky pigs. Originally from Gloucestershire.

HippoNamedBooBooButt · 02/07/2021 20:45

Cheese logs - originally from Oxfordshire and now reading. Same in both places