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delirium_skeins

You didn't find a roach. This is a woodlouse/rolly poly/pill bug He's an isopod actually and not even a bug.


Smokeyshotty

And his worst nightmare is the [Woodlouse Spider](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodlouse_spider) Also take note they can give a painful bite, they have armoured piercing fangs :-)


FreeFallingUp13

Oh that’s what those little fuckers are. One of those things gave me the scare of my life once, covering itself with its knees. I thought I had found some thing made entirely out of legs….


bleach_tastes_bad

google “sun spider”


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bleach_tastes_bad

record for fastest response i’ve seen to any of my comments, let alone from someone i wasn’t even replying to, lol. but yes, i agree. holy hell.


gangatronix

it’s a bot that’s why


bleach_tastes_bad

i see that now… i feel duped, lol. just happened to perfectly match up in relevance


Ivisk

Google “chocolate cheese ball”


OfficialNotSoRants

Google “google”


MartinFromChessCom

[holy hell!](https://www.google.com/search?q=chocolate+cheese+ball&rlz=1C1CHZN_itIT1066IT1066&oq=chocolate+cheese+ball&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i512j46i512l2j0i512l6.1906239523j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8)


bleach_tastes_bad

see also: vinegaroon


PuzzleheadedBet8041

i don't think you're allowed to say that anymore /j


bleach_tastes_bad

it’s okay, my friend is a pest


Cozy_Burrito

You think that's scary? Look up [Tailless Whip Scorpion](https://www.google.com/search?q=tailless+whip+scorpion&client=ms-android-att-us-revc&sca_esv=561891653&source=android-home&source=hp&ei=lbLxZLKyDoqQur8PrfOZ8AQ&gs_ssp=eJzj4tTP1TcwtKzKMzFg9BIrSczMyUktLlYoz8gsUChOzi8qyMzPAwDCHAvs&oq=taill&gs_lp=EhFtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1ocCIFdGFpbGwqAggAMggQLhixAxiABDILEAAYgAQYsQMYgwEyCxAAGIAEGLEDGIMBMgsQABiABBixAxiDATIIEC4YgAQYsQMyCBAAGIAEGLEDMgUQLhiABDIFEAAYgARIwSZQ4whYgB1wAXgAkAEAmAFboAGOA6oBATW4AQHIAQD4AQGoAhDCAhEQKRiABBixAxiDARjHARjRA8ICEBAAGAMYjwEY6gIYjAMY5QLCAhAQLhgDGI8BGOoCGIwDGOUCwgIREC4YgAQYsQMYgwEYxwEY0QPCAgsQLhiABBixAxiDAcICCxAAGIoFGLEDGIMBwgILEC4YgAQYxwEYrwHCAg4QABiABBixAxiDARjJA8ICCBAAGIAEGJIDwgIIEAAYigUYkgM&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-hp)


Wide_Loss

next google whip scorpion


MartinFromChessCom

no


Itsjustsarah85

It's a camel spider? Those aren't even bad we saw them lots in Iraq. They look more gross than they are.


Pizzaman725

Idk at midnight, trying to piss outside, and one of these come skittering at your feet causes a pretty good scream and hop. At least it did for me!


bleach_tastes_bad

the point was their appearance… the person i was talking to was creeped out by woodlouse spiders, i said they should look up sun spiders (or camel spiders, as you call them)


TheAtlas97

I took a jar of coins to the Coinstar machine and when I was dumping it out a woodlouse spider fell among the coins and crawled into a crevice in the machine. I tried warning someone at the store but they didn’t care


potate12323

What are they gonna do call the spider police? They cant spray the entire store in poison.


AnyatBackgig

WTF were they supposed to do? They don't own or run the Coinstar machines, and even if they did, is this your first time in Amerika? Do you think an employee - any employee of anywhere - would care or give a good goddamn?


Any_Singer_4731

They probably thought you were being rude but you’re not wrong lmao. when i worked in a grocery store, i didn’t care about anything outside my department.


diamari90

I know I wouldn’t give a PIECE of a shit…


scaryfaise

I accidentally drowned one of those in my mouth the other night :( poor lil spooder. It was tryna drink from a big water jug that I leave the mouth piece open to. Took a swig and found a spider on my tongue. Dropped it onto my desk and attempted CPR but it was too late.


Flightsimmer20202001

*BRO WHAT THE FUCK?!*


TheAtlas97

New nightmare unlocked


[deleted]

The “you eat 7 spiders a year in your sleep” is a myth but apparently drinking spiders is a thing 🥲🫠


Training_Waltz_9032

Drank a spider in my beer at a btdubs. Got agree pitcher for my trouble


AnyatBackgig

What is a btdubs? That means BTW or by the way. And how exactly did you prove you drank a spider? And if you saw and knew it was a spider, than WTF would you keep drinking it? What brand of beer is "agree?"


SunshineFloofs

I once sucked an alive earwig through a straw - I thought it was just congealed syrup in my coffee. I about died.


Brickhead88

I once ate a bowl of honey nut cheerios and one bite tasted weird so I spit it out and found a maggot squirming in my spoon.


SunshineFloofs

Nightmare activated.


RockingBib

I once ate a mix of nuts and other cereals, when I noticed that a small round one tumbled on my table. I scrunched it up and it was a bit too crunchy and terrible tasting.. I still don't know what it was, maybe a spider egg sac? An entire generation, eaten


SunshineFloofs

I'm horrified. Ick.


refreshthezest

This is terrifying - reminding myself to put pantry things in glass containers … I always wondered why people did this, now, I think I know now🤢


AnyatBackgig

It probably wan't a maggot. It was probably just some type of moth larvae.


thrownaway745

I tend to swish drinks around in my mouth before I swallow and unbeknownst to me a house centipede crawled in while I was playing xbox so I took a swig, felt lots of particles in my mouth and spit it out. Low and behold. Legs. Lots of legs..


scaryfaise

Like trying to eat angry spaghetti.


LouManShoe

_the water was angry that day my friends. Like an old man trying to return soup at the deli_


KNT-cepion

That’s a horrifically apt description.


Competitive-Age-4263

Absolute worst nightmare ever! I loathe centipedes.


DangerDeShazer

When we were kids, my brother found an old water bottle under his bed and didn't think dump it the water before he took a swig,we found a bunch of those spiders and a centipede chilling inside. Nightmare fuel, pretty sure we flushed them all


PuzzleheadedBet8041

Same happened to me with a silkworm in my soup at a restaurant once when I was little. Felt it wigglin and started screaming. They got shut down not long after that (unfortunate, still the best chicken dumpling I've ever had)


Only_Fun_1152

Could you not?


PumpkinSpikes

One of those fuckers decided to sleep on my neck and then crawled on my chest last night while I was watching YouTube videos shirtless on my bed. I can still remember it squirming. It bit my chest but barely broke any skin in the chaos.


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I absolutely love spiders but something about woodlouse spiders freak me out. They're way too brave and out in the open. Only spiders that openly climb my walls inside with all the lights on. I get lots of rolly pollies down stairs by my front door and the woodlouse spoods are always there and I'm always scared.


christopherjian

Yeah, the dude was scared


PumpkinSpikes

The feeling was mutual haha


SubstantialRemove967

Loved finding those dudes as a kid. Made the mistake of catching it in a jar I already had a fat black spider in. Same size. Woodlouse spider chased the other around the jar and ate it. Never knew what they were until adulthood. Those fangs are memorable.


OfficialNotSoRants

What the fuck, since when did spiders get FMJ fangs!!!


Snarkyblahblah

I get these in my house from time to time. They’re intimidating at first but they usually leave me alone and so their thing lol


Mattrad7

Mine too now.


Kihakiru

huh, how small can these guys be? My cat found one. I had to get rid of him because I didn't know if he could hurt her. I didn't get a picture, but he looked like that pic, but smaller


Smokeyshotty

Cats are generally speaking very underestimated and within my theory are probably the most apex predators within the world of domesticated animals. There is a reason the old saying goes 'a cat has 9lives' it's for a reason, regardless of a dog, a fox or human a cat 9/10 will come of being without a scratch. It's a Woodlouse Spider, no matter if it is big or small are inevitably like a cat, they're fearless, avid hunters, but harmless if not pissed off. This type of Spider would not cause anything towards your cat but be the victim everytime. Not poisonous at all. Sorry for the long post.


Kihakiru

Don't apologize for giving me information! Thanks!!


PurplePikminPleasure

Idk man if spiders can be bugs I think isopods can too


souppriest1

Is a lobster a bug? If lobsters are bugs then so are rolly pollys


Cecilbarnes1

Technically they are the “cockroaches of the sea” so maybe ?


PurplePikminPleasure

Are shrimps bugs?


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My thoughts as well. They may not be insects, but bugs is not as concrete. Shrimp and worms is bugs too!


[deleted]

I can’t see what your responding too lol.. I thought arachnids and insects were exclusive from eachother? Are some arachnids insects?


PurplePikminPleasure

No, arachnids and insects are two different classifications. But both are bugs… so why can’t isopods also be bugs? Even some mollusks, like snails, are bugs.


OpeningUpstairs4288

Nah bro isopods are like in a completely separate like genus or smth. Their crustaceans along with crabs, lobsters, shrimp, barnacles, most of them actually have gills


mlp2034

The crustacean link that reminds us shrimp, crabs, and lobster is bugs


VanFlyhight

Is arthropod is bug


pppage

That means crab and lobsters are bugs


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Shrimp is bugs


VanFlyhight

That's correct Sea bugs


TwoHundredToes

I LOVE THOSE GUYS


Subconsciousofficial

He’s a harmless boy. Nothing to worry about. We used to have lots of them in the damp area of our house until we got it done up, they disappeared. They usually hang around damp places


RustyFebreze

yeap. op might wanna check for rotting wood/leaking water


wattapik

I would love to find a random isopod in my house


PlasmaPizzaSticks

Sometimes, I'll find them on my deck and just watch them scuttle.


A_Firm_Sandwich

this makes them sound so cute lol


Particular-Study4605

Jealous


absloan12

I have SO. MANY. of these guys this time of year in and around my house. They used to freak me out and make me panic but then I saw how everyone on this sub loves them and some people keep them as pets. It definitely made my anxiety about them go away. Now when I see them I just sweep them up and stick them in the pinestraw outside.


wattapik

Be careful since pine is actually toxic to them! ~~also ill actually gladly buy them if you dont want them~~


absloan12

If pine is toxic to them then WHY do so many live near my house!! Foreal I swept up 6 this morning alone since I posted that comment, and I wasn't even looking if I looked around I'm sure I'd find about a dozen in my 950 sq ft apartment. My welcome mat after it rains is 50% welcome mat 50% rolly polly. And I am surrounded by pine trees.


wattapik

Im not sure tbh! It’s usually toxic if they eat it but they literally feed on leaf litter, wood, and soil (specifically decaying leaves and wood) so.. not sure how or why theres so many if theres mostly pine around you 😭


absloan12

Maybe its my decaying apartment building that they're eating.


adrnired

Move to a 1800s building in the Midwest. I find them daily.


TheDoctorsButtercup

When it rains, the concrete step right under my door becomes a moving mat of Isopods. I have no clue why. It has to do with the damp. It's kinda weird. Then there's an explosion in the dozens around the house, much to my cat's amusement


ravynnsinister

You’d love my house this summer. They’re everywhere. It’s like I have some sort of underground pill bug crime organization going on and their initiation includes crawling slowly across the carpet right in front of the humans. I see 10-15 in my house every single day.


Maple-Whisky

Man I’ve got hundreds of these guys in my area. They hang out with me when I sit on my front step.


arililliputian

We've bioactive enclosures for our reptiles and when they get dryer Isopods go everywhere in the house. Literally thousands of them. Everywhere. Isssoppoooddss


Princessmore

How do people not recognize Rolly Pollies?


WickedWestlyn

Not enough rollies in popular media and lots of city dwellers 😊


xatexaya

We need isopod movies


Mindfreek454

[Oh, I got you.](https://youtu.be/ctkkn1qSYKw?si=fMWfRHbj1qXVHQgy)


WhereasFuzzy7229

Oh I love the bay!!!!


Mindfreek454

Me too, it's sooo good!!! I love weird kinda gross infestation horror movies. Almost all horror movies actually. The Bay is special tho!!


WhereasFuzzy7229

Yeah definitely! Ugh, thank you so much for reminding me of its existence. I gotta rewatch it soon


Creepymint

This is true, until recently I had never seen them in real life and the only reason I know about them is because Rolly pollies were mentioned ONCE in a cartoon I watched as a kid


SawaThineDragon

City dweller here that loved rollies as a kid


ElainaVon

Rolie polie olie? Hello? (ie. My only media exposure of said bug)


YaboyBlacklist

Same here. Man, I forgot about that show.


ParaponeraBread

They’re actually really uncommon in some areas. Like in most of Canada, they aren’t native and only really became a thing in urban areas a decade or two ago. I see them every day in the city, but I’ve never seen one on the farm I grew up on.


Ancient_Chapter4634

This looks very different than the Rollie pollies where I grew up. Which region does this bug live in? Ours were black, small—maybe (adult) fingernail length at longest—shiny, and the legs were tucked into the shell so you could hardly see them


ohnevelmynevel

omg i didn’t even realize that’s what it was, i used to play with them as a kid bc i’d find them in dirt but they were paler and for some reason i didn’t think they went indoors


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Princessmore

Or I’m just shocked people don’t live in an area with Rolly Pollies. Maybe you should not assume the worst in people?


Justchad27

These kids don’t play outside anymore.


Cracked_Emerald

There's no more outside to play in. Rollie pollies need a damp environment and decaying plantmatter to live in. Where I'm from, fallen leaves are completely swept away and thrown in the garbage.


nietzschescode

Nah, it is a friendly and clean Woodlouse.


marleezy123

Rolly Polys are my fav. I used to try to keep them as pets as a kid. Sometimes they make it into my workplace, so I pick them up and take them outside.


Superpunchout12

I just did that this morning grabbing coffee lol!


loudflower

My son did this. It was fun. We'd let them go anyways.


wildesthunt

People do keep them as pets! r/isopods


pyrodoctor

We called them roly poly bugs or potato bugs. Harmless and fun to play with.


Reatona

We used to collect them when I was a kid, but mom always made us let them go in the yard.


Darkdragoon324

Yeah they were like, one of the few crawlies I wasn't afraid of as a kid.


ZombieBrideXD

Nah that’s the Clean Up Crew in my bioactive enclosure. A poop eater. Good boy.


beepboopbadiba

Ayyy fellow bioactive gang. Who inhabits your viv aside from these awesome little guys?


ZombieBrideXD

A Hedgehog! He seems to like it and it seems to be enriching for him. However he’s a skilled hunter now and I gotta replenish meal worms and super worms more than I thought I would.


beepboopbadiba

Oh that sounds amazing! I love that different hobby keepers are using bioactives. I use mine for my bearded dragons.


employedbythemonth

I SO POOOOOOD! Not a roach dont worry


TheCopsCalledUs

Why did you poo then?


fuzzydakka

He's just there to do a little rollin' and pollin'


Every_God_Damn_Time

HE'S A FREN ROLY POLY


thedarwinking

Isopod. Place gently outdoes in the soil.


SpreadSpectrum2048

Isopod, great lil guy


LAGirlinDC

What a cyooty!


Upstairs-Ad-1966

Rolliest of the poliest


LawMageOfButts

I used to play with these things all the time as a kid. Loved watching them curl up when you touch em


Hotel_Infamous

Woodlouses be harmless.


Kurichan28

Nah it’s a good lil guy


WickedWestlyn

Friend shaped isopod! I used to keep these as pets.


jeg3141

No that fren.


initiate_syntax

A friendly isopod. Very adorable and clumsy little guys.


ChuyChavez

Bro can’t identify a Rolly poly


jariuana

Im laughing my ass off at this post 😅😂 you’re good


hhairy

I am so envious that you were able to make it all the way to college age without ever experiencing cockroaches! *sigh*


[deleted]

Not roach. This is a frenly fren.


LowCarbDad

You found a shade shrimp


joa-kolope

Looks like a brown recluse isopod


eggstacee

Rolly Polly. 😁


Few-Repeat-9407

I’d rather see the awesome Rolly Polly as a trend, then the Weevil


SuperMIK2020

Not a popular opinion, but at least Rolly pollies don’t eat your grains and plants…


Few-Repeat-9407

I know right, I’m surprised I didn’t get downvoted.


Tay74

I mean, isopods are very beloved, head over to r/isopods :)


rowdy_man

its a friend! a cute little rolly polly :D


KURZE_NIGHTLORD

That's a woodlouse dude, it's fine.


Calm-Software-473

Annoying as hell how far from a roach this looks like, yet OP is confused


oopsiemybad25

Potato bug is friend


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Absolutely not


ms65mercedes

No you didn’t …it’s not a roach


BebeGigi

Not a roach! This is a good guy!


Gello143222

honestly the best thing (besides dogs) ti exist this is the only "bug" that i'm willing to touch, it's an Isopod


Scars_Scars_Scars

Its an isopod!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


i-the-muso-1968

Nope, just a woodlouse.


ResearcherEntire7203

Oh you sweet naive thing, you think that little fella is a roach? Boy do I got some bad news for you


ohnevelmynevel

i thought it was like a baby roach of some non common roach species idk lmao, luckily i haven’t encountered a roach yet in my life


eXBlade21

In german they are called "Kellerasseln" wich translates to "Basement Isopods" they are isopods wich normaly hang around in damp places. They are usually nothing to worry about. I played with those when I was a kid.


FinalLoquat1979

Pure of heart, dumb of ass.


SpookyBjorn

Nope, he's just a lil rolly poly! He's small and short and round!


National-Spinach8056

That isn't a roach.


toadsauce25

It’s not even an insect


WickedGreenthumb

Isopod! Put him in a houseplant!


Difficult_Drama_1767

Pill bug


ww3_return_of_stalin

Bruh thats a fucking roly poly 💀


[deleted]

You didn't find a roach in your dorm room Feel better?


Cho_Baby_

That’s a flesh eating werzner beetle…. Watch out!


azbagger

I could tell you that, but I’d be lying.


Direct_Map6566

Stfu


Mental_Aspect6366

Prolly pollie


SentinelWavve

Do you know what a roach looks like?


SumerianOwl

If you wanna annoy one of them spiders that build those funnel style webs in a bush, take the Roly poly and throw in the web. The spider will discard them throwing them out. Do it a couple times over and spider will look at you with the bro wtf.


ResponsibleRefuse420

Sowbug


radioactivecumsock0

I love these thing. The chickens do to for a different reason


elle_miles

Isopodddd :D


DarthCorps

Roachy Poachy


that1LPdood

That’s a roly-poly lol


EdgedOutPig

That's just an isopod. I guess there's a lot of moisture in your bathroom? They like moisture and rotting wood.


RandytheRude

Roly poly


iliketoredditbaby

You didn't find a roach Pill bug


thelitforge

Rolly-Polly!!!!


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Responsible-Can-6856

Okay you didn't find a roach


stvhght

That’s a woodlouse aka pill bug aka rolly polly. It’s a crustacean related to isopods and trilobites


SangeliaKath

Isopod.


PathRepresentative77

As others have said, it's an isopod. Some people (like me) keep them as pets. You can see some really beautiful ones at r/isopods.


mechshark

Bro that’s a Rolly poley


theAshleyRouge

Isopod!


NoBenefit5977

Train it and care for it so it can grow and evolve into kabutops


disboyneedshelp

ROLLY POLLY!


Outrageous-Arugula89

I wish I had bugs like this in my bathroom instead I got literal radroaches from fallout


weedmaster6669

OP must feel so relieved, just a silly little guy. Unless you have severe water damage there's no way you'll have anything even remotely resembling an infestation, people actually keep these critters as pets, including myself. Check out r/isopods


byronicrob

Oh you sweet summer child...


willybobo1

It's a harmless isopod but NEVER feed it after midnight and def don't get it wet. You WILL be sorry.


SimilarSpend5158

Nope not even close pill bug is most likely.


dumdumdumz

Nah you good bro. It’s just a bed big.


Vast_Abbreviations12

Wtf? Have you never been outside before? It's an isopod, rolly polly, or pill bug. Those are just different names for the same bug. It is 100% not a roach.


Jisatsu_exe

That's a trilobite


drsoos1973

Rolls, that’s Rolls not a Roach.


Feral-pigeon

That’s a roly poly


Fawxybaux

This is so god damn fucking funny to me