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Where have all the cheesy Bobs gone?
2shy2007
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Not the common ones that cant curl up, I mean the shiny ones we saw as children with armour like an armadillo and that can curl up into a complete ball??
I have not seen one in years
( In case you are not aware, cheesy Bobs are woodlice )
I have not seen one in years
( In case you are not aware, cheesy Bobs are woodlice )
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Edit: Why Cheesey Bobs?
No, they're called Penny Sows!
And they are all over my garden
I am now in the South West and havent seen one since I moved here 8 years ago!
Leave a bin bag out on the patio overnight...there'll be loads tomorrow
I know, they are all hiding in our clothes ready to attack when least expected.
I've lived 9 years in London, a further 9 years in Newcastle until I was 18, and 14 years in Liverpool, and have never heard the terms Cheesy Bobs or Penny Sows
However it's possible if I was a Gardner or in a profession where woodlice got involved, I would be able to tell you the local North West lingo for woodlice
In fact it's actually quite interesting there is regional slang for woodlice, I know a tree surgeon here in Liverpool, and will ask him about this, if there is a Scouse word for Woodlice, I'll report back
I asked him, and to fair it's match day, he was mashed, and due to the question I was asking him, assumed I was high as a kite, so we'll have to wait for a definitive answer in regards to scouse slang for woodlice
There is a species of millipede - the pill millipede - that also rolls up .
Once upon a time (1981) I could have told you how to tell the difference but I've long forgotten :D
Oh my gosh, just searched them some are enormous! but yes, that is what I was thinking of, the small version of course.
We used to call those and woodlice, cheesybobs, I had no idea they were a kind of millipede, thanks for that .
http://wobblywood.co.uk/artwork/1813383_woodlouse.html
Penny sow is a Pembrokeshire term
The common Woodlouse:Here
The ones that can curl up: Pillbug
There is also a similar arthropod: Pill Millipede
Once we got rid of all the damp and decorated the whole place, they stopped coming in. They love damp wood, that's what attracts them
Are you seriously asking what the point of woodlice is? Try replacing rotting wood they wont be there then.