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74. What do you call the little gray creature (that looks like an insect but is actually a crustacean) that rolls up into a ball when you touch it?
     a. pill bug (15.91%)
     b. doodle bug (3.61%)
     c. potato bug (12.95%)
     d. roly poly (33.07%)
     e. sow bug (4.13%)
     f. basketball bug (0.08%)
     g. twiddle bug (0.04%)
     h. roll-up bug (0.21%)
     i. wood louse (0.47%)
     j. millipede (0.88%)
     k. centipede (2.31%)
     l. I know what this creature is, but have no word for it (9.44%)
     m. I have no idea what this creature is (13.21%)
     n. other (3.68%)
     (10673 respondents)

All Results

Choice a: pill bug

Choice b: doodle bug

Choice c: potato bug

Choice d: roly poly

Choice e: sow bug

Choice f: basketball bug

Choice g: twiddle bug

Choice h: roll-up bug

Choice i: wood louse

Choice j: millipede

Choice k: centipede

Choice l: I know what this creature is, but have no word for it

Choice m: I have no idea what this creature is

Choice n: other