Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty Images If you’ve ever picked up a flower pot on your patio or dug around in a pile of mulch, you’ve probably seen a roly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A hand holding a roly-poly bug - Thijs de Graaf/Shutterstock Pill bugs are gray pests related to crustaceans, and they are known ...

Pillbugs and sowbugs are not bugs at all. Unlike our other garden inhabitants, they are a type of crustacean called an isopod. They are more closely related to lobsters and shrimp than to any insect.