I’m really curious what Norwegians call this bug since it has so many different names where I’m from based on where you live.

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1. Skrukketroll

2. Skrukketroll

3. Skrukketroll

4. Kaffebiller

5. Munkelus

6. Its the exact same in Norway, the name will vary depending on where you are in the country.

7. Tusseluss trodde eg det var .

8. Rollypolly

   Edit: completely misread post. I’m American not Norwegian.

9. Tusseladd

10. skrukketroll eller kaffedyr

11. Both munkelus and skrukketroll in my area

12. Potetroll

13. Kaffedyr

14. Tusseluss!

15. Tusselus or pote-troll

16. Melkedyr

17. Petter

18. Vaskekone

19. Only ever heard skrukketroll

20. Tusselus og skrukketroll

21. It has many names, I grew up calling them Skrukketroll.

    Other names include: Munkelus, benkebitere, beltedyr, skoppetroll, kaffebiller, kaffedyr, tusselus, moldokser, paddelus, munkebiller, kaffetroll, melkedyr, kaffelus and potetroll and likely several others.

22. Do you want a direct translation?

    Wrinkletrolls…

23. Kaffedyr
    (Coffee animal)

24. I call it a “tusseluss”. Absolutely no idea if that is what they are called.

25. Æsj

26. I call it Tusselus but it have many names, I believe the different dialects have different names on it.

27. Vaskekjærring… never heard it called anything else.

28. We speak english at home and call them dinosaur buggs

29. Arnfinn

30. Here some examples and collections of words from around Norway, both common, uncommon and gone.
    These places may not primarily use these words anymore, but they have been heard sometime, somewhere. There are many more that are not in this list🇧🇻💅💪😎

    Common Norwegian; Skrukketroll

    Also; Kaffidyr / Kaffedyr

    Bjerkreim; Labbelus

    Agder, Arendal; Munkelus

    Agder, Mandal; Paddelus

    Agder, Seljord; Palllus

    Velfjord, Bendal, Nærøy; Pallplukke

    Soknedal; Palltosk

    Some of Vestlandet; Skolmetroll

    Some of Trøndelag?; Skaltroll

    Vardal, Vartdal, Vestfold, Nedre Telemark, Solum, Sandsvær; Skoppetroll

    Sør-Trøndelag, Rindal, Leksvik; Skrupptroll

    Nord-Trøndelag, Solør, Østerdalen, Midtre/Øvre Gauldal, Røros, Tydal, Selbu, Malvik; Skarptroll

    Sunn- & Nordhordland, Fjaler; Skorpetroll

    Somewhere; Skurketroll

    Sunnhordland; Helstikke

    Jæren; Hanklokke

    Etne, Selje; Tusle

    Sunn- & Nordhordland, Selje, Ulvik, Åsskard; Tusselus

    Sources; Ivar Aasen – Norsk Ordbog (1873) and https://alfa.norsk-ordbok.no/

31. Fittetryne

32. One of the kids in the kindergarten I work in called it a runketroll by mistake once and since then it has always been the first word that comes to mind when I see the little bugger🤭🙈 (but to answer your question, I grew up calling it skrukketroll)

33. Texas here 👋🏾 I’ve always called them rollie pollies ☺️

34. Runketroll

35. Tror det er en tusseluss

36. Here in us, “ rolly polly ollies “