Pillbugs and sowbugs are really crustaceans that have come from the water but live totally on land. Pillbugs roll up when disturbed and sowbugs have two taillike appendages and cannot roll up. 

Pillbug (left), Pillbugs on leaf (right)-University of Missouri-Columbia

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Thrips can be found in the US and Canada in your veggie patches. The larvae is so small that you hardly know they are present until you see signs of damage on young plants. 

Thrip larvae magnified

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Grasshoppers are one of the most damaging pests in some bad years. They are between 2.5-6cm long and various colours. 

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Rose chafers are small beetles (8-12mm long) tan coloured with a reddish brown head. They have long spiny legs. 

Rose Chafers-Cooper Seeds

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