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I was in university before I heard any other name for these things than “carpenter” and I still call them that. I know people who call them “boat-builders” and “builder-boats.” And some who say “sow bug.” I was much older than university age before I found out they are closer relatives to lobsters than to bees. This one was crawling up the clapboard on our house this morning