• 0ops@piefed.zip
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    2 days ago

    Not a bug technically, an isopod.

    It’s not like “bug” is a technical term in the first place. Why not “bug”? It looks buggy to me.

    • I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      It is. Insects in the order Hemiptera are “true bugs.” Pokey mouth parts for piercing and sucking and something special about the wings, I forget what.

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        1 day ago

        You can go up to “insecta” for “bugs” in general.

        If you wanted to be nit picky/old school you could exclude all non-heteropterans from “true bugs.”