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NewSocialWhoDis@lemm.ee āØ2ā© āØmonthsā© agoDoes ābugsā have a scientific meaning? I was assuming it was a laymanās term that I could abuse.
Comment on Give us your craziest ocean facts. š¦
NewSocialWhoDis@lemm.ee āØ2ā© āØmonthsā© agoDoes ābugsā have a scientific meaning? I was assuming it was a laymanās term that I could abuse.
andros_rex@lemmy.world āØ2ā© āØmonthsā© ago
An āinsectā or ābugā is an arthropod with six legs in the class Insecta. Thereās also ātrue bugsā which are in the order Hemiptera (or even just the suborder Heteroptera if you are super nitpicky) - this includes things like leafhoppers, aphids, assassin bugsā¦
Within Insecta, we have Hemiptera, Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps), Coleoptera (beetles), Lepidoptera (butterflies, moths) and Odanata (dragonflies, damselflies).
To get to crabs, lobsters, and shrimp, you have to zoom out to jointed exoskeletons - Arthropods.
Other things that are ānot bugsā but often called such - spiders, scorpions, whip scorpions and vinegaroons are all Arachnids (arthropods with specialized limbs called chalicerae - those cool things at the front of a spiders mouth), Rollie pollies/pill bugs are Isopods. Centipedes and millipedes are Myriapods.
Your larger point about how itās weird that people get grossed out by the idea of eating mealworms but are okay with chowing down on shrimp is a good one though.