Well the problem is that “bug” is not a scientific term right? Or even if it is, colloquially I think it could easily refer to either insects specifically or arthropods more generally.
Certainly a lot of people refer to spiders as bugs despite them not being insects.
Damn, I didn’t even consider that these might be considered ‘bugs’! I’m on board now.
They’re not “considered” bugs. The are bugs. They’re just aquatic bugs.
They are crustaceans I think. They form the anthropod group with insects but aren’t insects themselves. Doesn’t count.
Well the problem is that “bug” is not a scientific term right? Or even if it is, colloquially I think it could easily refer to either insects specifically or arthropods more generally.
Certainly a lot of people refer to spiders as bugs despite them not being insects.
“Bug” is a scientific word that refers to members of the sub-order Heteroptera. See assassin bugs, leaf-footed bugs, etc.
But yeah language is fluid and most people call any old arthropod a bug.
I would side with you if it wasn’t for the parent thread using the word “insect”. It is definitely some form of nit picking though on my part.
*arthropod
‘anthropod’ sounds like a furry’s mp3-player.
I thought that was VLC
Our bodies may think they’re similar enough. People with a seafood allergy are likely to have a reaction to bugs as well.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bug aquatic crustaceans are only bugs if you use a very broad and uncommon definition of ‘bug’.
shrimps is bugs
Good argument.
And I live by the sea, they are free if I catch them myself