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.
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.