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[-] idiomaddict@feddit.de 8 points 7 months ago

That’s definitely a bug, just not an insect

[-] maculata@aussie.zone 2 points 7 months ago

Technically not a ‘bug’ but ok.

[-] idiomaddict@feddit.de 2 points 7 months ago

I could see it both ways. Crustaceans are arthropods and this resembles a true bug about as much as a spider does, but I’ll give you that crustaceans are probably not top on people’s list of “looks like a bug.”

I lean towards using it for most kinds of “small invertebrate pest,” because those are the factors about bugs that I care about. Even a tiny, annoying hummingbird would only seem like a bug to me until I looked at it, but something with chitin almost always feels like it counts

this post was submitted on 18 Mar 2024
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