The Hemiptera are called ‘true’ bugs because everyone - entomologists included - tend to call all insects ‘bugs’. That is a loose term, whereas the true bugs are just those contained within the insect order Hemiptera.
He’d only be missing the joke if the spider’s preferred beer was True Bug Lite.
Even if you give him missing the joke. Bug as used colloquially refers to spiders and insects, not just true bugs. There is a reason why true bugs have to be called true bugs.
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It is, or would be, if you’d understand the difference between confident and confidential.
Also he’s just wrong.
The Hemiptera are called ‘true’ bugs because everyone - entomologists included - tend to call all insects ‘bugs’. That is a loose term, whereas the true bugs are just those contained within the insect order Hemiptera.
He’d only be missing the joke if the spider’s preferred beer was True Bug Lite.
Also, plenty of people call non-insects “bugs”
Some would even argue that shrimps is bugs.
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Even if you give him missing the joke. Bug as used colloquially refers to spiders and insects, not just true bugs. There is a reason why true bugs have to be called true bugs.
You sound pretty confident…
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