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 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.