Does the category "bugs" include things besides insects, e.g., spiders, centipedes, scorpions? What about crawdads, lobsters, crabs, shrimp?
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Crawdads, lobsters, crabs and shrimp are "crustaceans". So are clams and oysters. In my part of the ocuntry - southeastern Pennsylvania, on the restaurant menu hey're all referred to as "shellfish". Thanks for asking your Q! I enjoyed answering it! VTY, Ron Berue Yes, that is my real last name! Sources: My wonderful family! Was in the Food and Beverage business over 26 years. "THE University of Hard Knocks" Also known as ("a/k/a") "life's valuable lessons".
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'True' bugs, Hemiptera, are distinguishable from what we'd normally call bugs in that Hemiptera have sucking mouth parts. Examples are aphids and pondskaters.
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Somehow I'm under the inescapable impression that "bug" is not a taxon, a scientific category. Thus I'm skeptical about the classification 'true bugs.' . So then, no one accepts my 'exoskeleton and multiple legs' description?
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