I'm not really sure about it myself. But what is the difference between a bug and an insect?
2006-11-05 22:43:41 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
insect crawls and bug can fly
2006-11-05 22:51:42 · answer #1 · answered by george p 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are three main differences between insects and true bugs. 1. A bug is a certain type of insect. Some examples you might be familiar with are the boxelder bug, milkweed bug, assassin bug, and stink bug. 2. True bugs have a stylet (a mouth shaped like a straw) that they use to suck plant juices from plants. The assassin bugs use their stylets to suck blood from other insects. 3. The front wings of true bugs are thickened and colored near where they are attached to the insect's body, and are clearer and thinner towards the hind end of the wing. The hind wings are usually clear and tucked underneath the front wings. Check out the link below for more information. Edit: I should have just said "dito." Everyone is using this link.
2016-05-22 03:22:09 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Insects are invertebrates that are taxonomically referred to as the class Insecta. Insects possess segmented bodies supported by an exoskeleton, a hard outer covering made mostly of chitin. The body is divided into a head, a thorax, and an abdomen. The head supports a pair of sensory antennae, a pair of compound eyes, and mouth parts. The thorax has six legs (one pair per segment) and wings (if present in the species). The abdomen (made up of eleven segments some of which may be reduced or fused) has respiratory, excretory and reproductive structures. Some examples of groups of insects includes: true bugs, dragonflies, damselflies, butterflies and moths, beetles, ants, bees, grasshoppers, beetles, etc.
The term bug is generally used to refer to all insects, as well as to millipedes, centipedes, scorpions, and spiders. This is incorrect. True bugs are members of the order Hemiptera, a subgroup of insects. They are small to large-sized insects of widely differing shapes and habits, but all with piercing mouthparts adapted for sucking the juices of plants or animals. Some examples of true bugs are: aphids, leafhoppers, cicadas, bedbugs, stinkbugs, and water boatmen.
2006-11-06 05:23:19 · answer #3 · answered by dragonlady5151 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Insects are more upper class. They have professional jobs and live in nicer holes.
Bugs have fewer nice things and do lower-status jobs.
It's not much fun being a bug.
2006-11-05 22:52:44 · answer #4 · answered by nev 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
bug it's insect in american english, insect is bug in english english...
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2006-11-05 22:52:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋