Monday, August 29, 2005

The Difference Between A Bug And An Insect

Bugs are actually a subset of insects. They are all of the order Hemiptera and are distinguished by their mouth structures which are built for piercing or sucking and are contained in a beak-shaped rostrum.

5 Comments:

Blogger PookieBadMuffin said...

You've become almost as boring as that other guy.

8:31 PM  
Anonymous Megan Perkins said...

You didn't give enough information. We would really like to know about the difference between bugs and insects. My students and I are disappointed.


Megan, Chelsea, Anabell, and Rosie

6:09 PM  
Blogger outpostbabu said...

Unfortunately those are the differences between bugs and insects. I could add more but then I'd just be making stuff up. If nothing else, at least the students have learned that life is full of disappointment. They should get used to it.

9:29 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

so tell us the differences in SMALLER words so us normal people can understand.

7:30 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

According to http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmnh/buginfo/truebugs.htm :

The True Bugs are insects that have two pairs of wings, the front or outer pair of each divided into a leathery basal part and a membranous apical part. These wing covers are held over the back and often partly folded. True bugs have hypodermic-needle-like mouthparts that allow them to extract subsurface fluids from plants and animals. Bugs undergo incomplete metamorphosis, with their young looking much like adults, but without wings.

12:20 PM  

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