This Is Not A Bug

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It’s common to call creepy crawlies bugs, but because entomologists refer to a specific class of insects as bugs, it’s wrong to call other things bugs - right? LEARN MORE ************** To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: - Bug: a small insect, or an insect of a large order distinguished by having mouthparts that are modified for piercing and sucking. - Entomology: the branch of zoology concerned with the study of insects. - Etymology: the study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history. - Insect: a small arthropod animal that has six legs and generally one or two pairs of wings. SUPPORT MINUTEEARTH ************************** If you like what we do, you can help us!: - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Our merch: http://dftba.com/minuteearth - Our book: https://minuteearth.com/books - Share this video with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) CREDITS ********* Cameron Duke| Script Writer, Narrator and Director Sarah Berman | Illustration & Video Editing Ever Salazar | Illustration & Animation Nathaniel Schroeder | Music MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info OUR STAFF ************ Lizah van der Aart • Sarah Berman • Cameron Duke Arcadi Garcia i Rius • David Goldenberg • Melissa Hayes Alex Reich • Henry Reich • Peter Reich Ever Salazar • Leonardo Souza • Kate Yoshida OUR LINKS ************ Youtube | https://youtube.com/MinuteEarth TikTok | https://tiktok.com/@minuteearth Twitter | https://twitter.com/MinuteEarth Instagram | https://instagram.com/minute_earth Facebook | https://facebook.com/Minuteearth Website | https://minuteearth.com Apple Podcasts| https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/minuteearth/id649211176 REFERENCES ************** “Bug” Oxford English Dictionary. Wilton, D. (2020). “Bug (computer)”, https://www.wordorigins.org/big-list-entries/bug CSIRO Entomology, “Hemiptera - Bugs, Aphids, Cicadas.” https://www.ento.csiro.au/education/insects/hemiptera.html Hester, J. (1594). “The pearle of Practice, or Practisers pearle, for phisicke and chirurgie…”. Gibb, T. & Oseto, C. “How to Make an Awesome Insect Collection”, https://extension.entm.purdue.edu/401Book/default.php?page=insect_anatomy MacNeal, D. (2017). “Bugged: The Insects Who Rule the World and the People Obsessed with Them”. Shakespeare, W. (1603). “Hamlet”. Winsor, M. (1976). “THE DEVELOPMENT of LINNAEAN INSECT CLASSIFICATION”. TAXON, vol. 25, no. 1, Feb. 1976, pp. 57–67, https://doi.org/10.2307/1220406 Zinna, Robert, Assistant Professor of Biology at Mars Hill University. Personal Communication.