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If you're speaking colloquially, earthworms are bugs but they aren't insects. If you're being pedantic, houseflies are insects but they aren't bugs.
by BrazzVuvuzela 5y ago
If you're speaking colloquially, earthworms are bugs but they aren't insects. If you're being pedantic, houseflies are insects but they aren't bugs.
- ironmagma 5y agoI've also heard lobsters described as bugs, since they are crustaceans similar to woodlice.
- BrazzVuvuzela 5y agoIt's probably easier to list the invertebrates that aren't commonly called bugs than those that are. Squid, octopus and jellyfish get a pass. The immobile ones like corals and sponges as well, but I think that's about it.