What’s the difference between insects and bugs?
All true bugs are insects but not all insects are true bugs. All insects have six legs but only true bugs have stink glands, and a large triangular scutellum. “Bug” often times is used to mean any creepy crawly, but the term true bug refers to a particular kind of insect. How many different kinds of bugs are there? There are more than 40,000 species of True Bugs. There are probably 1.5 million described species of insects. What is the most nutritious bug for people to eat? I don’t know the most nutritious, but in Mexico waterboatmen are a traditional food source of the Aztecs and still eaten by some people today. In Asia, giant waterbugs are used as a source of seasoning because the glands make them spicy. Can you give me advice on how to be an entomologist? Study biology in school. If you can, join a 4H club. Did you ever get to name your own bug? Yes, I’ve named many bugs. Many insects have never been studied scientifically, so they were never given a name. Scientists like me find ma
