Monday, August 28, 2006
Oh boy oh boy, Mrs. P calls a ladybug a bug! Can someone please tell Mrs. P that a ladybug is not a bug? Bugs are member of the insect order Hempiter, which is characterized by piercing-sucking mouthparts, having some sort of feathery and membranous forewings, and having to go through a gradual metamorphsis. Now ladybugs don't have any of the above characteristics or go through a change do they? So it is not a true bug! OK, let me share some interesting facts that all birdies like me know before I sign off blogger and jump into a bird bath. All bugs are insects but not all insects are bugs! Also, waterbugs, lightningbugs, and billbugs are not bugs either. A waterbug is actually a cockroach. Lightningbugs and billgubs are really beetles. Didn't know that did you? I'm such a wise little birdy aren't I? Until next time, Ciao!
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Hey Dawg. I ran out of black spray paint, so Alan will have to buy a can.
Anyway, you're right, ladybugs are actually beetles (Coleoptera). They're sometimes called ladybird beetles, even though they aren't birds. Or bird beetles.
Water bugs are bugs (Hemiptera). The giant water bugs (Belostomatidae) are really cool... but don't pick one up with your... uh... beak... they have a painful bite. I have never seen one in person, but they're not that rare in the US.
You are partly right, though... one nickname for the cockroach (American Cockroach only I think) is "water bug". I have no idea who came up with that. Probably a Republican.
I'm starting to worry about Vijay, he's talking about bugs with a bird. Seems like a pretty in depth conversation too.
Mr. P, are you worried about yourself as well because for a while, you were talking to ants. Everyday, us birdies hear you asking the ants, "dude, where are you coming from?".....
Dude, where are your ants?
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