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Is 'bug' a technical term, or just slang for 'insect'?

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Beetles, flies, ants, mosquitoes, bees, wasps, fleas, lice, dragonflies, butterflies, maggots, caterpillars, etc are not bugs; but people call them that anyway. Note that the common names of some insects will include the word "bug" even if the insect is not a true bug. read more

The term “Bug” is common name for an order of class insectae “insects”, Hemiptera or true bugs, of about 50,000–80,000 species of groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, and shield bugs. The name"true bugs" is sometimes limited to the suborder Heteroptera. read more

While the above is a great note on the etymology, I still do not agree 'bug' is a term if used in computer programming; the term is something that is singular, singularity is a property of a term. Something other than one official term may be slang. In case of a live bug in vacuum tube it was the term describing the object literally. read more

The technical term"bug" officially only refers to a certain type of insect: those in the Order Hemiptera, the"true bugs." A ladybug or a junebug is not a bug because it is a beetle, which is Order Coleoptera. read more

If you are talking to an entomologist, a"bug" is a Hemipteran. Any insect in the order Hemiptera (formerly Homoptera and Heteroptera), which have piercing and sucking mouthparts. Things like stinkbugs, assassin bugs, cicadas, treehoppers, aphids, mealybugs, scale insects, water striders, etc are"True bugs.". read more

The technical term"bug" officially only refers to a certain type of insect: those in the Order Hemiptera, the"true bugs.". A ladybug or a junebug is not a bug because it is a beetle, which is Order Coleoptera. Nor are ants, flies, fleas, dragonflies, or any of a couple dozen other insect orders counted as"bugs.". read more

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