Every bug is an insect,
but not every insect is a bug!

What's a "bug" to you?

Is it something that bothers you?    "Don't bug me!"
Or is it when someone acts crazy?     "You`re buggy!"

Is it the flu?   "Ker-chew-w-w-w! I caught a bug."
Or is it when your computer doesn't work?  "This software has bugs!"

Well, to some people, "bugs" are all the little creepy-crawlie things that scare people just by being around.  True "bugs" are a type of insect. Insects  have three main parts to their body —a head, thorax, and abdomen, six legs, one pair of antennae, and usually two pairs of wings.

A true "bug" is a type of insect called Hemiptera (pronounced
"he-MIP-ter-a." meaning "half" "wing") that have a mouthpart that usually comes out of the tip of their head that is used for piercing and sucking. True bugs are often not welcome visitors in a home or garden.

Many things we call bugs are not. For example, spiders are not bugs because they have no sucking mouth part. They are not even an insect because they have eight legs and only two body parts!

The Amazing Insects webpage by Mr. Koday, the Technology Director at Ivy Hall School in Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

THANKS Mr. Koday!