True Bugs

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"The Hemiptera are called 'true' bugs because everyone - entomologists included - tend to call all insects 'bugs'. That is a loose term, whereas the true bugs are just those contained within the insect order Hemiptera.

This group of insects is very large, with around 75,000 species worldwide." - Amentsoc: Hemiptera

True bugs include "shieldbugs, plant bugs, bed bugs, pondskaters, cicadas, water bugs, aphids and scale insects."  - Amentsoc: Hemiptera

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