whats in a name?

It seems fairly obvious, but that’s the question for the day so lets see if I can assemble a more specific answer…

In the beginning:

My interest in bugs started when I was very small, I grew up in the country and my father has a passion for the natural world. It seems only natural that I developed a sense of admiration for these tiny creatures that play such a massive role in so many living systems.

That being said, it hasn’t always been a smooth journey for me and bugs

Bugs not Hemipterans:

The term ‘bug’ most accurately refers to the group Hemiptera, or ‘true bugs’ but is often used in a more general way to describe ‘creepy crawlies’ and I use it to include non-insects and even non-arthropods of a particular habit.

To me bugs are small (but not always)

all insects are bugs but not all bugs are insects

all arthropods are bugs (I think) but not all bugs are arthropods

bugs include some molluscs (like snails and slugs) but not all (I don’t think squid count but I might be inclined to write about them anyway).

So all in all…

This blog was about writing about something that interests me, and to provide a venue to share those interests with anyone who might read it. Calling the blog ‘anything about bugs’ gives those who might stumble upon it a rough idea as to what they might find within its virtual pages, while giving me enough scope to write about pretty much anything that takes my fancy whether it be the grafitti’d snail I saw once in London or the unusually bright cicadas around Dunedin last season.

Completely self-indulgent (as perhaps all blogs are) but also about accessible information and interesting stories about the world around.

Also, for the musings of miss ninja check out another day 1.

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