# What the hell is this bug

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-this-bug/591130>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 2, 2011, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-this-bug/591130 "2011-08-02T01:57:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Arrendajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-this-bug/591130/21 "2011-08-02T16:56:43Z")

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> [@jayjay](#):
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> “Bug”, in the colloquial sense, includes beetles. “Bug”, in the zoological sense, doesn’t. Bugs and beetles are two different orders in the Insecta.

And when referring to German autos, bug and beetle are interchangeable.

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**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-this-bug/591130/22 "2011-08-02T19:27:35Z")

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> [@Arrendajo](#):
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> OK future biology major; it is a beetle, not a bug. Bugs have sucking mouth parts. This one clearly has jaws. I’m glad you released it, though. I loathe killing anything just because it was where you didn’t want it.  
> It is similar to the longhorn beetles we have out west here. Once I got a latte from the espresso cart at Snohomish Falls. It was good. I enjoyed it. As I tipped the cup to drain the last bit of coffee, I felt something bump against my lips. I popped the lid off, and there was a gigantic longhorn, steamed to limpness in all its joints, who did not enjoy the latte at all.

Ew.

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**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-this-bug/591130/23 "2011-08-02T19:53:14Z")

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> [@Gadarene](#):
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> Ew.

Thank you. I knew there was something I was forgetting to say.

The Terminix guy just left. He said that since this is the first one we’ve seen, just keep an eye out and he’ll make a note in our account that we found one. If we find any more, try to document where we’re finding them so we know where to treat. For now though, he could have come from anywhere.

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**Author:** ![Blakeyrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blakeyrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blakeyrat)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-this-bug/591130/24 "2011-08-02T21:25:09Z")

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> [@Arrendajo](#):
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> Once I got a latte from the espresso cart at Snohomish Falls.

Sorry, off-topic… where is Snohomish Falls? I live in Snohomish and we don’t have falls… none I’m aware of, but I’m thinking you might mean Snoqualmie Falls?

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