How insects like bumblebees do so much with tiny brains

Re:How insects like bumblebees do so much with tiny brains by david-given on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @02:41PM (#13474755)

'Bug' in that context is mostly American dialect. I'm British, and 'bug' in that context is infantile; by adults, it's either a verb or a small device planted by MI5.

But the OP is right, of course. Spiders are not insects. Although I suspect that most people I'd talk to in the UK would call them such. I'll have to hand in my Pedant's Society card (which is actually made out of plastic)...

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Re:How insects like bumblebees do so much with tiny brains by dghughes on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @03:34PM (#13475203)

Then again the little grey oval Pill bug is a crustacean not an insect and not an arachnid.

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Re:How insects like bumblebees do so much with tiny brains by pacaro on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @03:58PM (#13475376)

And also another source of British vs. American dialect difference/confusion. In my experience, they're known in the U.K. as "woodlice", but in the US it's entirely reasonable for grown adults to refer to them as "roly-polys"

The American use of "critter" also bemuses

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Re:How insects like bumblebees do so much with tiny brains by hnal943 on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @04:54PM (#13475979)

"critter" is a corruption of "creature" and distinctly southern USA (to my Midwestern ears).

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