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How can you tell a bug from a beetle? | ENTOMOLOGY ETYMOLOGY

How can you tell a bug from a beetle? | ENTOMOLOGY ETYMOLOGY

Update: 2025-06-041
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Time for some entomology etymology! Rob and Jess will have you in bits as they explore the literal meaning of "insect" and all manner of other term for creepy crawly.



🕷️ Why do spiders spin "cobwebs"?

🦋 Was a butterfly ever a "flutterby"?

🐞 Which is older, "ladybug" or "ladybird"?



These questions answered, and many more, a critter-crammed episode of Words Unravelled.



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How can you tell a bug from a beetle? | ENTOMOLOGY ETYMOLOGY

How can you tell a bug from a beetle? | ENTOMOLOGY ETYMOLOGY

Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris