I used to love collecting bugs.
Nope, not for me. Someone I know wanted to be an entomologist, i.e. scientifically studying of insects. It's actually a branch of zoology.
I do not like bugs either. I can't believe I used to touch them when I was younger.
We all do weird things when we're young! But bugs actually account for more than 2/3 of all organisms and they're everywhere!
That really grosses me out.
Even more gross, they go back 400 million years and interact with humans and other animals. Ewww.
That is so disturbing. I get so creeped out by any kind of insect, especially the ones that have little pinchers
But it's not just those bugs which are studied - the term insect used to be defined as things like land snails and slugs, and is still sometimes defined as such. Lots of them around!
I never thought of a snail as an insect. Interesting.
Me either. And entomology goes back to prehistoric times, although scientific study only really began in the 16th century. Imagine studying bugs??!