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Not a bug technically, an isopod.
People pay stupid money for rubber duckies:
If I had cash, I’d want a giant one:
I always called them Rollie pollies. My brother in laws earliest memory of me is me explaining how good they were to eat.
It's not like "bug" is a technical term in the first place. Why not "bug"? It looks buggy to me.
It is. Insects in the order Hemiptera are “true bugs.” Pokey mouth parts for piercing and sucking and something special about the wings, I forget what.
Oh, well TIL, my bad
You can go up to “insecta” for “bugs” in general.
If you wanted to be nit picky/old school you could exclude all non-heteropterans from “true bugs.”
You'd want a giant one?
Would they survive on sea level?
I assumed as much. So bro would have to have a pressurised chamber that's also dark, so even if it was see-through, there'd really be no use.
Maintaining the tank would also be a bitch probably. Feeding, cleaning, etc. Feeding not so much but...
Anyway, doesn't seem like the optimal solution as a pet or design choice, unless you're like a billionaire, in which case you can do whatever the fuck you want (until we find another Luigi)
They likely go blob-isopod too.
My ex collects this things. Apparently there a market for raising and selling them.
We keep some little orange isos in our reptile tanks to help with keeping the tank clean. I feel weird paying for fancy "potato bugs" but they apparently help, so here I am.
Springtails and isopods are good “clean up” crews. Usually reptiles, but you can also do cool bioactive set ups for rats.
Springtails are also not bugs and are hella under appreciated. They are absolutely adorable under a microscope, but you just can’t find great pictures online.
What the fuck