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

June 4
41 mins

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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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