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TWRoO said:

Well strictly speaking bugs are a specific type of insect (those with 3 body compartments and 3 pairs of legs) but as bugs can also be used as a general term for creepy crawlies I would let you off


Yea, if you want to get technical... 

Informally, an insect, spider or other small pest other than a rodent; including most arthropods, except marine crustaceans, including individuals or species of

    centipede
    millipede
    mite
    tick
    woodlouse

Specifically, an insect of the order Hemiptera, known as the "true bugs".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bug

 

I'll just stick with the bolded part.