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minus-squareT156@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 天前Not always. Flies, ants, and mosquitoes are all considered bugs, despite having no stinging capacity to speak of.
minus-squareremon@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-24 天前Ants can definitely sting. Not all of them (some just spray acid or use their jaws to bite) but others have literal stingers.
minus-squareZagorath@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 天前 ants…having no stinging capacity But that’s like…one of the defining features that a 6-year-old could tell you about them?
Not always. Flies, ants, and mosquitoes are all considered bugs, despite having no stinging capacity to speak of.
Ants can definitely sting. Not all of them (some just spray acid or use their jaws to bite) but others have literal stingers.
But that’s like…one of the defining features that a 6-year-old could tell you about them?