Why Don't Insects Live in the Ocean? Scientists Just Ruled Out One Possible Explanation Thanks to Deep-Diving Fly Larvae
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-dont-insects-live-in-the-ocean-scientists-just-ruled-out-one-possible-explanation-thanks-to-deep-diving-fly-larvae-180989348/Open linkView original on lemmy.today
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Too many people thinking "shrimps/crustaceans are bugs," as if that's some kind of gotcha. You could call them bugs, but insects and bugs aren't the same things.
The answer seems pretty obvious to me — holds true for arachnids and bugs too — they rely on pneumatics, which would be difficult if you always lived under water.
Many insects can survive just fine under water, but eventually they’ll need air.
Diving bell spiders live underwater. They use their web to trap a bubble of air that they use for breathing. They have no issues operating underwater.
https://youtu.be/1rlt9yAhqTw
Shrimps is bugs
I was completely unaware that there were no marine insects until reading this.
Whale lice?
But I guess not technically a lice
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale_louse
Learned about these from venture bros
We normally call them crustaceans instead.
They could both be called bugs, but it's really a separate family from insects.
Shrimps is bugs
Call the larva a swim, it'll be a fly in its adult stage.