because they just do
By definition, it cannot be an insect if it has eight legs. There are many eight-legged arthropods that resemble insects and spiders. The Harvestman has eight legs but is not a spider. It is part of the mite family. Ticks can be mistaken for insects or spiders, they have eight legs but are in a family of their own.
Like all insects a water bug has six legs.
A cricket is the answer because crickets have grasshopper body and eight legs and its a bug!!!
A bug that is brown and black that has long legs is most likely a female ichneumon wasp. The long appendage that looks like a stinger is for laying eggs. There are some male ichneumon wasps that do use their stingers for defense but the stinger is much smaller and less noticeable.
The bug that looks like a burnt popcorn kernel is called a sow or pill bug. Pill bugs are members of the woodlice family, but are able to roll up in a ball.
daddy long legs
It looks kind of like an apple seed with legs
a millipede
All members of the arachnid family have eight legs each. This includes:SpidersScorpionsTicksMites
Insects cannot have 8 legs. All insects have 6 legs.
I have one that looks exactly like you describe, but only 1/2 " long. Could it be the same bug?
By definition, it cannot be an insect if it has eight legs. There are many eight-legged arthropods that resemble insects and spiders. The Harvestman has eight legs but is not a spider. It is part of the mite family. Ticks can be mistaken for insects or spiders, they have eight legs but are in a family of their own.
Like all insects a water bug has six legs.
The kind of bug that looks like a grasshopper and a praying mantis combination, is a cricket. In fact crickets are sometimes mistaken for grasshoppers because they look so similar.
A cricket is the answer because crickets have grasshopper body and eight legs and its a bug!!!
Like all insects a water bug has six legs.
A cockroach.