FLAT BUG


Meaning of FLAT BUG in English

also called Fungus Bug, any small, flat, dark-coloured insect of the family Aradidae (order Heteroptera), which numbers about 1,000 species. Members occur in all zoogeographic regions. Flat bugs, usually found under stones or in crevices, feed on fungi and moisture in decaying wood. Their wings, though well developed, remain quite small.

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