creature vs. critter

[Duane Campbell]

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I'm not sure how wide spread it is, but Cornell entomology department (and I
believe the practice originated there) uses the term "critters" to refer to
bugs generically, arthropods, grouping insects, which are a particular type
of bug, and spiders, which are another type. They can't use "bug" because
that is aspecific type of insect.

D