#my partner got some pak chong isopods today when i got my klugii and those dudes don't even have a latin name

[augustheart]

get into birds where latin names are used mainly to categorize species as related to each other and common names tend to be widely accepted with a few exceptions → get into insects and arachnids where common names overlap so much and certain species are unidentifiable down to species without specialized equipment that for many using latin names and genera is the only way to properly talk about the species you're describing → get into isopods where many species aren't described enough to even have a latin name so everyone just uses the same common names for all of them