"É um inseto."

Translation: It is an insect.

[yuleylea]

The response given by me is correct.
What it is incorrect is to say "an bug"

[bautiordonez]

You do not say "an bug", you say "a bug". An is only before vowels. And in this case you did not used "E um", which means "it is a/an". "a bug" translates as "um inseto"

[SummerMexico]

That's what he's saying. I also wrote "It is a bug" and it was marked as wrong. The "correct" answer that Duolingo provided said "an bug" which is incorrect and should be fixed.

[Rosalyn34523]

Your kinda wrong with the e part cause the e's acually this é

[bill.buitr]

It's A bug

[NicholaJam5]

Don't know but I think its supposed to be
a bug so um-a and inseto-insect

[TeacherMilena]

an bug???? please let´s correct this duolingo....

[LydiaDC]

IT'S A BUG, not an bug

[yuleylea]

the response given by duolingo is incorrect

[JerielPatrick]

Why is "It is a insect" wrong? Seems right to me.

[Elen-ka]

Because you used the wrong article. It should be "an insect".

[grihau]

É um inseto? = Ele é um inseto?

[danielmonteiro16]

You'd use the latter (mostly) when a subject was used before.

Olha essa formiga. Ela é um inseto. (Look at this ant. It's an insect)

But

O que é isso? É um inseto/Isso é um inseto (emphatic)

[HugoLopes6]

"Isso é um inseto" sounds more natural...

[Rosalyn34523]

I did it correctly and it still corrected me. IT HAD THE SAME SPELLING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[EvelineNan]

A bug does not specify it. A bug means any king of insects.
For example you can not say "it is an animal" instead of "it is a dog" because there are different kinds of animals just like there are different kinds of bugs.