Flowbugs don't count!

Edit to add I meant bug catching skill xp sorry to confuse people. Yes they still count towards the dock I am just miffed I have spent hours and hours IRL and no progression in skill or the path.

Have spent over a week in a temple in the sky collecting ancient flowbugs for the dock. Only yesterday I noticed they do not count towards any xp. Hours and hours I have been up there, and my bug catching has not gone up, and the bar for the path doesn't move either. Seems a bit unfair to me, considering the effort put in. Is there anything else in the game like that?