Insect Orders
|
ORDER |
Common Name |
| 1 |
Collembola |
springtails |
| 2 |
Coleoptera |
beetles |
| 3 |
Dermaptera |
earwigs |
| 4 |
Diptera |
true flies and mosquitoes |
| 5 |
Ephemeroptera |
mayflies |
| 6 |
Hemiptera |
bugs |
| 7 |
Homoptera |
cicadas, aphids, scales, plant-
leaf & treehoppers (or hoppers), spittlebugs, whiteflies |
| 8 |
Hymenoptera |
sawflies, horntails, ants, bees and wasps (hornets &
yellow jackets) |
| 9 |
Isoptera |
termites |
| 10 |
Lepidoptera |
butterflies and moths |
| 11 |
Mantodea |
Praying mantid or mantids |
| 12 |
Mecoptera |
scorpionflies, hangingflies |
| 13 |
Neuroptera |
lacewings, dobsonflies, antlions |
| 14 |
Odonata |
dragonflies & damselflies |
| 15 |
Orthoptera |
grasshoppers, crickets, katydids |
| 16 |
Phasmida |
walking sticks |
| 17 |
Phthiraptera |
lice |
| 18 |
Siphonaptera |
fleas |
| 19 |
Thysanura |
bristle tails, silverfish, firebrat |
| 20 |
Trichoptera |
caddisflies |
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Orders database with images |