Structure and Lifecycle of Insects NB: not all orders of insects are represented.
Structure
Structure cont…
Complete metamorphosis Cottonwood leaf beetle
Complete metamorphosis A life-cycle on 1 leaf! Chrysomela scripta James Solomon, USDA Forest Service,
Insect Orders Complete metamorphosis
Coleoptera - beetles Photograph taken on by Chris Schuster: Elytra
Lepidoptera - moths & butterflies Simyra dentinosa USDA ARS European Biological Control Laboratory, Siproeta stelenes Jim Occi, BugPics,
Moth or butterfly? Butterflies are brightly coloured and active by day. Butterflies rest with their wings held together above their backs. Butterflies have clubbed tips to their antennae. Moths fly by night. Moths fold their wings over their backs. Moths have feathered antennae.
Hymenoptera -wasps, ants & bees David Cappaert,
Diptera - flies Joseph Berger,
Incomplete metamorphosis Brown marmorated stink bug
Incomplete metamorphosis Halyomorpha halys Gary Bernon, USDA APHIS, A lifecycle on 1 leaf!
Insect Orders Incomplete metamorphosis
Collembola -springtails Susan Ellis,
Ephemeroptera -mayflies Baetis flavistriga Joseph Berger,
Odonata - dragonfly Argia apicalis David Cappaert,
Blattodea - cockoaches Periplaneta americana Clemson University - USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series,
Isoptera -termites USDA Forest Service Archives, USDA Forest Service,
Mantodea - mantid David Cappaert,
Dermaptera - earwigs Forficula auricularia Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University,
Orthoptera - grasshoppers Tropidolophus formosus Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University,
Phthiraptera -parasitic lice Menacanthus stramineus Clemson University - USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series,
Hemiptera -true bugs David Cappaert,
Thysanoptera - thrips Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis David Cappaert,
Neuroptera - lacewings HemerobiidaeHemerobiidae Micromus tasmaniaeMicromus Joseph Berger,
Phasmatodea -leaf insects Diapheromera femorata USDA Forest Service - Northeastern Area Archives, USDA Forest Service,
References Slides sourced from are copyright free and provided by The Sourcewww.insectimages.org for Entomology Photos. A joint project of the University of Georgia and the USDA Forest Service. Project Coordinators: Keith Douce, David Moorhead & Charles Bargeron.Keith DouceDavid MoorheadCharles Bargeron One slide is from Chris Schuster: Permission is grantedhttp:// for use if acknowledgement is made. The insect banner has been created from a series of drawings by Paul Ricketts, DUIT Multimedia, The University of Western Australia.