Common Insect Orders Insect Collection
What are Insects??? 0 Common Features of Insects : 0 Three main body parts—head, thorax, abdomen 0 Three pairs of legs 0 Estimated 30 MILLION species of insects alive 0 We only have about 1 MILLION of them identified…
Classification of Insects 0 Domain – Eukarya 0 Kingdom – Animalia 0 Phylum – Arthropoda 0 Class - Insecta
Order Thysanura 0 Identifying Features: 0 Three “tails” 0 Silver scales 0 SMALL 0 Commonly Found: 0 Dark places (under tree bark, under leaf litter) 0 Under wood floors in home… “Bristled Tail” Silver Fish & Fire Brats
Order Odonata 0 Adult Features: 0 Slender body 0 Transparent wings (4) 0 Big eyes 0 Nymph Features: 0 Aquatic 0 Large labium (bottom jaw) Dragonflies & Damselflies
Order Odonata Adult Nymph
Order Orthoptera Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids
Order Mantodea Preying Mantis Students are NOT allowed to collect these!
Order Phasmatodea Walking Sticks
Order Blattodea Cockroach
Order Isoptera 0 Common Characteristics: 0 White/milky color of juvenile worker termites 0 Queen termites have wings – four wings of equal size…don’t confuse with queen ants Termites
Order Dermaptera Earwigs
Order Anoplura 0 Characteristics: 0 SMALL 0 Single claw Sucking louse
Order Hemiptera 0 Common Characteristics: 0 Very diverse group 0 Two pairs of wings, both membranous True bugs, aphids, cicadas
Order Hemiptera
Order Neuroptera Green Lacewing & Antlions
Order Neuroptera Adult Antlion Antlion Larvae
Order Coleoptera 0 Identifying Features: 0 Elytra – hardened front wing Beetles
Order Coleoptera
Order Lepidoptera Butterflies & Moths
Order Lepidoptera
Order Diptera 0 Identifying Features: 0 One pair of functional wings Flies, Mosquitoes, & Crane Flies
Order Diptera
What is this insect? This is a Hover Fly – NOT a bee. Count the wings!!
Order Siphonoptera 0 Characteristics: 0 Flat 0 Wingless Fleas
Order Hymenoptera Ants, Wasps, Bees
Order Hymenoptera State Insect: Tarantula Wasp
Order Ephemoptera 0 Characteristics: 0 Three long “tails” 0 Wings held over back at rest Mayflies