Common Insects - Identification by Order
Order - Anoplura Simple Sucking Only Hog Louse Can attack deer, moose, elk, wild hogs
Hog Louse
Order - Blattodea Simple Chewing Cockroaches
American cockroach
Order - Coleoptera Complete Chewing Beetles, Weevils, and Rootworms
Alfalfa Weevil
Bean Leaf Beetle Black Triangle behind neck
Blister Beetle
Click Beetle
Colorado Potato Beetle
Elm Leaf Beetle
Flea Beetle
Green June Beetle
Ground Beetle
Ladybird Beetle
Lightningbug (firefly)
Metallic Wood-Boring Beetle
Mexican Bean Beetle
Northern Corn Rootworm
Soldier Beetle
Southern Corn Rootworm (Spotted Cucumber Beetle)
Order - Diptera Complete Sucking Flies & Mosquitoes
Horse Fly
House Fly
Mosquito
Order - Ephemeroptera Simple Chewing Mayfly
Order - Hemiptera Simple Sucking Bugs
Assassin bug
Boxelder Bug
Brown Stink Bug
Damsel bug Enlarged front legs
Giant Water Bug
Green Stink Bug
Squash Bug
Water strider
Order - Homoptera Simple Sucking Cicada, Leafhopper, Treehopper, Mealybug
Cicada
Order - Hymenoptera Complete Chewing Stinging Insects
Ant
Bald-faced hornet
Bumble Bee Often confused with carpenter bees, bumble bees are characterized by the hairiness of the abdomen (carpenter bees have a smooth abdomen).
Carpenter bee
Honey Bee
Mud Dauber Wasp
Velvet ant
Yellowjacket
Order - Isoptera Simple Chewing Termites
Termite
Order - Lepidoptera Complete Sucking Moths and Butterflies
Black Cutworm Moth
Buckeye Butterfly
Cabbage Butterfly
Codling Moth
Corn Earworm Moth
European Corn Borer Moth
Monarch Butterfly
True armyworm moth
Viceroy butterfly Extra black line
Order - Mantodea Simple Chewing Praying Mantid
Order - Neuroptera Complete Chewing Dobsonfly & Green Lacewig
Green Lacewing
Order - Odonata Simple Chewing Damselfly & Dragonfly
Damselfly
Dragonfly
Order - Orthoptera Simple Chewing Grasshoppers & Crickets
Differential Grasshopper (Short- Horned)
Field Cricket
Long-horned Grasshopper
Mole Cricket
Order - Phasmatodea Simple Chewing Walking Stick
Walking stick
Order - Plecoptera Simple Chewing Stonefly
Order - Siphonaptera Complete Sucking Flea
Order - Trichoptera Complete Chewing Caddisfly
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