1. Structure and Lifecycle of Insects NB: not all orders of insects are represented.

2. Structure

3. Structure cont…

4. Complete metamorphosis Cottonwood leaf beetle

5. Complete metamorphosis A life-cycle on 1 leaf! Chrysomela scripta James Solomon, USDA Forest Service, www.insectimages.org

6. Insect Orders Complete metamorphosis

7. Coleoptera - beetles Photograph taken on 05-01-2005 by Chris Schuster: http://www.chris-schuster.com Elytra

8. Lepidoptera - moths & butterflies Simyra dentinosa USDA ARS European Biological Control Laboratory, www.insectimages.org Siproeta stelenes Jim Occi, BugPics, www.insectimages.org

9. 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.

10. Hymenoptera -wasps, ants & bees David Cappaert, www.insectimages.org

11. Diptera - flies Joseph Berger, www.insectimages.org

12. Incomplete metamorphosis Brown marmorated stink bug

13. Incomplete metamorphosis Halyomorpha halys Gary Bernon, USDA APHIS, www.insectimages.org A lifecycle on 1 leaf!

14. Insect Orders Incomplete metamorphosis

15. Collembola -springtails Susan Ellis, www.insectimages.org

16. Ephemeroptera -mayflies Baetis flavistriga Joseph Berger, www.insectimages.org

17. Odonata - dragonfly Argia apicalis David Cappaert, www.insectimages.org

18. Blattodea - cockoaches Periplaneta americana Clemson University - USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series, www.insectimages.org

19. Isoptera -termites USDA Forest Service Archives, USDA Forest Service, www.insectimages.org

20. Mantodea - mantid David Cappaert, www.insectimages.org

21. Dermaptera - earwigs Forficula auricularia Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, www.insectimages.org

22. Orthoptera - grasshoppers Tropidolophus formosus Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, www.insectimages.org

23. Phthiraptera -parasitic lice Menacanthus stramineus Clemson University - USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series, www.insectimages.org

24. Hemiptera -true bugs David Cappaert, www.insectimages.org

25. Thysanoptera - thrips Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis David Cappaert, www.insectimages.org

26. Neuroptera - lacewings HemerobiidaeHemerobiidae Micromus tasmaniaeMicromus Joseph Berger, www.insectimages.org

27. Phasmatodea -leaf insects Diapheromera femorata USDA Forest Service - Northeastern Area Archives, USDA Forest Service, www.insectimages.org

28. References Slides sourced from www.insectimages.org 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: http://www.chris-schuster.com. Permission is grantedhttp://www.chris-schuster.com 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.