2. Entomology

3. Insects in Kansas Probably between 15 and 20 thousand species

4. What is an Insect? Invertebrates Exoskeleton 6 legs 3 body parts –Head –Thorax –Abdomen

5. Arthropods Insects are Arthropods So are arachnids (spiders, ticks, and mites), centipedes and millipedes, crustaceans

6. Importance of Insects Some are harmful to humans - less than 100 species Some are beneficial Most are neutral

7. Reproduction Separate sexes Pathogenesis –Without fertilization

8. Metamorphosis (types of) None Gradual Incomplete Complete

9. Complete Metamorphosis Butterflies Houseflies Bees Beetles

10. Egg

11. Larva Maggots- flies Grub worms- beetles Meal worms- beetles Caterpillars- butterflies, moths

12. Caterpillar (larva) 6 legs

13. Pupa Resting stage Called chrysalises in butterflies Sealed in a cocoon

14. Dormancy A stage of inactivity in the life cycle

15. Adult

16. Molting The shedding of the exoskeleton to allow for growth

17. Major Orders There are over 40 orders

18. Order Coleoptera Beetles

19. Order Diptera Flies Gnats Mosquitoes

20. Order Lepidoptera Moths Butterflies

21. Order Lepidoptera Luna Moth

22. Order Lepidoptera Monarch Viceroy

23. Order Hymenoptera Ants Bees Wasps

24. Order Hymenoptera Cicada Killer Wasp

25. Order Hymenoptera - Carpenter Ants

26. Order Orthoptera Crickets Grasshoppers Katydids

27. Order Isoptera Termites

28. Order Hemiptera – True bugs Stink bugs bed bugs water strider

29. Order Homoptera Cicada Aphids

30. Order Odonata Dragonflies

31. Order Mantodea Praying Mantises