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