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2. Order Mantodea • The mantid group is easily recognizable • The body is fairly elongate and slender • Long slender mid and hind legs • ‘raptorial’ forelegs • Long pronotum • Triangular head, large eyes • Voracious ambush predator • Considered very beneficial, prey on pest species • Simple metamorphosis

3. Order Isoptera: Termites • What does ‘Iso’ mean? • Usually pale white, light brown • Winged forms may be nearly black or aurburn • Wings are all same size (unlike ants) • Have a variety of castes • Simple metamorphosis • Many beneficial species degrade wood and other scraps • Some eat wood used in construction

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6. Order Grylloblattodea: Ice Insects • Blattodea… sound familiar? • Gryllidae are crickets • Very primitive insects, rare, obscure • Thin, flattened body • Wide spread legs are somewhat distinctive • Has cerci • Live in cold mountains • omnivorous

7. Order Dermaptera: earwigs • Skin wings • Rarely fly, may not have wings at all • Small order, but widespread and common • Flattened body • Cerci modified into pincers • Mostly scavengers or predators • May damage some plants mildly • Do not crawl into peoples’ ears to bite them • Make very loving mothers

8. Order Plecoptera: Stoneflies • Fold their broad hind wings • Rarely fly • Long cerci • Most cannot feed as adults, similar lifestyle to mayflies • Naiads are usually predatory • Gills are located at base of thorax, on legs • Require very clean water

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