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Insect Order Collection

Published on Nov 23, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

LEPIDOPTERA

  • Second largest order of insects
  • Butterfly's & moths
  • Mouthparts, antenna, pair of wings, & large eyes
  • 174,250 species

COLEPTERA

  • Largest order in the animal kingdom
  • Insects: Beetles
  • Hard, dense exoskeleton that covers & protects their body surface
  • Front & hind wings
  • 40,000 species

HEMIPTERA

  • Soft-bodied, antennae, mouthpart- piercing/sucking
  • Insects: true bug, hoppers, aphids, allies, cicadas
  • Half-wing
  • 50,000-80,000 species

ORTHOPTERA

  • Insects: grasshoppers, crickets, locusts
  • Have long legs for jumping, fore wings, hind Tibea with 2 rows of teeth
  • "Straight" & "wing"
  • 24,000 species

BLATTODEA

  • Insects: cockroaches
  • Strong mouthparts, long antenna, & pair of wings

ODONATA

  • Insects: carnivorous insects ( dragonflies, domselflies)
  • Also known as "horse-stingers" & devil daming needles
  • 5000 species

HYMENOPTERA

  • One of the largest order of insects
  • Insects: wasps, bees, & ants
  • 130,000 species
  • "Membrane" & "wing"

DIPTERA

  • Insect: true flies
  • "Two" & "wing"
  • 98,500 species