ORDERS OF INSECTS

LEPIDOPTERA

• 2 pairs of scaled wings
• Soft bodied
• Includes insects such as butterflies
• and moths

COLEOPTERA

• 2 pairs of wings
• Hard exoskeleton
• Includes beetles and weevils

HEMIPTERA

• Considered "true bugs"
• Piercing and sucking mouth parts
• and incomplete metamorphosis
• Includes aphids, cicadas, and leafhoppers

ORTHOPTERA

• Saddle-shaped thorax
• Long hind legs made for jumping
• Includes grasshoppers, katydids, crickets

BLATTODEA

• About 4 species are known as pests
• 30 out of 4500 total are associated with human habitats
• Broad, long, flattened bodies and relatively small heads
• Legs have adapted for running
• Includes cockroaches and waterbugs

ODONATA

• Predatory insects with Long slender bodies
• 2 pairs of membranous wings
• Large compound eyes
• Includes dragonflies and damselflies

HYMENOPTERA

• Four transparent wings
• Females often have a stinger
• Vary in sizes
• Includes bees, wasps, ants, and sawflies

DIPTERA

• 2 winged "true flies"
• Hind wings reduced to form balancing organs
• Has biting forms and can carry disease
• Includes flies, mosquitoes, tsetse flies