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Common Insect Orders

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

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  1. Common Insect Orders Insect Collection

  2. 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…

  3. Classification of Insects • Domain – Eukarya • Kingdom – Animalia • Phylum – Arthropoda • Class - Insecta

  4. 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

  5. Adult Features: • Slender body • Transparent wings (4) • Big eyes • Nymph Features: • Aquatic • Large labium (bottom jaw) Order Odonata Dragonflies & Damselflies

  6. Order Odonata Nymph Adult

  7. Order Orthoptera Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids

  8. Order Mantodea Preying Mantis Students are NOT allowed to collect these!

  9. Order Phasmatodea Walking Sticks

  10. Order Blattodea Cockroach

  11. 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

  12. Order Dermaptera Earwigs

  13. Characteristics: • SMALL • Single claw Order Anoplura Sucking louse

  14. Common Characteristics: • Very diverse group • Two pairs of wings, both membranous Order Hemiptera True bugs, aphids, cicadas

  15. Order Hemiptera

  16. Order Hemiptera

  17. Order Hemiptera

  18. Order Neuroptera Green Lacewing & Antlions

  19. Order Neuroptera Antlion Larvae Adult Antlion

  20. Identifying Features: • Elytra – hardened front wing Order Coleoptera Beetles

  21. Order Coleoptera

  22. Order Coleoptera

  23. Order Coleoptera

  24. Order Lepidoptera Butterflies & Moths

  25. Order Lepidoptera

  26. Order Lepidoptera

  27. Identifying Features: • One pair of functional wings Order Diptera Flies, Mosquitoes, & Crane Flies

  28. Order Diptera

  29. What is this insect? This is a Hover Fly – NOT a bee. Count the wings!!

  30. Characteristics: • Flat • Wingless Order Siphonoptera Fleas

  31. Order Hymenoptera Ants, Wasps, Bees

  32. Order Hymenoptera State Insect: Tarantula Wasp

  33. Characteristics: • Three long “tails” • Wings held over back at rest Order Ephemoptera Mayflies

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