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Insect Orders/Fams

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Orthoptera grasshoppers, crickets
Acrididae short horn grasshopper
Tettigoniidae long horn grasshopper, katydid, bush cricket
Phasmatodea stick insect
Dictyoptera roaches, mantids, termites
Blattodea cockroaches, termites
Mantodea mantids
Odonata dragonflies, damselflies
Anisoptera dragonflies
Zygoptera damselflies
Lepidoptera butterflies, moths
Neuroptera lacewings, antlions, mantisflies, owlflies
Hemiptera true bugs - Heteroptera, Homoptera
Heteroptera true true bugs, scutellum, hemi elytra, wings cross
Homoptera herbivores, honeydew/wax secretion, uniform wings
Coreidae leaf-footed bug, squash bug
Pentatomidae stink/shield bug
Cimicidae bed bug
Pyrrhocoridae red/fire bug
Lygaeidae seed bug
Miridae plant bug
Nabidae damsel bug
Reduviidae assassin bug, wheel bug
Phymatidae ambush bug
Tingidae lace bug
Cicadidae cicada, leafhopper, jassid
Aphididae aphids
Membracidae treehopper
Psyllidae jumping plant lice, specific hosts
Aleyrodidae whitefly
Coccoidea scale insect
Coleoptera beetles
Chrysomelidae leaf beetle
Meloidae blister beetle
Curculionidae weevil
Scarabaeidae scarab beetle, june beetle, Japanese beetle
Elateridae click beetle
Buprestidae jewel beetle, metallic wood-boring beetle
Cerambycidae long horned beetle
Scolytinae bark beetle (subfamily of Curculionidae)
Dermestidae skin beetle
Bruchinae seed beetle (subfamily of Chrysomelidae)
Carabidae ground beetle
Coccinellidae lady beetle
Hymenoptera sawflies, wasps, bees, ants
Symphyta sawflies
Tenthredinidae common sawflies
Apocrita bees, wasps, ants
Ichneumonidae parasitoid wasps, specialized ovipositor
Chalcidoidea parasitoid wasps, fig wasp
Cynipida gall wasp
Sphecidae solitary predatory wasps
Vespidae eusocial wasps, yellowjackets, hornets
Mutillidae velvet ants
Formicidae eusocial ants
Apidae eusocial bees
Megachilidae leaf cutter bees
Isoptera termites
Diptera true flies
Culcidae mosquito
Anopheles mosquito genus vector for malaria
Tabanidae horse fly, deer fly
Muscidae house fly
Calliphoridae blow fly
Tephritidae fruit fly
Siphonoptera fleas
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