LIST OF INSECTS

INSECTS ORDER+EXAMPLES

ORTHOPTERA: grasshoppers, crickets
COLEOPTERA: beetles
LEPIDOPTERA: butterflies, moths
DIPTERA: flies, mosquitoes
HYMENOPTERA: ants, wasps, bees
HEMIPTERA: true bugs
HOMOPTERA: aphids, cicadas
DERMAPTERA: earwigs
ODONATA: dragonflies
ISOPTERA: termites
THYSANOPTERA: thrips
NEUROPTERA: ant lions
COLLEMBOLA: springtails
PROTURA: proturans
DIPLURA: diplurans
THYSANURA: bristletails
EPHEMERIDA: mayflies
PLECOPTERA: stoneflies
EMBIOPTERA: webspinners
PSOCOPTERA: booklice
ZORAPTERA: zorapterans
MALLOPHAGA: chewing lice
ANOPLURA: sucking lice
STREPSIPTERA: twisted-winged parasites
MECOPTERA: scorpionflies
TRICOPTERA: caddisflies
SIPHONAPTERA: fleas