insects

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lepidoptera

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Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact Order Lepidoptera (BUTTERFLIES & MOTHS) Click on the thumbnail to see more of each species. Superfamily Papilionoidea (BUTTERFLIES) Hesperiidae (SKIPPERS) Lycaenidae (GOSSAMER WINGED BUTTERFLIES) Nymphalidae (BRUSH-FOOTED BUTTERFLIES) Papilionidae (SWALLOWTAILS & PARNASSIANS) Pieridae (WHITES & SULPHURS)) Riodinidae (METALMARKS) Superfamily Adeloidea Superfamily Bombycoidea Superfamily Choreutoidea Superfamily Carposinoidea Adelidae (FAIRY MOTHS) Saturnidae […]

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flies

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Home Subjects Covers About Contact Order Diptera (TRUE FLIES) Suborder Nematocera (MOSQUITOES, MIDGES, GNATS, CRANE FLIES) Infraorder Bibionomorpha Click on the thumbnail to see more of each species in the families. Anisopodidae (WOOD GNATS) Bibionidae (MARCH FLIES) Cecidomyiidae (GALL MIDGES) Ditomyiidae (FUNGUS GNATS) Keroplatidae (PREDATORY FUNGUS GNATS) Mycetophilidae (FUNGUS GNATS) Sciaridae (DARK-WINGED FUNGUS GNATS) Infraorder

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hymenoptera

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Home Subjects Covers About Contact Order Hymenoptera (ANTS, BEES & WASPS) Suborder Apocrita NARROW-WAISTED WASPS, ANTS, & BEES) Infaorder Aculeata (ANTS, BEES, & STINGING WASPS) Click on the thumbnail to see more of each species. Superfamily Chrysoidea Superfamily Formicoidea Superfamily Scolioidea Superfamily Tiphoidea Superfamily Thynnoidea Chrysididae (CUCKOO WASPS) Formicidae (ANTS) Scoliidae (SCOLIID WASPS) Tiphiidae (TIPHIID

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beetles

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Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact Order Coleoptera (BEETLES) Click on the thumbnail to see more of each species. Suborder Adephaga (GROUND & WATER BEETLES) Family Carabidae (GROUND BEETLES) Brachinae (BOMBARDIER BEETLES) Carabinae Cicindelinae (TIGER BEETLES) Elaphrinae (MARSH BEETLES) Harpalinae Nebrinae Omophroninae Patrobinae Scaritinae Trechinae (MINUTE GROUND BEETLES) Noteridae (BURROWING WATER BEETLE) Dytiscidae (PREDACEOUS DIVING

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orthoptera

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Home Subjects Covers About Contact Order Orthoptera (GRASSHOPPERS, CRICKETS, KATYDIDS) Click on the thumbnail to see more of each species. Family Acrididae (SHORT-HORNED GRASSHOPPERS) Subfamilies Cyrtacanthacridinae Gomphocerinae Leptysminae Melanoplinae Ommatolampinae Oediponinae Romaleinae Family Gryllidae subfamilies (CRICKETS) Gryllinae Hapthinae Nemobiinae Oecanthinae Trigonidiinae Phalangopsinae Family Gryllotalpidae (MOLE CRICKETS) Family Gryllacrididae (RASPY CRICKETS) Family Mogoplistidae (SCALY CRICKETS) Family

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buprestidae

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Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact “Buprestidae is a family of beetles known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles because of their  glossy iridescent colors. Larvae of this family are known as flatheaded borers. The family is among the largest of the beetles, with 15,500 species known in 775 genera. In addition, almost 100 fossil species have been described.  The

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trichoptera

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Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact Order Trichoptera (Caddisflies) Trichoptera, the Order of insects known as Caddisflies, has aquatic larvae and terrestrial, winged adults. About 14,500 species in 45 families are mainly in 2 suborders. Integripalpia make cases and move about, while Annulipalpia make a fixed retreat, waiting for food to come to them. Phylogenetically,

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coenagrionidae-2

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Home Subjects Covers About Contact Odonata (dragonflies & damselflies) Anisoptera (dragonflies) DARNERS (Aeshnidae) CLUBTAILS (Gomphidae) SPIKETAILS (Cordulegastridae) SKIMMERS (Libellulidae) EMERALDS (Corduliidae) CRUISERS (Macromiidae) suborder Zygoptera (damselflies) BROAD-WINGED DAMSELFLIES (Calopterygidae) SPREADWING DAMSELFLIES (Lestidae) Family Coenagrionidae (NARROW-WINGED DAMSELFLIES) Coenagrionidae, with over 1300 species, is the largest family of damselflies and commonly known as narrow-winged damselflies. Within the

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