[Proturan][Spring Tails][Diplurans][Jumping
Bristle Tail][Silverfish][Mayflies][Dragonflies and Damselflies]
[Grasshoppers, Crickets][Walking Sticks][Earwig][Lice][Stoneflies][Web spinners][Termites][Mantids][Cockroaches]
[Cicada, True bugs][Thrips][Bark Lice][Beetles][Lace Wings and Antlions][Bees, Ants, and wasps][Caddisflies]
[Butterflies, and Moths][Fleas][Scorpionflies, and Hangingflies][True Flies]
Order:Protura(proturan
is also the common name)
Habitats: They are found in moist habitats such as deciduous forests.
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500 known species
Characteristics:
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Antennae absent
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Compound eyes absent
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Head conical, all mouthparts enclosed within the head capsule
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Pseudoculi present on head
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Front legs directed forward
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Small ventral styli located on abdominal segments 1-3
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Abdomen with 9-12 complete segments
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Cerci and abdomen filaments entirely absent
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Body unpigmented, usually white or ivory in color
Image and info found on:
http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/compendium/protura.html
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Image found:http://www.biosci.missouri.edu/carrel/photos/Arthropods/Collembola.htm
Order: Collembola
Common Name: Spring tails
• Habitats: They live in a variety of habitats and are scavengers
• 6000 known species
Characteristics:
• Compound eyes absent or reduced to a cluster of not more than 8 ommatidia
• Antennae 4 to 6 segmented
• Abdomen segmented of 6
• Ventral tube present on first abdominal segment
• Tenaculum located ventrally on third abdominal segment
• Furcula attached ventrally to fourth abdominal segment
• Genital opening on fifth abdominal segment
• Body frequently clothed with scales
Info found:http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/compendium/collem.html
• They live in moist soil, leaf litter, or humus
• 800 known species
Physical Features
• Compound eyes absent
• Antennae longer than head and 10 or more bead-like segments
• Cerci present
• Tarsi on-segmented
• Short, lateral styli and eversible vesicles present on most of that first 7 abdominal segments
Major Families
• Campodeidae 34 North American species and all have long cerci
• Japygidae 28 North American species and all have short cerci
Info found:http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/compendium/diplura.html
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Image found:http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent525/soil/soilpix/pages/diplura_jpg.htm
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Order:Microcoryphia
Common name:jumping bristle tail
Habitat:Found by day hiding in rock crevices or under
bark and they feed at night
• 35 known species
Common Characteristics:
• Styli on abdominal segments
• 1-7 Segments
• Two cerci and median caudal filament
• Antennae present
• Wingless
Info and image found:http://www.gypsymoth.ento.vt.edu/insect_orders/microcoryphia.html
Order:Thysanura
Name Meaning:Fringed Tail
Common name:Silverfish
Habitat: Thysanurans are nocturnal and usually hide under rocks
and leaves during the day, and can also live in attics and basements.
Common Characteristics: Flat body, three cerci, eyes are simple
or absent.
Development: incomplete metamorphosis
Info and image found:http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/compendium/silver.html#looks
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Common Name: Mayflies
Name Meaning: “ephemera” means short lived, “ptera” wings
Habitat: found in freshwater worldwide
Characteristics: most are herbivorous, active swimmers, have a short life span, reproduce and die in a single day,as adults they do not eat, only living insects that molt again after they have wings
Development: incomplete metamorphosis
www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/compendium/mayfly.html#life
Order:Odonata
Common name:dragonflies, damselflies
Meaning of name: toothed
Habitat: Odonata generally live around water, but can
be found farther away from their breeding sites (http://www.tolweb.org/Odonata.
Common characteristics: Odonata have large heads with compound eyes & a pair of antennae; a very long abdomen; and 2 pairs of legs. Damselflies fold their wings when at rest, while dragonflies don’t and keep them stretched out (http://www.tolweb.org/Odonata.)
Type of metamorphosis: incomplete metamorphosis (http://www.tolweb.org/Odonata)
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http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/pictures/Odonata.html,
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/resources/cal_photos/0059.jpg/view.html
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Image:
http://www.ent.iastate.edu/images/orthoptera/3936.17diffhopper.jpg
Order:Orthoptera
Common names: are Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids
More than 20,000 species of the order Orthoptera
Habitat:anywhere except arctic areas
Characteristics:
Adults
Antenna filiform, Mandibulate, Hypogathous, Pronotum, Front Wings Narrow and Leathery, fan like hind wings, Hind Legs Adapted for Jumping, Cerci Short Unsegmented
Immature
Similar To Adult and Developing Wingspan Often Visible On Thorax
http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/compendium/orthop.html
Name Meaning: “phasma” meaning phantom
Common Name: walking stick
habitat: found in trees, shrubs, plants. Also found in Florida, tropics, North America, Australia..
Characteristics: resemble many types of plants, trees, leaves, may be large, may have wings, all species are herbivores; all are very slow moving insects
Development: incomplete metamorphosis, eggs are taken into ant nests because they look like seeds. Nymph is born in the nest. By the time nymph is born ant nest may be vacant. Nymphs molt before reaching maturity. Development may take a few weeks or a few months.
www.cals.ncsu.edu/couse/ent425/compendium/stick.html#life
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Image:http://br.geocities.com/insecta_tv/dermaptera001.jpg
Order Name: Dermaptura
Name Meaning: skin wing
Common Name: Earwig
Habitat: animals, and decaying material
Common Characteristics: membranous wings underneath leathery forewings.
Earwigs have a long abdomen and at the end they have a pair of cerci that
look like forceps.
Growth/Development: incomplete metamorphosishttp
Info://www.tolweb.org/Dermaptera
Meaning of name: lice wings
common name: lice
Habitat: animal hosts mainly
Common Characteristics: parasitic; wingless; flat-bodied; eyeless or small eyed; small insects with tarsi having one or two claws.
Development: incomplete metamorphosis (http://ag.udel.edu/enwc/insectdb/phthiraptera.htm)
Collecting methods: using a fine-toothed comb on animals with lice(not to sure about that)
http://www.dlia.org/atbi/species/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Phthiraptera/index.shtml
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http://www.discoverlife.org/nh/id/lucid/Insect_orders/images/
Phthiraptera,_Lice.LUCID000121.240.jpg
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http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/mhng/image1/arto-psoc.jpg
Name Meaning: folded wings
Common Name: Stone Flies
Habitat: the nymphs are found in aquatic areas, adults are found near those places also
Characteristics: tarsi is segmented into 3, and the cerci is usually long, especially on the nymphs
Growth/Development: incomplete metamorphosis
http://www.tolweb.org/Plecoptera
Name meaning: "embid" meaning lively can run backwards very quickly
Common Name: web spinners
habitat: live in leaf litter, under stones, and in bark
Characteristics: chewing mouth parts, feed on dried plant material, males winged, females not winged, 3 segment tarsi
Development: simple metamorphosis
http://www.gypsymoth.ento.vt.edu/insect_orders/embiidina.html
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Name Meaning: Equal Wings
Common Name: Termites
Habitat: common in tropical and subtropical climates, less abundant in temperate regions
Characteristics: most dominant organisms in tropical rainforests, build very large nests, nest are made of nearly a million termites. Termites can not digest wood fibers.
Development: complete metamorphosis
www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/compendium/termites.html
Order: mantodea
Meaning of name: soothsayer
Common name: praying mantis
Habitat: vegetated areas (http://insected.arizona.edu/mantidinfo.htm)
Common characteristics: Mantodea have 3 body segments consisting
of a head, thorax, and abdomen; a pair of antennae; 3 pairs of legs (one
pair higher up of the thorax, slightly bent as if in prayer); and compound
eyes on a head that can move around up to 180 degrees (http://insected.arizona.edu/mantidinfo.htm.)
Development: incomplete metamorphosis
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Image:www.birdwatchersdigest.com
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Info:http://www.pestgon.com/Pictures/cockroach-3.jpg
Name Meaning: cockroach
Common Name: cockroach
Habitat: Dark Areas, cockroaches usually avoid light
Common Characteristics: flat and oval shaped, have short cerci and long antennae, the thorax are covered by the pronotum which also extends over the head slightly.
Growth/Development: incomplete metamorphosis
Info:http://www.ento.csiro.au/Ecowatch/Insects_Invertebrates/blattodea.htm#
Order: Hemiptera |
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http://bexar-tx.tamu.edu/HomeHort/F1Column/2004Articles/AUG22.htm
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Image:http://www.senckenberg.de/images/content/
forschung/abteilung/terrzool/entomologie1/thysanoptera2.jpg
Name Meaning: fringe wings
Common Name: thrips
Habitat: Various plants
Common Characteristics: very small, and are usually 1mm in length.
Growth/Development: complete metamorphosis
Info:http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/compendium/thrips.html
Name Meaning: gnawed wings
Common Name: bark lice, book lice
Habitat: abundant worldwide, have secretive habitats, and some live in nests of birds
Characteristics: free living, survive by eating feathers and skin cells, have similar mouth parts to parasitic lice, most species have wings
Development: incomplete metamorphosis
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Image Found:
http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/mhng/image1/arto-psoc.jpg
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http://www.maxillaandmandible.com/a/img6.jpg
Name Meaning: Sheathed wings
Common Name: Beetles
Habitat: Anywhere, except ocean/sea areas, and Polar Regions
Common Characteristics: Hard Exoskeleton, and hardened pair of wings called elytra which covers the abdomen and the flight wings.
Development: Complete Metamorphosis
Order Name: Neuroptera
Name Meaning: Nerve wings
Common Name: Lacewings, Antlions
Habitat: the adults can be found in any area, the larva are usually found
in the ground.
Common Characteristics: the adult has an elongated body,
and two pairs of membrane wings, vained wings. The larva are grub like
and have large pincers on their heads
Development:
complete metamorphosis
Image and Info found:
http://www.ento.csiro.au/education/insects/neuroptera.html
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Common Name: Bees, Ants, Wasps, sawfly
Name Meaning: Membrane Wings
Location: Common worldwide
Characteristics: Only order besides Isoptera to have evolved complex social sustems with divison of labor, herbivary is common have unspecialized mouth parts, most have wings
Development: complete metamorphosis
Info and Image:
www.cals.ncsu.edu/coutse/ent425/compendum/ants.html#life
Name Meaning: hair wings
Common Name: Caddisflies
Habitat: found near lakes, pools, spring seeps, and temporary water areas
Common Characteristics: small and moth like, they have 2 pairs of scaled wings, they resemble moths because they are closely related.
Development: complete metamorphosis
Image and Info:
http://tolweb.org/Trichoptera
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Common Name: Butterflies, Moths
Name Meaning: Scaled wings
Habitat: found world wide
Butterfly Characteristics: larva are called caterpillars, larvae are herbivores, adults have large wings, wings have overlapping scales, butterflies are very beautiful,
Moth Characteristics: furry bodies, antennae look like feathers,
have a proboscis
Development: complete metamorphosis
Info:
http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/compendium/butter~1.html
Order: Siphonoptera
Common name: fleas
Meaning of name: tube wings
Habitat: siphonoptera literally live everywhere,
even Antarctica; due to being carried there by hosts (http://www.zin.ru/Animalia/Siphonaptera/index.htm.)
Characteristics: siphonoptera have 3
pairs of legs (their hind legs are modified to where they can jump);
a hard exoskeleton; sharp mouthparts to bite; and a row of spines known
as a genal comb (http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2081.html.)
Development: siphonoptera go through
complete metamorphosis.
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Image:http://bugguide.net/node/view/46175
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Common Name: scorpionflies
Name Meaning:Long wings
Habitat: worldwide, but seldom common. Scorpion flies are most abundant in humid temperate and subtropical climates.
Characteristics: omnivorous, eat decaying vegetation, and dead insects, larvae remain in the soil, resemble caterpillars, adults have stout beaks, and have wings, tail is harmless.
Development: Complete metamorphosis
Image and Info:
www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/compendium/mecopt~1.html#where
Order:Diptera
Common name: True Flies
Meaning of name: two wings
Habitat: basically anywhere
Common characteristics: diptera have a head, with compound eyes, thorax, and an abdomen; unlike other insects, they only have one pair of wings; but they have halteres, which are stubs that only the diptera order has; 3 pairs of legs; & a
pair of antennae.
Development:diptera grow and develop in a complete
metamorphosis.
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Image: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/pictures/Diptera.html