ORDER DIPTERA

Reduced hind wingsSuction mouths

Larvae called maggots

Order hymenoptera

Two pair – membrane wingsChewing mouth parts

Females can sting

Order mantodea

Large insectLong spiny front legs

Carnivore – bug control

Order ephemeroptera

Large hind wings2 pair of membrane wings

Short adult life

Order neuroptera

Elongated, soft body2 pair of equal size wings

Large, compound eyes

Order homoptera

Wings fold roof-like over abdomenMouth parts from middle or back

of head

Order orthoptera

Straight wingsJumping legs

Many produce sound

Order dermaptera

Have pincersSlender and flattened

Well-developed compound eyes

Order blattoidea

Ancestors of termitesFast moving

Disease carriers

Order plecoptera

Babies live underwaterLong threadlike antennae

Most have long wings

Order coleoptera

Sheath wings“the beetles”

Largest insect group

Order lepidoptera

Jumping legsMoths and butterflies

Sucking tongue

Order hemiptera

True bugsSucking mouths

Half wings

Order odonata

Large eyesAmazing flight

Spiny legs

Order isoptera

Caste systemEats wood

Body structure depends on job

Order phasmatodea

Elongated and flattenedResemble leaves or grass

herbivores