Insect Classes Flashcards
Order Isoptera
Equal winged
Termites
Order Odonata
Toothed winged
Dragon flies, damsel flies
Order Orthoptera
Straight wings
Grasshoppers
Praying mantis
Order Dermoptera
Skin wings
Earwigs
Order Hemiptera
Half wings
Bedbugs
Order Homoptera
Bone wings
Aphids
Order Diptera
Two wings
Flies, deer flies, moose flies
Order Lepidoptera
Scaled wings
Butterflies, moths
Order Coleoptera
Sheath wings
Beetles, ladybugs
40 percent of all insect species
Order Hymenoptera
Membrane wings
Bees , wasps
Insect characteristic
Head, thorax, abdomen are seperate and distinct
Insect characteristics
Head possess one pair of antennae and compound eyes
Insect characteristics
Three pairs of jointed lets
Insect characteristics
2( 1 or 0) pair of wings
Insect characteristics
Chitinous body