Insect Orders and Families

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Insect Taxonomy

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Kingdom

Phylum 

Class

Order 

Family

Genus 

Species
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​The names of insect families are usually based on the type of wing, -ptera means wing in Greek.

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Hemiptera

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Half Lace, Half Leathery Wing
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Aphids are hemipterans

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Homoptera

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​The entire wing looks like lace.

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Orthoptera

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​Straight, leathery Wing

https://www.insectimages.org/browse/taxthumb.cfm?order=159

http://cricketcare.org/anatomy/

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Hymenoptera

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​Joint Wing

https://bugguide.net/node/view/59

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Coleoptera

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​Hard/Shell Wing

http://tolweb.org/Coleoptera 

Lady Beetle Life Stages
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https://photos.com/featured/convergent-ladybug-beetle-

​Pupa

Lady Beetle Emerging:

https://everything-ladybug.com/ladybug-life-cycle.html

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Lepidoptera

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Scale Wing, Moths and Butterflies 

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Odonata

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Diptera

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Mosquitoes and Flies

https://bugguide.net/node/view/55

https://www.planetnatural.com/pest-problem-solver

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Bioaccumulation

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