Insecta (Insects)
Photography by Donald Gudehus
Index
Class Insecta - Insects
Subclass Pterygota - Winged Insects
Infraclass Paleoptera - Insects with Non-folding Wings
Order Ephemeroptera
Order Odonata - Damselflies and Dragonflies
Suborder Zygoptera - Damselflies
Suborder Anisoptera - Dragonflies
Infraclass Neoptera - Insects with Folding Wings
Division Exopterygota - Insects with Incomplete Metamorphosis
Superorder Orthopterida - Orthopteroid Insects
Order Orthoptera - Grasshoppers, Katydids,and Crickets
Suborder Ensifera - Long-horned Orthoptera
Division Endopterygota - Insects with Complete Metamorphosis
Superorder Neuropterodea - Neuropteroid Insects
Order Coleoptera - Beetles
Suborder Polyphaga
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea
Superfamily Buprestoidea
Superfamily Cucujoidea
Superorder Panorpida - Panorpoid Insects
Order Diptera - True Flies
Suborder Nematocera
Infraorder Culicomorpha
Superfamily Chironomoidea
Suborder Brachycera
Superorder Hymenoptera
Order Hymenoptera Bees, Wasps, Ants, and Sawflies
Suborder Symphyta - Sawflies and Wood Wasps
Suborder Apocrita - Bees, Wasps, and Ants
Images of Species
Family Heptageniidae - Flatheaded Mayflies
Family Calopterygidae - Broad-winged Damselflies
Family Lestidae - Spreadwing Damselflies
Family Coenagrionidae - Pond Damselflies, aka Narrow-winged Damselflies
Genus Argia - The Dancers
Genus Enallagma - The Bluets
Genus Ischnura (The Forktails)
Family Libellulidae - Skimmers
Subfamily Libellulinae
Genus Erythemis
Genus Libelllula - The King Skimmers
Genus Plathemis - The King Skimmers
Family Stenopelmatidae - Jerusalem Crickets
Family Scarabaeidae - Scarab Beetles
Subfamily Melonthinae - Chafers
Family Buprestidae - Jewel Beetles
Family Coccinellidae - Lady Beetles aka Ladybirds and Ladybugs
Subfamily Coccinellinae
Tribe Coccinellini
Genus Hippodamia
Family Chironomidae - Non-biting Midges
Family Calliphoridae - Blow-flies
Family Apidae - Bumble Bees and Honey Bees
Genus Bombus - Bumble Bees
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