Insecta (Insects)
Photography by Donald Gudehus
Index
Class Insecta - Insects
Subclass Pterygota - Winged Insects
Infraclass Paleoptera - Insects with Non-folding Wings
Order Ephemeroptera
Suborder Setisura
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Family Heptageniidae - Flatheaded Mayflies
Order Odonata - Damselflies and Dragonflies
Suborder Zygoptera - Damselflies
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Family Calopterygidae - Broad-winged Damselflies
Family Lestidae - Spreadwing Damselflies
Family Coenagrionidae - Pond Damselflies, aka Narrow-winged Damselflies
Suborder Anisoptera - Dragonflies
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Family Libellulidae - Skimmers
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
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Family Stenopelmatidae - Jerusalem Crickets
Division Endopterygota - Insects with Complete Metamorphosis
Superorder Neuropterodea - Neuropteroid Insects
Order Coleoptera - Beetles
Suborder Polyphaga
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea
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Family Scarabaeidae - Scarab Beetles
Superfamily Buprestoidea
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Family Buprestidae - Jewel Beetles
Superfamily Cucujoidea
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Family Coccinellidae - Lady Beetles
Superorder Panorpida - Panorpoid Insects
Order Diptera - True Flies
Suborder Nematocera
Infraorder Culicomorpha
Superfamily Chironomoidea
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Family Chironomidae - Non-biting Midges
Suborder Brachycera
Infraorder Muscomorpha
Subsection Calyptratae
Superfamily Oestroidea
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Family Calliphoridae - Blow-flies
Superorder Hymenoptera
Order Hymenoptera Bees, Wasps, Ants, and Sawflies
Suborder Symphyta - Sawflies and Wood Wasps
Suborder Apocrita - Bees, Wasps, and Ants
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Family Apidae - Bumble Bees and Honey Bees
Images of Species
Family Heptageniidae - Flatheaded Mayflies
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Genus Rhithrogena
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Rhithrogena morrisoni - The March Brown Mayfly
Family Calopterygidae - Broad-winged Damselflies
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Genus Calopteryx
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Calopteryx aequabilis - The River Jewelwing
Family Lestidae - Spreadwing Damselflies
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Genus Lestes
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Lestes unguiculatus - The Lyre-tipped Spreadwing
Family Coenagrionidae - Pond Damselflies, aka Narrow-winged Damselflies
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Genus Argia - The Dancers
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Argia vivida - The Vivid Dancer
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Enallagma carunculatum (Morse, 1895) - The Tule Bluet
Enallagma civile (Hagen, 1861) - The Familiar Bluet
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Ischnura cervula (Selys, 1876) - The Pacific Forktail
Family Libellulidae - Skimmers
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Subfamily Libellulinae
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Genus Erythemis
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Erythemis collocata (Hagen, 1861) - The Western Pondhawk
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Libellula luctuosa (Burmeister, 1839) - The Widow Skimmer
Libellula saturata (Uhler, 1857) - The Flame Skimmer
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Plathemis lydia (Drury, 1773) - The Common Whitetail
Family Stenopelmatidae - Jerusalem Crickets
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Genus Stenopelmatus
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Stenopelmatus fuscus (Haldeman, 1852) - The Jerusalem Cricket
Family Scarabaeidae - Scarab Beetles
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Subfamily Melonthinae - Chafers
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Genus Polyphylla
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Polyphylla decemlineata (Say, 1824) - The Ten-lined June Beetle
Family Buprestidae - Jewel Beetles
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Subfamily Buprestinae
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Genus Cypriacis
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Cypriacis aurulenta (Linnaeus, 1758) - The Golden Buprestid
Family Coccinellidae - Lady Beetles aka Ladybirds and Ladybugs
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Subfamily Coccinellinae
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Tribe Coccinellini
Genus Hippodamia
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Hippodamia convergens (Guerin-Meneville, 1842) - The Convergent Lady Beetle
Family Chironomidae - Non-biting Midges
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Subfamily Chironominae
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Genus Chironomus
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Chironomus plumosus (Linnaeus, 1758) - The Buzzer Midge
Family Calliphoridae - Blow-flies
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Subfamily Calliphorinae
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Genus Unknown
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Blow-fly
Family Apidae - Bumble Bees and Honey Bees
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Genus Bombus - Bumble Bees
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Bombus melanopygus (Nylander, 1848) - The Orange-rumped Bumble Bee