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COLEOPTERA <General Characteristics>

 

    Anthicidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Anthribidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Brentidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Cantharidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Carabidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Cicindelidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Cleridae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Coccinellidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Colydiidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Cucujidae (incl. Passandridae) <Habits>;  <Adults> &

      <Juveniles>

    Dascillidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Dermestidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Drilidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Dytiscidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Ectrephidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Elateridae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Eucnemidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Gyrinidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Haliplidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Helodidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Histeridae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Hydrophilidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Hygrobiidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Lampyridae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Lathridiidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Leptinidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Lycidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Melandryidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Meloidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Melyridae (= Malachiidae) <Habits>;  <Adults> &

      <Juveniles>

    Mordellidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Mycetophagidae <Habits>;  <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Nitidulidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Ostomatidae <Habits>; <Adults  & <Juveniles>

    Paussidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Phalacridae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Phengodidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Pselaphidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Pythidae (= Salpingidae) <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Rhipiceridae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Rhizophagidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Rhipiphoridae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Rhysodidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Scarabaeidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Silphidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Staphylinidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

       <Identification>

    Tenebrionidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Throscidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Trogidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Trogossitidae (= Ostomidae) <Habits>; <Adults> &

       <Juveniles>

    Misc. Families <General Habitss>

 

CORRODENTIA <General Characteristics>; <Adults> &

        <Juveniles>

 

DERMAPTERA <General Characteristics>; <Adults> &

        <Juveniles>

 

DIPTERA <General Characteristics>; <Adults>;  <Juveniles>

 

  Orthorrhapha

    Asilidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Blepharoceridae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Bombyliidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Cecidomyiidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Ceratopogonidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Chironomidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Culicidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Cyrtidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Dolichopodidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Empididae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Limnobiidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Mycetophilidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Mydaidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Nemestrinidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Orphnephilidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Rhagionidae (Leptidae) <Habits>;  <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Scenopinidae <Habits>; Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Stratiomyiidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Tabanidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Therevidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Tipulidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Misc. Orthorrhapha <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

 

  Cyclorrhapha

    Acroceridae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Agromyzidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Anthomyiidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Apioceridae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Braulidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Calliphoridae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Chamaemyidae (Ochthiphilidae) <Habits>; <Adults> &

          <Juveniles>

    Chloropidae (Oscinidae) <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Conopidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Drosophilidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Lonchaeidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Milichiidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Otitidae (Ortalidae) <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Phoridae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Pipunculidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Pyrgotidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Sarcophagidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Scatophagidae (Cordyluridae) <Habits>;  <Adults> &

          <Juveniles>

    Syrphidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Tachinidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

 

HEMIPTERA <General Characteristics>

 

    Anthocoridae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Belostomatidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Enicocephalidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Gelastocoridae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Gerridae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Lygaeidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Miridae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Nabidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Naucoridae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Nepidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Notonectidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Ochteridae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Pentatomidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Phymatidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Reduviidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Saldidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Vellidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

 

HYMENOPTERA <General Characteristics>

 

 Symphyta (Chalastogastra)--sawflies & horntails

    (Sawflies, mostly phytophagous) <General Characteristics>

 

  Orussoidea

    Orussidae <Overview>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

 

  Tenthredinoidea

    Tenthredinidae <Overview>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

 

Apocrita (Clistogastra, Petiolata)-- parasitic/predatory

 

 Apocrita Aculeata (stinging Hymenoptera)

  

  Apoidea <Overview>

    Andrenidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Anthophoridae (= Nomadidae) <Habits>;  <Adults> &

         <Juveniles>

    Apidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Halictidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Colletidae (= Hylaeidae) <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Ctenoplectridae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Fideliidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Hylaeidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Megachilidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Melittidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Nomadidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Oxaeidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Stelidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Stenotritidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

 

  Bethyloidea (= Chrysidoidea) <Overview>

    Bethylidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Chrysididae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    (+ Cleptidae <Habits>); <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Dryinidae <Habits>; <Adults> & <Juveniles>

    Embolemidae <Habits