THE 28 MAJOR INSECT ORDERS

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Anoplura (Siphunculata) -- sucking lice <ANOPLURA.htm>

Coleoptera -- beetles <COLEOPT2.htm>

Collembola -- springtails <COLLEMBO.htm>

Dermaptera -- earwigs <DERMAPT2.htm>

Diplura -- diplurans <DIPLURA.htm>

Diptera -- true flies <DIPTERA2.htm>

Embioptera -- webspinners <EMBIOPT.htm>

Ephemeroptera -- mayflies <EPHEM2.htm>

Hemiptera -- true bugs <HEMIPT.htm>

Homoptera -- cicadas, hoppers, aphids, whiteflies scale insects <HOMOPT.htm>

Hymenoptera -- sawflies, ichneumons, chalcids, wasps, ants, bees <HYMEN2.htm>

Isoptera -- termites <ISOPTERA.htm>

Lepidoptera -- butterflies and moths <LEPID2.htm>

Mallophaga -- bird lice, chewing lice <MALLOPHA.htm>

Mecoptera -- scorpionflies <MECOPT.htm>

Microcoryphia -- jumping bristletails <MICROCOR.htm>

Neuroptera -- dobsonflies, fishflies, snakeflies, lacewings, antlions <NEUROP2.htm>

Odonata -- dragonflies and damselflies <ODONATA2.htm>

Orthoptera -- grasshoppers, katydids, crickets, walking sticks, cockroaches and mantids

<ORTHOP2.htm>

Plecoptera -- stoneflies <PLECOP2.htm>

Protura -- proturans or telsontails <PROTURA.htm>

Psocoptera (Corrodentia)-- psocids <PSOCOP2.htm>

Siphonaptera -- fleas <SIPHONAP.htm>

Strepsiptera -- twisted-wing parasites <STREPS2.htm>

Thysanoptera -- thrips <THYSAO2.htm>

Thysanura -- bristletails, silverfish, firebrats <THYSU2.htm>

Trichoptera -- caddisflies <TRICHO2.htm>

Zoraptera -- zorapterans <ZORAPT.htm>