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Insect Orders 3: Coleoptera To Hymenoptera
Insect Orders 3: Coleoptera To Hymenoptera
Coleoptera to
Hymenoptera
Order Coleoptera
Beetles
Typically 2 pair wings
Forewings are elytra
What is elytra?
Hindwings totally
membranous
Chewing mouthparts
Complete metamorphosis
Super diverse order
More beetles than anything
Families of Coleoptera
Carabidae
Ground beetles
Eyes often large and
bulbous
Elytra typically with
ridges and punctations
Body shape variable
Found running around
on ground everywhere
Families of Coleoptera
Silphidae
Carrion beetles
Elytra short so expose
the tip of the abdomen
Elytra tend to widen
posteriorly
Capitate antennae
Found on carrion
Families of Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Scarab beetles
Vary in size
Lamellate antennae
Robust and heavybodied
Have 5 tarsi on each
leg
Can be found all over
the place
Families of Coleoptera
Coccinallidae
Lady bugs
Body oval or roundish
Usually colored with
red, black and/or yellow
Capitate antennae
Head partially covered
with pronotum
Found all over, often in
areas with aphid
populations
Order Neuroptera
Families of Neuroptera
Myrmeleontidae
Antlions
Adult
Capitate antennae
Membranous wings
Medium to large
Larvae
Live in sand
Have burrow to trap crawling
insects
Large mandibles to grasp prey
Families of Neuroptera
Chrysopidae
Green lacewings
Small to medium
Filiform antennae
Body and wings usually
greenish in color
Eyes usually gold or
copper in color
Typically have
tympanum at base of
forewing
Order Hymenoptera
Order Hymenoptera
Families of Hymenoptera
Apidae
Honey bees, bumble
bees and carpenter
bees
Medium to large
Hind legs may have
hairs that form a pollen
basket
Tongue wide at the
base
Families of Hymenoptera
Vespidae
Social wasps
Pronotum triangular or
squarish in shape
Wings folded
longitudinally
Inner margin of eye
strongly notched
Families of Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Ants
Wings present or
absent
One or two dorsal
humps
Antennae geniculate
Should be point
mounted or stored in
vials
Order Trichoptera
Caddisflies
Small to Medium
4 membranous wings
Wings with only a few
cross veins
Wings all about the
same size and held roof
like over the body
Body and wings hairy
Order Trichoptera
Order Lepidoptera
Families of Lepidoptera
Papilionidae
Swallowtails
Most hindwings
extended into tail-like
extension
Large
Variable color
Find on flowers
anywhere
Families of Lepidoptera
Pieridae
Sulfurs, whites and
orangetips
Medium
Usually yellow, orange
or white with some dark
markings
Tarsal claws forked
Found around flowers
Families of Lepidoptera
Danaidae
Milkweed butterflies
Large
Front legs greatly
reduced
Wings usually orange
or brownish with black
and white markings
Find near milkweed
Families of Lepidoptera
Saturniidae
Giant Silkworm Moths
Medium to large
Wings typically with eye
spot or clear area
Antennae plumose
Body usually hairy
Found at bright lights
near woods at night
Order Siphonaptera
Fleas
Small
Apterous
Compressed laterally
Antennae short
Compound eyes
present or absent
No ocelli
Order Siphonaptera
Order Mecoptera
Scorpionflies
Head extended downward
giving a long, horse-like
appearance
Tip of abdomen may be
bulbous resembling a scorpion
sting
4 wings typically present
Antennae thread-like
Chewing mouth at tip of face
COMPLETE metamorphosis
Order Strepsiptera
Order Diptera
Flies
One pair of wings
Antennae variable
Sucking, sponging or
piercing/sucking
mouthparts
Complete
metamorphosis
Can be caught
anywhere
Families of Diptera
Culicidae
Mosquitoes
Scales on veins of
wings
Wings long and narrow
Piercing/sucking
mouthparts
Females can be found
feeding on mammals
Families of Diptera
Tabanidae
Horse flies or deer flies
Medium to large
When alive eyes
appear striped
Bladelike mouth
3rd antennal segment
ringed
Found near horses or
other large livestock
Families of Diptera
Calliphoridea
Blow flies or bottle flies
Antennae plumose
Body often metallic
Frontal suture present
Found near dead
creatures or poop
Families of Diptera
Muscidae
House flies
Thorax often striped
Frontal suture present
These are the flies you
often find in homes