Common
Orders of Insects
(25 to 30
depending on authority)
|
Order |
Examples |
Metamorphosis |
|
Isoptera |
termites |
incomplete |
|
Ephemeroptera |
mayflies |
incomplete |
Odonata
|
dragonflies, damselflies |
incomplete |
|
Anoplura |
sucking lice |
incomplete |
|
Hemiptera (true bugs) |
water striders, bedbugs,
assassin bugs, stinkbugs |
incomplete |
|
Coleoptera |
beetles, fireflies |
complete |
|
Siphonaptera |
fleas |
complete |
|
Homoptera |
cicadas, scale insects,
aphids |
incomplete |
|
Diptera (true flies) |
bot flies, mosquitoes and gnats, fruit flies (Drosophila) |
complete |
|
Lepidoptera |
butterflies, moths |
complete |
|
Hymenoptera |
ants, bees, wasps |
complete |
|
Orthoptera |
grasshoppers, crickets |
incomplete |
|
Trichoptera |
caddisflies |
complete |
|
Thysanura |
silverfish |
direct |