Common Insects - Identification by Order

Order - Anoplura

• Simple

• Sucking

• Only Hog Louse

• Can attack deer, moose, elk, wild hogs

Hog Louse

Order - Blattodea

• Simple

• Chewing

• Cockroaches

American cockroach

Order - Coleoptera

• Complete

• Chewing

• Beetles, Weevils, and Rootworms

Alfalfa Weevil

Bean Leaf Beetle

Black Triangle behind neck

Blister Beetle

Click Beetle

Colorado Potato Beetle

Elm Leaf Beetle

Flea Beetle

Green June Beetle

Ground Beetle

Ladybird Beetle

Lightningbug (firefly)

Metallic Wood-Boring Beetle

Mexican Bean Beetle

Northern Corn Rootworm

Soldier Beetle

Southern Corn Rootworm (Spotted Cucumber Beetle)

Order - Diptera

• Complete

• Sucking

• Flies & Mosquitoes

Horse Fly

House Fly

Mosquito

Order - Ephemeroptera

• Simple

• Chewing

• Mayfly

Mayfly

Order - Hemiptera

• Simple

• Sucking

• Bugs

Assassin bug

Boxelder Bug

Brown Stink Bug

Damsel bug

Enlarged front legs

Giant Water Bug

Green Stink Bug

Squash Bug

Water strider

Order - Homoptera

• Simple

• Sucking

• Cicada, Leafhopper, Treehopper, Mealybug

Cicada

Order - Hymenoptera

• Complete

• Chewing

• Stinging Insects

Ant

Bald-faced hornet

Bumble Bee

Often confused with carpenter bees, bumble bees are characterized by the hairiness of the abdomen (carpenter bees have a smooth abdomen).

Carpenter bee

Honey Bee

Mud Dauber Wasp

Velvet ant

Yellowjacket

Order - Isoptera

• Simple

• Chewing

• Termites

Termite

Order - Lepidoptera

• Complete

• Sucking

• Moths and Butterflies

Black Cutworm Moth

Buckeye Butterfly

Cabbage Butterfly

Codling Moth

Corn Earworm Moth

European Corn Borer Moth

Monarch Butterfly

True armyworm moth

Viceroy butterfly

Extra black line

Order - Mantodea

• Simple

• Chewing

• Praying Mantid

Praying Mantid

Order - Neuroptera

• Complete

• Chewing

• Dobsonfly & Green Lacewig

Green Lacewing

Order - Odonata

• Simple

• Chewing

• Damselfly & Dragonfly

Damselfly

Dragonfly

Order - Orthoptera

• Simple

• Chewing

• Grasshoppers & Crickets

Differential Grasshopper (Short-Horned)

Field Cricket

Long-horned Grasshopper

Mole Cricket

Order - Phasmatodea

• Simple

• Chewing

• Walking Stick

Walking stick

Order - Plecoptera

• Simple

• Chewing

• Stonefly

Stonefly

Order - Siphonaptera

• Complete

• Sucking

• Flea

Flea

Order - Trichoptera

• Complete

• Chewing

• Caddisfly

Caddisfly

Study Material

• http://www.mda.state.mn.us/biocon/insectorders/

• http://www.ento.okstate.edu/4H-FFA/ppt/ppt/guides.html