Resources

All of the pictures were taken from the websites listed below each order.

Useful sites

Here are a few other useful sites on insects and pests.

http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/
http://www.ento.psu.edu/extension/fact_sheets.html

Hymenoptera

Wasps, ants, and bees belong to the order Hymenoptera. The links below have infromation about Hymenoptera.

http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/library/compendium/hymenoptera.html
http://ag.udel.edu/enwc/insectdb/hymenoptera.htm
http://insectzoo.msstate.edu/Students/hymenoptera.html http://www.ento.csiro.au/education/insects/hymenoptera.html

Siphonaptera

The order Siphonaptera is the fleas. Infromation about fleas can be viewed at:

http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/library/compendium/siphonaptera.html
http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Siphonaptera
http://www.ento.csiro.au/education/insects/siphonaptera.html
http://insects.tamu.edu/fieldguide/orders/siphonaptera.html

Diptera

Diptera are true flies. Click on the links below to find out infromation about Diptera.

http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/library/compendium/diptera.html
http://ag.udel.edu/enwc/insectdb/diptera.htm
http://insectzoo.msstate.edu/Students/diptera.html
http://www.ento.csiro.au/education/insects/diptera.html

Lepidoptera

The order Lepidoptera contains the butterflies and moths. Useful information about Lepidoptera can be found at the following links:

http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/library/compendium/lepidoptera.html
http://ag.udel.edu/enwc/insectdb/lepidoptera.htm
http://insectzoo.msstate.edu/Students/lepidoptera.html
http://www.ento.csiro.au/education/insects/lepidoptera.html
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Lepidoptera.html

Coleoptera

The order Coleoptera is comprised of beetles. Information about Coleoptera can be found at these sites:

http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/library/compendium/coleoptera.html
http://insectzoo.msstate.edu/Students/coleoptera.html
http://www.ento.csiro.au/education/insects/coleoptera.htmlhttp://www.mda.state.mn.us/plants/insects/insectorders/coleoptera.htm

Neuroptera

Neuroptera contains lacewings, dobsonflies, and hellgrammites. For more information about the order Neuroptera click below:

http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/library/compendium/neuroptera.html
http://ag.udel.edu/enwc/insectdb/neuroptera.htm
http://insectzoo.msstate.edu/Students/hemiptera.html
http://www.ento.csiro.au/education/insects/neuroptera.html

Homoptera

The order Homoptera contains cicadas, leafhoppers, treehoppers, aphids, and scales. Below are some useful links about Homoptera:

http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/library/compendium/homoptera.html
http://insects.tamu.edu/fieldguide/orders/homoptera.html
http://ag.udel.edu/enwc/insectdb/homoptera.htm
http://insectzoo.msstate.edu/Students/homoptera.html

Hemiptera

The order Hemiptera contains the stinkbugs, assassin bugs, bed bugs, and many more. For more information about Hemiptera click on the links below:

http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/library/compendium/heteroptera.html
http://wrc.umn.edu/outreach/vsmp/edmaterials/pdfs/macroinvertguide/guidechapter7.pdf
http://ag.udel.edu/enwc/insectdb/hemiptera.htm
http://www.mda.state.mn.us/plants/insects/insectorders/hemiptera.htm

Thysanoptera

For more information about thrips which belong to the order Thysanoptera check out the links below:

http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/library/compendium/thysanoptera.html
http://www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/Thysanoptera/
http://www.ento.csiro.au/education/insects/thysanoptera.html
http://www.mda.state.mn.us/plants/insects/insectorders/thysanoptera.htm

Dermaptera

Earwigs belong to the order Dermaptera. Infromation about earwigs can be found at the following links:

http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/library/compendium/dermaptera.html
http://www.ento.csiro.au/education/insects/dermaptera.html
http://ag.udel.edu/enwc/insectdb/dermaptera.htm
http://www.mda.state.mn.us/plants/insects/insectorders/dermaptera.htm

Isoptera

Termites belong to the order Isoptera. For more information about termites click on the links below:

http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/library/compendium/isoptera.html
http://ag.udel.edu/enwc/insectdb/isoptera.htm
http://www.ento.csiro.au/education/insects/isoptera.html http://www.mda.state.mn.us/plants/insects/insectorders/isoptera.htm

Orthoptera

Orthoptera contains the grasshoppers, katydids, crickets, walking sticks, and cockroaches the links below give useful informaiton about the order Orthoptera:

http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/library/compendium/orthoptera.html
http://www.ento.csiro.au/education/insects/orthoptera.html
http://insectzoo.msstate.edu/Students/odonata.html
http://www.mda.state.mn.us/plants/insects/insectorders/orthoptera.htm

Odonata

Below are some useful links about the order Odonata which is the dragonflies and damselflies:

http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/library/compendium/odonata.html
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthropoda/uniramia/odonatoida.html
http://ag.udel.edu/enwc/insectdb/odonata.htm
http://insectzoo.msstate.edu/Students/odonata.html
http://www.ento.csiro.au/education/insects/odonata.html

Ephemeroptera

Information about mayflies can be found at the following links:

http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/library/compendium/ephemeroptera.html
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthropoda/uniramia/ephemeroptera.html
http://wrc.umn.edu/outreach/vsmp/edmaterials/pdfs/macroinvertguide/guidechapter4.pdf
http://ag.udel.edu/enwc/insectdb/ephemeroptera.htm http://www.ento.csiro.au/education/insects/ephemeroptera.html

Collembola

For more information about springtails click on the links below:

http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/compendium/collem.html
http://ag.udel.edu/enwc/insectdb/collembola.htm
http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Collembola
http://www.ento.csiro.au/education/hexapods/collembola.html

Thysanura

For more information about silverfirsh check out the links below:

http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/compendium/silver.html
http://www.gypsymoth.ento.vt.edu/insect_orders/thysanura.html
http://ag.udel.edu/enwc/insectdb/thysanura.htm

http://www.ento.csiro.au/education/insects/thysanura.html