The Nine Most Well Known Orders

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Guide to the Common Insect Orders

• The Nine Most Well Known Orders

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The Nine Orders Are

• Orthoptera
• Dictyoptera
• Odanata
• Hemiptera
• Siphonoptera
• Diptera
• Lepidoptera
• Hymenoptera
• Coleoptera

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Odanata

• Example the dragonfly
• Habitat usually near the water
• Food source - carnivorous

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Orthoptera

• Example crickets and grasshoppers
• Habitat live in most areas, but most common in
  grasslands and forests
• Food Most are omnivorous

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Dictyoptera

• Examples roaches and mantids
• Habitat Cockoaches anywhere and everywhere
  Mantids woods and fields
• Food Roaches anything Mantids - carnivorous

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Hemiptera

• Examples the true bugs
• Habitat anywhere
• Food most suck on plant juices but some are
  predators and are used for insect control

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Siphonaptera

• Examples fleas
• Habitat other animals
• Food all adults are blood-sucking parasites

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Diptera

• Examples the true flies
• Habitat everywhere flying insects
• Food anything, but all piece or suck food, they
  cannot bite

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Lepidoptera

• Examples Butterflies and Moths
• Habitat anywhere
• Food Most adults have sucking mouthparts, but
  some adults have no mouth parts and do not feed

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Hymenoptera

• Examples Ants, Bees, and Wasps
• Live everywhere
• Food many are parasitic

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Coleoptera

• Examples beetles ladybugs, stag beetles,
  weevils, mealworms
• Habitat anywhere
• Food - varies