Structure and Lifecycle of Insects

NB: not all orders of insects are represented.

Structure

Structure cont…

Complete metamorphosis

Cottonwood leaf beetle

Complete metamorphosis

A life-cycle on 1 leaf!

Chrysomela scripta

James Solomon, USDA Forest Service, www.insectimages.org

Insect Orders Complete metamorphosis

Coleoptera - beetles

Photograph taken on 05-01-2005 by Chris Schuster: http://www.chris-schuster.com

Elytra

Lepidoptera - moths & butterflies

Simyra dentinosa

USDA ARS European Biological Control Laboratory, www.insectimages.org

Siproeta stelenes

Jim Occi, BugPics, www.insectimages.org

Moth or butterfly?

Butterflies are brightly coloured and active by day.

Butterflies rest with their wings held together above their backs.

Butterflies have clubbed tips to their antennae.

Moths fly by night.

Moths fold their wings over their backs.

Moths have feathered antennae.

Hymenoptera -wasps, ants & bees

David Cappaert, www.insectimages.org

Diptera - flies

Joseph Berger, www.insectimages.org

Incomplete metamorphosis

Brown marmorated stink bug

Incomplete metamorphosis

Halyomorpha halys

Gary Bernon, USDA APHIS, www.insectimages.org

A lifecycle on 1 leaf!

Insect Orders Incomplete metamorphosis

Collembola -springtails

Susan Ellis, www.insectimages.org

Ephemeroptera -mayflies

Baetis flavistriga

Joseph Berger, www.insectimages.org

Odonata - dragonfly

Argia apicalis

David Cappaert, www.insectimages.org

Blattodea - cockoaches

Periplaneta americana

Clemson University - USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series, www.insectimages.org

Isoptera -termites

USDA Forest Service Archives, USDA Forest Service, www.insectimages.org

Mantodea - mantid

David Cappaert, www.insectimages.org

Dermaptera - earwigs

Forficula auricularia

Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, www.insectimages.org

Orthoptera - grasshoppers

Tropidolophus formosus

Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, www.insectimages.org

Phthiraptera -parasitic lice

Menacanthus stramineus

Clemson University - USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series, www.insectimages.org

Hemiptera -true bugs

David Cappaert, www.insectimages.org

Thysanoptera - thrips

Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis

David Cappaert, www.insectimages.org

Neuroptera - lacewings

Hemerobiidae Micromus tasmaniae

Joseph Berger, www.insectimages.org

Phasmatodea -leaf insects

Diapheromera femorata

USDA Forest Service - Northeastern Area Archives, USDA Forest Service, www.insectimages.org

ReferencesSlides sourced from www.insectimages.org are copyright free and provided by The Source for Entomology Photos. A joint project of the University of Georgia and the USDA ForestService. Project Coordinators: Keith Douce, David Moorhead & Charles Bargeron.

One slide is from Chris Schuster: http://www.chris-schuster.com. Permission is grantedfor use if acknowledgement is made.

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