ORDERS

Lepidtera

• Lepidtera order include butterflies,moths,and skipper butterflies.
• A main characteristic of lepidtera is scales on the body and wings,
• a proboscis, and go through a complete metamorphosis.
• There are over 174,250 estimated species in the world today.

COLEOPTERA

• Coleoptera is commonly known as beetles.
• Characteristics of beetles are two sets of wings,
• hard exoskeleton, and large jaws.
• They normally have three segments in their bodies.

HEMIPTERA

• Often referred to as the true bugs.
• Includes cicadas,aphids,plant-hoppers,
• and shield bugs.
• A common characteristic is the mouth
• parts where the mandibles are kept and often have a beak.

ORTHOPTERA

• Orthoptera are paurometabokous.
• Meaning incomplete metamorphosis.
• A well known characteristic are the long
• back legs that allows them to hop.
• This mainly includes locusts, crickets, and grasshoppers.

BLATTODEA

• Blattodea simply means cockroach.
• One of the best known pest species in the world.
• They are mainly nocturnal, and are the hardiest insects.
• May be the most primitive living insects.

ODONATA

• Includes damselflies, and dragonflies.
• Odonata is the order of carnivorous insects.
• Dragonflies are stronger fliers than damelflies
• because of their bigger wings and bodies.

HYMENOPTERA

• One of the largest orders of insects.
• Includes sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants.
• Have stingers for defenses, and make hives or nests.
• Also have two sets of wings.

DIPTERA

• Has a secondary set of
• wings called halters.
• Flies are the main insect in Diptera.
• Fly maggots are used for maggot therapy which
• will then debride necrotic wounds.