IDnature guides Aquatic Insects New Hampshire Coelichneumon Dragonflies Fruit Pests Groups Insecta Ichneumoninae Ichneumonoidea Insect orders Lepidoptera Night North American Invasives Odonata families Plecoptera families Siphonaptera families USGAClarke Links We parsed the following live from the Web into this page. Such content is managed by its original site and not cached on Discover Life. Please send feedback and corrections directly to the source. See original regarding copyrights and terms of use. Insect Collection, University of Guelph Animal Diverity Web 80x5 - 240x3 - 240x4 - 320x1 - 320x2 - 320x3 - 640x1 - 640x2 Set display option above. Click on images to enlarge. © John Pickering, 2004-2023 · 31 Camponotus chromaiodes, worker tending aphids in the genus Aphis © John Pickering, 2004-2023 · 20 Ceratomia catalpae, Catalpa Sphinx Moth, gregarious larvae Kinds Archaeognatha, Bristletails Archeognatha, Bristletails Blattaria, Cockroaches Coleoptera, Beetles Collembola, Springtails Dermaptera, Earwigs Diplura Diptera, Flies Embiidina, Embiids Embioptera, Web spinners Ephemeroptera, Mayflies Grylloblattodea, Icecrawlers Hemiptera, True bugs Hymenoptera, Ants Isoptera, Termites Lepidoptera, Butterflies Mantodea, Praying mantids Mecoptera, Scorpionflies Megaloptera, Dobsonflies Neuroptera, Lacewings Odonata, Damselflies Orthoptera, Grasshoppers Phasmatodea, Stick insects Phthiraptera, Lice Plecoptera, Stoneflies Polydesmida Protura Psocoptera, Barklice Raphidioptera, Snakeflies Siphonaptera, Fleas Strepsiptera, Stylops Thysanoptera, Thrips Thysanura, Silverfishes Trichoptera, Caddisflies Zoraptera Overview Approximately 750,000 insect species have been scientifically named and described. Millions of new ones are yet to be discovered. Please don't be disappointed if there are no images or text for your favorite insects. Our task will take many years to complete. Much of the information so far assembled concerns bees, ants, butterflies, and parasitic wasps in the families Braconidae and Ichneumonidae. Most of this page's other links are a skeleton waiting for information to be added about this most wonderfully diverse group. Please contact John Pickering if you wish to contribute to this effort. Kinds Butterflies Beetles Flies Ants Click on image to go to that group. Identification How to identify insect orders ID Tools -- various on-line guides to insects Phylogeny Taxonomic Category Scientific Name Common Name Phylum Arthropoda Arthropods Class Hexapoda Hexapods Links to other sites Insect Diversity Project -- comparing communities in the New World Nomina Insecta Neartica -- Checklist of North American Insects Bug People -- for school activities Russian Insects -- Insects from the entire world for collectors References Borror, D. J., C. A. Triplehorn & N. F. Johnson. 1989. Introduction to the Study of Insects. 1989. Harcourt College Publishers. Borror, D. J. & R. E. White. 1970. A Field Guilde to the Insects of America North of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, MA Acknowledgements We thank Cassie Lloyd for technical support in developing this page. Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following modified from Insect Collection, University of Guelph    Top | See original &pull 20q v5.145 20180528: Error 301 Moved Permanently http://www.uoguelph.ca/debu/intro.htm Following modified from Animal Diverity Web    Top | See original &pull 20q v5.145 20180528: Error 301 Moved Permanently http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Insecta.html Updated: 2023-12-05 01:12:29 gmt FishBase | Search | All Living Things | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation