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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
Elytra
Photograph taken on 05-01-2005 by Chris Schuster: http://www.chris-schuster.com
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?
Moths fly by night.
Moths fold their wings over their backs.
Moths have feathered antennae.
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.
Hymenoptera -wasps, ants & bees
David Cappaert, www.insectimages.org
Diptera - flies
Joseph Berger, www.insectimages.org
Incomplete metamorphosis
Brown marmorated stink bug
Incomplete metamorphosis
A lifecycle on 1 leaf!
Halyomorpha halys
Gary Bernon, USDA APHIS, www.insectimages.org
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
References
Slides 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 Forest
Service. Project Coordinators: Keith Douce, David Moorhead & Charles Bargeron.
One slide is from Chris Schuster: http://www.chris-schuster.com. Permission is granted
for use if acknowledgement is made.
The insect banner has been created from a series of drawings by Paul Ricketts, DUIT
Multimedia, The University of Western Australia.