Can you name the Insect Taxonomy?

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BeetlesFront wings very heavily thickened and meet in straight line down back.
Stink bugsFront wing half thickened, membranous at tip.
Spring tailSmall, on slides, look for double jumping appendages
Fleassmall, on slides, heavily scleritized, laterally flat
EarwigsThick front wings usually short. Pincher cerci
Grasshoppers and Cricketsfront wings long and narrow or short and flat on back. Long, threadlike antenna.
TermitesPale, soft bodied. Superficially similar to ants, but no narrow waist.
Bees and WaspsLook for narrow waist
Flies2 wings, 2nd pair replaced by halteres
Dragonflies2 pairs of membraneous wings with many crossveins
CicadaFront wings held tent-like over body.
Butterfliesscales on wings
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Insect Taxonomy Quiz

  1. by embolewitz
  • Created Nov 15, 2011 in Science
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