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Entomologist
scientists who study insects
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Crickets, grasshoppers, locusts and cockroaches have what in comman
all have straight, papery wings that fold in a straight line along their bodies if they are not flying
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orthoptera
greek for straight wings
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Dragonflies and damselflies recongnized by
long slender bodies, huge eyes, and two pairs of equal-sized transparent wings
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the order Odanata:toothed
dragonflies and damselflies are the only insects in this order
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Beetles
most numerous of all insects. 1/4 of all animals in world are beetles
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Order name for beetles
Coleoptera means sheath wings
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order Homoptera
means same wings. aphids, tree hoppers, leaf hoppers, cicadas, scale insects, and lac insect
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Social insects like bees, ants, and wasps belong to order
Hymenoptera or membrane wings
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butterflies and moths belong to order
Lepidoptera or scale wings
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Nocturnal
active at night
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true bugs (bedbugs, squash bugs, stinkbugs and water striders) belong to what order
Hemiptera or halfwings. the front wings form an X or V at the base
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flies, gnats and mosquitoes belong to what order
Diptera or two wings.
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It's a bee (not a fly) if:
- Bees fold their wings over their backs when at rest.
- Bees antennae are longer than their heads
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What do we call a scientist who studies insects?
entomologist
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Name three insects that belong to the order Coeoptera (sheath wings)
ladybird beetles, June bugs, colorado potato beetles, fireflies, stag beetles
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Name three insect that belong to the order Hymenoptera (membrane wings)
bees, ants, wasps
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Name three insect that belong to the order Orthoptera (straight wings)
crickets, grasshoppers, locusts, cockroaches
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Name three insect that belong to the order Homoptera (same wing)
aphids, treehoppers, leaf hoppers, cicadas, scale insects, lac insects
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Name two insect that belong to the order Lepidoptera
butterflies, moths
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Name two insect that belong to the order Odonata (toothed)
dragonflies, damselflies
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Name three insect that belong to the order Diptera (two wings)
glies, gnats, mosquitoes
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Name three insect that belong to the order Hemiptera (half wing)
bedbugs, squash bugs, stinkbugs, water striders
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