#class_Insecta__Insecta__Hexapoda__class_Hexapoda insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species
supertype: #class__clas (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
member of: #phylum_Arthropoda
member: #order_Mecoptera__Mecoptera an order of carnivorous insects usually having long membranous wings and long beaklike heads with chewing mouths at the tip
member: #mecopteran any of various carnivorous insects of the order Mecoptera
member: #family_Panorpidae__Panorpidae a family of insects of the order Mecoptera
member: #scorpion_fly any of various mecopterous insects of the family Panorpidae of the northern hemisphere having a long beak and long antennae; males have a tail like that of a scorpion except it is not venomous
member: #family_Bittacidae__Bittacidae a family of predacious tropical insects of the order Mecoptera
member: #hanging_fly__hangingfly any of various mecopterous insects of the family Bittacidae
member: #order_Collembola__Collembola minute wingless arthropods: springtails
member: #collembolan__springtail any of numerous minute wingless primitive insects possessing a special abdominal appendage that allows the characteristic nearly perpetual springing pattern; found in soil rich in organic debris or on the surface of snow or water
member: #order_Protura__Protura minute wingless arthropods: telsontails
member: #proturan__telsontail any of several minute primitive wingless and eyeless insects having a cone-shaped head; inhabit damp soil or decaying organic matter
member: #order_Coleoptera__Coleoptera beetles
member: #beetle insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
member: #family_Cicindelidae__Cicindelidae tiger beetles
member: #tiger_beetle__tigerbeetle active usually bright-colored beetle that preys on other insects
member: #family_Coccinellidae__Coccinellidae the ladybugs
member: #ladybug__lady_beetle__ladybird__ladybird_beetle small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests
member: #genus_Adalia__Adalia genus of ladybugs
member: #two-spotted_ladybug__twospottedladybug__Adalia_bipunctata red ladybug with a black spot on each wing
member: #genus_Epilachna__Epilachna genus of ladybugs native to Mexico and Central America; both larvae and adults feed on plants
member: #Mexican_bean_beetle__bean_beetle__Epilachna_varivestis introduced into the United States from Mexico; feeds on the foliage of the bean plant
member: #genus_Hippodamia__Hippodamia genus of ladybugs
member: #Hippodamia_convergens a variety of ladybug
member: #genus_Rodolia__Rodolia__genus_Vedalia genus of Australian ladybugs
member: #vedalia__Rodolia_cardinalis native to Australia; introduced elsewhere to control scale insects
member: #family_Carabidae__Carabidae ground beetles
member: #ground_beetle__carabid_beetle__carabidbeetle predacious shining black or metallic terrestrial beetle that destroys many injurious insects
member: #genus_Brachinus__Brachinus bombardier beetles
member: #bombardier_beetle beetle that ejects audibly a pungent vapor when disturbed
member: #genus_Calosoma genus of large predaceous ground beetles that feed on injurious caterpillars
member: #calosoma any beetle of the genus Calosoma
member: #family_Lampyridae__Lampyridae fireflies
member: #lightning_bug__lightningbug__firefly nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent abdominal organs
member: #family_Cerambycidae__Cerambycidae long-horned beetles
member: #long-horned_beetle__longicorn__longicorn_beetle__longicornbeetle long-bodied beetle having very long antennae
member: #genus_Monochamus__Monochamus sawyer beetles
member: #sawyer_beetle__sawyer any of several beetles whose larvae bore holes in dead or dying trees especially conifers
member: #pine_sawyer large beetle whose larvae bore holes in pine trees
member: #family_Chrysomelidae__Chrysomelidae leaf beetles
member: #leaf_beetle__chrysomelid brightly colored beetle that feeds on plant leaves; larvae infest roots and stems
member: #genus_Leptinotarsa__Leptinotarsa Colorado potato beetles
member: #Colorado_potato_beetle__Colorado_beetle__potato_bug__potato_beetle__Leptinotarsa_decemlineata black-and-yellow beetle that feeds in adult and larval stages on potato leaves; originally of eastern Rocky Mountains; now worldwide
member: #family_Dermestidae__Dermestidae carpet beetles
member: #carpet_beetle__carpet_bug small beetle whose larvae are household pests feeding on woolen fabrics
member: #family_Cleridae__Cleridae beetles that prey on other insects
member: #clerid_beetle__clerid predacious on other insects; usually brightly colored or metallic
member: #superfamily_Lamellicornia__Lamellicornia scarabaeid beetles and stag beetles
member: #lamellicorn_beetle__lamellicornbeetle beetle having antennae with hard platelike terminal segments
member: #family_Scarabaeidae__Scarabaeidae scarab or dung beetles
member: #scarabaeid_beetle__scarabaeid__scarabaean any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes
member: #genus_Scarabaeus type genus of the Scarabaeidae
member: #scarab__scarabaeus__Scarabaeus_sacer scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians
member: #genus_Popillia__Popillia a genus of Scarabaeidae
member: #Japanese_beetle__Popillia_japonica small metallic green and brown beetle native to eastern Asia; serious plant pest in North America
member: #genus_Anomala__Anomala genus of beetles whose grubs feed mainly on roots of plants; includes several pests of cultivated grasses
member: #Oriental_beetle__Asiatic_beetle__Anomala_orientalis introduced into United States from the Orient; larvae feed on roots of sugarcane and other grasses
member: #subfamily_Melolonthidae__Melolonthidae considered a separate family in some classification systems
member: #genus_Melolontha__Melolontha a genus of Melolonthidae
member: #cockchafer__May_bug__May_beetle__Melolontha_melolontha any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult
member: #genus_Macrodactylus__Macrodactylus a genus of Melolonthidae
member: #rose_bug__rose_chafer__Macrodactylus_subspinosus common North American beetle: larvae feed on roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. rose bushes or apple trees or grape vines
member: #subfamily_Cetoniidae__Cetoniidae considered a separate family in some classification systems
member: #genus_Cetonia__Cetonia a genus of Cetoniidae
member: #rose_chafer__rose_beetle__Cetonia_aurata a common metallic green European beetle: larvae feed on plant roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. roses
member: #family_Lucanidae__Lucanidae stag beetles
member: #stag_beetle the male has branched mandibles resembling antlers
member: #family_Elateridae__Elateridae click beetles and certain fireflies
member: #elaterid_beetle__elater__elaterid any of various widely distributed beetles
member: #genus_Pyrophorus__Pyrophorus tropical click beetles
member: #firefly__fire_beetle__Pyrophorus_noctiluca tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots
member: #wireworm wormlike larva of various elaterid beetles; feeds on roots of many crop plants
member: #family_Dytiscidae__Dytiscidae water beetles
member: #water_beetle__waterbeetle any of numerous aquatic beetles usually having a smooth oval body and flattened hind legs for swimming
member: #family_Gyrinidae__Gyrinidae whirligig beetles
member: #whirligig_beetle__whirligigbeetle aquatic beetle that circles rapidly on the water surface
member: #family_Anobiidae__Anobiidae deathwatch beetles
member: #deathwatch_beetle__deathwatch__Xestobium_rufovillosum bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death
member: #family_Curculionidae__Curculionidae true weevils: snout beetles
member: #snout_beetle__snoutbeetle small weevil having a prolonged snout; destructive to e.g. grains and nuts
member: #genus_Anthonomus__Anthonomus weevils destructive of cultivated plants
member: #boll_weevil__Anthonomus_grandis grayish weevil that lays its eggs in cotton bolls destroying the cotton
member: #family_Meloidae__Meloidae blister beetles
member: #blister_beetle__blisterbeetle__meloid beetle that produces a secretion that blisters the skin
member: #family_Scolytidae__Scolytidae__Ipidae__family_Ipidae large family of bark-boring or wood-boring short-beaked beetles; very destructive to forest and fruit trees
member: #genus_Scolytus__Scolytus type genus of the Scolytidae comprising numerous small bark beetles
member: #Dutch-elm_beetle__Scolytus_multistriatus a vector of the fungus causing Dutch elm disease
member: #genus_Dendroctonus__Dendroctonus genus of small bark beetles destructive especially to mature conifers
member: #bark_beetle small beetle that bores tunnels in the bark and wood of trees; related to weevils
member: #family_Staphylinidae__Staphylinidae rove beetles
member: #rove_beetle active beetle typically having predatory or scavenging habits
member: #family_Tenebrionidae__Tenebrionidae a family of arthropods including darkling beetles and mealworms
member: #darkling_beetle__darkling_groung_beetle__tenebrionid sluggish hard-bodied black terrestrial weevil whose larvae feed on e.g. decaying plant material or grain
member: #mealworm the larva of beetles of the family Tenebrionidae
member: #genus_Tribolium__Tribolium flour beetles
member: #flour_beetle__flourbeetle__flour_weevil__flourweevil infests flour and stored grains
member: #family_Bruchidae__Bruchidae seed beetles
member: #seed_beetle__seed_weevil infests the seeds of legumes
member: #genus_Bruchus__Bruchus type genus of the Bruchidae
member: #pea_weevil__peaweevil__Bruchus_pisorum larvae live in and feed on seeds of the pea plant
member: #genus_Acanthoscelides__Acanthoscelides a genus of Bruchidae
member: #bean_weevil__Acanthoscelides_obtectus larvae live in and feed on growing or stored beans
member: #genus_Sitophylus__Sitophylus a genus of Bruchidae
member: #rice_weevil__black_weevil__blackweevil__Sitophylus_oryzae brown weevil that infests stored grain especially rice
member: #order_Embioptera__Embioptera__Embiodea__order_Embiodea web spinners
member: #web_spinner__webspinner any of a small order of slender typically tropical insects that nest in colonies in silken tunnels that they spin
member: #order_Anoplura__Anoplura sucking lice
member: #sucking_louse__suckinglouse__louse wingless usually flattened blood-sucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals
member: #family_Pediculidae__Pediculidae true lice: human lice and related forms
member: #genus_Pediculus__Pediculus type genus of Pediculidae: true lice infecting humans
member: #common_louse__Pediculus_humanus head or body louse
member: #head_louse__Pediculus_capitis infests the head and body of humans
member: #body_louse__cootie__Pediculus_corporis a parasitic louse that infests the body of human beings
member: #family_Phthiriidae__Phthiriidae crab lice
member: #genus_Phthirius__Phthirius__Phthirus__genus_Phthirus true lice: crab lice
member: #crab_louse__pubic_louse__pubiclouse__crab__Phthirius_pubis infests the pubic region of the human body
member: #order_Mallophaga__Mallophaga biting lice
member: #bird_louse__biting_louse__louse wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birds
member: #genus_Menopon__Menopon chicken lice
member: #chicken_louse__chickenlouse__shaft_louse__shaftlouse__Menopon_palladum__Menopon_gallinae parasitic on poultry
member: #order_Siphonaptera__Siphonaptera fleas
member: #flea any wingless blood-sucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap
member: #family_Pulicidae__Pulicidae many common fleas attacking humans and domestic animals
member: #genus_Pulex__Pulex type genus of the Pulicidae
member: #Pulex_irritans the most common flea attacking humans
member: #genus_Ctenocephalides__Ctenocephalides an arthropod genus of fleas
member: #dog_flea__dogflea__Ctenocephalides_canis flea that attacks dogs and cats
member: #cat_flea__catflea__Ctenocephalides_felis flea that breeds chiefly on cats and dogs and rats
member: #genus_Tunga__Tunga a genus of Siphonaptera
member: #chigoe_flea__chigoe__chigger__Tunga_penetrans small tropical flea; the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans
member: #genus_Echidnophaga__Echidnophaga a genus of Siphonaptera
member: #sticktight_flea__sticktight__Echidnophaga_gallinacea parasitic on especially the heads of chickens
member: #order_Diptera__Diptera a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies
member: #dipterous_insect__dipterousinsect__two-winged_insects__dipteran__dipteron insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing
member: #family_Cecidomyidae__Cecidomyidae gall midges
member: #gall_midge__gallfly__gallgnat fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants
member: #genus_Mayetiola__Mayetiola a genus of Cecidomyidae
member: #Hessian_fly__Mayetiola_destructor small fly whose larvae damage wheat and other grains
member: #superfamily_Muscoidea__Muscoidea two-winged flies especially the families: Muscidae; Gasterophilidae; Calliphoridae; Tachinidae
member: #family_Muscidae__Muscidae two-winged flies especially the housefly
member: #genus_Musca__Musca type genus of the Muscidae: houseflies
member: #housefly__Musca_domestica common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases
member: #fly two-winged insects characterized by active flight
member: #family_Glossinidae__Glossinidae flies closely related to the Muscidae: tsetse flies
member: #genus_Glossina type genus of the Glossinidae: tsetse flies
member: #tsetse_fly__tsetse__tzetze_fly__tzetze__glossina blood-sucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc.
member: #family_Calliphoridae__Calliphoridae blowflies
member: #genus_Calliphora__Calliphora type genus of the Calliphoridae: blowflies
member: #blowfly__blow_fly large usually hairy metallic blue or green fly; lays eggs in carrion or dung or wounds
member: #genus_Lucilia__Lucilia greenbottle flies
member: #greenbottle_fly__greenbottle blowfly with brilliant coppery green body
member: #genus_Sarcophaga__Sarcophaga flesh flies
member: #flesh_fly__fleshfly__Sarcophaga_carnaria fly whose larvae feed on carrion or the flesh of living animals
member: #family_Tachinidae__Tachinidae parasites on other insects
member: #tachina_fly__tachinafly bristly fly whose larvae live parasitically in caterpillars and other insects; important in control of noxious insects
member: #family_Gasterophilidae__Gasterophilidae horse botflies
member: #genus_Gasterophilus__Gasterophilus type genus of the Gasterophilidae: horse botflies
member: #horse_botfly__horsebotfly__Gasterophilus_intestinalis parasitic chiefly on horses
member: #family_Cuterebridae__Cuterebridae New World botflies
member: #genus_Cuterebra__Cuterebra type genus of the Cuterebridae
member: #genus_Dermatobia__Dermatobia larvae live under the skin of domestic mammals and humans
member: #human_botfly__humanbotfly__dermatobiahomini large tropical American fly; parasitic on humans and other mammals
member: #family_Oestridae__Oestridae__Hypodermatidae__family_Hypodermatidae warble flies
member: #genus_Oestrus__Oestrus type genus of the Oestridae: sheep botflies
member: #sheep_botfly__sheepbotfly__sheep_gadfly__sheepgadfly__Oestrus_ovis larvae are parasitic on sheep
member: #genus_Hypoderma__Hypoderma in some classifications considered the type genus of the family Hypodermatidae: warble flies
member: #warble_fly hairy bee-like fly whose larvae produce lumpy abscesses (warbles) under the skin of cattle
member: #family_Tabanidae__Tabanidae horseflies
member: #horsefly__cleg__clegg__horse_fly__horsefly large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals
member: #family_Bombyliidae__Bombyliidae bee flies
member: #bee_fly__beefly hairy nectar-eating fly that resembles a bee; larvae are parasitic on larvae of bees and related insects
member: #family_Asilidae__Asilidae robber flies
member: #robber_fly__bee_killer__beekiller swift predatory fly having a strong body like a bee with the proboscis hardened for sucking juices of other insects captured on the wing
member: #family_Trypetidae__Trypetidae__Trephritidae__family_Trephritidae fruit flies; some leafminers
member: #genus_Rhagoletis__Rhagoletis a genus of Trypetidae
member: #apple_maggot__applemaggot__railroad_worm__Rhagoletis_pomonella larvae bore into and feed on apples
member: #genus_Ceratitis__Ceratitis Mediterranean fruit flies
member: #Mediterranean_fruit_fly__medfly__Ceratitis_capitata small black-and-white fly that damages citrus and other fruits by implanting eggs that hatch inside the fruit
member: #genus_Philophylla__Philophylla leaf miners
member: #family_Drosophilidae__Drosophilidae fruit flies
member: #genus_Drosophila a genus of Drosophilidae
member: #drosophila__Drosophila_melanogaster small fly used in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance
member: #vinegar_fly flies whose larvae feed on pickles and imperfectly sealed preserves
member: #family_Hippoboscidae__Hippoboscidae winged or wingless dipterans: louse flies
member: #louse_fly__lousefly__hippoboscid blood-sucking dipterous fly parasitic on birds and mammals
member: #genus_Hippobosca__Hippobosca type genus of the Hippoboscidae
member: #horse_tick__horsetick__horsefly__Hippobosca_equina winged fly parasitic on horses
member: #genus_Melophagus__Melophagus an arthropod genus of wingless flies including the sheep ked
member: #sheep_ked__sheepked__sheeptick__sheeptick__melophagusovinu wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle
member: #genus_Haematobia__Haematobia European genus of bloodsucking flies
member: #horn_fly__Haematobia_irritans small black European fly introduced into North America; sucks blood from cattle especially at the base of the horn
member: #suborder_Nematocera__Nematocera mosquitoes; fungus gnats; crane flies; gnats; sand flies
member: #family_Culicidae__Culicidae mosquitoes
member: #mosquito two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals
member: #wiggler__wriggler larva of a mosquito
member: #genus_Aedes__Aedes yellow-fever mosquitos
member: #yellow-fever_mosquito__Aedes_aegypti mosquito that transmits yellow fever and dengue
member: #Asian_tiger_mosquito__Aedes_albopictus striped native of Japan thriving in United States southeast and midwest and spreading to the Caribbean; potential carrier of serious diseases
member: #genus_Anopheles__Anopheles malaria mosquitoes; distinguished by the adult's head-downward stance and absence of breathing tubes in the larvae
member: #anopheline any mosquito of the genus Anopheles
member: #malarial_mosquito__malaria_mosquito__malariamosquito transmits the malaria parasite
member: #genus_Culex__Culex type genus of the Culicidae: widespread genus of mosquitoes distinguished by holding the body parallel to the resting surface
member: #common_mosquito__Culex_pipiens common house mosquito
member: #Culex_quinquefasciatus__Culex_fatigans widespread tropical mosquito that transmits filarial worms
member: #family_Ceratopogonidae__Ceratopogonidae biting midges; sand flies
member: #punkie__punky__punkey__no-see-um__biting_midge minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects
member: #genus_Ceratopogon__Ceratopogon type genus of the Ceratopogonidae
member: #family_Chironomidae__Chironomidae midges
member: #midge minute two-winged mosquito-like fly lacking biting mouthparts; appear in dancing swarms especially near water
member: #genus_Chironomus__Chironomus type genus of the Chironomidae
member: #Mycetophilidae__family_Mycetophylidae fungus gnats
member: #fungus_gnat mosquito-like insect whose larvae feed on fungi or decaying vegetation
member: #family_Psychodidae__Psychodidae very small two-winged flies with hairy wings that develop in moss and damp vegetable matter: sand flies
member: #psychodid a fly of the family Psychodidae
member: #genus_Phlebotomus__Phlebotomus small blood-sucking sand flies that resemble moths
member: #sand_fly__Phlebotomus_papatasii blood-sucking females can transmit sandfly fever
member: #family_Sciaridae__Sciaridae fungus gnats
member: #genus_Sciara type genus of the Sciaridae: fungus gnat
member: #sciara__fungus_gnat__sciarid minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings
member: #family_Tipulidae__Tipulidae crane flies
member: #crane_fly__cranefly__daddy_longlegs long-legged slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bite
member: #family_Simuliidae__Simuliidae blackflies and sand flies
member: #genus_Simulium__Simulium type genus of the Simuliidae: blackflies
member: #black_fly__blackfly__buffalo_gnat__buffalognat small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals
member: #order_Hymenoptera__Hymenoptera an order of insects including: bees; wasps; ants; ichneumons; sawflies; gall wasps; etc.
member: #hymenopterous_insect__hymenopterousinsect__hymenopteran__hymenopteron__hymenopter insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing
member: #superfamily_Apoidea__Apoidea bees
member: #bee any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
member: #queen_bee__queenbee fertile egg-laying female bee
member: #worker_bee sterile bee specialized to collect food and maintain the hive
member: #family_Apidae__Apidae honeybees; carpenter bees; bumblebees
member: #genus_Apis__Apis type genus of the Apidae: honeybees
member: #honeybee__Apis_mellifera social bee often domesticated for the honey it produces
member: #genus_Xylocopa__Xylocopa carpenter bees
member: #carpenter_bee__carpenterbee large solitary bee that lays eggs in tunnels bored into wood or plant stems
member: #genus_Bombus__Bombus bumblebees
member: #bumblebee__humblebee robust hairy social bee of temperate regions
member: #genus_Psithyrus__Psithyrus a large bee that resembles the bumblebee but lacks pollen-collecting apparatus and a worker caste
member: #cuckoo-bumblebee a bee that is parasitic in the nests of bumblebees
member: #family_Andrenidae__Andrenidae a large family of solitary short-tongued bees most of which burrow in the ground
member: #genus_Andrena a solitary burrowing short-tongued bee
member: #andrena__andrenid__mining_bee a bee that is a a member of the genus Andrena
member: #family_Halictidae__Halictidae a family of small solitary bees; many are valuable pollinators for agriculture
member: #nomia__genusnomia a genus of bee; some are important pollinators of legumes
member: #Nomia_melanderi__alkali_bee a common solitary bee important for pollinating alfalfa in the western United States
member: #family_Megachilidae__Megachilidae leaf-cutting and mason bees
member: #genus_Megachile__Megachile type genus of the Megachilidae: leaf-cutting bees
member: #leaf-cutting_bee__leaf-cutter__leaf-cutter_bee bee that cuts rounded pieces from leaves and flowers to line its nest
member: #mason_bee__masonbee any of numerous solitary bees that build nests of hardened mud and sand
member: #genus_Anthidium__Anthidium potter bees
member: #potter_bee solitary bee that builds nests of mud or pebbles cemented together and attached to a plant
member: #family_Vespidae__Vespidae an arthropod family of the order Hymenoptera including: yellow jackets; hornets; mason wasps
member: #vespid_wasp__vespid mostly social nest-building wasps
member: #genus_Vespa__Vespa type genus of the Vespidae: various hornets and yellow jackets
member: #genus_Vespula__Vespula sometimes considered a subgenus of Vespa: social wasps
member: #common_wasp__Vespula_vulgaris a variety of vespid wasp
member: #yellow_jacket__yellow_hornet__Vespula_maculifrons small yellow-marked social wasp commonly nesting in the ground
member: #genus_Polistes__Polistes a genus of Vespidae
member: #Polistes_annularis a variety of paper wasp
member: #genus_Eumenes__Eumenes mason wasps
member: #mason_wasp__masonwasp any of various solitary wasps that construct nests of hardened mud for their young
member: #potter_wasp any of various solitary wasps that construct vase-shaped cells of mud for their eggs
member: #superfamily_Sphecoidea__Sphecoidea families Sphecidae and Stizidae
member: #sphecoid_wasp__sphecoid any of various solitary wasps
member: #family_Sphecidae__Sphecidae mud daubers; some digger wasps
member: #genus_Sceliphron__Sceliphron mud daubers
member: #mason_wasp.sphecoid_wasp__masonwasp solitary wasp that constructs nests of hardened mud or clay for the young
member: #mud_dauber__muddauber wasp that constructs mud cells on a solid base in which females place eggs laid in paralyzed insect larvae
member: #family_Stizidae__Stizidae cicada killers
member: #genus_Sphecius__Sphecius large solitary wasps: cicada killer
member: #cicada_killer__Sphecius_speciosis large black or rust-colored wasp that preys on cicadas
member: #family_Cynipidae__Cynipidae a family of Hymenoptera
member: #cynipid_gall_wasp__gall_wasp__gallfly__cynipidwasp small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants
member: #genus_Cynips__Cynips type genus of the Cynipidae: gall wasps
member: #genus_Amphibolips__Amphibolips cynipid gall wasps, especially causing oak-apple galls
member: #genus_Andricus__Andricus cynipid gall wasps, chiefly affecting oaks
member: #family_Chalcididae__Chalcididae__Chalcidae__family_Chalcidae an arthropod family including: chalcidflies
member: #chalcid_fly__chalcidfly__chalcid__chalcid_wasp__chalcidwasp any of various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects; many are beneficial in destroying injurious insects
member: #strawworm__jointworm larva of chalcid flies injurious to the straw of wheat and other grains
member: #genus_Chalcis__Chalcis type genus of the Chalcididae
member: #chalcis_fly__chalcisfly a variety of chalcid fly
member: #family_Ichneumonidae__Ichneumonidae ichneumon flies
member: #ichneumon_fly__ichneumonfly hymenopterous insect that resembles a wasp and whose larvae are parasitic on caterpillars and other insect larvae
member: #family_Tenthredinidae__Tenthredinidae sawflies
member: #sawfly insect whose female has a saw-like ovipositor for inserting eggs into the leaf or stem tissue of a host plant
member: #genus-Fenusa__Fenusa birch leaf miner
member: #family_Formicidae__Formicidae ants
member: #ant__emmet__pismire social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
member: #genus_Monomorium__Monomorium a genus of Formicidae
member: #pharaoh_ant__pharaohant__pharaoh's_ant__pharaoh'sant__Monomorium_pharaonis small red ant of warm regions; a common household pest
member: #little_black_ant__Monomorium_minimum tiny glossy black ant; nests outdoors but invades houses for food
member: #subfamily_Dorylinae__Dorylinae army ants
member: #army_ant__driver_ant__legionary_ant__legionaryant tropical nomadic ant that preys mainly on other insects
member: #genus_Camponotus__Camponotus carpenter ants
member: #carpenter_ant__carpenterant ant that nests in decaying wood in which it bores tunnels for depositing eggs
member: #genus_Solenopsis__Solenopsis fire ants
member: #fire_ant omnivorous ant of tropical and subtropical America that can inflict a painful sting
member: #genus_Formica__Formica type genus of the Formicidae
member: #wood_ant__Formica_rufa reddish-brown European ant typically living in anthills in woodlands
member: #Formica_fusca an ant frequently enslaved
member: #sanguinary_ant__Formica_sanguinea slave-making ant widely distributed over the northern hemisphere
member: #genus_Myrmecia__Myrmecia bulldog ants
member: #bulldog_ant__bulldogant any of the large fierce Australian ants of the genus Myrmecia
member: #genus_Polyergus__Polyergus Amazon ants
member: #Amazon_ant__Polyergus_rufescens small reddish slave-making ant species
member: #order_Isoptera__Isoptera order of social insects that live in colonies, including: termites; often placed in subclass Exopterygota
member: #family_Termitidae__Termitidae termites
member: #genus_Termes__Termes type genus of the Termitidae
member: #genus_Reticulitermes__Reticulitermes includes species highly destructive to structures and living trees
member: #Reticulitermes_flanipes destructive United States termite
member: #Reticulitermes_lucifugus destructive European termite
member: #termite__white_ant__whiteant whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood
member: #family_Rhinotermitidae__Rhinotermitidae large widely distributed family of termites of temperate to tropical regions
member: #family_Mastotermitidae__Mastotermitidae primitive termites
member: #genus_Mastotermes__Mastotermes primitive genus of termites; mostly extinct; sometimes considered the most primitive Isoptera
member: #Mastotermes_darwiniensis Australian termite; sole living species of Mastotermes; called a living fossil; apparent missing link between cockroaches and termites
member: #Mastotermes_electromexicus extinct termite found in amber in S Mexico
member: #Mastotermes_electrodominicus extinct termite found in amber in the Dominican Republic
member: #family_Kalotermitidae__Kalotermitidae primitive termites of warm regions
member: #genus_Kalotermes__Kalotermes type genus of Kalotermitidae; termites destructive of wood and living trees
member: #genus_Cryptotermes__Cryptotermes genus of dry wood termites; cosmopolitan; sometimes considered a subgenus of Kalotermes
member: #powder-post_termite__Cryptotermes_brevis extremely destructive dry-wood termite of warm regions
member: #order_Orthoptera__Orthoptera grasshoppers and locusts; crickets
member: #orthopterous_insect__orthopteron__orthopteran any of various insects having leathery forewings and membranous hind wings and chewing mouthparts
member: #family_Acrididae__Acrididae__Locustidae__family_Locustidae short-horned grasshoppers; true locusts
member: #short-horned_grasshopper__acridid grasshopper with short antennae
member: #genus_Locusta__Locusta a genus of Acrididae
member: #migratory_locust__migratorylocust__Locusta_migratoria Old World locust that travels in vast swarms stripping large areas of vegetation
member: #genus_Melanoplus__Melanoplus New World migratory locusts and common American grasshoppers
member: #migratory_grasshopper__migratorygrasshopper serious pest of grain-growing and range areas of central and western United States
member: #family_Tettigoniidae__Tettigoniidae long-horned grasshoppers; katydids
member: #long-horned_grasshopper__tettigoniid grasshoppers with long threadlike antennae and well-developed stridulating organs on the forewings of the male
member: #genus_Microcentrum__Microcentrum katydids
member: #katydid large green long-horned grasshopper of North America; males produce shrill sounds by rubbing together special organs on the forewings
member: #genus_Anabrus__Anabrus a genus of Tettigoniidae
member: #mormon_cricket__Anabrus_simplex large dark wingless cricket-like katydid of arid parts of western United States
member: #family_Stenopelmatidae__Stenopelmatidae long-horned grasshoppers
member: #genus_Stenopelmatus__Stenopelmatus sand crickets
member: #sand_cricket__Jerusalem_cricket__Stenopelmatus_fuscus large wingless nocturnal grasshopper that burrows in loose soil along the United States Pacific coast
member: #family_Gryllidae__Gryllidae crickets
member: #cricket.orthopterous_insect leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together
member: #genus_Acheta__Acheta common house and field crickets
member: #European_house_cricket__Acheta_domestica lives in human dwellings; naturalized in parts of America
member: #field_cricket__fieldcricket__Acheta_assimilis common American black cricket; attacks crops and also enters dwellings
member: #genus_Oecanthus__Oecanthus tree crickets
member: #tree_cricket pale arboreal American cricket noted for loud stridulation
member: #order_Phasmida__Phasmida__Phasmatodea__order_Phasmatodea in some classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera: stick insects; leaf insects
member: #phasmid_insect__phasmidinsect__phasmid large cylindrical or flattened mostly tropical insects with long strong legs that feed on plants; walking sticks and leaf insects
member: #family_Phasmidae__Phasmidae__Phasmatidae__family_Phasmatidae stick insects
member: #walkingstick__walking_stick__walkingstick__stick_insect__stickinsect any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies
member: #genus_Diapheromera a genus of Phasmidae
member: #diapheromera__Diapheromera_femorata a variety of stick insect
member: #family_Phyllidae__Phyllidae__Phillidae__family_Phillidae leaf insects
member: #genus_Phyllium__Phyllium type genus of the Phyllidae
member: #walking_leaf__walkingleaf__leaf_insect tropical insect having a flattened leaflike body; common in southern Asia and the East Indies
member: #subclass_Exopterygota__Exopterygota__Hemimetabola subclass of insects characterized by gradual and usually incomplete metamorphosis
member: #order_Dictyoptera__Dictyoptera in some classifications replaced by the orders (here suborders) Blattodea (cockroaches) and Manteodea (mantids); in former classifications often subsumed under a much broader order Orthoptera
member: #dictyopterous_insect__dictyopterousinsect cockroaches and mantids
member: #suborder_Blattodea__Blattodea__Blattaria__suborder_Blattaria cockroaches; in some classifications considered an order
member: #cockroach__roach any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests
member: #family_Blattidae__Blattidae domestic cockroaches
member: #genus_Blatta__Blatta type genus of the Blattidae: cockroaches infesting buildings worldwide
member: #oriental_cockroach__oriental_roach__Asiatic_cockroach__blackbeetle__Blatta_orientalis dark brown cockroach originally from orient now nearly cosmopolitan in distribution
member: #genus_Periplaneta__Periplaneta cosmopolitan genus of large cockroaches
member: #American_cockroach__Periplaneta_americana large reddish brown free-flying cockroach originally from southern United States but now widely distributed
member: #Australian_cockroach__Periplaneta_australasiae widely distributed in warm countries
member: #genus_Blattella__Blattella small cockroaches
member: #German_cockroach__Croton_bug__water_bug__waterbug__Blattella_germanica small light-brown cockroach brought to United States from Europe; a common household pest
member: #genus_Blaberus__Blaberus giant cockroaches
member: #giant_cockroach__giantcockroach large tropical American cockroaches
member: #family_Cryptocercidae__Cryptocercidae a family of Blattodea
member: #genus_Cryptocercus__Cryptocercus cockroaches
member: #suborder_Manteodea__Manteodea mantises; in former classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera
member: #family_Mantidae__Mantidae__Manteidae__family_Manteidae mantises
member: #genus_Mantis type genus of the Mantidae: mantises
member: #mantis__mantid predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer
member: #order_Hemiptera__Hemiptera plant bugs; bedbugs; some true bugs; also includes suborders Heteroptera (true bugs) and Homoptera (e.g. aphids; plant lice; cicadas)
member: #hemipterous_insect__hemipterousinsect__bug__hemipteran__hemipteron insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
member: #family_Miridae__Miridae__Capsidae__family_Capsidae leaf bugs
member: #mirid_bug__miridbug__mirid__capsid a variety of leaf bug
member: #genus_Poecilocapsus__Poecilocapsus a genus of Miridae
member: #four-lined_plant_bug__four-lined_leaf_bug__Poecilocapsus_lineatus yellow or orange leaf bug with four black stripes down the back; widespread in central and eastern North America
member: #genus_Lygus__Lygus plant-sucking bugs
member: #lygus_bug__lygusbug vector of viral plant diseases
member: #family_Tingidae__Tingidae lace bugs
member: #lace_bug small bug having body and wings covered with a lacy network of raised lines
member: #family_Lygaeidae__Lygaeidae lygaeid bugs
member: #lygaeid_bug__lygaeidbug__lygaeid a true bug: usually bright-colored; pest of cultivated crops and some fruit trees
member: #genus_Blissus__Blissus chinch bugs
member: #chinch_bug__Blissus_leucopterus small black-and-white insect that feeds on cereal grasses
member: #family_Coreidae__Coreidae squash bugs and leaf-footed bugs
member: #coreid_bug__coreid a true bug
member: #genus_Anasa__Anasa squash bugs
member: #squash_bug__Anasa_tristis large black American bug that sucks sap of vines of the gourd family
member: #genus_Leptoglossus__Leptoglossus leaf-footed bugs
member: #leaf-footed_bug__leaf-foot_bug large sap-sucking bug with leaflike expansions on the legs
member: #family_Cimicidae__Cimicidae wingless flat-bodied blood-sucking insects
member: #genus_Cimex__Cimex type genus of the Cimicidae: bedbugs
member: #bedbug__bed_bug__bedbug__chinch__Cimex_lectularius bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood
member: #family_Notonectidae__Notonectidae aquatic carnivorous insects
member: #genus_Notonecta__Notonecta type genus of the Notonectidae: backswimmers
member: #backswimmer__Notonecta_undulata predaceous aquatic insect that swims on its back and may inflict painful bites
member: #suborder_Heteroptera__Heteroptera true bugs
member: #heteropterous_insect__heteropterousinsect true bugs: insects whose forewings are membranous but have leathery tips
member: #family_Belostomatidae__Belostomatidae water bugs
member: #giant_water_bug large water bug with piercing and sucking mouthparts; feeds on young fishes
member: #family_Nepidae__Nepidae water scorpions
member: #water_scorpion__waterscorpion long-legged aquatic insect having the front legs fitted for seizing and holding prey and the abdomen extended by a long breathing tube
member: #genus_Nepa__Nepa type genus of the Nepidae: typical elongate-oval water scorpions
member: #genus_Ranatra__Ranatra elongate very slender water scorpions
member: #family_Corixidae__Corixidae water bugs
member: #genus_Corixa__Corixa type genus of the Corixidae: boat bugs
member: #water_boatman__waterboatman__boat_bug carnivorous aquatic bug having paddle-like hind legs
member: #family_Gerrididae__Gerrididae__Gerridae__family_Gerridae an arthropod family that includes water striders
member: #water_strider__waterstrider__pond-skater__water_skater__waterskater long-legged bug that skims about on the surface of water
member: #genus_Gerris__Gerris type genus of the Gerrididae
member: #common_pond-skater__Gerris_lacustris a variety of water strider
member: #family_Reduviidae__Reduviidae assassin bugs
member: #assassin_bug__reduviid a true bug: long-legged predacious bug living mostly on other insects; a few suck blood of mammals
member: #genus_Triatoma__Triatoma conenoses
member: #conenose_bug__conenose__cone-nosed_bug__big_bedbug__bigbedbug__kissing_bug__kissingbug large bloodsucking bug
member: #genus_Arilus__Arilus a genus of Reduviidae
member: #wheel_bug__wheelbug__Arilus_cristatus large predatory North American bug that sucks the blood of other insects
member: #family_Pyrrhocoridae__Pyrrhocoridae firebugs
member: #firebug a true bug: brightly colored bug that can exude a stain
member: #genus_Dysdercus__Dysdercus a genus of slender long-legged bugs that feed on the developing seeds of cotton and stain it
member: #cotton_stainer a true bug: bug that damages and stains the lint of developing cotton
member: #suborder_Homoptera__Homoptera plant lice (aphids); whiteflies; cicadas; leafhoppers; plant hoppers; scale insects and mealybugs; spittle insects
member: #homopterous_insect__homopterousinsect__homopteran insects having membranous forewings and hind wings
member: #family_Aleyrodidae__Aleyrodidae whiteflies
member: #genus_Aleyrodes__Aleyrodes type genus of the Aleyrodidae
member: #citrus_whitefly__Dialeurodes_citri whitefly that attacks citrus trees
member: #whitefly minute insect that feeds on plant juices; related to scale insects
member: #genus_Dialeurodes__Dialeurodes a genus of Aleyrodidae
member: #genus_Trialeurodes__Trialeurodes a genus of Aleyrodidae
member: #greenhouse_whitefly__Trialeurodes_vaporariorum whitefly that inhabits greenhouses
member: #genus_Bemisia__Bemisia sweet-potato whitefly
member: #sweet-potato_whitefly a variety of whitefly
member: #superbug__Bemisia_tabaci__poinsettia_strain a strain accidentally imported into Florida from the Middle East then spread to California where it is a very serious pest feeding on almost all vegetable crops and poinsettias
member: #superfamily_Coccoidea__Coccoidea scale insects and mealybugs
member: #coccid_insect scale insects and mealybugs
member: #family_Coccidae__Coccidae scale insects
member: #soft_scale an insect active in all stages
member: #genus_Coccus type genus of the Coccidae
member: #brown_soft_scale__Coccus_hesperidum pest on citrus trees
member: #family_Diaspididae__Diaspididae armored scales
member: #armored_scale__armoredscale insect having a firm covering of wax especially in the female
member: #genus_Aspidiotus__Aspidiotus a genus of Diaspididae
member: #San_Jose_scale__Aspidiotus_perniciosus small east Asian insect naturalized in the United States that damages fruit trees
member: #family_Dactylopiidae__Dactylopiidae cochineal insects
member: #genus_Dactylopius__Dactylopius type genus of the Dactylopiidae
member: #cochineal_insect__cochinealinsect__cochineal__Dactylopius_coccus Mexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti; the source of a red dye
member: #family_Pseudococcidae__Pseudococcidae scale-like insects: mealybugs
member: #genus_Pseudococcus__Pseudococcus type genus of the Pseudococcidae
member: #citrophilous_mealybug__citrophilus_mealybug__citrophilusmealybug__pseudococcusfragili destructive especially to citrus
member: #Comstock_mealybug__Comstock's_mealybug__Pseudococcus_comstocki Asiatic insect introduced accidentally into United States; pest on citrus and apple trees
member: #mealybug__mealy_bug__mealybug scale-like plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees
member: #genus_Planococcus__Planococcus a genus of Pseudococcidae
member: #citrus_mealybug__citrusmealybug__Planococcus_citri feeds on a wide variety of cultivated plants but especially destructive to citrus
member: #superfamily_Aphidoidea__Aphidoidea plant lice
member: #aphid any of various small plant-sucking insects
member: #family_Aphididae__Aphididae small soft-bodied plant lice
member: #genus_Aphis__Aphis type genus of the Aphididae: injurious to fruit trees and vegetables
member: #green_apple_aphid__greenappleaphid__apple_aphid__appleaphid__Aphis_pomi bright green aphid; feeds on and causes curling of apple leaves
member: #blackfly__bean_aphid__Aphis_fabae blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets
member: #genus_Eriosoma__Eriosoma woolly aphids
member: #woolly_apple_aphid__American_blight__Eriosoma_lanigerum primarily a bark feeder on aerial parts and roots of apple and other trees
member: #genus_Prociphilus__Prociphilus a genus of Aphididae
member: #woolly_alder_aphid__Prociphilus_tessellatus attacks alders
member: #family_Adelgidae__Adelgidae plant lice
member: #genus_Adelges__Adelges type genus of the Adelgidae: plant lice
member: #balsam_woolly_aphid__Adelges_piceae a variety of adelgid
member: #spruce_gall_aphid__Adelges_abietis a variety of adelgid
member: #adelgid any of various insects that feed and form galls on conifers
member: #genus_Pineus__Pineus a genus of Adelgidae
member: #pine_leaf_aphid__Pineus_pinifoliae a variety of adelgid
member: #family_Phylloxeridae__Phylloxeridae plant lice
member: #genus_Phylloxera__Phylloxera type genus of the Phylloxeridae: plant lice
member: #grape_louse__grapelouse__grape_phylloxera__grapephylloxera__Phylloxera_vitifoleae destructive to various grape plants
member: #family_Psyllidae__Psyllidae__Chermidae__family_Chermidae jumping plant lice
member: #jumping_plant_louse__psylla__psyllid small active cicada-like insect with hind legs adapted for leaping; feeds on plant juices
member: #family_Cicadidae__Cicadidae cicadas
member: #genus_Cicada type genus of the Cicadidae: cicadas
member: #cicada__cicala stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone
member: #genus_Tibicen__Tibicen harvest flies
member: #dog-day_cicada__dogdaycicada__harvest_fly__harvestfly its distinctive song is heard during July and August
member: #genus_Magicicada__Magicicada seventeen-year locust
member: #seventeen-year_locust__periodical_cicada__Magicicada_septendecim North American cicada; appears in great numbers at infrequent intervals because the nymphs take 13' to 17' years to mature
member: #family_Cercopidae__Cercopidae froghoppers or spittlebugs
member: #spittle_insect__spittleinsect__spittlebug small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete
member: #genus_Philaenus__Philaenus a genus of Cercopidae
member: #meadow_spittlebug__Philaenus_spumarius North American insect that severely damages grasses
member: #genus_Aphrophora__Aphrophora a genus of Cercopidae
member: #pine_spittlebug North American insect that attacks pines
member: #Saratoga_spittlebug__Aphrophora_saratogensis feeds on pines in northern United States
member: #family_Cicadellidae__Cicadellidae leafhoppers
member: #leafhopper small leaping insect that sucks the juices of plants
member: #family_Jassidae__Jassidae family of small leafhoppers coextensive with the Cicadellidae and not distinguished from it in some classifications
member: #leafhopper small leaping insect that sucks the juices of plants
member: #family_Membracidae__Membracidae plant hoppers: treehoppers
member: #treehopper small leaping insect that sucks juices of branches and twigs
member: #family_Fulgoridae__Fulgoridae plant hoppers: lantern flies
member: #lantern_fly__lanternfly large brightly marked tropical insect with a process like a snout that was formerly thought to emit light
member: #order_Psocoptera__Psocoptera__Corrodentia__order_Corrodentia an order of insects: includes booklice and barklice
member: #psocopterous_insect small soft-bodied insect with chewing mouthparts and either no wings or two pairs
member: #family_Psocidae__Psocidae a family of small soft-bodied insects that feed on decaying vegetation; related to booklice
member: #psocid small winged insect living on the bark and leaves of trees and feeding on e.g. fungi and decaying plant matter
member: #genus_Liposcelis__Liposcelis a genus of Psocidae
member: #booklouse__Liposcelis_divinatorius minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers
member: #genus_Trogium__Trogium a genus of Psocidae
member: #common_booklouse__Trogium_pulsatorium a variety of booklouse
member: #family_Atropidae__Atropidae booklice
member: #order_Ephemeroptera__Ephemeroptera__Ephemerida__order_Ephemerida mayflies
member: #ephemerid__ephemeropteran short-lived insect
member: #family_Ephemeridae__Ephemeridae mayflies
member: #mayfly__dayfly__shadfly slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days
member: #order_Plecoptera__Plecoptera stoneflies
member: #stonefly__stone_fly__stonefly__plecopteran primitive winged insect with a flattened body; used as bait by fishermen; aquatic gilled larvae are carnivorous and live beneath stones
member: #order_Neuroptera__Neuroptera an order of insects including: lacewings; antlions; dobsonflies; alderflies; fishflies; mantispids; spongeflies
member: #neuropteron__neuropteran__neuropterous_insect insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins
member: #family_Myrmeleontidae__Myrmeleontidae antlions
member: #genus_Myrmeleon__Myrmeleon type genus of the Myrmeleontidae: antlions
member: #antlion_fly__antlionfly__ant_lion__antlion winged insect resembling a dragonfly; the larvae (doodlebugs) dig conical pits where they wait to catch e.g. ants
member: #ant_lion__antlion__doodlebug the larva of an ant lion or of any of several other insects
member: #family_Chrysopidae__Chrysopidae green lacewings
member: #aphid_lion__aphidlion__aphis_lion__aphislion carnivorous larva of lacewing flies
member: #green_lacewing__greenlacewing__chrysopid__stink_fly__stinkfly pale green unpleasant-smelling lacewing fly having carnivorous larvae
member: #family_Hemerobiidae__Hemerobiidae brown lacewings
member: #aphid_lion__aphidlion__aphis_lion__aphislion carnivorous larva of lacewing flies
member: #brown_lacewing__brownlacewing__hemerobiid__hemerobiid_fly small dark-colored lacewing fly
member: #suborder_Megaloptera__Megaloptera in some classifications considered a separate order: alderflies; dobsonflies; snake flies
member: #family_Corydalidae__Corydalidae dobsons
member: #genus_Corydalus__Corydalus__Corydalis__genus_Corydalis type genus of the Corydalidae
member: #dobson_fly__dobson__Corydalus_cornutus large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male; aquatic larvae often used as bait
member: #hellgrammiate__dobson large brown aquatic larva of the dobsonfly; used as fishing bait
member: #fishfly similar to but smaller than the dobsonfly
member: #family_Sialidae__Sialidae an arthropod family including: alderflies
member: #genus_Sialis__Sialis type genus of the Sialidae
member: #alderfly__alder_fly__alderfly__Sialis_lutaria dark-colored insect having predaceous aquatic larvae
member: #family_Raphidiidae__Raphidiidae a family of arthropods of the suborder Megaloptera, including snakeflies
member: #snakefly predatory insect of western North America having a long necklike prothorax
member: #family_Mantispidae__Mantispidae mantispids
member: #mantispid insect that resembles a mantis; larvae are parasites in the nests of spiders and wasps
member: #family_Sisyridae__Sisyridae an arthropod family of the order Neuroptera that includes spongeflies
member: #spongefly__spongillafly hairy-bodied insect whose larvae feed on freshwater sponges
member: #order_Odonata__Odonata dragonflies and damselflies
member: #odonate large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings
member: #suborder_Anisoptera__Anisoptera dragonflies
member: #suborder_Zygoptera__Zygoptera damselflies
member: #order_Trichoptera__Trichoptera an order of insects consisting of caddis flies
member: #trichopterous_insect__trichopterousinsect__trichopteran__trichopteron caddis fly
member: #caddisworm__strawworm caddisfly larva; constructs a case of silk covered with sand or plant debris
member: #order_Thysanura__Thysanura firebrats; silverfish; machilids
member: #thysanuran_insect__thysanuron primitive wingless insects: bristletail
member: #family_Lepismatidae__Lepismatidae firebrats
member: #genus_Lepisma__Lepisma type genus of the Lepismatidae: silverfish
member: #Lepisma_saccharina__silverfish silver-gray wingless insect found in houses feeding on book bindings and starched clothing
member: #genus_Thermobia__Thermobia a genus of Lepismatidae
member: #firebrat__Thermobia_domestica lives in warm moist areas e.g. around furnaces
member: #family_Machilidae__Machilidae jumping bristletails
member: #jumping_bristletail__jumpingbristletail__machilid wingless insect living in dark moist places as under dead tree trunks; they make erratic leaps when disturbed
member: #order_Thysanoptera__Thysanoptera thrips
member: #thysanopter__thysanopteron__thysanopterous_insect an insect of the order Thysanoptera
member: #family_Thripidae__Thripidae thrips
member: #thrips__thripid any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many are destructive
member: #genus_Frankliniella__Frankliniella tobacco thrips
member: #tobacco_thrips__Frankliniella_fusca injurious to growing tobacco and peanuts
member: #genus_Thrips type genus of the Thripidae
member: #onion_thrips__onion_louse__onionlouse__Thrips_tobaci injurious to onion plants and sometimes tobacco
member: #order_Dermaptera__Dermaptera earwigs and a few related forms
member: #earwig any of numerous insects of the order Dermaptera having elongate bodies and slender many-jointed antennae and a pair of large pincers at the rear of the abdomen
member: #family_Forficulidae__Forficulidae typical earwigs
member: #genus_Forficula__Forficula type genus of Forficulidae
member: #common_European_earwig__Forficula_auricularia sometimes destructive to cultivated bulbs
member: #order_Lepidoptera__Lepidoptera moths and butterflies
member: #lepidopterous_insect__lepidopterousinsect__lepidopteron__lepidopteran insect that in the adult state has four wings more or less covered with tiny scales
member: #family_Nymphalidae__Nymphalidae large beautifully colored butterflies
member: #nymphalid_butterfly__nymphalid__brush-footed_butterfly__four-footed_butterfly medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast
member: #genus_Nymphalis__Nymphalis type genus of the Nymphalidae: mourning cloak butterflies
member: #mourning_cloak_butterfly__mourning_cloak__Camberwell_beauty__Nymphalis_antiopa of temperate regions; having dark purple wings with yellow borders
member: #tortoiseshell_butterfly__tortoiseshell brilliantly colored; larvae feed on nettles
member: #genus_Vanessa__Vanessa painted beauty and red admiral
member: #painted_beauty__paintedbeauty__Vanessa_virginiensis American butterfly having dark brown wings with white and golden orange spots
member: #red_admiral__redadmiral__Vanessa_atalanta of temperate Europe and Asia; having black wings with red and white markings
member: #genus_Limenitis__Limenitis mainly dark northern butterflies with white wing bars
member: #white_admiral__whiteadmiral__Limenitis_camilla Eurasian butterfly with brown wings and white markings
member: #banded_purple__white_admiral__whiteadmiral__Limenitis_arthemis North American butterfly with blue-black wings crossed by a broad white band
member: #red-spotted_purple__redspottedpurple__Limenitis_astyanax similar to the banded purple but with red spots on underwing surfaces
member: #Limenitis_archippus__viceroy showy American butterfly resembling the monarch but smaller
member: #genus_Polygonia__Polygonia comma butterflies
member: #comma_butterfly__commabutterfly__comma__Polygonia_comma anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing
member: #genus_Spyeria__Spyeria fritillaries
member: #silverspot butterfly with silver spots on the underside of the hind wings
member: #genus_Argynnis__Argynnis fritillaries
member: #genus_Apatura__Apatura large Old World butterflies
member: #emperor_butterfly__emperorbutterfly__emperor large richly colored butterfly
member: #genus_Inachis__Inachis a genus of Nymphalidae
member: #peacock_butterfly__peacockbutterfly__peacock__Inachis_io European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot
member: #family_Danaidae__Danaidae small family of usually tropical butterflies: monarch butterflies
member: #danaid_butterfly__danaid large tropical butterfly with degenerate forelegs and an unpleasant taste
member: #genus_Danaus__Danaus type genus of the Danaidae: monarch butterflies
member: #monarch_butterfly__monarchbutterfly__monarch__milkweed_butterfly__Danaus_plexippus large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings; the larvae feed on milkweed
member: #family_Pieridae__Pieridae cabbage butterflies; sulphur butterflies
member: #pierid_butterfly__pierid any of numerous pale-colored butterflies having three pairs of well-developed legs
member: #cabbage_butterfly__cabbagebutterfly white butterfly whose larvae (cabbageworms) feed on cabbage
member: #genus_Pieris__Pieris type genus of the Pieridae
member: #small_white__Pieris_rapae small widely distributed form
member: #large_white__Pieris_brassicae Old World form
member: #cabbageworm__pierisrapae toxic green larva of a cabbage butterfly
member: #sulphur_butterfly__sulphurbutterfly__sulfur_butterfly any of numerous yellow or orange butterflies
member: #family_Lycaenidae__Lycaenidae family of small usually brilliantly colored butterflies; males have short forelegs
member: #lycaenid_butterfly__lycaenid any of various butterflies of the family Lycaenidae
member: #genus_Lycaena__Lycaena type genus of the Lycaenidae; small slender butterflies with upper surface of wings usually metallic blue or green or copper
member: #blue_butterfly__blue any of numerous small chiefly blue butterflies of the family Lycaenidae
member: #copper any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having copper colored wings
member: #American_copper__Lycaena_hypophlaeas common copper butterfly of central and eastern North America
member: #genus_Strymon__Strymon large and widely distributed genus of hairstreak butterflies
member: #hairstreak_butterfly__hairstreak small butterflies having striped markings under the wings
member: #Strymon_melinus larvae are pests of various economic plants
member: #family_Tortricidae__Tortricidae leaf rollers and codling moths
member: #tortricid_moth__tortricidmoth__tortricid any of numerous small moths having lightly fringed wings; larvae are leafrollers or live in fruits and galls
member: #genus_Tortrix type genus of the Tortricidae
member: #tea_tortrix__teatortrix__tortrix__Homona_coffearia small Indian moth infesting e.g. tea and coffee plants
member: #orange_tortrix__tortrix__Argyrotaenia_citrana California moth whose larvae live in especially oranges
member: #genus_Homona__Homona tea tortrix
member: #genus_Argyrotaenia__Argyrotaenia orange tortrix
member: #genus_Carpocapsa__Carpocapsa codling moths
member: #codling_moth__codlingmoth__Carpocapsa_pomonella small moth whose larvae live in apples and English walnuts
member: #family_Lymantriidae__Lymantriidae tussock moths
member: #lymantriid__tussock_moth__tussockmoth dull-colored moth whose larvae have tufts of hair on the body and feed on the leaves of many deciduous trees
member: #tussock_caterpillar__tussockcaterpillar larva of a tussock moth
member: #genus_Lymantria__Lymantria type genus of the Lymantriidae; a pest (Lymantria means `destroyer')
member: #gypsy_moth__gypsymoth__gipsy_moth__gipsymoth__Lymantria_dispar European moth introduced into North America; a serious pest of shade trees
member: #genus_Euproctis__Euproctis a genus of Lymantriidae
member: #browntail__brown-tail_moth__Euproctis_phaeorrhoea small brown and white European moth introduced into eastern United States; pest of various shade and fruit trees
member: #gold-tail_moth__Euproctis_chrysorrhoea white furry-bodied European moth with a yellow tail tuft
member: #family_Geometridae__Geometridae measuring worms
member: #geometrid_moth__geometridmoth__geometrid slender-bodied broad-winged moth whose larvae are called measuring worms
member: #genus_Paleacrita__Paleacrita geometrid moths
member: #Paleacrita_vernata moth whose larvae are spring cankerworms
member: #spring_cankerworm variably colored looper; larva of Paleacrita vernata
member: #genus_Alsophila__Alsophila geometrid moths
member: #Alsophila_pometaria North American moth with gray-winged males and wingless females; larvae are fall cankerworms
member: #fall_cankerworm green or brown white-striped looper; larva of Alsophila pometaria
member: #cankerworm green caterpillar of a geometrid moth; pest of various fruit and shade trees
member: #family_Pyralidae__Pyralidae__Pyralididae__family_Pyralididae bee moths; corn borers; flour moths
member: #pyralid_moth__pyralidmoth__pyralid usually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose larvae are crop pests
member: #genus_Pyralis__Pyralis type genus of the Pyralidae
member: #genus_Galleria__Galleria a genus of Pyralidae
member: #bee_moth__beemoth__wax_moth__waxmoth__Galleria_mellonella moth whose larvae live in and feed on bee honeycombs
member: #genus_Pyrausta__Pyrausta moths whose larvae are corn borers
member: #European_corn_borer__corn_borer__corn_borer_moth__Pyrausta_nubilalis native to Europe; in America the larvae bore into the stem and crown of corn and other plants
member: #genus_Anagasta__Anagasta moth whose larvae are flour moths
member: #Mediterranean_flour_moth__Anagasta_kuehniella small moth whose larvae damage stored grain and flour
member: #genus_Ephestia__Ephestia small moths whose larvae spin silken tunnels and feed on stored food products
member: #tobacco_moth__tobaccomoth__cacao_moth__cacaomoth__Ephestia_elutella small moth whose larvae feed on tobacco and other dried plant products
member: #genus_Cadra__Cadra a genus of Pyralidae
member: #almond_moth__fig_moth__figmoth__Cadra_cautella moth whose larvae feed on and mat together with webbing various stored foods
member: #raisin_moth__Cadra_figulilella moth whose larvae attack dried fruits and cereal products
member: #corn_borer__Pyrausta_nubilalis larva of the European corn borer moth; a serious pest of maize
member: #superfamily_Tineoidea__Tineoidea clothes moths; carpet moths; leaf miners
member: #tineoid_moth__tineoidmoth small dull-colored moth with chewing mouthparts
member: #family_Tineidae__Tineidae clothes moths
member: #tineid_moth__tineid small yellowish moths whose larvae feed on wool or fur
member: #genus_Tinea__Tinea type genus of the Tineidae: clothes moths
member: #casemaking_clothes_moth__Tinea_pellionella the larvae live in tubes of its food material fastened with silk that it spins
member: #genus_Tineola__Tineola webbing clothes moths
member: #webbing_clothes_moth__webbingclothesmoth__webbing_moth__webbingmoth__Tineola_bisselliella moth that forms a web in which it lives
member: #genus_Trichophaga__Trichophaga carpet moths
member: #carpet_moth__tapestry_moth__Trichophaga_tapetzella larvae feed on carpets and other woolens
member: #family_Gracilariidae__Gracilariidae__Gracillariidae leaf miners
member: #family_Gelechiidae__Gelechiidae important economic pests
member: #gelechiid_moth__gelechiidmoth__gelechiid small slender-winged moths whose larvae are agricultural pests
member: #genus_Gelechia__Gelechia type genus of the Gelechiidae: pink bollworms
member: #Gelechia_gossypiella small brown moth whose larvae bore into flowers and bolls of cotton
member: #genus_Sitotroga__Sitotroga grain moths
member: #angoumois_moth__angoumoismoth__angoumois_grain_moth__angoumoisgrainmoth__Sitotroga_cerealella small moth whose larvae feed on kernels of stored grains
member: #genus_Phthorimaea__Phthorimaea potato moths
member: #potato_tuberworm__Phthorimaea_operculella larva of potato moth; mines in leaves and stems of e.g. potatoes and tobacco
member: #pink_bollworm__Gelechia_gossypiella larvae of a gelechiid moth introduced from Asia; feeds on the seeds of cotton bolls
member: #family_Noctuidae__Noctuidae cutworms; armyworms
member: #noctuid_moth__noctuidmoth__noctuid__owlet_moth__owletmoth usually dull-colored medium-sized nocturnal moth; the usually smooth-bodied larvae are destructive agricultural pests
member: #cutworm North American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems cutting them off at the ground
member: #genus_Noctua__Noctua type genus of the Noctuidae: moths whose larvae are cutworms
member: #genus_Catacala__Catacala moths whose larvae are cutworms: underwings
member: #underwing moth having dull forewings and brightly colored hind wings
member: #genus_Cerapteryx__Cerapteryx antler moths
member: #antler_moth__Cerapteryx_graminis European moth with white antler-like markings on the forewings; the larvae damage pastures and grasslands
member: #genus_Heliothis__Heliothis a genus of Noctuidae
member: #heliothis_moth__heliothismoth__Heliothis_zia medium-sized moth whose larvae are corn earworms
member: #genus_Chorizagrotis__Chorizagrotis moths whose larvae are army cutworms
member: #army_cutworm__Chorizagrotis_auxiliaris moth whose larvae destroy grains and forage plants
member: #Chorizagrotis_auxiliaris__army_cutworm noctuid moth larvae that travel in large groups and destroy grains and alfalfa in the Plains states
member: #genus_Pseudaletia__Pseudaletia moths whose larvae are armyworms
member: #Pseudaletia_unipuncta__armyworm moth whose destructive larvae travel in multitudes
member: #army_worm__Pseudaletia_unipuncta noctuid moth larvae that travel in multitudes destroying especially grass and grain
member: #genus_Spodoptera__Spodoptera moths whose larvae are armyworms
member: #Spodoptera_exigua moth whose larvae are beet armyworms
member: #beet_armyworm__Spodoptera_exigua moth larva that eats foliage of beets and vegetables
member: #Spodoptera_frugiperda moth whose larvae are fall armyworms
member: #corn_earworm__cotton_bollworm__tomato_fruitworm__tobacco_budworm__tobaccobudworm__vetchworm__heliothiszia larva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops
member: #family_Sphingidae__Sphingidae hawkmoths
member: #hawkmoth__hawk_moth__sphingid__sphinx_moth__hummingbird_moth__hummingbirdmoth any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed
member: #genus_Manduca__Manduca moths whose larvae are tobacco hornworms or tomato hornworms
member: #Manduca_sexta moth whose larvae are tobacco hornworms
member: #tobacco_hornworm__tobaccohornworm__tomato_worm__Manduca_sexta large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tobacco and related plants; similar to tomato hornworm
member: #Manduca_quinquemaculata moth whose larvae are tomato hornworms
member: #genus_Acherontia__Acherontia death's-head moth
member: #death's-head_moth__Acherontia_atropos European hawkmoth with markings on the back resembling a human skull
member: #family_Bombycidae__Bombycidae Chinese silkworm moth
member: #bombycid_moth__bombycid__silkworm_moth moderate-sized Asiatic moth whose larvae feed on mulberry leaves and produce silk
member: #genus_Bombyx__Bombyx type genus of the Bombycidae: Chinese silkworm moth
member: #domestic_silkworm_moth__Bombyx_mori stocky creamy-white Asiatic moth found almost entirely under human care; the source of most of the silk of commerce
member: #silkworm hairless white caterpillar of the Chinese silkworm moth; source of most commercial silk
member: #family_Saturniidae__Saturniidae important and widely distributed family of moths including some of the largest insects known
member: #saturniid_moth__saturniidmoth__saturniid large brightly colored and usually tropical moth; larvae spin silken cocoons
member: #genus_Saturnia__Saturnia type genus of the Saturniidae: emperor moth
member: #emperor_moth__emperormoth__emperor__Saturnia_pavonia large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings
member: #genus_Eacles__Eacles imperial moths
member: #imperial_moth__Eacles_imperialis large American moth having yellow wings with purplish or brownish markings; larvae feed on e.g. maple and pine trees
member: #giant_silkworm__giantsilkworm__silkworm__wild_wilkworm larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon
member: #genus_Actias__Actias luna moths
member: #luna_moth__Luna_moth__Actias_luna large pale-green American moth with long-tailed hind wings and a yellow crescent-shaped mark on each fore wing
member: #genus_Hyalophora__Hyalophora American silkworm moth
member: #genus_Samia__Samia silkworm moths
member: #cynthia_moth__cynthiamoth__Samia_cynthia__Samia_walkeri large Asiatic moth introduced into the United States; larvae feed on the ailanthus
member: #ailanthus_silkworm__ailanthussilkworm__Samia_cynthia large green silkworm of the cynthia moth
member: #genus_Automeris__Automeris io moth
member: #io_moth__Automeris_io large yellow American moth having a large eyelike spot on each hind wing; the larvae have stinging spines
member: #genus_Antheraea__Antheraea large moths whose larvae produce silk of high quality
member: #polyphemus_moth__Antheraea_polyphemus very large yellowish-brown American silkworm moth with large eyespots on hind wings; larvae feed on fruit and shade trees
member: #pernyi_moth__Antheraea_pernyi a Chinese moth that produces a brownish silk
member: #tussah__tusseh__tussur__tussore__tusser__Antheraea_mylitta oriental moth that produces brownish silk
member: #genus_Atticus__Atticus atlas moth
member: #atlas_moth__atlasmoth__Atticus_atlas giant saturniid moth widespread in Asia; sometimes cultured for silk
member: #family_Arctiidae__Arctiidae tiger moths
member: #arctiid_moth__arctiidmoth__arctiid stout-bodied broad-winged moth with conspicuously striped or spotted wings; larvae are hairy caterpillars
member: #genus_Callimorpha__Callimorpha cinnabar moths
member: #cinnabar_moth__cinnabar__Callimorpha_jacobeae large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort
member: #woolly_bear_moth larva of moth of the family Arctiidae
member: #family_Lasiocampidae__Lasiocampidae tent caterpillars; eggars; lappet moths
member: #lasiocampid_moth__lasiocampidmoth__lasiocampid medium-sized stout-bodied neutral-colored moths comb-like antennae
member: #genus_Lasiocampa__Lasiocampa type genus of the Lasiocampidae: eggars
member: #eggar__egger moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults; larvae feed on tree foliage and spin egg-shaped cocoons
member: #genus_Malacosoma__Malacosoma tent caterpillars
member: #Malacosoma_americana__tent-caterpillar_moth moth whose larvae are tent caterpillars
member: #tent_caterpillar the larvae of moths that build communal silken webs in orchard and shade trees
member: #tent-caterpillar_moth__Malacosoma_disstria moth whose gregarious larvae spin carpets
member: #lappet_caterpillar larva of a lappet moth
member: #webworm several gregarious moth larvae that spin webs over foliage on which they feed
member: #genus_Hyphantria__Hyphantria fall webworms
member: #Hyphantria_cunea moth whose larvae are fall webworms
member: #fall_webworm__Hyphantria_cunea a variety of webworm
member: #genus_Loxostege__Loxostege garden webworms
member: #Loxostege_similalis moth whose larvae are garden webworms
member: #garden_webworm__Loxostege_similalis a variety of webworm
member: #caterpillar a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth
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