Hexapodia – Insects, springtails, and other six-legged arthropods

Insect species are so numerous that some of the larger orders have been given their own sub-pages. Orders with a small number of local species are still shown entirely on this page.

Coleoptera (beetles) sub-page

Dermaptera (earwigs)

Forficula auricularia (male)

Inside a cicada molt

Forficula auricularia (freshly-molted and females)

Diptera (true flies – two wings) sub-page

Ephemeroptera (mayflies)

Nymphs

Hexagenia

Baetidae

Hemiptera (true bugs, cicadas, leafhoppers, aphids) sub-page

Hymenoptera (ants, bees, and wasps) sub-page

Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) sub-page

Neuroptera (antlions, lacewings, and dobsonflies)

Antlions

Myrmeleon Adult

Myrmeleon Larva antlion-topside-2007-6-23.jpg

Lacewings

Chrysopidae lacewing2007-4-11sideviewtruecolor.jpg

Chrysopidae 2

Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies)

Damselflies

Nymph

Lestidae

Dragonflies

Nymph

Gomphus

Sympetrum

Anax junius

Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets, and katydids)

Crickets

Field Crickets

Gryllus veletis and Gryllus pennsylvanicus

Acheta domestica (domesticated feeder crickets)

Camel Crickets

Ceuthophilus Camel Cricket from the side

Grasshoppers

Melanoplus bivittatus

Dissosteira carolina

Camnula pellucida

Chortophagia viridifasciata

Katydids

Scudderia katydidrightside.jpg

Plecoptera (stoneflies)

Taeniopterygidae april-6-small-stonefly-dorsal.jpglargestoneflyrailing.jpg

Psocodea (lice)

Barklice

Mesopsocus laticeps

Tricoptera (caddisflies)

Limnephilidae april6caddisflydorsal.jpg

Limnephilidae adult

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