Modern Forms

Class and Order

Class Insecta

Order Archaeognatha (bristletail)
Order Zygentoma (=Thysanura, silverfish)
Order Ephemeroptera (mayflies)
Order Odonata (dragonflies, damselflies)
Order Plecoptera (stoneflies)
Order Blattodea (cockroaches)
Order Mantodea (praying mantis)
Order Dermaptera (earwigs)
Order Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets)
Order Hemiptera (true bugs)
Order Homoptera (cicadas, aphids)
Order Phasmatodea (stick-insects, leaf-insects)
Order Embioptera (web-spinners)
Order Isoptera (termites)
Order Psocoptera (booklice)
Order Phthiraptera (lice)
Order Coleoptera (beetles, weevils)
Order Trichoptera (caddis-flies)
Order Neuroptera (lacewings, antlions)
Order Megaloptera (alderflies, dobsonflies)
Order Lepidoptera (butterflies)
Order Hymenoptera (wasps, bees, ants)
Order Diptera (flies, mosquitoes)
Order Strepsiptera (stylops)
Order Siphonaptera (fleas)
Order Mecoptera (scorpion-flies)

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