Listed below are scientific orders and common names of most insects. Clicking on the names directs you to a page that lists insects of that order. This list is not complete.
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Blattodea - Cockroaches
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Coleoptera - Beetles
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Collembola - Springtails
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Dermaptera - Earwig
- Diplura - Diplurans
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Diptera - Flies
- Embiidina - Web-Spinners
- Ephemeroptera - Mayflies
- Grylloblattodea - Rock Crawlers
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Hemiptera - True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Psyllids, Whiteflies, Aphids, and Scale Insects
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Hymenoptera - Sawflies, Parasitic Wasps, Ants, Wasps, and Bees
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Isoptera - Termites
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Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths
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Mantodea - Mantids
- Mecoptera - Scorpionflies and Hangingflies
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Neuroptera - Alderflies, Dobsonflies, Fishflies, Snakeflies, Lacewings, Antlions, and Owlflies
- Odanata - Dragonflies and Damselflies
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Orthoptera - Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids
- Phasmatodea - Walkings Sticks and Leaf Insects
- Phthiraptera - Lice
- Plecoptera - Stoneflies
- Psocoptera - Psocids
- Siphonaptera - Fleas
- Strepsiptera - Twisted-Wing Parasites
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Thysanoptera - Thrips
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Thysanura - Silverfish
- Trichoptera - Caddisflies
- Zoraptera - Angel Insects
Borrow and DeLongś Introduction to the Study of Insects by Charles A. Triplehorn and Norman F Johnson should be referenced for most of the order descriptions.
Most pictures above were taken from a few of these websites .
