Science Olympiad Official Entomology List - Insect Families

soldier beetles

Cantharidae

net-winged beetles

Lycidae

checkered beetles

Cleridae

lady-bird beetle

Coccinellidae

darkling beetles

Tenebrionidae

blister beetles

Meloidae

long-horned beetles

Cerambycidae

leaf beetles

Chyrsomelidae

weevils

Curculionidae

snow scorpionflies

Boreidae

common scorpionflies

Panorpidae

crane flies

Tipulidae

mosquitos

Culicidae

midges

Chironomidae

black flies

Simuliidae

soldier flies

Stratiomyidae

horse flies

Tabanidae

robber flies

Asilidae

bee flies

Bombyliidae

flower flies

Syrphidae

fruit flies, huskfly

Tephritidae

pomace flies

Drosophilidae

house flies

Muscidae

louse flies

Hippoboscidae

blow flies

Calliphoridae

tachinid flies

Tachinidae

clear-winged moths

Sesiidae

totricid moths

Tortricidae

skippers

Hesperiidae

swallowtails

Papilionidae

whites, sulfurs

Pieridae

hairstreaks/blues

Lycaenidae

brush-footed butterflies

Nymphalidae

satyrs, nymphs and arctics

Satyridae

milkweed butterflies

Danaidae

pyralid moths

Pyralidae

Giant Silkworm moths

Saturniidae

sphinx moths, hornworms

Sphingidae

tiger moths, wooly worms

Arctiidae

tussock moths

Lymantriidae

noctuid moths

Noctuidae

common sawflies

Tenthedinidae

horntails

Siricidae

ichneumons

Ichneumonidae

gall wasps

Cynipidae

velvet-ants

Mutillidae

ants

Formicidae

paper wasps

Vespidae

Plaster bees

Colletidae

Alkali bees

Halictidae

leaf cutter bees

Megachilidae

bees

Apidae

darners, dragonflies

Aeshnidae

clubtails

Gomphidae

skimmers, dragonflies

Libellulidae

Spreadwing

Lestidae

narrow winged

Coenagrionidae

pygmy grasshopper

Tetrigidae

short-horned grasshoppers

Acrididae

katydids

Tettigoniidae

camel crickets

Gryllacrididae

crickets/tree crickets

Gryllidae

mole crickets

Gryllotalpidae

water boatman

Corixidae

backswimmers

Notonectidae

giant water bugs

Belostomatidae

water scorpions

Nepidae

toad bugs

Gelastocoridae

water striders

Gerridae

bed bugs

Cimicidae

leaf bugs

Miridae

assassin bugs

Reduviidae

ambush bugs

Phymatidae

lace bugs

Tingidae

seed bugs

Lygaeidae

leaf-footed bugs

Coreidae

Stink bugs

Pentatomidae

cicadas

Cicadidae

tree hoppers

Membracidae

froghoppers, spittle bugs

Cercopidae

leafhoppers

Cicadellidae

fulgorid planthoppers

Fulgoridae

aphids

Aphididae

scale (twig or leaf)

Dactylopiidae

green lacewigs

Chrysopidae

antlions

Myrmeleontidae

tiger beetles

Cicindelidae

ground beetles

Carabidae

predaceous diving beetles

Dytiscidae

whirlgig beetles

Gyrinidae

water scavenger beetles

Hydrophilidae

hister beetles

Histeridae

rove beetles

Staphylinidae

carrion beetles

Silphidae

stag beetles

Lucanidae

bess beetles

Passalidae

dung beetles

Scarabaeidae

metallic wood-boring beetles

Buprestidae

click beetles, wireworms

Elateridae

fire flies

Lamphyridae