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Family: Braconidae

Antennae long - more than 16 segments

1st submarginal cell and 1M cell separate in forewing (No horse shape)

Family: Ichneumonidae

Antennae long - More than 16 segments

1st submarginal cell and 1M cell merged in forewing (Horse shape)

Family: Chalcididae

Geniculate antennae low on head

Hind femur enlarged

Wing venation very reduced

Family: Cynipidae (gall wasps)

Antennae filiform (13 - 16 segments)

No stigma on forewing

Marginal cell present

Pronotum reaches tegula

Metasoma laterally compressed

Ovipositor exposed ventrally

Family: Diapriidae

Smol

Antennae often geniculate (prominent scape) inserted on shelf

Wing venation very reduced (some closed cells on forewing)

Pronotum reaches tegula

Family: Chrysididae (Cuckoo wasps)

Metallic colors

Geniculate antennae

Fore wing with 2-3 closed cells

Heavily sclerotized

Family: Pompilidae (Spider wasps)

Medium to large; long hind legs

Often blue or black with smoky or orange wings

Mesopleuron with a horizontal groove (suture)

Family: Vespidae (wasps and hornets)

Often black, yellow, or reddish

Eyes notched

Wings fold longitudinally

1M cell in forewing very elongate

Family Mutillidae (velvet ants)

Females wingless; Males with wings

Densely pubescent and often brightly colored

Family: Formicidae (ants)

Most wingless, except reproductives

Geniculate antennae

Petiole of abdomen 1 or 2 segmented

Family: Sphecidae

Pronotum with rounded lateral lobes

Collar like constriction between pronotum and mesoscutum

Body bare

Not notched

“thread waist”

Family: Apidae (BEES)

Hind tibia with a corbicula (Pollen basket)

3 submarginal cells in forewing

Labial palpi with basal 2 segments elongate

Glossae long and slender

Family: Halictidae (sweat bees)

Metallic and often green

Glossae short and pointed

Wing vein M strongly arched in fore wing

Family: Megachilidae (Leaf-cutting bees)

Glossae long and slender

Scopa (tuft of hair) on underside of abdomen

Forewing with 2 subequal submarginal cells

Abdomen subtriangular

Family: Asilidae (Robberflies)

Sharp probobscis

Long legs

Possess a beard

Family: Bombyliidae (Bee flies)

Resembles bees

Long and slender probobscis

3-4 Posterior cells

Family: Dolichopodidae (Long-legged flies)

Majority are shiny green, blue, and copper

Anal cell short

Long legs

R-M crossvein located in basal fourth of wing

Family: Syrphidae (hover flies)

Many resembles bees or wasps

Spurious vein

Family: Tephritidae (true fruit flies)

Wing often patterned

Wing vein Sc bends abruptly at apex

Family: Drosophilidae (vinegar flies)

Wing vein C with 2 breaks

Wing vein Sc present but reduced

Family: Chloropidae (grass flies)

Often yellow or black

Wing vein with subcostal break

Wing vein Sc barely visible

Ocellar triangle very large

Family: Hippoboscidae

Flat leathery wings or wingless

Short legs and widely separated

Head sunken into prothorax

Family: Muscidae (house flies)

Usually black or gray

Arista plumose for whole length

Hypopleural bristles absent

Lower calypter larger than upper

Family: Calliphoridae

Many are metallic blue or green

Arista plumose for entire length

With hypopleural bristles

Family: Sarcophagidae

Never metallic with black thoracic stripes and checkered abdomen

Arista plumose on basal 1/2

No Hypopleural bristles

Family: Tachinidae

Usually large and hairy

Arista bare

Postscutellum present and prominent

Family: Tenthredinidae

Antennae with 7-10 segments; 3rd segment short

1-2 marginal cells

Fat booty

Family: Hydropsychidae (net-spinning caddisflies)

Antennae often not longer than forewings

Ocelli absent

Mesoscutum lacks warts

Maxillary palp 5-segmented with apical segment elongate

Family: Leptoceridae (long-horned caddisflies)

Antennae much longer than body (often twice so)

Ocelli absent

Mesoscutum appears to lack warts but can have many small ones

Maxillary palps - apical segment not longer than others

Family: Tortricidae

Microlep

Forewing with apex square

Probobscis with scales

Family: Pyralidae

Mouthparts are snouty

Scaled proboscis

Forewing elongate and triangular

Hindwing broad and roaded

Family: Geometridae

Wings usually broad and often marked with fine wavy lines

Family: Saturniidae

Often large

Stout bodied (chonk)

Wings often with eyespots

Proboscis absent

Large overlap between wings with large humeral angle

Family: Sphingidae

Often brightly colored

Body streamlined

Ocelli present

Antennae thickened towards the middle

Proboscis robust and long

Wings narrow, hind wing much shorter than forewing

Family: Noctuidae

Most with Ocelli

Antennae bipectinate (like a comb), dentate (toothlike), or simple

Proboscis present and strong

Hood of tympanal organ under hood

Family: Arctiidae

Ocelli usually present

Proboscis present but reduced

Hood of tympanal organ anterior to spiracle

Family: Papilionidae

Colorful

One or more prolongations of the hind wing

Front legs normal

Family: Pieridae

Dominantly white or yellow

Hindwing not prolonged

Front legs well-developed

Tarsal claw bifid

Family: Lycaenidae

Antennae usually ringed with white (bases touching eyes)

Some with fine prolongations

Family: Nymphalidae

Base of antennae slightly separated from eye margin

Rarely with prolongation of hind wings

Front legs of both adults greatly reduced

Family: Hesperiidae

Small to medium sized

Ocelli absent

Head large and wide

Antennae widely separated at base (usually clubbed or hooked at apex)