BIO 381 Lab Practical 2

Thysanoptera

These very small, slender insects have narrow wings fringed with long hairs.

Hemiptera

These insects possess piercing-sucking mouthparts in the form of a beak or rostrum.

Psocodea

This order includes barklice, booklice, and parasitic lice.

Hymenoptera

This order includes bees, wasps, and ants. Many have two pairs of membranous wings connected by tiny hooks.

Neuroptera

These insects have two pairs of delicate wings with extensive, net-like venation.

Trichoptera

These insects have hairy wings that are usually held roof-like over their bodies. Their aquatic larvae often build protective cases.

Lepidoptera

These insects have wings covered in tiny overlapping scales and often possess a long, coiled proboscis.

Mecoptera

These insects have elongated, beak-like heads. Males of some species have an abdomen that curves upward like a scorpion's tail.

Stresiptera

Males of this parasitic insect group have reduced, twisted forewings and fan-shaped hindwings. Females are often wingless and remain inside their hosts.

Coleoptera

This insect has hardened forewings called elytra that protect its membranous hindwings.

Diptera

These insects have only one functional pair of wings. Their hindwings are modified into balancing organs called halteres.