Insect Orders and Structure

ODONATA

Order of Dragonflies and damselflies

ORTHOPTERA

Order of Grasshopper, crickets, mole crickets

BLATTODEA

Order of cockroaches

PHASMATODEA

Order of walking sticks, leaf insects

MANTODEA

Order of preying mantis

ISOPTERA

Order of termites (white ants)

DERMAPTERA

Order of earwigs

HEMIPTERA

Order of True bugs

HOMOPTERA

Order of Cicada, aphids, leafhoppers, mealybugs

THYSANOPTERA

Order of Thrips

LEPIDOPTERA

Order of Butterflies, moth, caterpillars

COLEOPTERA

Order of Beetles, weevils, grubs

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HYMENOPTERA

Order of Bees, wasps, ants

DIPTERA

Order of Houseflies, mosquitoes, maggots

NEUROPTERA

Order of Antlions, lacewings

Chewing

Mouthpart of Crickets, Earwigs, Termites, Beetles Grubs, Caterpillar

Piercing Sucking

Mouthpart of Hemiptera, Mealybugs, Mosquito

Rasping Sucking

Mouthpart of butterfly and moth

Sponging

Mouthpart of Flies

Chewing Lapping

Mouthpart of Wasps and bees

Cursorial

Legs for running (cockroach, ground beetles)

Fossorial

Legs for digging (mole crickets, cicada)

Raptorial

Legs for grasping (mantids)

Saltatorial

Legs for jumping (grasshopper, crickets)

Natatorial

Legs for swimming (Aquatic beetles)

Elytron

Hard sclerotize wing for protection (Beetle, Earwig)

Hemelytra

Front leathery parchment like wings (Rambutan Bug)

Tegmina

Complete leathery wings (cockroach, grasshopper)

Haltere

Club like stabilizer back wings (Housefly, Bees)

Fringed wings

Slender front long fringed hair (Thrips)

Scaly wings

Flattened setae or scale wings (Butterfly, Moth)

Membranous

Thin transparent wings (Ants, Wasps, True Flies)

THYSANURA

Order of Silverfish, firebrats

Ephemeroptera

Order of Mayflies

Plecoptera

Order of Stoneflies

Embioptera

Order of Web spinners

Psocoptera

Order of bark lice, booklice

Phthiraptera

Order of Head lice, bird lice

Stresiptera

Order of Stypoids

Mecoptera

Order of scorpion flies

Siphonaptera

Order of fleas

Trichoptera

Order of Caddies flies

Rattus norvegicus

Norway / Urban rat

Largest of common rats

gray, brown or black dorsum uniform gray or black venter

Bicolored tail

Blunt snout; small eyes

Rattus tanezumi

PH rice field rat

Medium size

Dark brown, yellow-brown, gray-brown

Unicolored tail

Pointed snout; large prominent eyes

Rattus argentiventer

Asian rice field rat

Medium size

Yellow orange tips over dark background

pointed snout; large eyes

Rattus exulans

Polynesian rat

Smallest PH rats

brown gray to dark

Unicolored tail

pointed snout; large eyes