Insect Orders

Which order could be described as social and host symbionts in their guts that allow them to digest wood (cellulose).

• Odonta

• Hemiptera

• Isoptera

• Lepidoptera

Which order would include excellent predators in flight, two pairs of wings, narrow body, and large eyes?

• Diptera

• Odonata

• Lepidoptera

• Isoptera

Which order does this insect belong to?

• Isoptera

• Hymenoptera

• Hemiptera

• Diptera

Which order is considered one of the most diverse groupings of organisms on Earth and the front pair of wings modified into hard coverings?

• Coleoptera

• Diptera

• Hemiptera

• Dermaptera

Which image identifies the Lepidoptera order that has wings covered in small scales?

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This order contains grasshoppers, crickets, and katydids.

• Odonata

• Orthoptera

• Hemiptera

• Coleoptera

Some members of this order are said to be able to survive nuclear fallout. They are actually important decomposers in the environment.

• Coleoptera

• Phasmatodea

• Blattodea

• Isoptera

Which image represents the order Hemiptera?

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• All of these images show insects in the order hemiptera

Which image does NOT represent the hymenoptera?

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The adults of this order may only live for a day or two. Most have an aquatic life stage and are important indicator species for the health of the environment.

• Neuroptera

• Orthoptera

• Homoptera

• Ephemeroptera