Insect orders

What order includes flies and mosquitos?

• Coleoptera

• Diptera

• Phasmatodea

• Hemimtera

Answer explanation

Diptera! This order is Holometabolous and these insects will only have 1 set of wings.

Which order includes spiders, scorpions, and centipedes?

• Megaloptera

• Odonata

• Non-insects

• Siphonaptera

Answer explanation

Count the legs!!! If there are more than 6, it isn't a insect.

What order includes ants, bees, and wasps?

• Mecoptera

• Blattodea

• Diptera

• Hymenoptera

Answer explanation

If it stings you will most likely find it in the Hymenoptera order. The insects in this order are holometabolous!

What order includes springtails?

• Collembola

• Orthoptera

• Thysanura

• Thysanoptera

Which order includes beetles and weevils?

• Orthoptera

• Hemiptera

• Coleoptera

• Plecoptera

What order includes termites and cockroaches?

• Neuroptera

• Hemiptera

• Coleoptera

• Blattodea

Which order includes butterflies and moths?

• Lepidoptera

• Siphonaptera

• Odonata

• Dermaptera

Which order includes True bugs?

• Diptera

• Coleoptera

• Hemiptera

• Hymenoptera

Answer explanation

Remember the true bug triangle at the top of the abdomen that we can see when we are identifying.

What order includes crickets and grasshoppers?

• Odonata

• Mantoda

• Phasmatodea

• Orthoptera

What order includes dragonflies and damselflies?

• Megaloptera

• Odonata

• Orthoptera

• Ephemeroptera