Look, look, in this book and become quite shook, from all of the insects in which you might look! Before you begin to use your sight, we want to make sure you know how to ID all future insects right!

How to ID future insects ?

1. One pair of antennae

2.Three body segments

3.Six jointed legs

Order:Coleoptera

Common Name:Beetle

Mouthparts: Chewing

I am apart of the largest order ever, and I am actually modified quite clever. I have a hardened elytra that protects me like a kung fu fighter.

Order: Lepidoptera

When I am a larva I have a big appetite, entomologist call me a pest because I eat every leaf in sight. When I am an adult I am covered in scales that protect me, hide me, and are full of detail.

Common names: Butterflies, Moths, and Skippers.

Mouthpart: Siphoning

Order: Odonata

I am a predator. I use my sharp, large teeth from which my prey is torn. When I am young I am referred to as an aquatic nymph, therefore, the water is where I was born.

Common names: Dragonflies and Damselflies

Mouthpart: Chewing

Order: Hymenoptera

Common names: Ants, wasps, bees

Mouthparts: Chewing and glossa

I am the one with the membranous wings. Yes, I'm the only one who will actually sting. I have chemoreceptors for taste and smell, there is no way I will ever need a Dominos' dinner bell.

Order: Diptera

Common names: Fly and mosquito

Mouthparts: Sponging/ Piercing-sucking

I am the one whose order name means two wings. You can usually find me around BBQs, parades, and most outside things. Without my hindwing halteres I would fall to the ground. With just one bite I can vector diseases around.

Order: Hemiptera

I am the TRUE, True Bug, yes, it's me ! There are aphids, cicadas, and plant hoppers you see. My sucking-piercing mouthparts help me feed like a straw in the juice boxes you drink. The appearance of my half wing makes me noticed in a blink .

Common name: True bug

Mouthpart: Sucking-piercing