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| Springtails; Ametabolous/Apterygote; furcula allows them to jump; small; grasslands |
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| Bristletails; Ametabolous/Apterygote; wingless; hide in undergrowth; do not copulate |
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| Silverfish; Ametabolous/Apterygote easily desiccated; molt to reduce fungal infection |
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| Coneheads; Ametabolous/Apterygote; damp habitats, decomposers, no eyes or antennae |
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| Predators; Ametabolous/Apterygote; under rocks, logs, in soil; eyeless |
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| Grasshoppers, locusts, crickets, katydids; Hemimetabolous/Neoptera; males make sound to attract mate by rubbing wings or legs against each other, called stridulation |
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| Stoneflies; Hemimetabolous/Neoptera; sticky slime covers eggs; nymphs often have external gills |
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| Mayflies; Hemimetabolous/Paleoptera; adults have short lifespans and no mouths; indicators of healthy water |
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| Dragonflies/Damselflies; Hemimetabolous/Paleoptera; compound eyes of up to 28,000 facets; always predaceous; Eggs hatch into water |
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| Angel Insects; Hemimetabolous/Neoptera; Small; found in wood, bark, sawdust |
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| Rockcrawlers; Hemimetabolous/Neoptera; Obligate cold climates; tops of mountains |
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| Gladiators or heelwalkers; Hemimetabolous/Neoptera; voracious carnivores; restricted to Africa |
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| Earwigs;Hemimetabolous/Neoptera; Scavengers, herbivores; females remain in nest |
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| Mantids; Hemimetabolous/Neoptera; Feed on insects, frogs, lizards, birds |
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| Roaches/Termites; Hemimetabolous/Neoptera; Only a few species considered pests |
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| Webspinners;Hemimetabolous/Neoptera; Only adult males are winged; Move to other colony after mating; sometimes eaten by mate |
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| Walkingsticks; Hemimetabolous/Neoptera; Abundant in tropics; sold as pets; can regenerate lost legs through molting |
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| Thrips; Hemimetabolous/Neoptera; Pests of grain, fruit, vegetable, and ornamental plants; cause scarring, loss of yield, and sometimes transfer of pathogens |
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| Beetles; Largest order; Holometabolous/Neoptera; Fireflies and glowworms bioluminescent; Bombardier beetles discharge hot quinones; |
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| Lice; Hemimetabolous/Neoptera; Phthiraptera are wingless parasites of birds and mammals; Cause Trench Fever, which led to Russian Army collapse; Booklice feed on books |
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| True Bugs; Hemimetabolous/Neoptera; Heteroptera and Homoptera; Heteroptera have half leathery hemilytra; water bugs only aquatic insects |
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| Snakeflies; Holometabolous/Neoptera; adults/larvae are predators; very common in Europe/Asia, found in western USA in Rocky Mountains |
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| Sawflies, Ants, Wasps, Bees; Holometabolous/Neoptera; Females from fertilized eggs, males from unfertilized; Females can regulate sex ratio of offspring |
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| Antlions/Lacewings; Holometabolous/Neoptera; Lacewing eggs sit on stalk, thought for a long time to be fungus |
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| Alderflies/Dobsonflies; Holometabolous/Neoptera; Large useless mandibles used only during copulation to grab females. |
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| Butterflies/Moths; Holometabolous/Neoptera; Diverged from caddisflies 230 mya; Some have ears that avoid echolocation; Artciidae produce high-pitched ticks that confuse bats |
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| Fleas; Holometabolous/Neoptera; Bloodsucking external parasites; Most on mammals, a few on birds; Larvae often found in bedding material of host |
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| Caddisflies; Holometabolous/Neoptera; Live in aquatic environments; Diverse eating habits; Live in silk cases; Case design varies by genus |
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| Flies; Holometabolous/Neoptera; Only two wings, but can hover, fly backwards, turn in place, and fly upside-down; The scuttle fly Megaselia scalaris eats anything. |
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| Scorpionflies/Hangingflies; Holometabolous/Neoptera; Female scorpionflies only mate if brought prey; Hangingflies only insect that catches prey with hind legs |
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| Twisted-Wing Parasites; Holometabolous/Neoptera; Most live inside beeds, wasps, grasshoppers, Hemipterans; Hosts can live five times as long as normal. |
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