Order Coleoptera Family Lampyridae
During spring and early summer, these beetles use their luminous abdominal …
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Earwig
Order Dermaptera – Family Forficulidae
Their strange name comes from an old superstition that these insects got into people is …
Dragonfly
Order Odonata – Suborder Anisoptera
Dragonfly nymphs live in ponds and streams, so you often see adult dragonflies around water, …
Digger Wasp
Order Hymenoptera
Family Scoliidae (Scoliid Wasps)
Green June beetles have a good reason not to like digger wasps: the female …
Deer fly
Order Diptera – Family Tabanidae
This pest looks like a jet airplane when it lands after circling above its prey …
Crane Fly
Order Diptera Family Tipulidae
These flies seem to dance in midair. Larva feed on rotting vegetation and fungus, but adults …
Cow Killer
Cow Killer
Order Hymenoptera Family Mutillidae (Velvet-ants)
I had no idea this insect existed. It moved so fast I could …
Cockroach
Cockroach
Order Blattodea Family Blattidae
Cockroaches do not transmit human disease, but…they infest buildings, contaminate food,and have an unpleasant smell. …
Cicada
Order Homoptera – Family Cicadidae
Cicadas live in trees and make loud, pulsating buzzing sounds. They lay eggs on twigs, …
Cave Cricket
Cave Cricket
Order Orthoptera – Family Gryllacrididae
Most crickets in this family have no wings. They live in caves and …