Category: How To Draw Insects

Order Hymenoptera
Family Scoliidae (Scoliid Wasps)

Green June beetles have a good reason not to …

Order Diptera –  Family Tabanidae

This pest looks like a jet airplane when it lands after circling above its prey …

Order Diptera Family Tipulidae

These flies seem to dance in midair. Larva feed on rotting vegetation and fungus, but adults …

Cow Killer
Order Hymenoptera Family Mutillidae (Velvet-ants)

I had no idea this insect existed. It moved so fast I could …

Cockroach
Order Blattodea Family Blattidae

Cockroaches do not transmit human disease, but…they infest buildings, contaminate food,and have an unpleasant smell. …

Order Homoptera – Family Cicadidae
Cicadas live in trees and make loud, pulsating buzzing sounds. They lay eggs on twigs, …

Cave Cricket

Order Orthoptera – Family Gryllacrididae

Most crickets in this family have no wings. They live in caves and …

Order Lepidoptera
Caterpillars are young butterflies or moths. They may have horns, spines, and bristles; they show distinct colors and …

Order Lepidoptera – Family Papilionidae

Swallowtail butterflies are easily recognized by the long tails on the hind wings. Their wings …

Order Hymenoptera – Family Apidae
Bumblebees usually live in cooler areas, where their thick hair protects them from the cold. …