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Order Coleoptera Family Lampyridae

During spring and early summer, these beetles use their luminous abdominal …

Order Dermaptera – Family Forficulidae

Their strange name comes from an old superstition that these insects got into people is …

Order Odonata – Suborder Anisoptera

Dragonfly nymphs live in ponds and streams, so you often see adult dragonflies around water, …

Order Hymenoptera
Family Scoliidae (Scoliid Wasps)

Green June beetles have a good reason not to like digger wasps: the female …

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 …