Lab practical 1 Flashcards

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order plasmotodea

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stick insects and walking sticks only one major family in N America: Diapheromeridae highly cryptic antennae long prothorax shorter than mesothorax and metathorax

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Diapheromeridae is a family of stick insects (order Phasmatodea). They belong to the superfamily Anareolatae of suborder Verophasmatodea.[1] The family contains some huge species

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mantids 1 family: mantidae raptorial forelegs all are predatory lay eggs in ootheca triangular head 3 of the 5 common species in the US are not native

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Mantidae is one of the largest families in the order of praying mantises, however, most genera are tropical or subtropical.

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cockroaches and termites 3 major families: - blattidae: cockroaches (oriental and American) - ectobiidae: wood cockroaches and german cockroaches - rhinotermatidae: termites termites are thought to have evolved from social good cockroaches tarsi 5 segments

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Blattidae is a cockroach family in the order Blattodea containing several of the most common household cockroaches

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Ectobiidae is a family of the order Blattodea. This family contains many of the smaller common household pest cockroaches, among others. They are sometimes called wood cockroaches

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Rhinotermitidae is a family of wood-soil interface feeding termites commonly known as the Subterranean termites. Many members of this family are known pests that can cause extensive damage to buildings or other wooden structures.

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thrips tiny plant pests most are fungivores fringed wings, asymmetrical mouthparts common plant virus vector

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lice, book lice, bark lice Small detritivores every species of mammal has louse species specialized for them

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a large order forewing often adapted for defense often hemelytra piercing, sucking mouthparts suborders: - sternorrhyncha - auchenorrhyncha - heteroptera

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aphids, whiteflies, and scale insects very small scale insects sessile as adults all are plant feeders life history - eusocial - flightless forms - sexual dimorphism - parthenogenesis

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includes spittlebugs and cicadas frequently can produce audible sound via stridulation forewings tend to be uniform in composition

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aphids soft bodies 2 cornicles on posterior of abdomen some are wingless, some not parthenogenesis

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scale insects females are wingless, often with waxy fur protection. males with 1 pair of wings, no beak, tarsi 1 1 1 with a single claw

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planthoppers small insects with wings nearly vertical. laterally flattened

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froghopper and spittlebugs antennae positioned 1 or 2 spines on tibia

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leaf hoppers hind tibia have 1 or more rows of spines

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cicadas membranous forewings cluster of 3 ocelli between compound eyes

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flatid planthoppers laterally flattened

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lanternflies poorly represented in N. America often elongated snout hindwing anal region often crossveins

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tree hoppers pronotum highly modified often thorn mimic

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true bugs previously an order unto itself many families

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broad-headed bug usually dark forewing highly veined four segmented

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giant water bug raptorial forelegs short tegmina

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bedbugs flat, oval-shaped vestigial wings if present antennae 4 segments

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leaf footed bugs forewings membrane highly veined, four segmented antennae head narrower than pronotum usually dark-colored and >10mm occasionally hind tibia dilated and leaf shaped

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water boatman dorsal surface flattened

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water strider long legs

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seed bugs small membrane of forewings

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plant bugs or leaf bugs ocelli absent tarsi 3 3 3

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water scorpion raptorial legs 2 long breathing tubes

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backswimmers dorsum strongly convex with no dark crossline swim upside down

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stink bugs broadly oval scutellum large and triangular antennae 5 segments

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assassin bug ocelli absent tree segment beak

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scentless plant bugs ocelli present and very large

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lace bug small body and wing reticulated pronotum has triangular extension covering the scutellum

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"two wings" currently the second most speciose order lots of ongoing research as to the phylogeny taxonomy currently under review

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mosquitos, crane flies, gnats, midges thread horn referring to antennae (>6 segments) larvae often aquatic

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short horn - referring to antennae a suborder of Diptera including the more highly specialized flies which have palpi with one or two joints and usually short antennae with one or never more than six joints

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circular seam flies - referrign to the puparium sometimes referred to muscamorpha

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non-biting midges, bloodworms delicate, often with head overhung by humped thorax

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mosquitos very small slender body; stilt legs antennae 13 segments; ornate plumage in males wings have scales along veins

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black flies, buffalo gnats small flies sub-costal appearance robust antennae antennae 11 segments, simple, rarely longer than head

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crane flies mesonotum with V-shaped suture much larger than culicidae stilt legs poor fliers

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common around decaying vegetation and fungi fungus gnats small hunched insects

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robber flies, bee flies, horse flies, long-legged flies reduced antennae often predators or scavengers frontal suture absent

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robber flies medium-sized flies slender body bristle legs face below the antennae strongly produced hollow between eyes

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fluffy and cute no hollow in head veins in wing tips are often wavy

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small metallic, bluish, greenish, bronze flies antennae 3 segments

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horseflies an deerflies wings with large calypters veins R4 and R5 divergent and enclosed wing tips and shape a Y-shape large with wide eyes

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house flies, blow flies, flesh flies antennae 6 segments with terminal arista frontal suture common cyclorrhapha = muscomorpha within the suborder there are 4 main groups - aschizophora - schizophora - calypterate - acalypterate the scizophora have a structure called the ptilinum with aids in eclosion the aschizophora lack this, and therefore lack a fronal suture calypterate flies have calypters on their forewings acalypterate flies lack this notable anatomical features include calypters, halteres, spurs, arista, and third antennal segment

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hoverflies often brightly colored, agile powerful fliers wings with a spurious vein Hymenoptera mimics

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blow flies body metallic blue, green, black arista plumose for tentire body two notopleural bristles

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house flies arista usually plumose for the entire length hypopleuron usually without bristles; generally more than one sternopleural bristles vein 2A short and not reaching wing margin

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flesh flies medium size black and gray fly longitudinally striped on the thorax and checkering on the abdomen 4 notopleural bristles

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tachinid flies arista usually bare

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vinegar and wine flies very small antennae aristate often light red lower calypter much reduced or absent

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Fruit flies wing often patterned; many mimics flower slider

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Butterflies and moth scale wings two pairs of wings juvenile mouthparts mandibulate, adult mouthparts reduced to a proboscis butterflies have club antennae moths have plumose and filiform antennae most moths have a structure called a frenulum which connects the two wings

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tropical ermine moths 1" wingspan extraordinary orange and white spotted pattern only one species in North America

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clearwing moths wingspan ~1" wings without scales except for the veins pollinator hymenoptera mimic forewings narrower than hindwing

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cup moth common green on wings reduced frenulum stout, short-winged, hairy bodies wingspan 0.5"-1.5"

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tortrix moths wingspan 0.5-1" forewing squarish with a costal margin that rises close to the body cape-like at rest

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plume moth wingspan 0.5-1.5" very long narrow plume-like wings held in a t fashion

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hawk moths 2-4" large forewings considerably larger than the hindwings

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saturniid moths 2-7" no frenulum large-bodied, very fuzzy vestigial moutparts

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lappet moth 1-2" similar to saturniids but smaller and hairier wings hindwings fiscal cell open to margin

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geometer moths 0.5-1" forewings and hindwings similar shapes notably as wide as tall with patterns that continue from forewings to hindwings

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grass moths, grains oths, snout moths "microleps" <0.5-1.5" forewing narrower than hindwings may have long palps and tibia spurs

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prominent moths 1-2" stout bodies, often very hairy forewing inner margin may feature a protruding tooth pattern may continue onto costal margin

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owlet moths 0.5-2" forewings gray, brown, and heavily patterned with lines, dashes, orbicular, and reniform spots

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little moths, tiger moths, tussock moths, underwing moths 1-5" bright colors on forewing and hindwing non-colorful parts are cryptic in coloration

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Skipper butterfly curved hooked antennae dark brown or orange hold wings at different angles at rest 5 branches of R vein are not branches

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swallowtail butterflies largest US butterflies bright colors Tail like projections on hind wing often

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whites, sulfur, and orangetips small or medium-sized color variation white, yellow, orange, with black wing margin

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blue, copper and hairstreaks small and slender bodies, often iridescent males often have reduced forelegs eyes emarginate and lined with white antennae often ringed with white

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metalmark butterflies small metallic dots on lines of wings

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fritillaries, viceropys, monarchs, buckeyes, helioconionus bush-footed forelegs vestigial; lack claws

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Large wings head and thorax are hard sclerotized tarsi 5 5 5 larvae are all aquatic predators pupae are terrestrial with exaggerated mandibles aquatic larvae with two alan prolegs called hellgrammites found in swift-moving rivers and streams adult males with large mandibles nocturnal

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Alderflies aquatic larvae in lakes and ponds adults hold wings tent-like over body larvae look similar but don't have prolegs generally smaller

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lace wings, antlions, mantidflies wings with lots of venation adults have mandibulate moutparts both wings similar

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green lacewings mostly green 4 hyaline lace-like wings eggs on stalk

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brown lacewings smaller than green tend to have hairy wings larvae of ten found in woodlands eggs not stalked

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antlions long wings, almost dragonfly-like short hooked antennae

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owlfly something between a butterfly and a dragonfly bulging eyes and long-knobbed antennae eggs laid on branches and larvae crawl into leaf litter very few species in North America

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mantis flies looks like a mantis with the body of a lacewing raptorial forelegs moniliform antennae

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snakeflies elongated prothorax females have long needle oviposition adults and larvae are predators require cold for complete development (obligate diapause) larvae persist for a very long time only in the western US

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Caddisfly case makers hairy wings caddis comes from the greek cadyss meaning silk 1500 spp. look like moths long filiform antennae larvae and pupae aquatic

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scorpionflies, hangflies, and fleas some scorpionflies and all fleas have lost flight long horse like faces until recently fleas were their own order

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wasps, bees, ants, sawflies 4 membraneous wings reduced venation hindwings have hamuli, tiny hooks that attach forewing to hindwing larvae are either euriciform (caterpillar-like) or apodous (grub-like) modifications of the arrangements of body segments of the trie thorax and abdomen

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largest family of sawflies antennae threadlike very common often brightly colored no petiole and gastor

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horntail fairly large female with 2 large structures at end of abdomen pronotum is wide cornus - horn on top of abdomen symbiotic relationship with white rot fungi

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ichneumon wasps very long ovipositor very diverse family biocontrol horse head cell in forewings diversity: host diversity and biology

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braconid wasps smaller than ichneumonidae smaller and shorter abdomen very diverse family

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chalcid wasp very small 1/10-1/4" enlarged hind femur

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shiny and black females with very large abdomen, males have shorter 1 species in N america

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cuckoo wasp green or blue heavily pitted cuticle 4 segment abdomen is vertically concave

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tiphiid wasp brown or black ~1" generally hairy females tend to be wingless males have upturned hook on abdomen

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not ants velvet ants both seces covered in pubescense females are flightless covered red and fuzzy

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spider wasps mainly 0.5-1" but some western species are larger most are dark-colored with smokey wings parasites of spiders slender, long legs

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scoliid wasps large, hairy, generally black with yellow on abdomen sexual dimorphism - males more slender

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paper wasps eusocial wasps

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ants pedicels of the abdomen which is one of two segments and bears an upright lobe antennae usually elbowed

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square-headed wasp small-medium size stocky

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plaster bees 1/10-1/2" short-tongued bee quite hairy

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sweet bees second largest family of bees 1/10-1/2" often metallic color short tongue bee

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mining bees 1/5-3/5" brown, reddish brown, yellow and unmarked short tongue bee

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1/4-1/2" rare dark color pair of sutures on face short tongue bee

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hugely diverse, largest family of bees long-tongued bees 3 main subfamilies - Xylocopinae -Nomadinae -Apinae

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1/3-2/3" long-tongued bee robust 2 submarginal cells female carries pollen on hair (scopa) on the underside of abdomen

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beetles 3 larval forms - campodeiform: predatory - scarabaeiform: grub - elateriform: armored

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reticulated beetles

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bog beetles

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ground, water, and whirligigs 40,000 spp in 10 families mostly predatory first abdominal belly appears divided by coxa and hind leg small head simple antennae

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most speciose 350,000 species 144 families; 16 superfamilies

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crawling water beetles large coxal plates elytra strongly convex round and small serrate antennae young have long filamentous gills covering whole body

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predatory diving beetle oval, streamline pronotum pronouced elytra smooth simple antennae

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whirligig beetles oval, flattened body paddle-like legs elytra smooth and don't go all the way down their eyes are split in two to see above and below the water semi-social

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ground beetles sharp margined pronotum, narrower than elytra basic antennae elytra fully covered hind trochanter enlarged cursorial legs 3-20mm

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cicada parasites oval, elongated elytra covers wings 11-25mm males have ornate flabellate antennae

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jewel beetles elytra and integuments often metallic and shiny pronotum is mostly wider than long elytra elongated and tapered at apex; bullet-shaped 5-20mm

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soldier beetles long slender legs flattened, leathery elytra head not usually concealed by pronotum elytra often shortened glandular pores along abdomen generally bright 4th tarsomere lobed

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click beetles distinct shape-parallel usually brown or black posterior corner of the pronotum prolonged backward into a sharp point jump without legs long and flattened often covered in hair

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net-winged beetle serrate antennae soft body, soft elytra front wing reticulate with longitudinal ridges head concealed from above color usually red, black, yellow

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fireflies soft body and flattened head covered by pronotum large eyes elytra go all the way down luminous abdominal segments

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clown beetles geniculate antennae patches of sensory hairs short elytra coxa widely separated boxy with tiny legs small-medium size

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water scavenger beetles pronotum wider than the head antennae short maxillary palps elongated, usually longer than the antennae

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rove beetles majority are long and slender with flexible abdomen filiform or clavate antennae mostly small very sort elytra

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carrion beetles clavate or clubbed antennae pronotum broader than head hardened elytra generally, black and yellow, black orange, black red

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stag beetles mandibles of males and females pronounced - usually more pronounced in males lamellate antennae, often elbowed pronotum narrower

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scarab beetles lamellate antennae legs adapted for burrowing with toothed foretibia prominent scutellum

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carpet beetles oblong/oval pronotum broader than long short antennae with abrupt 3 segment club generally black or brown appear to be somewhat fuzzy

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branch and twig borers narrow cylindrical body rectangular convex hood on pronotum pronotum studded with teeth

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lady beetles head often concealed by pronotum extremely convex and smooth antennae short

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longhorn beetles antennae very long pronotum narrower than elytra eyes notched where antennas emerge

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leaf beetles distinct bilobed third tarsal segments - heart-shaped feet short antennae extremely variable pronotum will be wider than the head

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true weevils flexible elytra flattened pronotum elbowed, clubbed antennae can be small distinct snout hard body has subfamilies

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pleasing fungus beetles elongated oval shape often reddish/yellow wider head

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sap beetles elytra shortened clubbed antennae small black or brown with orange color

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flat bark beetle flattened, elongated triangular head filiform antennae

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checkered beetles colorful body elongated and narrow pronotum and head narrow pronotum longer than wide predators of bark beetles

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wedge-shaped beetle look like flies elytra very reduced males have exaggerated flabellate antennae that look like eyelashes visible clear wings

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tumbling flower beetle humpback abdomen strongly pointed elytra don't come all the way down

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blister beetles head broader than pronotum pronotum small leathery elytra triungulin larvae

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mealworms or darkling beetles eyes notched by frontal ridges usually dark diverse form moniliform antennae

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