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Order?

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O: Strepsiptera

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Order? Family?

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O: Mecoptera
F: Panorpidae

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Order? Family?

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O: Mecoptera
F: Bittacidae

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Order? Suborder? Family?

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O: Diptera
SO: Nematocera
F: Tipulidae

They have a V shaped suture in their mesonotum

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Order? Suborder? Family?

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O: Diptera
SO: Nematocera
F: Psychodidae

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Order? Suborder? Family?

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O: Diptera
SO: Nematocera
F: Ptychopteridae

inflated tarsi, long legs, slow in flight, similar to tipulidae

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Order? Suborder? Family?

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O: Diptera
SO: Nematocera
F: Ceratopogonidae

maxillary palps drooping, antennae plumose in males

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Order? Suborder? Family?

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O: Diptera
SO: Nematocera
F: Chironomidae

plumose antennae

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Order? Suborder? Family?

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O: Diptera
SO: Nematocera
F: Culicidae

veins covered in setae, proboscis

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Order? Suborder? Family?

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O: Diptera
SO: Nematocera
F: Bibionidae

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Order? Suborder? Family?

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O: Diptera
SO: Nematocera
F: Cecidomyiidae

antennae are a pearl necklace

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Order? Suborder? Family?

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O: Diptera
SO: Nematocera
F: Mycetophilidae

hump-back, long legs with apical spurs on tibia, long antennae

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Order? Suborder? Family?

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O: Diptera
SO: Nematocera
F: Simuliidae

thorax humpbacked in profile, black, wing veins heaviest and thickest near the anterior margin

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Order? Suborder? Family?

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O: Diptera
SO: Brachycera
F: Stratiomyidae

antennae have a long terminal segment, which bent gives a flag appearance, pentagonal cell in the wing

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Order? Suborder? Family?

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O: Diptera
SO: Brachycera
F: Tabanidae

large compound eyes, half moon shaped head, third antennal segment annulated and elongate

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Order? Suborder? Family?

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O: Diptera
SO: Brachycera
F: Asilidae

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Order? Suborder? Family?

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O: Diptera
SO: Brachycera
F: Bombyliidae

look like a little bee, have discal cell

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Order? Suborder? Family?

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O: Diptera
SO: Brachycera
F: Mydidae

4 seg antennae with terminal club, recurved veins near wing margin form concentric cells, big black with an amber band on their abdomen

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Order? Suborder? Family?

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O: Diptera
SO: Brachycera
F: Dolichopodidae

metallic, long legs

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Order? Suborder? Family?

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O: Diptera
SO: Brachycera
F: Phoridae

body hump-backed in profile with a small head, Hind femora enlarged and flattened

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Order? Suborder? Family?

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O: Diptera
SO: Brachycera
F: Pipunculidae

One giant connected eye, long wings

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Order? Suborder? Family?

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O: Diptera
SO: Brachycera
F: Syrphidae

vein that looks like its at the edge of the wing

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Order? Suborder? Family?

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O: Diptera
SO: Brachycera
F: Hippoboscidae

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Order? Suborder? Family?

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O: Diptera
SO: Brachycera
F: Tachinidae

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Order? Suborder? Family?
O: Diptera SO: Brachycera F: Micropezidae Slender body with long legs, White front tarsi, The anal cell is long and pointed
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Order? Suborder? Family?
O: Diptera SO: Brachycera F: Conopidae look like a wasp, have a proboscis that they stick straight out
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Order? Suborder? Family?
O: Diptera SO: Brachycera F: Tephritidae Broad oval wings with banding
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Order? Suborder? Family?
O: Diptera SO: Brachycera F: Sciomyzidae wings with spots, femur of middle leg has a bristle in the middle. Antennae extend forward
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Order? Suborder? Family?
O: Diptera SO: Brachycera F: Drosophilidae
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Order? Family?
O: Lepidoptera F: Psychidae Winged males have feathery antennae
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Order? Family?
O: Lepidoptera F: Attevidae
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Order? Family?
O: Lepidoptera F: Megalopygidae comb-like antennae (bipectinate) in males,Front wings broadly triangular; Hind wings with three anal veins
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Order? Family?
O: Lepidoptera F: Limacodidae Comb-like antennae (bipectinate) in males,Front wings broadly triangular; typically brown with a spot of contrasting color, Hind wings with three anal veins
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Order? Family?
O: Lepidoptera F: Sesiidae transparent wings, blands of gold, yellow or orange on abdomen, long narrow forewings
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Order? Family?
O: Lepidoptera F: Cossidae heavy bodied, drab, grey with black markings
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Order? Family?
O: Lepidoptera F: Tortricidae small, Front wings elongate and “squared-off” at the tip, Labial palps project forward with the terminal segment turned downward
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Order? Family?
O: Lepidoptera F: Pterophoridae
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Order? Family?
O: Lepidoptera F: Pyralidae Front wings elongate, Labial pals are long and project forward or upward
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Order? Family?
O: Lepidoptera F: Crambidae proboscis with scales at base, tympanal organs, snout, white spots on fore and hind wing
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Order? Family?
O: Lepidoptera F: Hesperiidae antennae is hooked
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Order? Family?
O: Lepidoptera F: Papilionidae spurs on front tibia, tail on hind wings, red or oragne spots on hindwings
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Order? Family?
O: Lepidoptera F: Pieridae Yellow or white, tarsal claws bifid
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Order? Family?
O: Lepidoptera F: Lycaenidae Antennae marked with alternating white and black bands, Wing color iridescent blue, copper, or bronze
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Order? Family?
O: Lepidoptera F: Nymphalidae They look like they only have 4 legs, Front legs reduced in size and lacking claws;
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Order? Family?
O: Lepidoptera F: Geometridae Wings with wavy lines that are continuous from forewing to hindwing, Tympana present on first abdominal segment
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Order? Family?
O: Lepidoptera F: Lasiocampidae ``` "look like they have a snout. Humeral area of hind wings is enlarged. Frenulum absent. Antennae bipectinate (comb-like) in both sexes." ```
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Order? Family?
O: Lepidoptera F: Saturniidae Large moths with thick, hairy bodies, Antennae bipectinate or feathery, Wings often with transparent eye spots
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Order? Family?
O: Lepidoptera F: Sphingidae Body thick, hairy, and spindle-shaped, Hind wings much shorter than forewings
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Order? Suborder? Family?
O: Hymenoptera SO: Symphyta F: Tenthredinidae tibia with two apical spurs, broad junction between thorax and abdomen
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Order? Suborder? Family?
O: Hymenoptera SO: Symphyta F: Siricidae Cenchri present, exposed spiracular suture, crinkled wings, long abdomen
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Order? Suborder? Family?
O: Hymenoptera SO: Apocrita F: Evaniidae double trochanters, threadlike antennae. It looks like they are flying a tiny ball on a stick
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Order? Suborder? Family?
O: Hymenoptera SO: Apocrita F: Braconidae threadlike antennae, trochanters double, Forewings with two small cells below the stigma
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Order? Suborder? Family?
O: Hymenoptera SO: Apocrita F: Ichneumonidae horse head in wing
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Order? Suborder? Family?
O: Hymenoptera SO: Apocrita F: Trichogrammatidae very tiny
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Order? Suborder? Family?
O: Hymenoptera SO: Apocrita F: Chalcididae swollen hind femora, front wings lack closed cells
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Order? Suborder? Family?
O: Hymenoptera SO: Apocrita F: Cynipidae Black with a laterally flattened abdomen, with a lump on their back
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Order? Suborder? Family?
O: Hymenoptera SO: Apocrita F: Pelecinidae black body with long coiled gaster/abdomen
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Order? Suborder? Family?
O: Hymenoptera SO: Apocrita F: Chrysididae very colorful metallic green or blue, Ventral side of abdomen concave
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Order? Suborder? Family?
O: Hymenoptera SO: Apocrita F: Sphecidae tubular petiole
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Order? Suborder? Family?
O: Hymenoptera SO: Apocrita F: Crabronidae micky mouse ear on pronotum. Eye is smooth and not notched, short petiole
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Order? Suborder? Family?
O: Hymenoptera SO: Apocrita F: Halictidae mellatic, 3 submarginal cells in forewing, basal vein strongly arched in forewing
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Order? Suborder? Family?
O: Hymenoptera SO: Apocrita F: Andrenidae Pair of subantennal sulci; Two subantennal sutures below each antennal socket, long abdomen, proboscis short and pointed
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Order? Suborder? Family?
O: Hymenoptera SO: Apocrita F: Megachilidae medium size, pollen basket on underside of abdomen, heart shaped abdomen
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Order? Suborder? Family?
O: Hymenoptera SO: Apocrita F: Apidae First segment of hind tarsi enlarged and flattened; usually bearing a “pollen basket”, Body heavily clothed with branched hairs
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Order? Suborder? Family?
O: Hymenoptera SO: Apocrita F: Thinnidae long narrow gaster, males have a hook
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Order? Suborder? Family?
O: Hymenoptera SO: Apocrita F: Mutillidae body hairy, brightly colored, ring of hairs present on abdominal segments
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Order? Suborder? Family?
O: Hymenoptera SO: Apocrita F: Pompilidae long hind legs, Transverse suture bisects mesopleuron, Posterior corners of pronotum reach the tegulae
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Order? Suborder? Family?
O: Hymenoptera SO: Apocrita F: Scoliidae hairy body with one or more yellow spots on abdomen, wings wrinkled
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Order? Suborder? Family?
O: Hymenoptera SO: Apocrita F: Vespidae strongly notched eyes, simple antennae, 1 trochanter
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Order? Suborder? Family?
O: Hymenoptera SO: Apocrita F: Formicidae elbowed antennae & node on the petiole

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