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Read more about these insects and non-insect arthropods! The following insect and other arthropod profiles are now available on the About.com Guide to Insects:
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Ants (Family Formicidae)Ants, Bees, and Wasps (Order Hymenoptera)
Aphids (Family Aphididae)
Asian Longhorned Beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis)
Asian Multicolored Lady Beetle (Harmonia axyridis)
Assassin Bugs (Family Reduviidae)
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Bagworm (Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis)Bed Bugs (Cimex lectularius)
Beetles (Order Coleoptera)
Bess Beetles (Family Passalidae)
Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)
Blacklegged Tick (Ixodes scapularis)
Box Elder Bugs (Boisea trivittatus)
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Halyomorpha halys)
Brown Recluse Spider (Loxosceles reclusa)
Brush-Footed Butterflies (Family Nymphalidae)
Bumblebees (Genus Bombus)
Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)
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Caddisflies (Order Trichoptera)Carpenter Ants (Genus Camponotus)
Carpenter Bees (Genus Xylocopa)
Carrion Beetles (Family Silphidae)
Centipedes (Class Chiloopoda)
Cobweb Spiders (Family Theridiidae)
Cockroaches (Order Blattodea)
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Daddy Longlegs (Order Opiliones)Dermestid Beetles (Family Dermestidae)
Dragonflies and Damselflies (Order Odonata)
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Eastern Tent Caterpillars (Malacosoma americanum)Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis)
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Fall Webworm (Hyphantria cunea)Fireflies (Family Lampyridae)
Fleas (Order Siphonaptera)
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Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids (Order Orthoptera)Ground Beetles (Family Carabidae)
Gypsy Moth (Lymantria dispar)
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Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Adeleges tsugae)Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
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Japanese Beetles (Popillia japonica)Jumping Spiders (Family Salticidae)
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Ladybugs (Family Coccinellidae)Leaf and Stick Insects (Order Phasmida)
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Mayflies (Order Ephemeroptera)Millipedes (Class Diplopoda)
Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
Mosquitoes (Family Culicidae)
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Orb Weaver Spiders (Family Araneidae)P
Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)Parnassian Butterflies (Family Papilionidae)
Periodical Cicadas (Genus Magicicada)
Praying Mantises (Suborder Mantodea)
Pseudoscorpions (Order Pseudoscorpiones)
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Roaches and Mantids (Order Dictyoptera)Rove Beetles (Family Staphylinidae)
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Scarab Beetles (Family Scarabaeidae)Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus)
Sphinx Moths (Family Sphingidae)
Spiders (Order Araneae)
Springtails (Order Collembola)
Stag Beetles (Family Lucanidae)
Stink Bugs (Family Pentatomidae)
Stoneflies (Order Plecoptera)
Swallowtail Butterflies (Family Papilionidae)
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Termites (Order Isoptera)True Bugs (Order Hemiptera)
True Flies (Order Diptera)
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Widow Spiders (Genus Latrodectus)Windscorpions (Order Solifugae)
Winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)
Wingless Insects (Subclass Apterygota)
Wolf Spiders (Family Lycosidae)
