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The Insect Index - Sorted by Common Names

An Index to Insects and Non-Insect Arthropods

By Debbie Hadley, About.com

Sort by: Common Names | Scientific Names

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:

A

Ants, Bees, and Wasps (Order Hymenoptera)
Asian Longhorned Beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis)
Asian Multicolored Lady Beetle (Harmonia axyridis)

B

Beetles (Order Coleoptera)
Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)
Blacklegged Tick (Ixodes scapularis)
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Halyomorpha halys)
Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)

D

Dragonflies and Damselflies (Order Odonata)

E

Eastern Tent Caterpillars (Malacosoma americanum)

F

Fleas (Order Siphonaptera)

G

Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids (Order Orthoptera)
Gypsy Moth (Lymantria dispar)

H

Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)

L

Leaf and Stick Insects (Order Phasmida)

M

Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)

P

Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
Praying Mantises (Suborder Mantodea)

R

Roaches and Mantids (Order Dictyoptera)

S

Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus)
Spiders (Order Araneae)
Springtails (Order Collembola)
Stink Bugs (Family Pentatomidae)

T

Termites (Order Isoptera)
True Bugs (Order Hemiptera)
True Flies (Order Diptera)

W

Winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)
Wingless Insects (Subclass Apterygota)
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