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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 (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)

B

Bagworm (Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis)
Bed Bugs (Cimex lectularius)
Beetles (Order Coleoptera)
Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)
Blacklegged Tick (Ixodes scapularis)
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Halyomorpha halys)
Brown Recluse Spider (Loxosceles reclusa)
Bumblebees (Genus Bombus)
Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)

C

Carpenter Ants (Genus Camponotus)
Cobweb Spiders (Family Theridiidae)

D

Dragonflies and Damselflies (Order Odonata)

E

Eastern Tent Caterpillars (Malacosoma americanum)
Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis)

F

Fall Webworm (Hyphantria cunea)
Fleas (Order Siphonaptera)

G

Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids (Order Orthoptera)
Ground Beetles (Family Carabidae)
Gypsy Moth (Lymantria dispar)

H

Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Adeleges tsugae)
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)

J

Japanese Beetles (Popillia japonica)
Jumping Spiders (Family Salticidae)

L

Ladybugs (Family Coccinellidae)
Leaf and Stick Insects (Order Phasmida)

M

Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
Mosquitoes (Family Culicidae)

O

Orb Weaver Spiders (Family Araneidae)

P

Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
Periodical Cicadas (Genus Magicicada)
Praying Mantises (Suborder Mantodea)

R

Roaches and Mantids (Order Dictyoptera)

S

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

T

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

W

Widow Spiders (Genus Latrodectus)
Winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)
Wingless Insects (Subclass Apterygota)
Wolf Spiders (Family Lycosidae)
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