From Debbie Hadley,
Your Guide to Insects.
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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:

Class Arachnida

Orders

Araneae (spiders)

Species

Ixodes scapularis (Blacklegged Tick)

Class Insecta

Subclasses

Apterygota (wingless insects)
Pterygota (winged insects)

Orders

Coleoptera (beetles)
Collembola (springtails)
Diptera (true flies)
Dictyoptera (roaches and mantids)
Hemiptera (true bugs)
Hymenoptera (ants, bees, & wasps)
Isoptera (termites)
Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths)
Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies)
Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets, and katydids)
Phasmida (leaf and stick insects)
Siphonaptera (fleas)

Suborders

Mantodea (praying mantises)

Families

Culicidae (mosquitoes)
Pentatomidae (stink bugs)

Species

Anoplophora glabripennis (Asian Longhorned Beetle)
Apis mellifera (Honey Bee)
Danaus plexippus (Monarch Butterfly)
Epargyreus clarus (Silver-spotted Skipper)
Halyomorpha halys (Brown Marmorated Stink Bug)
Harmonia axyridis (Asian Multicolored Lady Beetle)
Lymantria dispar (Gypsy Moth)
Malacosoma americanum (Eastern Tent Caterpillars)
Papilio polyxenes (Black Swallowtail)
Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis (Bagworm)
Vanessa cardui (Painted Lady)