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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)
Families
Araneidae (orb weavers)
Lycosidae (wolf spiders)
Salticidae (jumping spiders)
Theridiidae (cobweb spiders)
Genera
Latrodectus (widow spiders)
Species
Ixodes scapularis (blacklegged tick)
Loxosceles reclusa (brown recluse spider)
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
Aphididae (aphids)
Carabidae (ground beetles)
Coccinellidae (ladybugs)
Culicidae (mosquitoes)
Formicidae (ants)
Sphingidae (sphinx moths)
Pentatomidae (stink bugs)
Reduviidae (assassin bugs)
Genera
Bombus (bumblebees)
Camponotus (carpenter ants)
Magicicada (periodical cicadas)
Species
Adeleges tsugae (hemlock woolly adelgid)
Agrilus planipennis (emerald ash borer)
Anoplophora glabripennis (Asian longhorned beetle)
Apis mellifera (honey bee)
Cimex lectularius (bed bug)
Danaus plexippus (monarch butterfly)
Epargyreus clarus (silver-spotted skipper)
Halyomorpha halys (brown marmorated stink bug)
Harmonia axyridis (Asian multicolored lady beetle)
Hyphantria cunea (fall webworm)
Lymantria dispar (gypsy moth)
Malacosoma americanum (eastern tent caterpillars)
Papilio polyxenes (black swallowtail)
Popillia japonica (Japanese beetles)
Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis (bagworm)
Vanessa cardui (painted lady)
