index: insects

labels last updated: 11/12/14
For the most updated list, please see my complete index to Nature ID page.

Entomology was my field of study.  I've been undecided on how to label insects given my general blog audience, recent classification changes, and the overwhelming abundance of "bug" names, hence the mishmash shown below. Compared to other groups, I have relatively few insects featured on Nature ID, mainly because it's a lucky day if my temperamental old point-and-shoot focuses properly on such small moving animals.

Number of entries from the last update are in parentheses.  Any 'also' included with a label indicates an insect that is mentioned or shown but is not the featured ID of the post.

(see also index: lepidoptera)

• * all insects (192)
• ants (3) Hymenopetera
• bees - also (2)
• beetles - also (4)
• blister beetles (1) Coleoptera
• bluets (1) pond damselflies
• bumble bees (2) Hymenoptera 
• burying beetles (1) Coleoptera
• caddisflies (1) Trichoptera
• camel crickets (1) Orthoptera
• carrion beetles (1) Coleoptera
• click beetles (1) Coleoptera
• coleoptera (12) beetles
• crane flies (2) Diptera
• cucumber beetles (1) Coleoptera
• cucumber beetles - also (2)
• dancers (3) pond damselflies
• darkling beetles (2) Coleoptera
• darners (3) dragonflies
• dragonflies and damselflies (10) Odonata
• flies (3) Diptera
• flies - also (2)
• grasshoppers and crickets (2) Orthoptera
• grasshoppers and crickets - also (1)
• honey bees (5) Hymenoptera
• honey bees - also (1) 
• hymenoptera (13) ants, bees, wasps
• hymenoptera - also (2)
• ichneumonids (1) Hymenoptera
• lady beetles (1) Coleoptera
• leaf beetles (2) Coleoptera
• longhorn beetles (3) Coleoptera
• mantids (1)
• mayflies (1) Ephemeroptera
• meadowhawks (3) Odonata
• scarab beetles (1) Coleoptera
• snakeflies (4) Raphidioptera, formerly Neuroptera
• solider beetles (1) Coleoptera
• spider wasps (1) Hymenoptera
• termites - also (1) formerly Isoptera
• true bugs (2) Hemiptera, now includes formerly Homoptera
• wasps (3) Hymenoptera
• wasps - also (1) 
• water striders (1) Hemiptera
• yellowjackets (1) Hymenoptera
• yellowjackets - also (2)