Insects

INSECTS AT THE RANCH

Over a million species of insects have been described including 90,000-100,000 species known from North America. It would be a daunting task to prepare a checklist of the insects that might be found at The Ranch. We have opted, therefore, to provide a list of the various Orders of Insecta and included photos of some of the more common insects along with records of their observation at The Ranch.

The relationship among the Orders of Insecta (from Insect Photo Album by John Haarstad, Tony Baumert, and Lenny Sheps)

Orders of Insecta

Anoplura - Sucking Lice

Coleoptera - Beetles

Collembola - Springtails

Dermaptera - Earwigs

Dictyoptera (Blattoidea) - Roaches

Diplura - Two-Pronged Bristletails

Diptera - True Flies

Embioptera - Web Spinners, Embiids

Ephemeroptera - Mayflies

Grylloblattodea - Rock Crawlers

Hemiptera - True Bugs

Heteroptera - Bugs

Homoptera - Plant Hoppers, Cicadias, Leaf Hoppers, Aphids

Hymenoptera - Ants, Bees, & Wasps