Explore insects and other arthropods, including identification, behavior, anatomy and common misconceptions.
[Economic Significance] Hymenoptera includes what people often call bees and ants. Common ones include bees, ants, wasps, hornets, wasps, sawflies, etc. Except for sawflies, which harm plants, most species are beneficial···
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Commonly known as feather lice. They are small in size, have tough body walls, are wingless, and are good at crawling. It often parasitizes birds, and a few parasitizes outside the body of mammals. It feeds on hair dande···
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[Economic Significance] Commonly known as fleas, adults can crawl and jump. Some species parasitize on the body surface of humans, mammals or birds. They bite and suck blood. They often cause the host to be irritable and···
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[Economic Significance] Diptera includes flies, mosquitoes, gnats, midges and flies, with only one pair of developed forewings. Their living habits vary widely and they are extremely adaptable. Some species are important···
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[Economic significance] Lepidoptera includes butterflies (butterflies) and moths, and is the second largest order in the class Insecta. Lepidopteran larvae mostly feed on flowering plants, many of which are important pes···
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[Economic significance] The adults of Trichoptera are called caddisflies, and the larvae are called caddis flies. Caddisfly larvae live in lakes and streams, preferring colder and non-polluted waters. Their ecological ad···
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This order is usually called booklice, because some species often live in books, and some live in grains. They are more commonly found among plants, under the bark of trees, on lichens and on old wood. [Identification po···
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Insects of this order are not closely related to humans. A few species harm flowers, stored grains, stored fruits, silkworms and fresh insect specimens. Some species are ectoparasites of bats and mice. Leatheroptera gene···
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This order is a primitive and rare insect with a gregarious living habit. Anoptera is the smallest order in the class Insecta and the least understood. This order was first established in 1913. Since the initially discov···
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This order is named because the tarsus of the forefoot can secrete silk webs or form nests. It is herbivorous and causes little obvious harm to plants. Its morphology, physiology and ecology are of great exploration and ···
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Mecopteran insects are generally called scorpion flies. There are about 500 species known in the world, with more species in the northern hemisphere. Most occur in forests, canyons or areas with dense vegetation. They ar···
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[Economic Significance] Isoptera is a type of social insect with gregarious nesting habits and complex hierarchical differentiation. Because of its interesting habits and outstanding economic significance, it has attract···
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[Economic Significance] Parasitic insects have complex metamorphosis and dimorphism. Some species parasitize agricultural and forestry pests and are one of the natural enemy insect groups. A few parasitize bees and are h···
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The shape of these insects resembles both crickets and cockroaches, hence the name Blattida. Body length 13-30 mm. Wingless; filamentous antennae, small compound eyes, no single eye. The mouthparts are chewing and the pa···
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[Economic Significance] Coleoptera is commonly known as beetles. The forewings are cutinized into elytra, and the body is hard. The armor-like body wall protects the insect body, allowing them to resist various harms in ···
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The head is small, the antennae are filamentous, and the mouthparts are chewing. The prothorax is short; the middle and metathorax are long, and the first abdominal segment merges with the metathorax. Wings developed or ···
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[Economic Significance] Neuroptera includes lacewings, ant flies, mantises, mealy flies, water flies, etc. Adults and larvae are mostly terrestrial and are predatory, preying on soft bodies such as aphids, ants, spider m···
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[Economic significance] Orthoptera includes our common locusts, grasshoppers, katydids, crickets, mole crickets, fleas, etc. Except for a few predatory species, the vast majority are herbivorous, and many of them are imp···
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[Economic Significance] The gnat insect is named after its snake-like shape. Adults can be found in flowers, leaves, tree trunks, etc., feeding on aphids, lepidopteran larvae, etc. The larvae can be found under the loose···
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[Economic Significance] The mantis has a unique shape. Its head is as broad as a horse's head, and its front feet are shaped like a crescent knife. When it is still, it seems to be praying, and when it moves, it is as fa···
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Commonly known as mud flies and fish flies, there are less than 300 known species in the world. They are mostly found near streams or other cool, moist environments, feeding on nectar and soft-bodied insects. The larvae ···
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[Economic significance] Commonly known as cockroach. Some species live indoors and are good at running around, feeding and contaminating food, clothing and daily utensils, leaving behind unpleasant odors and spreading di···
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[Economic Significance] The basal half of the forewings of most species of adult insects are leathery and the distal half are membranous, making them hemi-elytra. There are often odor glands, some of which can emit a nau···
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[Economic significance] Commonly known as stonefly. Most adult insects do not feed, but a few species can harm crops and fruit trees. Larvae mostly live in well-ventilated waters and feed on mosquito larvae, small animal···
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