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Insects

Exopterygotes - insects with only a partial metamorphosis and no pupal stage. The young are nymphs.

Odonata - damselflies

Odonata - dragonflies

Dermaptera - Earwigs

Hemiptera - True bugs

 

Endopterygotes - insects with a complete metamorphosis and a pupal stage. The young are larvae.

Neuroptera - Lacewings, alderflies and snakeflies

Mecoptera - Scorpion flies

Lepidoptera - Butterflies

Lepidoptera - Moths

Lepidoptera - Micromoths

Diptera - Flies

Hymenoptera - Bees, wasps and ants

Coleoptera - Beetles

 

Miscellaneous insects - usually I have not accurately identified the species.

 

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