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DIPTERA VS. HYMENOPTERA

• DIPTERA• INCLUDES ‘FLIES’,

MOSQUITOS, CRANE FLIES

• 1 PAIR OF WINGS

• 1 PAIR OF HALTERS

• POINTY MOUTH

• HYMENOPTERA• INCLUDES BEES, WASPS,

ANTS, SAWFLIES

• 2 PAIRS OF WINGS

• CONSTRICTED WAIST

• BITING MOUTH

CRANE FLY

ASILIDAE (ROBBER FLY)

SYRPHIDAE (FLOWER FLY)

TEPHRITIDAE (FRUIT FLY)

CALLIPHORID FLY

TENTHENEDINIDAE (SAW FLY)

ICHNEUMONIDAE (ICHNEUMON WASP)

MUTILLIDAE (VELVET ANT)

COLLETIDAE (PLASTER BEE)

HALICTIDAE (ALKALI BEE)

LEPIDOPTERA

• Have scales on their large wings

• Have a slender proboscis

• Adults: Feed on Pollen

• Larvae (Caterpillars): Feed on plants

HESPERIDAE (SKIPPERS)

• Have stout bodies

• Triangular wings held at angle

• Neither butterfly nor moth

• Eyes/antennae set wide

PAPILLIONIDAE (SWALLOWTAILS

• Have distinctive

wings

• Caterpillars have

distinctive ‘Y’

• Very bold

coloration

SATURNIDAE

• Very large

moths

• Brightly

Colored

• Wings held flat

• Feathery

antennae

SPHINGIDAE

COLEOPTERA

• Forwings

hardened into

elytra

• Usually meet in

middle

• May be fused

• Chewing

mouthparts

STAPHYLINIDAE

TENEBRIONIDAE

SCARABIDAE

CERAMBYCIDAE