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Insecta and Arachnida 
Insects are six-legged arthropods with segmented bodies and often wings, playing vital roles in ecosystems as pollinators, decomposers, and prey.   Arachnids are eight-legged arthropods, including spiders, scorpions, ticks, and mites, known for lacking antennae and often being predators or parasites.

Class Insecta

Blattodea

Cockroaches
Termites

Coleoptera

Beetles
Weevils

Diptera

Flies
Mosquitos
Gnats

Hemiptera

Aphids - Bugs
 Mealybugs - Psyliids - Scale Whiteflies

Hymenoptera

Ants
Wasps

Lepidoptera

Butterflies
Moths
Caterpillars

Orthoptera

Crickets

Thysanoptera

Thrips

Siphonaptera

Fleas


Zygentoma

Silverfish

Class Arachnida

Araneae

Spiders
(Hunting & Jumping)

Ixodida

Ticks

Sarcoptiformes

Primordial Mites
(Chewing & Scraping)

Trombidiformes

Diverse Mites
(Sucking & Piercing)

Class Diplopoda

Diplopoda

Millipede

Insecta and Arachnida 
Insects are six-legged arthropods with segmented bodies and often wings, playing vital roles in ecosystems as pollinators, decomposers, and prey.   Arachnids are eight-legged arthropods, including spiders, scorpions, ticks, and mites, known for lacking antennae and often being predators or parasites.

Class Insecta

Blattodea

Cockroaches
Termites

Coleoptera

Beetles
Weevils

Diptera

Flies
Mosquitos
Gnats

Hemiptera

Aphids - Bugs
 Mealybugs - Psyliids - Scale Whiteflies

Hymenoptera

Ants
Wasps

Lepidoptera

Butterflies
Moths
Caterpillars

Orthoptera

Crickets

Thysanoptera

Thrips

Siphonaptera

Fleas


Zygentoma

Silverfish

Class Arachnida

Araneae

Spiders
(Hunting & Jumping)

Ixodida

Ticks

Sarcoptiformes

Primordial Mites
(Chewing & Scraping)

Trombidiformes

Diverse Mites
(Sucking & Piercing)

Class Diplopoda

Diplopoda

Millipede