an illustrated knowledgebase helping connect local folks & local nature in Delaware County, IN
INSECTS
of East Central Indiana
Scroll down (or click an order name below) to learn about some of our cool, local insects in Delaware County:
COLEOPTERA
beetles
HEMIPTERA
cicadas, leafhoppers, aphids, and more
HYMENOPTERA
bees, ants, wasps,
and sawflies
LEPIDOPTERA
butterflies and moths
MANTODEA
mantises
ODONATA
dragonflies and damselflies
ORTHOPTERA
grasshoppers, katydids, and crickets
PHASMIDA
stick insects
​other orders include:
Diptera (flies, mosquitoes, and gnats); Dermaptera (earwigs); Blattodea (cockroaches and termites); Zygentoma (silverfish); Archaeognatha (bristletails); Neuroptera (lacewings and other "nerve-winged insects"); Trichoptera (caddisflies); and even more!
ENTOMOLOGY = THE BRANCH OF ZOOLOGY CONCERNED WITH INSECTS.
ORDER = A TAXONOMIC RANK USED IN CLASSIFYING ORGANISMS.
(BELOW CLASS, ABOVE FAMILY )
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