How are insects classified?
Insects are members of the Class Insecta. Butterflies and other bugs in that class are further divided by Order. The following are examples of insects and the order they belong to:
Orders of insects
| Order | Insect |
| Blattaria | Cockroaches |
| Coleoptera | Beetles, lightening bugs, borers, weevils |
| Collembola | Springtails |
| Dermaptera | Earwigs |
| Diptera | Flies, gnats, mosquitoes, lovebugs |
| Ephemeroptera | Mayflies |
| Hemiptera | True bug |
| Homoptera | Cicadas, leafhoppers, planthoppers, treehoppers, psyllids, whiteflies, aphids, mealybugs, scale insects |
| Hymenoptera | Wasps, sawflies, bees, hornets, ants |
| Isoptera | Termites |
| Lepidoptera | Butterflies, skippers, moths |
| Mantodea | Praying mantids |
| Mecoptera | Scorpionflies |
| Neuroptera | Dobsonfilies, fishflies, mantidflies, lacewings, antlions |
| Odonata | Dragonflies, damselflies |
| Orthoptera | Grasshoppers, crickets, katydids |
| Phasmida | Walkingsticks |
| Phthiraptera | Lice |
| Plecoptera | Stoneflies |
| Psocoptera | Psocids, Booklice, Barklice |
| Siphonaptera | Fleas |
| Thysanoptera | Thrips |
| Thysanura | Silverfish, firebrats, bristletails |
| Trichoptera | Caddisflies |
