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- Beetle - Coleoptera
Beetles outnumber all other animal species on earth and they belong to the order Coleoptera. - Bug - Hemiptera
True bugs like stink bugs and their relatives belong to the order Hemiptera. - Butterfly - Lepidoptera
Butterflies, moths, and their caterpillars belong to the order Lepidoptera. - Caddisfly - Trichoptera
Caddisflies resemble moths but do not have "powder" on their wings. They are aquatic as larvae and belong to the order Trichoptera. - Centipede - Myriapoda
Centipedes are not insects, but rather belong to a related group in the Myriapoda (many legs). - Damselfly - Odonata
Damselflies and dragonflies belong to the order Odonata. - Dipluran - Diplura
Campodeids have two long tails while Japygids have small pinchers. Both belong to the order Diplura. - Dobsonfly - Megaloptera
Ferocious as they look, dobsonflies are harmless. They belong to the order Megaloptera, along with fishflies and alderflies. - Doglouse - Phthiraptera
While there is some disagreement on the exact methods for categorizing them, lice like this dog louse may be considered to belong to the order Phthiraptera (includes all lice) or separated into Mallophaga (just chewing lice) and Anoplura (just sucking lice). - Dragonfly - Odonata
Dragonflies and damselflies belong to the order Odonata. - Earwig - Dermaptera
Earwigs belong to the order Dermaptera. - Flea - Siphonaptera
Fleas currently are believed to be a strange version of scorpionflies, but traditionally are given their own order called Siphonaptera. - Fly - Diptera
Flies belong to the order Diptera. - Grasshopper - Orthoptera
Grasshoppers, crickets, and katydids belong to the order Orthoptera. - Hopper - Homoptera
Leafhoppers, froghoppers and spittlebugs belong with scales, cicadas and aphids in the order Homoptera.