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Be able to match seven common insects to the correct Order in which they belong to.

Orthoptera
Lubber Grasshoppers, Field Crickets, American Cockroaches, Chinese Mantids, Walking Sticks

Diptera
Houseflies, Fruit Fies, Bluebottle Fly,Crane Fly, Horse Fly, Malaria Mosquitos

Odonata
Dragonflies, Damselfies

Coleoptera
Ground Beetle, Ladybug(Ladybird Beetle), Firefly, Long-Horned Beetle, Click Beetle, BollWeevil, Dung Beetle

Lepidoptera
Giant Swallowtail Butterfly, Monarch Butterfly, Cabbage Butterfly, Cecropia Moth, Gypsy Moth

Hemiptera
Stinkbug, Water Strider, Milkweed Bug, Assassin Bug, Ambush Bug, Giant Water Bug

Hymenoptera
Honeybee, Paper Wasp, Bumblebees, Carpenter Ant, Bold Faced Hornet

Practice Quiz
Common Insects

1) Ladybug (Ladybird Beatle)

2) Ant

3) Dragonfly

4) Butterfly

5) Waterstrider

6) Cricket

7) Mosquito



Insect Orders
A) Odonata

B) Hemiptera

C) Coleoptera

D) Diptera

E) Orthoptera

F) Lepidoptera

G) Hymenoptera



Answers
1-c, 2-g, 3-a, 4-f, 5-b, 6-e, 7-d