STATE FFA ENTOMOLOGY CONTEST

Common Name Order Metamorphosis Mouthpart Significance

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Common Name
American cockroach
antlion
antlion larva**
aphid
armored scale
assassin bug
backswimmer
bagworm**
banded wing grasshopper
bed bug
beet armyworm
big-eyed bug
biting louse
black widow spider
blister beetle
blow fly
boll weevil
bollworm**
boxelder bug
book louse
brown dog tick
brown recluse spider
bumble bee
cabbage looper**
carpet beetle
carrion beetle
cattle grub**
centipede
cicada
cicada killer
cigarette beetle
click beetle
Colorado potato beetle
crab spider
crane fly
damsel bug
damselfly

Order
Blattodea
Neuroptera
Neuroptera
Hemiptera
Hemiptera
Hemiptera
Hemiptera
Lepidoptera
Orthoptera
Hemiptera
Lepidoptera
Hemiptera
Phthiraptera
non-insect
Coleoptera
Diptera
Coleoptera
Lepidoptera
Hemiptera
Psocoptera
non-insect
non-insect
Hymenoptera
Lepidoptera
Coleoptera
Coleoptera
Diptera
non-insect
Hemiptera
Hymenoptera
Coleoptera
Coleoptera
Coleoptera
non-insect
Diptera
Hemiptera
Odonata

Metamorphosis
Hemimetabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Hemimetabolous
Hemimetabolous
Hemimetabolous
Hemimetabolous
Holometabolous
Hemimetabolous
Hemimetabolous
Holometabolous
Hemimetabolous
Hemimetabolous
Ametabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Hemimetabolous
Ametabolous
Ametabolous
Ametabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Ametabolous
Hemimetabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Ametabolous
Holometabolous
Hemimetabolous
Hemimetabolous

Mouthpart
Chewing
Chewing
Chewing
Pierce-sucking
Pierce-sucking
Pierce-sucking
Pierce-sucking
Chewing
Chewing
Pierce-sucking
Chewing
Pierce-sucking
Chewing
Not Applicable
Chewing
Sponging
Chewing
Chewing
Pierce-sucking
Chewing
Pierce-sucking
Not Applicable
Chewing-lapping
Chewing
Chewing
Chewing
Chewing
Not Applicable
Pierce-sucking
Chewing
Chewing
Chewing
Chewing
Not Applicable
Pierce-sucking
Pierce-sucking
Chewing

Significance
Pest
Beneficial
Beneficial
Pest
Pest
Beneficial
Beneficial
Pest
Pest
Pest
Pest
Beneficial
Pest
Pest
Pest
Pest
Pest
Pest
Pest
Pest
Pest
Pest
Variable
Pest
Pest
Beneficial
Pest
Variable
Variable
Beneficial
Pest
Variable
Pest
Beneficial
Variable
Beneficial
Beneficial

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damselfly nymph**
darkling beetle
deer fly
deer ked
dobsonfly
dragonfly
dragonfly nymph**
dung beetle
earwing
elm leaf beetle
fall webworm**
field cricket
firefly
flea
flea beetle
flesh fly
garden spider
German cockroach
giant water bug
gray hairstreak
green June beetle
green lace wing
ground beetle
harlequin bug
harvestman
hellgrammite**
honey bee
horn fly
horntail wasp
horse fly
house fly
ichneumon wasp
Indian meal moth
ironclad beetle
Jerusalem cricket
jumping spider
katydid
lace bug
lacewing larva**
ladybird beetle
ladybird beetle larva**

Odonata
Coleoptera
Diptera
Diptera
Neuroptera
Odonata
Odonata
Coleoptera
Dermaptera
Coleoptera
Lepidoptera
Orthoptera
Coleoptera
Siphonaptera
Coleoptera
Diptera
non-insect
Blattodea
Hemiptera
Lepidoptera
Coleoptera
Neuroptera
Coleoptera
Hemiptera
non-insect
Neuroptera
Hymenoptera
Diptera
Hymenoptera
Diptera
Diptera
Hymenoptera
Lepidoptera
Coleoptera
Orthoptera
non-insect
Orthoptera
Hemiptera
Neuroptera
Coleoptera
Coleoptera

Hemimetabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Hemimetabolous
Hemimetabolous
Holometabolous
Hemimetabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Hemimetabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Ametabolous
Hemimetabolous
Hemimetabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Hemimetabolous
Ametabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Hemimetabolous
Ametabolous
Hemimetabolous
Hemimetabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous

Chewing
Chewing
Cutting-Sponging
Pierce-sucking
Chewing
Chewing
Chewing
Chewing
Chewing
Chewing
Chewing
Chewing
Chewing
Pierce-sucking
Chewing
Sponging
Not Applicable
Chewing
Pierce-sucking
Siphoning
Chewing
Chewing
Chew
Pierce-sucking
Not Applicable
Chewing
Chewing-lapping
Cutting- lapping
Chewing
Cutting-Sponging
Sponging
Chewing
siphoning
Chewing
Chewing
Not Applicable
Chewing
Pierce-sucking
Chewing
Chewing
Chewing

Beneficial
Variable
Pest
Pest
Beneficial
Beneficial
Beneficial
Beneficial
Beneficial
Pest
Pest
Pest
Beneficial
Pest
Pest
Pest
Beneficial
Pest
Beneficial
Pest
Pest
Beneficial
Beneficial
Pest
Variable
Beneficial
Beneficial
Pest
Pest
Pest
Pest
Beneficial
Pest
Variable
Variable
Beneficial
Variable
Pest
Beneficial
Beneficial
Beneficial

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leaf-footed bug
leafhopper
longhorned beetle
luna moth
mantidfly
May beetle
mayfly
mealybug
metallic woodboring beetle
milkweed bug
millipede
minute pirate bug
mole cricket
monarch butterfly
sweet potato weevil
mosquito
mud-dauber wasp
Oriental cockroach
painted lady
paper wasp
pillbug
praying mantis
predaceous diving beetle
red admiral
red flour beetle
red harvester ant
red imported fire ant
rice weevil
robber fly
rove beetle
sawtoothed grain beetle
scorpion
scorpion fly
silverfish
skipper butterfly
snakefly
soft scale
soldier beetle
southwestern corn borer**
sphinx moth
spider mite

Hemiptera
Hemiptera
Coleoptera
Lepidoptera
Neuroptera
Coleoptera
Ephemeroptera
Hemiptera
Coleoptera
Hemiptera
non-insect
Hemiptera
Orthoptera
Lepidoptera
Coleoptera
Diptera
Hymenoptera
Blattodea
Lepidoptera
Hymenoptera
non-insect
Mantodea
Coleoptera
Lepidoptera
Coleoptera
Hymenoptera
Hymenoptera
Coleoptera
Diptera
Coleoptera
Coleoptera
non-insect
Mecoptera
Thysanura
Lepidoptera
Neuroptera
Hemiptera
Coleoptera
Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera
non-insect

Hemimetabolous
Hemimetabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Hemimetabolous
Hemimetabolous
Holometabolous
Hemimetabolous
Ametabolous
Hemimetabolous
Hemimetabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Hemimetabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Ametabolous
Hemimetabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Ametabolous
Holometabolous
Ametabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Hemimetabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Ametabolous

Pierce-sucking
Pierce-sucking
Chewing
Siphoning
Chewing
Chewing
Vestigial
Pierce-sucking
Chewing
Pierce-sucking
Chewing
Pierce-sucking
Chewing
Siphoning
Chewing
Pierce-sucking
Chewing
Chewing
Siphoning
Chewing
Chewing
Chewing
Chewing
siphoning
Chewing
Chewing
Chewing
Chewing
Pierce-sucking
Chewing
Chewing
Chewing
Chewing
Chewing
Siphoning
Chewing
Pierce-sucking
Chewing
Chewing
Siphoning
Pierce-sucking

Pest
Pest
Pest
Beneficial
Beneficial
Pest
Beneficial
Pest
Pest
Pest
Beneficial
Beneficial
Pest
Beneficial
Pest
Pest
Variable
Pest
Beneficial
Variable
Variable
Beneficial
Beneficial
Beneficial
Pest
Pest
Pest
Pest
Beneficial
Beneficial
Pest
Pest
Beneficial
Pest
Variable
Beneficial
Pest
Beneficial
Pest
Variable
Pest

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spinose ear tick

spittlebug
spotted cucumber beetle
springtail
squash bug
stag beetle
stonefly
sucking louse
sulphur butterfly
swallowtail butterfly
syrphid fly
tarantula hawk
tarnished plant bug
termite
thrip
tiger beetle
toad bug
tobacco hornworm**
tree cricket
treehopper
trichograma wasp
tiumbling flower beetle
velvet ant
viceroy butterfly
vinegaroon
walkingstick
water boatman
water strider
whirligig beetle
white grub**
whitefly

** Denotes larval or nymphal form

non-insect
Hemiptera
Coleoptera
Collembola
Hemiptera
Coleoptera
Plecoptera
Phthiraptera
Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera
Diptera
Hymenoptera
Hemiptera
Isoptera
Thysanoptera
Coleoptera
Hemiptera
Lepidoptera
Orthoptera
Hemiptera
Hymenoptera
Coleoptera
Hymenoptera
Lepidoptera
non-insect
Phasmatodea
Hemiptera
Hemiptera
Coleoptera
Coleoptera
Hemiptera

Ametabolous
Hemimetabolous
Holometabolous
Ametabolous
Hemimetabolous
Holometabolous
Hemimetabolous
Hemimetabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Hemimetabolous
Hemimetabolous
Hemimetabolous
Holometabolous
Hemimetabolous
Holometabolous
Hemimetabolous
Hemimetabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Ametabolous
Hemimetabolous
Hemimetabolous
Hemimetabolous
Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Hemimetabolous

Pierce-sucking
Pierce-sucking
chewing
chewing
Pierce-sucking
Chewing
Chewing
Pierce-sucking
Siphoning
Siphoning
Sponging
Chewing
Pierce-sucking
Chewing
Rasping-sucking
Chewing
Pierce-sucking
Chewing
Chewing
Pierce-sucking
Chewing
Chewing
Chewing
Siphoning
Chewing
Chewing
Pierce-sucking
Pierce-sucking
Chewing
Chewing
Pierce-sucking

Pest
Pest
Pest
Variable
Pest
Variable
Beneficial
Pest
Pest
Beneficial
Variable
Variable
Pest
Pest
Variable
Beneficial
Beneficial
Pest
Variable
Pest
Beneficial
Variable
Variable
Beneficial
Variable
Variable
Beneficial
Beneficial
Beneficial
Pest
Pest

COMMON INSECT ORDERS AND GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

(01) Order: Blattodea Common name: Cockroach Metamorphosis: Hemimetabolous
Mouthparts: Chewing Key characteristics: Flattened body, head concealed by pronotum
Significance: Pest
(02) Order: Coleoptera Common name: Beetles Metamorphosis: Holometabolous
Mouthparts: Chewing Key characteristics: Elytra are hard and shield-like, meeting in a
straight midline Significance: Pest, beneficial, and variable
(03) Order: Collembola Common name: Springtail Metamorphosis: Ametabolous
Mouthparts: Chewing Key characteristics: Minute, wingless, with spring-like apparatus
on abdomen Significance: Variable
(04) Order: Dermaptera Common name: Earwig Metamorphosis: Hemimetabolous
Mouthparts: Chewing Key characteristics: Forceps-like cerci at the tip of the abdomen
Significance: Beneficial
(05) Order: Diptera Common name: Fly, midge, mosquito, etc. Metamorphosis:
Holometabolous Mouthparts: Piercing-sucking, cutting-sponging, sponging, chewing,
cutting-lapping Key characteristics: Second pair of wings reduced to halteres
Significance: Pest, beneficial, or variable
(06) Order: Ephemeroptera Common name: Mayfly Metamorphosis: Hemimetabolous
Mouthparts: Vestigial Key characteristics: triangle-shaped wings with hind smaller, 2-3
tail-like appendages at tip of abdomen Significance: Beneficial
(07) Order: Hemiptera Common name: True bugs (assassin, damsel, minute, toad,
etc.), cicada, hopper, scale, aphid, etc. Metamorphosis: Hemimetabolous Mouthparts:
Piercing-sucking Key characteristics: Hemelytra or clear front wings Significance:
Beneficial, pest or variable
(09) Order: Hymenoptera Common name: Ant, bee, wasp Metamorphosis:
Holometabolous Mouthparts: Chewing, chewing-lapping Key characteristics:
Membranous wings with few veins, front pair larger than rear Significance: Pest,
beneficial, or variable
(10) Order: Isoptera Common name: Termite Metamorphosis: Hemimetabolous
Mouthparts: Chewing Key characteristics: Bead-like antennae, thorax broadly joined to
abdomen Significance: Pest or beneficial
(11) Order: Lepidoptera Common name: Butterfly and moth Metamorphosis:
Holometabolous Mouthparts: Siphoning, chewing Key characteristics: Wings covered
with scales Significance: Pest, beneficial, or variable
(12) Order: Mantodea Common name: Praying mantis Metamorphosis:
Hemimetabolous Mouthparts: Chewing Key characteristics: Raptorial front legs
Significance: Beneficial
(13) Order: Mecoptera Common name: Scorpionfly Metamorphosis: Holometabolous
Mouthparts: Chewing Key characteristics: Head prolonged as a beak below the eyes
Significance: Beneficial
(14) Order: Neuroptera Common name: Lacewing, antlion, dobsonfly, etc.
Metamorphosis: Holometabolous Mouthparts: Chewing Key characteristics:
Membranous wings with numerous veins including ladder-like cross veins at front
margin Significance: Beneficial
(15) Order: Odonata Common name: Dragonfly and damselfly Metamorphosis:
Hemimetabolous Mouthparts: Chewing Key characteristics: Large faceted compound

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Significance: Beneficial
(16) Order: Orthoptera Common name: Grasshopper, cricket, katydid Metamorphosis:
Hemimetabolous Mouthparts: Chewing Key characteristics: Front wings parchment-like,
long antennae, hind legs modified for jumping Significance: Variable or Pest
(17) Order: Phasmatodea Common name: Walkingstick Metamorphosis:
Hemimetabolous Mouthparts: Chewing Key characteristics: Elongate sticklike body
Significance: Variable
(18) Order: Phthiraptera Common name: Sucking and biting lice Metamorphosis:
Hemimetabolous Mouthparts: Piercing-sucking or chewing Key characteristics:
Wingless, flattened, crab-like legs, modified for clinging to host Significance: Pest
(19) Order: Plecoptera Common name: Stonefly Metamorphosis: Hemimetabolous
Mouthparts: Chewing Key characteristics: Cerci present, may be long or short
Significance: Beneficial
(20) Order Psocoptera Common name: Booklice Metamorphosis; Ametabolous
Mouthparts: Chewing Keycharacteristics: Wingless(but some other species may have
4 wings), long antennae, soft bodies Significance: Pest
(21) Order: Siphonaptera Common name: Flea Metamorphosis: Holometabolous
Mouthparts: Piercing-sucking Key characteristics: Wingless, flattened laterally, jumping
hind legs, combs Significance: Pest
(22) Order: Thysanoptera Common name: Thrips Metamorphosis: Hemimetabolous
Mouthparts: Piercing - sucking Key characteristics: Minute, wingless or winged with 2 or
4 feather-like wings Significance: Variable
(23) Order: Thysanura Common name: Silverfish Metamorphosis: Ametabolous
Mouthparts: Chewing Key characteristics: Wingless with 3 thread-like filaments at the tip
of the abdomen Significance: Pest
(24) Order: non-insects