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DIPTERA VS. HYMENOPTERA
• DIPTERA
• HYMENOPTERA
• INCLUDES ‘FLIES’, MOSQUITOS,
CRANE FLIES
• INCLUDES BEES, WASPS, ANTS,
SAWFLIES
• 1 PAIR OF WINGS
• 2 PAIRS OF WINGS
• 1 PAIR OF HALTERS
• CONSTRICTED WAIST
• POINTY MOUTH
• BITING MOUTH
CRANE FLY
ASILIDAE (ROBBER FLY)
SYRPHIDAE (FLOWER FLY)
TEPHRITIDAE (FRUIT FLY)
CALLIPHORID FLY
TENTHENEDINIDAE
(SAW FLY)
ICHNEUMONIDAE (ICHNEUMON WASP)
MUTILLIDAE (VELVET ANT)
COLLETIDAE
(PLASTER BEE)
HALICTIDAE
(ALKALI BEE)
LEPIDOPTERA
• Have scales on their large wings
• Have a slender proboscis
• Adults: Feed on Pollen
• Larvae (Caterpillars): Feed on plants
HESPERIDAE (SKIPPERS)
• Have stout bodies
• Triangular wings held at
angle
• Neither butterfly nor
moth
• Eyes/antennae set wide
PAPILLIONIDAE (SWALLOWTAILS
• Have distinctive wings
• Caterpillars have
distinctive ‘Y’
• Very bold coloration
SATURNIDAE
• Very large moths
• Brightly Colored
• Wings held flat
• Feathery antennae
SPHINGIDAE
COLEOPTERA
• Forwings hardened into
elytra
• Usually meet in middle
• May be fused
• Chewing mouthparts
STAPHYLINIDAE
TENEBRIONIDAE
SCARABIDAE
CERAMBYCIDAE