Insects Explained         introduction • the arthropods • insect morphology • the orders of insects • insects with simple metamorphosis • true bugs • cicadas, hoppers & aphids • dobsonflies, lacewings & antlions • beetles • butterflies & moths • flies • sawflies, wasps, bees & ants • about me • links
Phylum Arthropoda: “jointed feet” External features of arthropods Subphylum Chelicerata Class Xiphosura: horseshoe crabs Class Arachnida: Order Scorpiones Order Pseudoscorpiones Order Uropygi: whipscorpions Order Opiliones: daddy longlegs Order Acari: mites Order Araneae: spiders A spider that eats other spiders . . . jumping spider <i>Portia</i> Subphylum Mandibulata Crustacea: Order Decapoda: shrimp, crayfish, lobsters, crabs Decapod parts Order Isopoda: pillbugs, sowbugs Class Diplopoda: millipedes Class Chilopoda: centipedes Class Insecta Photo sources




home • introduction • the arthropods • insect morphology • the orders of insects • insects with simple metamorphosis • true bugs • cicadas, hoppers & aphids • dobsonflies, lacewings & antlions • beetles • butterflies & moths • flies • sawflies, wasps, bees & ants