Category: Orders

LEPIDOPTERA Butterflies & Moths

SUB CLASS Endopterygota COMMON FEATURES Wings covered with minute scales. EASE OF IDENTIFICATION FROM PHOTOS Easy to difficult. KEY IDENTIFICATION FEATURES Although wing venation is used to separate families, wing patterns are usually enough...

HYMENOPTERA Bees, Wasps, Sawflies & Ants etc

SUB CLASS Endopterygota COMMON FEATURES Minute hooks on the hindwings, called hamuli, that can attach to, and disengage from, the forewings. EASE OF IDENTIFICATION FROM PHOTOS Relatively easy to impossible! KEY IDENTIFICATION FEATURES Wing venation,...

DIPTERA True Flies

SUB CLASS Endopterygota COMMON FEATURES Two wings, the hind wings having evolved into balancing organs called halteres. EASE OF IDENTIFICATION FROM PHOTOS Moderate to impossible! KEY IDENTIFICATION FEATURES Wing venation is used to help...