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thysanura
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silverfish/bristletails
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no wings/three bristles arise from tip of abdomen
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collembola
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springtails
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have no wings/less than 1/8 in long (~ 3 mm)/have a fork-like spring at the back of abdomen
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ephemeroptera
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mayflies
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no mouth parts/two bristles arising from the abdomen
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odonata
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damselflies/dragonflies
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means "tooth"/have long abdomen/* hold wings out, ** hold wings over body/eat mosquitos/have large eyes/have two pairs of membraneous wings that are equal sized
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orthoptera
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crickets/grasshoppers/roaches (?)/praying mantis
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means "straight wings"/chewing mouth parts/two pairs of wings held back over body/first pair leathery, second pair membraneous
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dermaptera
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earwigs
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four pairs of short wings, first pair shell like/pincers at tip of abdomen
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hemiptera
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true bugs/milkweed bug/ambush bug/
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half-wings/wings overlap/two pairs of wings, bottom half are transparent
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homoptera
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wax insects/cicadas/aphids/leaf hoppers
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wings fold up on body at an angle forming "teepee"/sucking tube which arises from the back of head
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neuroptera
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lacewings/ant lions/ snake flies
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means "net wings"/have average eyes, chewing mouth parts, many crossed veins making a network pattern
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coleoptera
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beetles/ladybugs/
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top two wing pairs are shell-like covering/wings meet in straight line/means "sheath wing"/hard forewing covering/20% of all animal species are this
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diptera
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true flies/mosquitoes/midges/horseflies/deerflies/robber fly/gnats/camel flies
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"Krub-like" (?) balancing organs called halters
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trichoptera
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caddisflies
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have hairy wings and no mouth parts/
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lepidoptera
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moths/butterflies
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means "scaly wings"/pollinate flowers/curled sucking tube (proboscis)/shingle-like scales that come off on fingers like powder
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hymenoptera
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ants/bees/wasps/saw flies
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live in communities (hives)/many solitary wasps, but no solitary ants/two pair of membraneous wings/hind pair are smaller and held to front wings with hooks
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