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Soft elytra that lie flat over the body; thorax covers the head |
Lightniningbug; coleoptera; complete; chewing
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Most long-bodied; cylindrical; antennae typically (though not always) longer than the insect's body; eyes usually wrap around the base of the antennae (therefore are not round); can be solid color or patterned; various sizes |
Long-horned beetle; coleoptera; complete; chewing
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Green, long antennae; jumping hind legs; various sizes |
Long-horned grasshopper; orthoptera; simple; chewing
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Large, pale green with "tails" on hind wings |
Luna moth; lepidoptera; complete; sucking
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Long, fragile looking body; one or two pairs of traingular shaped wings that have many veins; two or three long cerci on the tail; very short antennae; various sizes |
Mayfly; ephemeroptera; simple; chewing
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Small, oval-shaped body; in life covered with white powder; pinned may have pink tinge |
Mealybug; homoptera; simple; sucking
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Shiny, long to oval-shaped boy; "tail" typically pointed |
Metallic wood-boring beetle; coleoptera; complete; chewing
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Round, yellow to tan color; dot pattern on each elytron front to back is three, three, two |
Mexican bean beetle; coleoptera; chomplete; chewing
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1/16"; black and white pattern |
Minute pirate bug; hemiptra; simple; sucking
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1.5"; brown; somewhat flattened body; front legs made for digging |
Mole cricket; orthoptera; simple; chewing
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Orange with black veins |
Monarch butterfly; lepidoptera; complete; sucking
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