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Characteristics: Wingless, with elongated bodies and three long caudal filaments. Example: Silverfish, firebrats.

Characteristics: True bugs with base of forewings hardened, terrestrial or aquatic. Example: Water striders, bed bugs.

Characteristics: Endoparasitic, with males having large fan-like hind wings. Example: Twisted-wing parasites.

Characteristics: Large hind legs for jumping, straight wings. Example: Grasshoppers, crickets.

Characteristics: Mimicry to resemble sticks or leaves, elongated bodies. Example: Stick insects, leaf insects.

Characteristics: Two pairs of wings, often waist constriction. Example: Bees, ants, wasps.

Characteristics: Large size, elongated bodies, chewing mouthparts. Example: Alderflies, dobsonflies.

Characteristics: Two pairs of wings with the hind pair smaller, short-lived adults. Example: Mayflies.

Characteristics: One pair of wings, presence of halteres. Example: Flies, mosquitoes.

Characteristics: Large multifaceted eyes, two pairs of strong, transparent wings. Example: Dragonflies, damselflies.

Characteristics: Piercing-sucking mouthparts, partially hardened forewings in some. Example: Stink bugs, aphids.

Characteristics: Scaled wings, proboscis for feeding on nectar. Example: Butterflies, moths.

Characteristics: Triangular heads, large compound eyes, raptorial front legs. Example: Praying mantises.

Characteristics: Two pairs of membranous wings with net-like veins, mandibulate mouthparts. Example: Lacewings, antlions.

Characteristics: Small insects, winged or wingless, can be parasitic or free-living. Example: Barklice, booklice.

Characteristics: Hardened forewings (elytra), biting or chewing mouthparts. Example: Ladybugs, weevils.

Characteristics: Soft-bodied, social structure in colonies. Example: Termites (historically categorized here, now included with Blattodea).

Characteristics: Pincer-like cerci at the abdomen's end, elongated bodies. Example: Earwigs.

Characteristics: Flattened bodies, leathery forewings. Example: Cockroaches, termites (now included).

Characteristics: Fringed wings, asymmetrical mouthparts for piercing-sucking. Example: Thrips.

Characteristics: Elongated bodies with a beak-like rostrum, two pairs of membranous wings. Example: Scorpionflies, hangingflies.

Characteristics: Two pairs of hairy membranous wings, aquatic larval stage. Example: Caddisflies.

Characteristics: Small, winged or wingless, social behaviour in colonies. Example: Zorapterans, angel insects.

Characteristics: Wingless, laterally compressed bodies, ectoparasitic. Example: Fleas.