Insect Orders

2. Insects in the Order Hymenoptera are characterized with this type of mouth piece
5. Insects in Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera, & Lepidoptera all undergo this type of metamorphosis
7. Greek for 'wing'
9. This is the largest order of insects, containing beetles & weevils.
11. Order of insects with straight wings incl. grasshoppers, crickets, & locust
15. Greek meaning of 'Hymen'
17. Order of insects that contains only thrips & means "fringed or bristle winged"
18. Order of insects which includes flies, gnats, mosquitoes, and midges

1. Membrane-winged insects in an Order that includes bees, wasps, sawflies, & ants
3. Forewings that close to form a straight line down the body of a beetle to protect the membranous wings underneath.
4. Greek for 'shield' or 'sheath'
6. Only thrips, in the Order Thysanoptera, undergo this type of metamorphosis
8. Thysanoptera insects are implicated in spreading a number of plant ______.
10. Order of insects meaning 'scale wing' which includes butterflies & moths
12. Considered the Order of 'true bugs'
13. Forewings on insects in the Order Hemiptera that are thick at the base but membranous at the tips
14. Insects in Orthoptera, Hemiptera, & Homoptera undergo this type of metamorphosis
16. Order of insects that includes mealybugs, scale, aphids, & whiteflies