Insect identification cont.

Box 15

Tiny insects with narrow, fringed wings (see below). Go to Thysanoptera, thrips.

Insects not like this. Go to Box 16.

Box 16

Insects with a head pointing downwards like a beak (see below), may also have a scorpion-like tail. Go to Mecoptera, the scorpion flies.

Insects not like this. Go to Box 17.

Box 17

Insects that have their wings covered or partly covered in minute scales, and most have a proboscis (tongue) coiled up like a watch spring. Go to Lepidoptera, the butterflies and moths.

Insects with wings that are either transparent or hairy. Go to Box 18.

Box 18

Insects whose wings have a network of veins including many cross veins. Go to Box 19.

Insects whose wings have few veins. Go to Box 23.

Box 19

Insects whose abdomen ends in long threads or tails. Go to Box 20.

Insects whose abdomen end with only short or no appendages. Go to Box 21.

Box 20

Insects whose front wings are much larger than their hind wings, and have 2 or 3 terminal filaments off their abdomen. Go to Ephemeroptera, the mayflies.

Insects whose front and hind wings are more or less the same size, or it is the hind wings which are larger. They may have 2 terminal appendages off the abdomen. Go to Plecoptera, the stoneflies.