Insects species 2

 

Thysanoptera “fringed wings”: 5,000 species,
e.g. thrips

Newroptera “net-veined wings”: 4,000 species,
e.g. lace-wings

Blattodea “insect avoiding light”: 4,000 species,
e.g. cockroaches

Pscoptera “milled wings”: 3,500 species,
e.g. hook lice

Isoptera “equal wings”: 2,750 species,
e.g. termites

Ephemeroptera “living for a day”: 2,500 species,
e.g. mayflies

Phasmatodea “like a ghost”: 2,500 species,
e.g. leaf insects

Mantodea “like a prophet”: 2,000 species
e.g. mantids

Plecoptera “Wickerwork wing”: 2,000 species,
e.g. stoneflies

Siphonaptera “tube without wings”: 2,000 species,
e.g. fleas