Top 10 reasons to study bugs

Kingdom - Animalia
Phylum - Arthropoda
Class - Insecta
Order - Key to the Insect Orders

• What is a dichotomous key?
• Dichotomous keys use visible characteristics
• How do "couplets" work?
• Dichotomous Key Activity

Equipment for Collecting and Preserving Insects

The molting process

Some Common Oklahoma Insects:

American Cockroach Termite Water bug Water strider Cicada Dobsonfly Mantidfly Antlion Ground beetle Whirligig beetle Stag beetle June beetle Grubworm Dung beetle Click beetle

Firefly Lady beetle Blister beetle Boll weevil Crane fly Mosquito Horse fly House fly Blow fly Caddisfly Bagworm Black swallowtail Cloudless sulfur Monarch Tent caterpillar

Luna moth Tomato hornworm Tiger moth Armyworm Tarantula hawk Mud dauber Bumble bee Honey bee Red velvet ant Baldfaced hornet Red wasp Yellowjacket Carpenter ant Pharaoh ant Fire ant

Only two Oklahoma spiders have dangerous bites: the Black Widow and the Brown Recluse