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Fact Sheets

Current Fact Sheets are listed below and are arranged alphabetically by order, family, then common names. Click the PDF links to see the individual fact sheets. For information on how to create a fact sheet, please contact Dr. Pat Wooden (PLW161@msstate.edu) for details. If you feel comfortable getting started on a fact sheet, a downloadable fact sheet template is available (docx), Completed fact sheets should be submitted to Dr. Pat Wooden (PLW161@msstate.edu) for review.

Blattodea - cockroaches

Cockroaches [PDF]

Coleoptera - beetles

CARABIDAE
Trechus [PDF]

CERAMBYCIDAE
Asian Longhorn Beetle [PDF]
Longhorned Beetles [PDF]

BUPRESTIDAE
Jewel Beetle [PDF]

GYRINIDAE
Whirligig [PDF]

HISTERIDAE
Clown Beetles [PDF]

SCARABAEIDAE
Eastern Hercules Beetle [PDF]
Green June Beetle [PDF]
Japanese Beetle [PDF]

STAPHYLINIDAE
Rove Beetle [PDF]

Diptera - Flies

ASILIDAE
Robber Fly [PDF]

TABANIDAE
Horse Fly [PDF]

Hemiptera - leaf and plant hoppers, cicadas, true bugs

BELOSTOMATIDAE
Giant Water Bug [PDF]

CICADIDAE
Cicada [PDF]

LYGAEIDAE
Milkweed Bug [PDF]

MEMBRACIDAE
Treehopper [PDF]

PENTATOMIDAE
Brown Marmorated Stinkbug [PDF]

REDUVIIDAE
Wheel Bug [PDF]

Hymenoptera - ants, bees, and wasps

APIDAE
Bumblebee [PDF]
Honey Bee [PDF]

CRABRONIDAE
Giant Cicada Killer [PDF]

POMPILIDAE
Spider Wasp, [PDF]

SCOLIIDAE
Scoliid Wasp [PDF]

VESPIDAE
Paper Wasp [PDF]

Lepidoptera - butterflies and moths

PAPILIONIDAE
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail [PDF]

NYMPHALIDAE
Brush Footed Butterflies [PDF]
Monarch Butterfly [PDF]

SPHINGIDAE
Sphinx Moths [PDF]

Mantodea - Mantids

MANTIDAE
Carolina Mantis [PDF]

Megaloptera - alderflies, dobsonflies, and fishflies

CORYDALIDAE
Dobsonfly [PDF]

Odonata - dragonflies and damselflies

LIBELLULIDAE
Blue Dasher [PDF]

Orthoptera - crickets, grasshoppers, and katydids

GRYLLOTALPIDAE
Mole Cricket [PDF]

TETTIGONIIDAE
Katydids [PDF]

Plecoptera - stoneflies

Stoneflies [PDF]