Insect Taxonomy
Class Insecta
               Subclass Apterygota--------------------------Order Thysanura (Silverfish/Birstletails)
                                                                           Order Collombola  (Springtails)

               Subclass Pterygota---------------------------Order Ephemeroptera  (Mayflies)
                                                                           Order Odonata (Damselflies and Dragonflies)
                                                                           Order Blattaria  (Cockroaches)
                                                                           Order Mantodea (Mantids)
                                                                           Order Isoptera  (Termites)
                                                                           Order Grylloblattaria  (Ice Insects or Rock Crawlers)
                                                                           Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers/Crickets/Katydids)
                                                                           Order Phasmida  (Stick Insects)
                                                                           Order Dermaptera  (Earwigs)
                                                                           Order Embiidina  (Silk Spinners)
                                                                           Order Plecoptera  (Stoneflies)
                                                                           Order Psocoptera  (Bark Lice/Book Lice)
                                                                           Order Phthiraptera  (Lice)----Suborder Amblycera
                                                                                                                      Suborder Ischnocera
                                                                                                                      Suborder Anoplura
                                                                           Order Thysanoptera  (Thrips)
                                                                           Order Hemiptera (True Bugs)
                                                                           Order Homoptera--------------Suborder Auchenorrhyncha  (Cicadas/Leafhoppers etc.)
                                                                                                                      Suborder Sternorrhyncha  (Aphids)                     
                                                                           Order Neuroptera (Nerve Winged Insects)
                                                                           Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
                                                                           Order Strepsiptera  (Twisted-Winged Parasites)
                                                                           Order Mecoptera (Scorpionflies)
                                                                           Order Siphonaptera  (Fleas)
                                                                           Order Diptera (Flies)
                                                                           Order Trichoptera (Caddisflies)
                                                                           Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
                                                                           Order Hymenoptera (Bees/Wasps/Ants)