Study List of Some Common Insects in Texas

X. Study List of Some Common Insects in Texas


	Common Name	Order	Host or Location
1.	Water springtail	Collembola	Surface of puddles
2.	Silverfish	Thysanura	Trunk, closet
3.	Mayfly	Ephemeroptera	Near water
4.	Green darner	Odonata	Stream
5.	Black-winged damselfly	Odonata	Stream
6.	Stonefly	Plecoptera	Near water
7.	True katydid	Orthoptera	Trees
8.	Carolina grasshopper	Orthoptera	Pasture
9.	Snowy tree cricket	Orthoptera	Trees
10.	Differential grasshopper	Orthoptera	Pasture
11.	Long-horned grasshopper	Orthoptera	Shrubs/grass
12.	Mole cricket	Orthoptera	Sandy soil
13.	German cockroach	Blattaria	Home
14.	American cockroach	Blattaria	Home
15.	Praying mantids	Mantodea	Shrubs, vegetation
16.	Walkingstick	Phasmida	Shrubs, vegetation
17.	Earwig	Dermaptera	Ground trash
18.	Subterranean termite	Isoptera	Wood, stumps
19.	Booklouse	Psocoptera	Libraries, papers, books
20.	Barklouse	Psocoptera	Tree trunk
21.	Chicken head louse	Phthiraptera (Mallophaga)	Poultry
22.	Short-nosed cattle louse	Phthiraptera (Anoplura)	Cattle
23.	Human body louse	Phthiraptera (Anoplura)	Humans
24.	Hog louse	Phthiraptera (Anoplura)	Swine
25.	Cotton fleahopper	Hemiptera	Cotton
26.	False chinch bug	Hemiptera	Grain sorghum
27.	Large milkweed bug	Hemiptera	Milkweed
28.	Ambush bug	Hemiptera	Flowers
29.	Backswimmer	Hemiptera	Pond
30.	Water striders	Hemiptera	Pond
31.	Water scorpions	Hemiptera	Stream
32.	Water boatman	Hemiptera	Pond
33.	Toad bug	Hemiptera	Shoreline
34.	Green stink bug	Hemiptera	Weeds
35.	Harlequin bug	Hemiptera	Cole crops
36.	Leaffooted bug	Hemiptera	Plants, weeds
37.	Tarnished plant bug	Hemiptera	Plants, weeds
38.	Squash bug	Hemiptera	Squash
39.	Chinch bug	Hemiptera	Grass
40.	Giant water bug	Hemiptera	Water, ponds
41.	Western flower thrips	Thysanoptera	Cotton
42.	Onion thrips	Thysanoptera	Onions
43.	Leafhopper	Homoptera	Grasses
44.	San Jose scale	Homoptera	Fruit trees
45.	Greenbug	Homoptera	Small grain
46.	Obscure scale	Homoptera	Pecans
47.	Pecan phylloxera	Homoptera	Pecans
48.	Buffalo treehopper	Homoptera	Trees
49.	Spittlebug	Homoptera	Alfalfa
50.	Corn leaf aphid	Homoptera	Corn, sorghum
51.	Cicada	Homoptera	Trees
52.	Mantispid	Neuroptera	Woodlots
53.	Antlion	Neuroptera	Plants
54.	Dobsonfly	Neuroptera	Stream
55.	Green lacewing	Neuroptera	Alfalfa
56.	Carpet beetle	Coleoptera	Wool carpets
57.	Corn or rice weevil	Coleoptera	Stored grain
58.	Pea weevil	Coleoptera	Stored grain
59.	Confused flour beetle	Coleoptera	Stored grain
60.	Flat grain beetle	Coleoptera	Stored grain
61.	Lesser grain borer	Coleoptera	Stored grain
62.	Sawtoothed grain beetle	Coleoptera	Stored grain
63.	Alfalfa weevil	Coleoptera	Alfalfa
64.	Striped blister beetle	Coleoptera	Plants, alfalfa, weeds
65.	Flat-headed borer	Coleoptera	Trees
66.	Plum curculio	Coleoptera	Peaches
67.	Boll weevil	Coleoptera	Cotton
68.	Tiger beetle	Coleoptera	Shady trails
69.	Carrion beetle	Coleoptera	Dead animals
70.	Carrot beetle	Coleoptera	Sunflowers
71.	Colorado potato beetle	Coleoptera	Potatoes
72.	Spotted cucumber beetle	Coleoptera	Weeds
73.	Rhinoceros beetle	Coleoptera	Woodland
74.	Firefly or lightningbug	Coleoptera	Weeds
75.	May beetle or junebug	Coleoptera	Shrubs
76.	Lady beetle	Coleoptera	Weeds
77.	Old house borer	Coleoptera	Lumber
78.	Sweet potato weevil	Coleoptera	Sweet potatoes
79.	Flea beetle	Coleoptera	Weeds
80.	Caterpillar hunter	Coleoptera	Woodland
81.	Predaceous diving beetle	Coleoptera	Ponds
82.	Water scavenger beetle	Coleoptera	Stream
83.	Whirlygig beetle	Coleoptera	Stream
84.	Unicorn beetle	Coleoptera	Woodland
85.	Locust borer	Coleoptera	Black locust
86.	Soldier beetle	Coleoptera	Flowers
87.	Scorpionfly	Mecoptera	Plants
88.	Caddisfly	Trichoptera	Near stream
89.	Clothes moth	Lepidoptera	Stored woolens
90.	Angoumois grain moth	Lepidoptera	Stored grain
91.	Tomato hornworm	Lepidoptera	Tomatoes
92.	Cabbage looper	Lepidoptera	General feeder
93.	Bollworm or corn earworm	Lepidoptera	Cotton, corn, other crops
94.	Variegated cutworm	Lepidoptera	General feeder
95.	Peach tree borer	Lepidoptera	Peach trees
96.	Fall webworm	Lepidoptera	Pecans
97.	Pecan nut casebearer	Lepidoptera	Pecans
98.	Cotton leafworm	Lepidoptera	Cotton
99.	Armyworm	Lepidoptera	Grasses
100.	Sorghum webworm	Lepidoptera	Grain sorghum
101.	Pink bollworm	Lepidoptera	Cotton
102.	Fall armyworm	Lepidoptera	Grasses
103.	Viceroy	Lepidoptera	Poplar
104.	Buckeye	Lepidoptera	Plantain
105.	Mourningcloak butterfly	Lepidoptera	Willow
106.	Cabbage butterfly	Lepidoptera	Cole crops
107.	Cecropia	Lepidoptera	Oak
108.	Bagworm	Lepidoptera	Juniper
109.	Leopard moth	Lepidoptera	Weeds
110.	Red admiral	Lepidoptera	Nettles
111.	Question mark	Lepidoptera	Elms
112.	Wood nymph	Lepidoptera	Thick woods
113.	Gray hairstreak (Cotton square borer)	Lepidoptera	Cotton
114.	Alfalfa caterpillar	Lepidoptera	Alfalfa
115.	Giant swallowtail	Lepidoptera	Citrus
116.	Black swallowtail	Lepidoptera	Carrots, weeds
117.	Tiger swallowtail	Lepidoptera	Cherry
118.	White-lined sphinx	Lepidoptera	Around lights
119.	Salt-marsh caterpillar	Lepidoptera	Grasses, weeds
120.	Polyphemus	Lepidoptera	Oaks
121.	Io moth	Lepidoptera	Trees, corn
122.	Underwing moths	Lepidoptera	Trees
123.	Luna moth	Lepidoptera	Oak
124.	Monarch	Lepidoptera	Milkweed
125.	Eastern tent caterpillar	Lepidoptera	Cherry, plum
126.	Silver-spotted skipper	Lepidoptera	Black locust
127.	Carpenter moth	Lepidoptera	Trees
128.	Greater wax moth	Lepidoptera	Beehive
129.	Common cattle grub	Diptera	Cattle
130.	Horn fly	Diptera	Cattle
131.	Stable fly	Diptera	Cattle
132.	Screwworm	Diptera	Cattle
133.	Housefly	Diptera	Barn
134.	Sorghum midge	Diptera	Grain sorghum
135.	Bee fly	Diptera	Flowers
136.	Syrphid fly(flower fly)	Diptera	Flowers
137.	Fruit fly	Diptera	Ripe & rotten fruit
138.	Mydas fly	Diptera	Woodlands
139.	Buffalo gnat	Diptera	Stream
140.	Crane fly	Diptera	Meadow
141.	Horsefly	Diptera	Woodland
142.	Deer fly	Diptera	Woodland
143.	Mosquito	Diptera	Yard and meadow
144.	Cat flea	Siphonaptera	Cat
145.	Red harvester ant	Hymenoptera	Seed plants
146.	Potter wasps	Hymenoptera	Building
147.	Velvet ants	Hymenoptera	Soil
148.	Cicada killer	Hymenoptera	Soil
149.	Baldfaced hornet	Hymenoptera	Woodlands
150.	Leafcutting bee	Hymenoptera	Flowers
151.	Yellowjacket	Hymenoptera	House eaves
152.	Horntail	Hymenoptera	Logs
153.	Carpenter bee	Hymenoptera	Fence post
154.	Honeybee	Hymenoptera	Flowers
155.	Mud dauber	Hymenoptera	Buildings
156.	Bumblebee	Hymenoptera	Meadow
157.	Texas leafcutting ant	Hymenoptera	Woodlands
158.	Lone star tick	Acari	Cattle
159.	Fowl tick (blue bug)	Acari	Poultry
160.	Black widow spider	Araneae	Woodlot
161.	Brown recluse spider	Araneae	Homes
162.	Trapdoor spider	Araneae	Soil
163.	Black and yellow argiope	Araneae	Garden
164.	Wolfspiders	Araneae	Under rocks
165.	Crab spiders	Araneae	Flowers
166.	Jumping spiders	Araneae	Garden
167.	Scorpion	Scorpionida	Log pile
168.	Sun spiders	Solpugida	Arid regions
169.	Spider mite	Acarina	Plants

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Last modified: July 22, 1997 by Rudolf Bendixen