4-H Study Materials - Intermediate List

4-H Study Materials
for Entomology Contests

January 2003

Study List for Intermediate Participants (Ages 12-13)
	Common Name	Order	Host or Location	Significance
1.	Springtails	Collembola	Surface of puddles	Variable
2.	Silverfish	Thysanura	Trunk, closet	Pest
3.	Mayflies	Ephemeroptera	Near water	Inconsequential
4.	Black-winged damselfly	Odonata	Stream	Beneficial
5.	Green darner	Odonata	Stream	Beneficial
6.	Stoneflies	Plecoptera	Near water	Inconsequential
7.	Banded-winged grasshoppers	Orthoptera	Pasture	Pest
8.	Differential grasshopper	Orthoptera	Pasture	Pest
9.	Long-horned grasshoppers	Orthoptera	Shrubs/grass	Pest
10.	Mole crickets	Orthoptera	Sandy soil	Pest
11.	Snowy tree cricket	Orthoptera	Trees	Pest
12.	True katydid	Orthoptera	Trees	Pest
13.	American cockroach	Blattaria	House	Pest
14.	German cockroach	Blattaria	House	Pest
15.	Oriental cockroach	Blattaria	House	Pest
16.	Praying mantids	Mantodea	Shrubs, vegetation	Beneficial
17.	Walkingsticks	Phasmida	Shrubs, vegetation	Pest
18.	Earwigs	Dermaptera	Ground trash	Pest
19.	Termites	Isoptera	Wood, stumps	Pest
20.	Barklice	Psocoptera	Tree trunk	Pest
21.	Booklice	Psocoptera	Libraries, papers, books	Pest
22.	Chicken head louse	Phthiraptera (Mallophaga)	Poultry	Pest
23.	Head louse	Phthiraptera (Anoplura)	Humans	Pest
24.	Hog louse	Phthiraptera (Anoplura)	Swine	Pest
25.	Short-nosed cattle louse	Phthiraptera (Anoplura)	Cattle	Pest
26.	Backswimmer	Hemiptera	Pond	Beneficial
27.	Chinch bug	Hemiptera	Grass	Pest
28.	Cotton fleahopper	Hemiptera	Cotton	Pest
29.	Giant water bug	Hemiptera	Water, ponds	Pest
30.	Green stink bug	Hemiptera	Weeds	Pest
31.	Harlequin bug	Hemiptera	Cole crops	Pest
32.	Leaffooted bug	Hemiptera	Plants, weeds	Pest
33.	Squash bug	Hemiptera	Squash	Pest
34.	Toad bug	Hemiptera	Shoreline	Beneficial
35.	Water striders	Hemiptera	Pond	Beneficial
36.	Thrips	Thysanoptera	Flowers	Variable
37.	Aphids	Homoptera	Corn, sorghum	Pest
38.	Armored scales	Homoptera	Trees, shrubs	Pest
39.	Cicadas	Homoptera	Trees	Pest
40.	Greenbug	Homoptera	Small grains	Pest
41.	Leafhoppers	Homoptera	Grasses	Pest
42.	Soft scales	Homoptera	Ornamental trees	Pest
43.	Antlions	Neuroptera	Plants	Beneficial
44.	Dobsonflies	Neuroptera	Stream	Beneficial
45.	Lacewings	Neuroptera	Alfalfa	Beneficial
46.	Blister beetles	Coleoptera	Plants, alfalfa, weeds	Pest
47.	Boll weevil	Coleoptera	Cotton	Pest
48.	Caterpillar hunter	Coleoptera	Woodland	Beneficial
49.	Colorado potato beetle	Coleoptera	Potatoes	Pest
50.	Maize weevil (rice weevil)	Coleoptera	Stored grain	Pest
51.	Cottonwood borer	Coleoptera	Cottonwood trees	Pest
52.	Fireflies (lightningbugs)	Coleoptera	Weeds	Inconsequential
53.	Lady beetles	Coleoptera	Weeds	Beneficial
54.	Lesser grain borer	Coleoptera	Stored grain	Pest
55.	May beetles (June beetles or Junebugs)	Coleoptera	Shrubs	Pest
56.	Plum curculio	Coleoptera	Peaches	Pest
57.	Spotted cucumber beetle	Coleoptera	Weeds	Pest
58.	Sweet potato weevil	Coleoptera	Sweet potatoes	Pest
59.	Tiger beetles	Coleoptera	Shady trails	Beneficial
60.	Scorpionflies	Mecoptera	Plants	Inconsequential
61.	Caddisflies	Trichoptera	Near stream	Inconsequential
62.	Alfalfa caterpillar (clouded sulfur)	Lepidoptera	Alfalfa	Pest
63.	Bagworm	Lepidoptera	Juniper	Pest
64.	Black swallowtail	Lepidoptera	Carrots, weeds	Pest
65.	Bollworm or corn earworm	Lepidoptera	Cotton, corn, other crops	Pest
66.	Cabbage looper	Lepidoptera	General feeder	Pest
67.	Fall webworm	Lepidoptera	Pecans	Pest
68.	Giant swallowtail	Lepidoptera	Citrus	Pest
69.	Gray hairstreak (Cotton square borer)	Lepidoptera	Cotton	Pest
70.	Greater wax moth	Lepidoptera	Beehive	Pest
71.	Luna moth	Lepidoptera	Oak	Pest
72.	Monarch	Lepidoptera	Milkweed	Pest
73.	Pink bollworm	Lepidoptera	Cotton	Pest
74.	Polyphemus	Lepidoptera	Oaks	Pest
75.	Red admiral	Lepidoptera	Nettles	Inconsequential
76.	Silver-spotted skipper	Lepidoptera	Black locust	Inconsequential
77.	Tomato hornworm	Lepidoptera	Tomatoes	Pest
78.	Underwing moths	Lepidoptera	Trees	Inconsequential
79.	Wood nymph	Lepidoptera	Thick woods	Inconsequential
80.	Common cattle grub	Diptera	Cattle	Pest
81.	Crane flies	Diptera	Meadow	Inconsequential
82.	Fruit flies	Diptera	Ripe & rotten fruit	Pest
83.	Horn fly	Diptera	Cattle	Pest
84.	Horse fly	Diptera	Woodlands	Pest
85.	House fly	Diptera	Barn	Pest
86.	Mosquitoes	Diptera	Yard and meadow	Pest
87.	Sorghum midge	Diptera	Sorghum	Pest
88.	Syrphid fly (flower fly)	Diptera	Flowers	Beneficial
89.	Fleas	Siphonaptera	Cat, dog	Pest
90.	Bumblebees	Hymenoptera	Meadow	Beneficial
91.	Cicada killer	Hymenoptera	Soil	Beneficial
92.	Honeybee	Hymenoptera	Flowers	Beneficial
93.	Mud daubers	Hymenoptera	Buildings	Beneficial
94.	Red imported fire ant	Hymenoptera	Pastures, lawns	Pest
95.	Red harvester ant	Hymenoptera	Pastures	Pest
96.	Velvet ants	Hymenoptera	Soil	Pest
97.	Yellowjackets	Hymenoptera	House eaves	Pest
98.	Lone star tick	Acari	Cattle	Pest
99.	Spider mites	Acari	Plants	Pest
100.	Crab spiders	Araneae	Flowers	Beneficial
101.	Recluse spiders	Araneae	Board piles	Pest
102.	Widow spiders	Araneae	Woodlots	Pest
103.	Wolf spiders	Araneae	Under rocks	Beneficial
104.	Yellow garden spider	Araneae	Garden	Beneficial
105.	Scorpions	Scorpionida	Log piles	Pest
106.	Sun spiders (Wind scorpions)	Solpugida	Arid regions	Inconsequential

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