Welcome to OPIC, The Online Photo Insect Collection created by Tim Salazar and Dave Gross of Pueblo, Colorado.

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OPIC
Online Photo Insect Collection
Tim Salazar & Dave Gross

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http://www.insectphotos.net/

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Old OPIC links still here, no new updates, UNDER DESTRUCTION!!

 

The Life Tree
For a more complete listing see: The Tree of Life Web Project

  • Life: All living things.
  •     Eubacteria: True Bacteria
  •         Cyanobacteria
  •     Eukaryotes: Plants, Fungi, Animals
  •         Porifera: Sponges
  •         Cnidaria: Sea Anemones, Corals, Jellyfish, Sea Pens
  •         Arthropoda: Insects, Spiders, Crustaceans, etc.
  •         Onychophora: Velvet Worms
  •         Annelida: Segmented Worms
  •         Mollusca: Snails, Clams, Mussels, Squids, and Octopi
  •         Nemertea: Ribbon Worms
  •         Platyhelminthes: Flatworms, Tapeworms
  •         Chordata: Vertebrates
  •         Echinodermata: Spiny-skinned animals: Sea Urchins, Starfish
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    Arthropoda
    Insects, Spiders, Crustaceans, etc.

  • Arthropoda
  •    Hexapoda: Insects, Springtails, Silverfish, etc.
  •    Crustacea: Crabs, Lobsters, Shrimp, Barnacles, etc.
  •    Diplopoda: Millipedes
  •    Chilopoda: Centipedes
  •    Arachnida: Spiders, Ticks, Mites, Scorpions, etc.
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    Hexapoda
    Insects, Springtails, Diplurans, and Proturans

  • Collembola: Springtails
  • Protura: Proturans
  • Diplura: Diplurans
  • Insecta: Insects
  •     Archaeognatha: Bristletails
  •     Thysanura: Silverfish and Firebrats
  •     Pterygota: Winged insects with gradual or simple metamorphosis
  •         Ephemeroptera: Mayflies
  •             Schistonota
  •             Pannota
  •         Odonata: Dragonflies and Damselflies
  •             Zygoptera
  •             Anisozygoptera
  •             Anisoptera
  •         Neoptera:
  •             Hemipteroid_Assemblage: Bugs, Lice, etc.
  •                 Psocoptera: (booklice)
  •                 Phthiraptera: (Lice)
  •                 Thysanoptera: (Thrips)
  •                 Hemiptera: (Bugs, Cicadas, Leafhoppers, etc.)
  •                     Sternorrhyncha: (Aphids, Whiteflies, etc.)
  •                     Auchenorrhyncha: (Cicadas, Leafhoppers, Treehoppers, etc.)
  •                     Coleorrhyncha
  •                     Heteroptera: (True bugs)
  •             Endopterygota: Beetles, Wasps, Moths, Flies, etc.
  •                 Megaloptera: (Dobsonflies, Alderflies, etc.)
  •                 Raphidioptera: (Snakeflies)
  •                 Neuroptera: (Lacewings, Antlions, Owlflies, etc.)
  •                 Coleoptera: (Beetles)
  •                 Hymenoptera: (Wasps, bees, ants)
  •                 Trichoptera: (Caddisflies)
  •                 Lepidoptera: (Butterflies, Moths)
  •                 Mecoptera: (Scorpionflies, Hangingflies)
  •                 Siphonaptera: (Fleas)
  •                 Diptera: (True Flies)
  •             Plecoptera: (Stoneflies)
  •             Grylloblattodea: (Rock Crawlers, Icebugs) [Greek "gryll" meaning cricket and "blatta" meaning cockroach]
  •             Dermaptera: (Earwigs)
  •             Orthoptera: (Crickets, Katydids, Grasshoppers, etc.)
  •                 Ensifera: (Long-horned Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
  •                 Caelifera: (Shorthorned Grasshoppers, and Locusts)
  •             Dictyoptera: (Cockroaches, Termites, Mantids)
  •                 Isoptera: (Termites)
  •                 Mantodea: (Praying Mantids)
  •                 Blattaria: (Cockroaches)
  •             Phasmida: (Timema, Stick and Leaf Insects)
  •                 Euphasmida: (Stick and Leaf Insects)
  •             Embiidina: (Web-spinners)
  •             Zoraptera: (Zorapterans, Angel Insects) [Greek "zor" meaning pure and "aptera" meaning wingless]
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    Arachnida
    Spiders, Ticks, Mites, Scorpions, etc.

  • Arachnida
  •     Palpigradi: (Microwhipscorpions)
  •     Araneae: Spiders
  •         Mygalomorphae: (Tarantulas, Trapdoor Spiders)
  •         Araneomorphae: (Most Spiders, Orb Weavers, Jumping Spiders)
  •     Amblypygi: (Scorpion-Spiders or Tailless Whipscorpions)
  •     Thelyphonida: (Whipscorpions)
  •     Schizomida
  •     Ricinulei
  •     Acari: (Ticks, Mites)
  •     Opiliones: (Daddy-long-legs)
  •     Scorpionida: (Scorpions)
  •     Pseudoscorpiones: (False Scorpions)
  •     Solifugae: (Windscorpions)
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    Copyright 2002    Tim Salazar

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