Claire Weiss' Online Dicotomous Insect Identification Key
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Key to Order


 
 



What type of mouthparts does your insect have?
 
 
 

thin, long haustilate rostrum                                        short, mandibulate
    that is opisthognathous                                            not opisthognathous
 
 

           Examples of insects with these mouthparts        Examples of insects with these mouthparts
 
 
 

What are mouthparts?
















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