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Silverfish/Lepismatidae/ / p / Thysanura
Filiform antenna

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Cerci Median caudal filament

Fig. Silverfish Fi Sil fi h

Body covered with silvary scales. Last abdominal segment bears a pair of cerci and a median caudal filament. Antenna long and filiform.
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2. Dragonfly/Aeshnidae/ g y/ / Odonata Eye contagious

Stigma present

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Wings dissimilar

Base of the hind wing broader than the base of the front wing

Fig. Dragonfly Body stout and robust. Wings dissimilar, i.e. the base of the hind wings are broader than the base of the fore wings. Wings held horizontally when at rest rest. Compound eyes larger and contagious. Stigma present at apex of the each wing.
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3. Damselfly/Coenagrionidae/ y/ g / Odonata Stigma present

Eyes separate

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Both wings similar Body slender

Fig. Damselfly g y

Body slender. Both wings similar. Compound eyes larger but separated. Stigma present on each wing. Si h i
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4. Short horned grasshopper/Acrididae/ g pp / / Orthoptera

Wings: tegmina Filliform antenna

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Hind leg jumping type

Fig. Short horned grasshopper

Body stout and robust Wings dissimilar, i e the base of the hind wings robust. dissimilar i.e. are broader than the base of the fore wings. f f g Wings held horizontally when at rest. C d l d t i Compound eyes larger and contagious. S g p px f g Stigma present at apex of the each wing. p Department
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5. Long horned grasshopper/Tettigoniidae/ g g pp / g / Orthoptera

Antenna longer Than the body Wings tegmina

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Ovipositor blade like

Fig. Long horned grasshopper Antenna longer than body and and filiform. A t l th b d d d filif Ovipositor sharp, flattened and blade like structure. Hind leg jumping type and tarsi 4 segmented.

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6. Field Cricket/Gryllidae/ Orthoptera

Dull, pale Wings tegmina colored body Ovipositor needle like

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Fig. Field cricket g

Body large dull, usually pale, brownish or black in color. Bd l d ll ll l b i h bl k i l Ovipositor long needle like. A pair of unsegmented cerci present. Fore wings modified into tegmina. Hi d leg jumping type. i Hind l j
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7. Mole Cricket/Gryllotalpidae/ Orthoptera

Wings tegmina Robust body Ovipositor vestigial p g

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Front l F t leg digging type di i t

Fig. Mole i k t Fi M l cricket Robust body body. Ovipositor short and vestigial. p g Front leg greatly enlarged and modified for digging. A pair of long unsegmented cerci present. ir f l td ri r t Fore wings modified into tegmina g f g
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8. Earwig/Forficulidae/ g/ / Dermaptera
Tegmina short Filliform antenna Cerci modified into Forcep like structure

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Fig. Earwig g g

Cerci modified into forcep like structure. f f p k Fore wings short, modified into tegmina and hind wings semi circular and folded beneath the tegmina. b h h i A Antenna short and f f filiform. Tarsi 3 segmented.

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9. Cockroach/Blattidae/ / / Dictyoptera

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Filliform antenna Shield shaped pronotum

Body oval

Fig. Cockroach

Body oval, flattened, head partly or completely covered by the shield like pronotum. Antenna longer than the body filiform. Cursorial or walking and running type leg leg. Fore wings modified into tegmina, hind wings membranous. Mandibulate mouthparts, chewing type

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10. Preying mantid/Mantidae/ y g / / Dictyoptera

Head movable Pro thorax greatly elongated

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Fore leg raptorial O grasping Or g asp g type

Fig. Preying mantid

Head movable Prothorax greatly elongated. Fore l raptorial type adapted for grasping prey. leg l d df
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11. Termite/Termitidae/ / / Isoptera

Antenna moniliform Broad junction between Thorax and abodomen

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Prominent mandible in worker

Fig. Termite
Wings similar when present

Broad junction between thorax and abdomen B d j ti b t th d bd Antenna moniliform, multisegmented. f g Workers with larger head and prominent mandible. Wi d or wingless; winged formed with two pair of wings similar in size and shape, i l i df d ith t i f i i il i i d h Winged f held flat over the adomen at rest. p Department of f Mouthparts chewing type. Chandra Kanta Dash (Assistant Professor) Entomology