Insect Arium

Orders of insects in Malaysia Compiled by WTKhoo
1. Coleoptera Beetles:
Leaf bettle, ladybird, rhinoceros beetle, fireflies
Hard forewings
(Elytra) meet in
straight line
down the
abdomen
Membraneous
hindwings folded
underneath the
elytra.
2. Hemiptera/ Bugs and hoppers:

Homoptera water boatman, red bugs, stink/shield bugs, plant bugs, bed bugs, assassin bugs, squash bugs,
seed bugs, lantern bugs, bed bugs, water striders, backswimmers and water scorpions
Posterior thorax
with a triangular
scutellum
3rd part of the

wings are clear.
Water boatman Red bugs
Stink bugs
plant bugs Water strider/ pond skater

1
Bed bug Assassin bug
3. Lepidoptera Butterflies, moths, skippers

[Tips: A butterflys antennae are club-shaped with a long shaft and a bulb at the end. A
moths antennae are feathery or saw-edged, skippers normally have fat fury bodies.]
Butterflies
Moths
2
Skippers
4. Odonata Dragonflies, damselflies

[Tips: Dragonflies have much larger eyes than damselflies]
5. Hymenoptera Wasps, ants and bees,:
Honeybee Hornet Ant Yellow jacket Wasp
3
6. Isoptera Termites
Wing or
wingless
7. Blattodea Cockroach
Zebra stripe cockroach
forest cockroach in Sarawak Orange-spotted cockroach
4
8. Orthoptera Grasshoppers, katydids and crickets

[Tips: Grasshoppers and locusts have a row of sharp pegs on the backs of their legs and
Rear legs for produce their sound by rubbing these combs together, slimmer body and shorter
hopping antennae. Katydids and crickets, however, create their sounds by rubbing their wings
together, long antennae (sometimes longer than their body) and a more round or robust body
shape that usually resembles a leaf, even down to the veins in the leaf.
Monkey Grasshopper in Perak
Lef- mimic grasshoppers: Systella rafflesii
Pseudophyllinae katydids
Leaf-rolling cricket in Selangor
5
9. Diptera Flies (crane fly , Horse bot fly, horse fly, bee fly, louse fly , gall midge, robber fly ) and
Mosquitoes
2nd pair of wings
modified into
club- shaped
halters
Hairy body
(usually)
crane fly Horse bot fly (No sting, paler band, House fly
larger than bee)
Horse Fly (black/green eyes)
10. Mantodea Praying mantid
11. Phasmida / Stick insects and Leaf mimicking insects

Phasmatodea
Gray leaf insect
6
12. Mayflies/ shadflies/ fishflies

Ephemeroptera
Soft bodies with

2 long ceri/ tail
fibers.
Gills Mayflies/ Shadflies
Fishflies
13. Dermaptera Earwigs

Long, flat body
with pincer/
forceps at the
end of abdomen.
Short hard
forewings and
membranous
hind wings
folded
underneath
Slender many-
jointed antennae.
Large jaw/
mandible on
head
7
14. Mecoptera Scorpion flies
Last abdominal
segments curved
like scorpion
Two pairs of
narrow wings
Head elongated
into a beak
(rostrum)
Long antenna
15. Trichoptera Caddisflies

[Tips: Moths have scaly wings, feathery/saw-edged antennae. Caddisflies have hairy wings,
(Trichoptera = long and simple antennae.]
Greek 'hairy
wing')
two pairs of
hairy
membranous
wings
moth-like insects
8
16. Plecoptera Stoneflies

[Tips: Mayfly has one claw at the end of each leg, Stonefly has two, giving it six pairs of
2 cerci at the tip claws. Mayfly carries its broad and leaf-like gills along both sides of its abdomen but not in
of abdomen Stonefly. Stonefly has 2 oe 3 ocelli but not in mayfly.]
Elongated,
flattened, soft
body
2 pairs of
membranous
wings that are
held curved
around the body
at rest. Some
wingless while
others have Nymph Adult
reduced wings
9
Wingless
Insects
17. Thysanura Silverfish

Flat, long bodies
Long antennae
Three, long, tail

like appendages
Damage books
18. Fleas
Siphonaptera [Tips: Ticks are arachnid as they have 4 pairs of appendages]
Bodies laterally
compressed
Enlarged hind
jumping legs
Very short
antenna
19. Louse
Phthiraptera
Usually less than

10mm in length
Short, stubby
antennae
20. Collembora Springtails help in decomposition and nutrient cycling in the soil
wingless soft-
bodied hexapods
1 3mm in
length
10
21. Neuroptera Lacewings and antlions
Soft bodied up
to 50mm in
length.
Lace-like wings
Filamentous or
clubbed antennae
Lacewings
Antlions
22. Zoraptera Angel insects
No eyes
Small and soft
bodied
Beaded/monilifo
rm antennae
Found in
decaying wood
23. Embioptera Webspinner

[Tips: It has a pair of enlarged front tarsi which contains silk glands used to create the
4-15mm in body galleries they live in]
length
2 short cerci
Female are
wingless
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Orders of insects in Malaysia Compiled by WTKhoo

2. Hemiptera/ Bugs and hoppers:

3rd part of the

Water boatman Red bugs

plant bugs Water strider/ pond skater

Bed bug Assassin bug

3. Lepidoptera Butterflies, moths, skippers

4. Odonata Dragonflies, damselflies

5. Hymenoptera Wasps, ants and bees,:

Honeybee Hornet Ant Yellow jacket Wasp

Zebra stripe cockroach

forest cockroach in Sarawak Orange-spotted cockroach

8. Orthoptera Grasshoppers, katydids and crickets

Monkey Grasshopper in Perak

Lef- mimic grasshoppers: Systella rafflesii

Leaf-rolling cricket in Selangor

Horse Fly (black/green eyes)

10. Mantodea Praying mantid

11. Phasmida / Stick insects and Leaf mimicking insects

Gray leaf insect

12. Mayflies/ shadflies/ fishflies

Soft bodies with

Gills Mayflies/ Shadflies

13. Dermaptera Earwigs

14. Mecoptera Scorpion flies

15. Trichoptera Caddisflies

16. Plecoptera Stoneflies

17. Thysanura Silverfish

Three, long, tail

Usually less than

21. Neuroptera Lacewings and antlions

22. Zoraptera Angel insects

23. Embioptera Webspinner

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