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The cicadas ( / sɪˈkɑːdəz, - ˈkeɪ -/) are a superfamily, the Cicadoidea, of insects in the order Hemiptera (true bugs). They are in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha, [ a ] along with smaller jumping bugs such as leafhoppers and froghoppers. The superfamily is divided into two families, the Tettigarctidae, with two species in Australia, and ...
A black fly or blackfly [1] (sometimes called a buffalo gnat, turkey gnat, or white socks) is any member of the family Simuliidae of the Culicomorpha infraorder. It is related to the Ceratopogonidae, Chironomidae, and Thaumaleidae. Over 2,200 species of black flies have been formally named, of which 15 are extinct. [2]
Gnat. A gnat ( / ˈnæt /) is any of many species of tiny flying insects in the dipterid suborder Nematocera, especially those in the families Mycetophilidae, Anisopodidae and Sciaridae. [ 1] Most often they fly in large numbers, called clouds. "Gnat" is a loose descriptive category rather than a phylogenetic or other technical term, so there ...
Aphids are small sap -sucking insects and members of the superfamily Aphidoidea. Common names include greenfly and blackfly, [a] although individuals within a species can vary widely in color. The group includes the fluffy white woolly aphids.
Hemiptera ( / hɛˈmɪptərə /; from Ancient Greek hemipterus 'half-winged') is an order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, assassin bugs, bed bugs, and shield bugs.
The boxelder bug ( Boisea trivittata ), also called box bug, maple bug or, inaccurately, box beetle, is a species of true bug native to eastern North America. The western boxelder bug Boisea rubrolineata is a relative of this species and is native to western North America. Boxelder bugs are found primarily on boxelder trees, as well as on maple ...
Armadillidiidae is a family of woodlice, a terrestrial crustacean group in the order Isopoda. Unlike members of some other woodlice families, members of this family can roll into a ball, an ability they share with the outwardly similar but unrelated pill millipedes and other animals. This ability gives woodlice in this family their common names ...
Fleas are wingless insects, 1.5 to 3.3 millimetres ( 16 to 8 inch) long, that are agile, usually dark colored (for example, the reddish-brown of the cat flea ), with a proboscis, or stylet, adapted to feeding by piercing the skin and sucking their host's blood through their epipharynx.