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4-H INSECT IDENTIFICATION CONTEST -- Nebraska State Fair, 2018 Key for Answer Sheet Letter Order Name No. Common Name No. Common Name A Blattodea 1 Ant Black Carpenter 51 Dragonfly Twelvespotted Skimmer B Coleoptera 2 Ant Velvet 52 Earwig European C Collembola 3 Antlion 53 Firebrat D Dermaptera 4 Aphid Giant Bark 54 Flea Cat E Diptera 5 Bee Bumble 55 Fly Black Horse F Ephemeroptera 6 Bee Honey 56 Fly Crane G Hemiptera-Auchenorrhyncha 7 Bee Leafcutter 57 Fly Flesh H Hemiptera-Heteroptera 8 Beetle Colorado Potato 58 Fly Green Bottle I Hemiptera-Sternorrhyncha 9 Beetle Cottonwood Borer 59 Fly Longlegged J Hymenoptera 10 Beetle Dogbane Leaf 60 Fly Mydas K Isoptera 11 Beetle Eastern Firefly 61 Fly Picturewinged L Lepidoptera 12 Beetle Emerald Ash Borer 62 Fly Robber M Mantodea 13 Beetle Fiery Hunter Ground 63 Fly Syrphid (Hover) N Megaloptera 14 Beetle Green June 64 Grasshopper Differential O Neuroptera 15 Beetle Japanese 65 Grasshopper Haldemann's P Odonata 16 Beetle Masked Chafer 66 Grasshopper Obscure Bird Q Orthoptera 17 Beetle Multicolored Asian Lady 67 Grasshopper Twostriped R Phasmida / Phasmatodea 18 Beetle Rhubarb Curculio 68 Katydid Broadwinged S Phthiraptera 19 Beetle Soldier 69 Lacewing Green T Plecoptera 20 Beetle Water Scavenger 70 Leafhopper Redlined U Psocoptera 21 Booklouse 71 Louse Head V Siphonaptera 22 Bug Bed 72 Mantid Carolina W Thysanoptera 23 Bug Boxelder 73 Mantid Chinese X Thysanura 24 Bug Brown Marmorated Stink 74 Mayfly Giant Y Trichoptera 25 Bug Giant Water 75 Mosquito 26 Bug Lace 76 Moth Bagworm 27 Bug Squash 77 Moth Cecropia 28 Bug Wheel 78 Moth Corn Earworm 29 Butterfly Alfalfa 79 Moth Polyphemus 30 Butterfly Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 80 Moth Squash Vine Borer 31 Butterfly Monarch 81 Moth Tomato Hornworm 32 Butterfly Painted Lady 82 Moth Whitelined Sphinx 33 Butterfly Red Admiral 83 Owlfly 34 Butterfly Viceroy 84 Psyllid Hackberry Nipplegall 35 Butterfly Zebra Swallowtail 85 Scale Fletcher Soft 36 Caddisfly Giant 86 Scale Oystershell 37 Cicada Bush-Prairie 87 Spittlebug Twolined 38 Cicada Periodical 88 Springtail Long-bodied 39 Cicada Silverbellied 89 Stonefly Giant 40 Cockroach German 90 Termite Subterranean 41 Cockroach Oriental 91 Thrips Flower 42 Cockroach Pennsylvania Wood 92 Treehopper Buffalo 43 Cricket Camel/Cave 93 Treehopper Twomarked 44 Cricket Field 94 Walkingstick 45 Cricket Northern Mole 95 Wasp Cicada Killer 46 Cricket Tree 96 Wasp Eastern Yellowjacket 47 Damselfly Ebony Jewelwing 97 Wasp Ichneumon 48 Damselfly Familiar Bluet 98 Wasp Mud Dauber 49 Dobsonfly 99 Wasp Oak Bullet Gall 50 Dragonfly Green Darner 100 Wasp Paper.

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