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Ants have 3 distinct body sections and a narrow waist.
Ant
Formicidae
Aphids and pysillids are quite small, usually a few millimeters at most, and are often green, yellow, orange in color.
Aphid, Psyllid
Sternorrhyncha
Bees and wasps have 2 pairs of wings with the hind wings smaller than the front wings.
Bee, Wasp
Hymenoptera
Beetles have a straight line down the back where the two hard wing casings meet.
Beetle
Coleoptera
Some caterpillars are camouflaged and look like the twigs or leaves that they are found on.
Caterpillar
Lepidoptera Larvae
Daddy longlegs have 8 very long legs, and they appear to have a single round body.
Daddy Longlegs
Opiliones
Flies have just a single pair of membranous wings.
Fly
Diptera
Grasshoppers and crickets have large hind legs for jumping.
Grasshopper, Cricket
Orthoptera
Leafhoppers, planthoppers, and cicadas usually have a wide head relative to their body. Hoppers have wings folded tentlike over their back, while cicadas have large membranous wings.
Leafhopper, Cicada
Auchenorrhyncha
Butterflies and moths have four large wings covered by fine scales.
Butterfly, Moth
Lepidoptera Adult
Spiders have 8 legs, and the abdomen is distinct from the rest of the body.
Spider
Araneae
True Bugs have semi-transparent wings which partially overlap on the back making a triangle or "X" shape on the back. The often have obvious pointy "shoulders" too.
True bug
Heteroptera