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Dichotomous Key Quiz
Answer the questions below to identify what insect you have found.
Make sure your photo is clear, and you have vision of all of the animal’s legs, body, and mouth parts.
Insect Dichotomous Key
Does the animal have 6 or 8 legs?
6
8
Does the insect have an elytra?
Yes
No
Does the insect have visible wings when it is at rest?
Yes
No
Does the insect have a sandy-looking abdomen and 2 pincer-like jaws?
Yes
No
Does the insect have 2 long, pincer-like cerci?
Yes
No
Does the insect have a flat top with clearly overlapping wings?
Yes
No
Is the insect flat-bodied with enlarged hind legs?
Yes
No
Does the insect have developed, specialised forelegs and large, protruding compound eyes?
Yes
No
Is the insect thin-bodied, long, and have small, circular compound eyes (compared to its head)?
Yes
No
Does the insect have 2 pincer-like jaws and straight antennae?
Yes
No
Does the insect have a petiole?
Yes
No
Does the insect have proportionately large compound eyes compared to its head size?
Yes
No
Does the insect have overlapping wings?
Yes
No
Does the insect have 2 long cerci?
Yes
No
Does the insect have visibly netted wings?
Yes
No
Does the insect clear, see-through wings?
Yes
No
Does the insect have a fuzzy thorax and a fattened basitarsus?
Yes
No
Does the insect have a small petiole between its thorax and abdomen?
Yes
No
Does the insect rest with its wings open by its sides and have a fuzzy thorax?
Yes
No
Does the insect have elongated legs?
Yes
No
Does the insect have a thin body of approximately equal width between the head and body?
Yes
No
Does the insect have see-through, membranous wings at rest?
Yes
No
Does the insect have overlapping wings over its body?
Yes
No
Does the insect rest with its wings open by its sides and have a fuzzy thorax?
Yes
No
Does the insect have visibly long antennae?
Yes
No
Does the insect have an elongated abdomen?
Yes
No
Is the insect long-bodied and thin?
Yes
No
Does the insect have a fuzzy thorax and a fattened basitarsus?
Yes
No
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