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Insecta

58,347 guides
Abacetini by (c) carabus123, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by carabus123. Used under a CC-BY license.
family

Abacetini

Abacetini

Plegaderus by (c) Cameron Wilkins, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Cameron Wilkins. Used under a CC-BY license.
family

Abraeinae

clown beetles (subfamily)

Abrostola microvalis by (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Ken-ichi Ueda. Used under a CC-BY license.
family

Abrostolini

Abrostolini

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Arachnida

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Abrolophinae by (c) Nikita Gerasin, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Nikita Gerasin. Used under a CC-BY license.
family

Abrolophinae

Abrolophinae

Eylaoidea by no rights reserved, uploaded by Ian. Used under a CC0 license.
class

Acari

Mites and Ticks · mites

Boletoglyphus by (c) Matteo Marcandella, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Matteo Marcandella. Used under a CC-BY license.
family

Acaridae

Stored Products Mites · Mold Mites

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Malacostraca

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Alloniscidae by no rights reserved, uploaded by Scott Loarie. Used under a CC0 license.
family

Alloniscidae

Alloniscidae

Crangonyctidae by (c) Dr. Andrew G. Cannizzaro, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Dr. Andrew G. Cannizzaro. Used under a CC-BY license.
order

Amphipoda

Amphipods · scuds

Ancinidae by (c) Thomas Irvine, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Thomas Irvine. Used under a CC-BY license.
family

Ancinidae

Spikepills

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Collembola

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Folsomia by (c) Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas. Used under a CC-BY license.
family

Anurophorinae

Anurophorinae

Bourletiellidae by (c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by portioid. Used under a CC-BY license.
family

Bourletiellidae

Bourletiellidae

Brachystomella by (c) Don Loarie, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Don Loarie. Used under a CC-BY license.
family

Brachystomellidae

Brachystomellidae

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Diplopoda

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Abacion by (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY). Used under a CC-BY license.
family

Abacionidae

crested millipedes

Ischnocybe plicata by (c) Trevor Van Loon, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Trevor Van Loon. Used under a CC-BY license.
family

Andrognathidae

Andrognathidae

Aniulini by (c) Derek Hennen, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Derek Hennen. Used under a CC-BY license.
family

Aniulini

Eastern Crystal Millipedes

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Chilopoda

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Strigamia branneri by (c) Sawyer Baran, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Sawyer Baran. Used under a CC-BY license.
class

Chilopoda

Centipedes

Cryptopidae by (c) Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas. Used under a CC-BY license.
family

Cryptopidae

Bark Centipedes

Arctogeophilus by (c) Derek Hennen, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Derek Hennen. Used under a CC-BY license.
family

Geophilidae

soil centipedes · earth-loving centipedes

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Branchiopoda

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Anomopoda by (c) Ivan Sinkov, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Ivan Sinkov. Used under a CC-BY license.
order

Anomopoda

water fleas

Artemiidae by (c) djpmapleferryman, some rights reserved (CC BY). Used under a CC-BY license.
order

Anostraca

fairy shrimp · fairy shrimps

Artemiidae by (c) djpmapleferryman, some rights reserved (CC BY). Used under a CC-BY license.
family

Artemiidae

Brine Shrimp

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Copepoda

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Acartiidae by (c) Leïla Brunner, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Leïla Brunner. Used under a CC-BY license.
family

Acartiidae

Acartiidae

Calanidae by (c) Leïla Brunner, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Leïla Brunner. Used under a CC-BY license.
family

Calanidae

Calanidae

Acartiidae by (c) Leïla Brunner, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Leïla Brunner. Used under a CC-BY license.
order

Calanoida

Calanoid Copepods

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