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Class Insecta: six legged arthropods with a three part body plan, the largest class of animals by species count. Excludes the other arthropod classes, arachnids and crustaceans, which have a different leg count and body plan.

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Oviparous (Egg-Laying) 1
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Hickory Tussock Moth

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Hine's emerald

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Honey Bee

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Horse Fly

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House cricket

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Housefly

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Hoverfly

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Human Louse

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Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum)

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Hylotrupes bajulus

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Hymenopus coronatus

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Ice Crawler

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Ichneumon Wasp

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Idaea rusticata

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Io Moth

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Isturgia limbaria

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Italian Striped Bug

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Japanese Beetle

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Katydid

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Kissing Bug

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Lacewing

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Latticed heath

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Leafcutter Ant

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Leafhopper

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Luna Moth

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Macaria alternata

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Macaria brunneata

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Macaria carbonaria

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Mantidfly

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Mastotermes darwiniensis

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Mayfly

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Mealworm

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Mediterranean Fruit Fly

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Melanargia lachesis

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Mole Cricket

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Monarch Butterfly

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Mosquito

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Mountain Pine Beetle

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North African Striped Bug (Graphosoma lineatum)

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Old World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon)

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Orchid Mantis (Hymenopus coronatus)

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Orgyia antiqua

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Oriental Cockroach

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Orthonama vittata

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Owlfly

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Painted Lady

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Paper Wasp

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Papilio aegeus

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Papilio clytia

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Papilio ulysses

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Paysandisia archon

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Peacock Butterfly

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Periodical Cicada

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Pieris brassicae

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Pieris rapae

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Polyphemus Moth

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Potter Wasp

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Praying Mantis

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Pseudosphinx tetrio

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Rainbow Grasshopper

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Red Admiral

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Red Imported Fire Ant

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Red Milkweed Beetle

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Rhinoceros Beetle

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Robber Fly

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Rove Beetle

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Sawfly

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Scathophaga stercoraria

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Schinia rivulosa

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Scorpionfly

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Screwworm Fly

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Seven-spot Ladybird

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Silkworm

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Silverfish

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Small dusty wave

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Small hive beetle

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Snakefly

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Spittlebug

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Spodoptera litura

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Stag Beetle

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Stick Insect

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Stink Bug

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Stonefly

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Tabanus sudeticus

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Tarantula Hawk

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Telephone-pole beetle

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Termite

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Thistle Mantis

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Thistle Tortoise Beetle

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Tholera decimalis

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Thrips

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Tiger Beetle

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Tipula paludosa

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Titan Beetle (Titanus giganteus)

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Tobacco Hornworm

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Tomato Hornworm (Manduca quinquemaculata)

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Triatoma infestans

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Trichopteryx polycommata

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Tsetse Fly

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Twisted-wing Parasite

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Sources
1. Wikipedia: Insect
WikipediaInsect, lead section
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Most insects reproduce by laying eggs.
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