Orders With Aquatic or Semi-aquatic Species
- Collembola - springtails (which are not technically insects, but are closely related)
- Ephemeroptera - mayflies
- Odonata - dragonflies and damselflies
- Plecoptera - stoneflies
- Hemiptera - true bugs
- Megaloptera - alderflies, fishflies, and dobsonflies
- Neuroptera - lacewings
- Coleoptera - beetles Beetles of the genus Helichus are the only insects known where the larvae are land-based and the adults live in water.
- Hymenoptera - ants (e.g. Polyrhachis sokolova) and wasps
- Diptera - flies
- Mecoptera - scorpionflies
- Lepidoptera - moths
- Trichoptera - caddisflies
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