Here are the scientific names associated with the common names I use on this site.
Common Name | Scientific Binomial Name |
African Spiny Flower Mantis | Pseudocreobotra ocellata |
Atlas Beetle | Chalcosoma atlas |
Atlas Moth | Attacus atlas |
Brunner’s Stick Mantis | Brunneria borealis |
Carolina Mantis | Stagmomantis carolina |
Cat-Eyed Mantis | Heterochaeta orientalis |
Cecropia Moth | Hyalophora cecropia |
Chinese Mantis | Tenodera sinensis |
Dead Leaf Mantids | Deroplatys sp. (will be referred to by binomial name) |
Devil’s Flower Mantis | Idolomantis diabolica |
Discoid Roach | Blaberus discoidalis |
Domino Roach | Therea petiveriana |
Dragon-Headed Katydid | Eumegaladon blanchardi |
Dubia Cockroach | Blaptica dubia |
Eastern Hercules Beetle | Dynastes tityus |
Elephant Beetle | Megasoma elaphus |
Fruit Fly | Drosophila sp. |
Giant African Mantis | Sphodromantis lineola |
Giant Asian Mantis | Hierodula membranacea |
Giant Canyon Isopod | Porcellio dilatatus |
Giant Cave Roach | Blaberus giganteus |
Giant Dead Leaf Mantis | Deroplatys dessicata |
Giant Malaysian Walking Stick | Phobaeticus serratipes |
Giant Prickly Stick | Extatosoma tiaratum |
Giant Shield Mantis | Rhombodera basalis |
Giant Stag Beetle (Asia) | Serrognathus titanus |
Giant Stag Beetle (US) | Lucanus elaphus |
Goliath Beetle | Goliathus goliathus |
Goliath Beetles | Goliathus sp. |
Grant’s Hercules Beetle | Dynastes granti |
Hercules Beetle | Dynastes hercules |
Indian Stick Insect | Carausius morosus |
Lobster Roach | Nauphoeta cinera |
Madagascar Hissing Cockroach | Gromphadorhina portentosa |
Madeira Roach | Rhyparobia maderae |
Malaysian Thorny Stick | Heteropteryx dilatata |
Mealworm | Tenebrio molitor |
New Guinea Spiny Stick | Eurycantha calcarata |
New World Shield Mantis | Choeradodis sp. |
Orange Domino Roach | Therea regularis |
Oriental Goliath Beetle | Goliathus orientalis |
Peppered Roach | Archimandrita tesselata |
Polyphemus Moth | Antheraea polyphemus |
Regal Moth | Citheronia regalis |
Rice Flour Beetle | Tribolium confusum |
Rosy Maple Moth | Dryocampa rubicunda |
Shield Mantids | Rhombodera sp. |
Silkworm/Silkmoth | Bombyx mori |
Simandoa Cave Roach (Extinct Roach) | Simandoa conserfariam |
Superworm | Zophobas morio |
Tobacco Hornworm | Manduca sexta |
Tomato Hornworm | Manduca quinquemaculata |
Vietnamese Walking Stick | Medauroidea extradentata |
Question Mark Roach | Therea olegrandjeani |