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 |