This is a fantastic post, great effort @jaki01!

I do see a lot of incorrect ID's on this community. Like you say it doesn't take much to at least find the right group an insect belongs to, although this post should go a long way to helping with the basic ID's.

If people don't know what they have, then I'd rather they didn't just guess randomly. All that does is spread the mis-information further. There is also no shame in asking for help with ID's, no one knows everything... in fact with so many insects species across the globe I can guarantee no one knows everything, the field of study is simply too vast.

This is a community from insect lovers for insect lovers where the fascinating little creatures aren't "pests" but the main actors, the glamorous, admired stars! :-)

This is spot on. I still can't work why someone thinks posting "horrid little bugs that I killed" is acceptable here...

The fact remains that if Humans disappeared overnight then Life would still go on. If ALL mammals disappeared then Life would still go on. However if all Insects (and related invertebrates) disappeared this world would fall apart.