Arthropods in our backyard

Here's a list of the arthropods we've managed to get a look at up close:
house centipede (in the kitchen drawer at breakfast!) (Scutigera coleoptrata)
firefly (on the patio in the afternoon) (Coleoptera Lampyridae)
pill bug (in the sink in the afternoon) (Armadillidium vulgare)
earwig (on the counter in the morning) (Forficula auricularia)
housefly (Musca domestica)
house spider (Parasteatoda tepidariorum)
mosquito (outside at dusk) (Culiseta longiareolata)
carpenter ant (Camponotus pennsylvanicus)
gypsy moth ( Lymantria dispar)
red ant (Solenopsis invicta)

Links
Most frequently requested IDs from BugGuide
Common Household Bugs from BugGuide
Potentially Dangerous Arachnids and Insects from BugGuide
Key to Common Insect Orders

Arthropods-External Morphology

Insect Morphology from entomology.unm)
Taxonomy at BugGuide
Antenna Types from Bug.bio
Entomology (from University of Sidney Australia)
Insect orders by morphology from Discover Life

Insect wings

Phylum Arthropods

What are phylums? How many are there?
What are Arthropods?
How are arthropods different from the living things in other phylums?
How big is the phylum arthropod compared to other phylums in terms of species diversity and population?
What are the five main classes of arthropods?
How can you tell these classes apart?
more arthropod questions

BugGuide
Biology Corner (with a taxonomy diagram of the phylum)
InsectImages.org
All Living Things: Insecta
All Living Things: Arachnida
Introduction to the Arthropoda from Berkley
Tree of Life web project (world wide, collaborative)
Insects from BrandonSD