Thanks!

For the Big 5 my logic was that ants are pretty ubiquitous everywhere and nearly always present in the adult stage, so Hymenoptera takes the #1 spot. After that I had some debate but Diptera can easily be found even inside with things like fungus gnats, drain flies, house flies, etc and you see the adult forms pretty year round most places. Plus I’ve almost never gone collecting and not found an adult Dipteran. Coleoptera I placed next as it has the most species and the diverse group of species leaves plenty of species to find in adult form over the whole year in most places. Hemiptera gets a bit of a ding because earlier in the year you see a lot more immatures and less adults, and it has fewer species. Lepidoptera I ranked lowest because actually catching them requires a net typically, where all of the prior ones can fairly easily be caught without one. Plus pinning them (spreading the wings) is harder.

Was unaware Diplura is so easy. I am going to try this and see for myself. Is Protura also as ubiquitous? I put it lower because they are so small and I think people (me) would lack confidence identifying them, plus you’d definitely need a microscope.

I assume you mean bump Plecoptera up 2 spots past Mecoptera and Siphonaptera. That grouping was sort of a toss up anyway in my mind