Insects

Insects

Any of numerous usually small arthropod animals of the class Insecta, having an adult stage characterized by three pairs of legs and a body segmented into head, thorax, and abdomen and usually having two pairs of wings.

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Australian painted lady

Animals; Insects

The male Australian Painted Lady butterfly has black forewing tips spotted with white. The female has browner tips on the forewings. The male has orange hindwings with dark margin. The female has ...

banded caterpillar parasite wasp

Animals; Insects

This Ichneumon Wasp has black body with white spots. The legs are orange and the antenna are black with a broad white band. Females have a long ovipositor (egg laying tube) that is longer than the ...

banded sugar ant

Animals; Insects

The Banded Sugar Ant is orange-brown with a black head. The rear of the abdomen is black with two dull bands. They have strong mandibles and can give a painful bite.

banks brown butterfly

Animals; Insects

Bank's Brown Butterfly has a single bold eyespot on upper surface of hindwing and a less distinct single eyespot on the underside of the hindwing. Male and female butterflies are similar size and ...

bark cockroach

Animals; Insects

The Bark Cockroach is an Australian native species of Blaberidae. It is dark brown or grey brown. Males have pale edge to the thorax and are winged. Females have broader body, and are wingless. It is ...

bark mimicking grasshopper

Animals; Insects

The Bark-mimicking Grasshopper is a grey-brown colour with textured pattern. They are well camouflaged when at rest on a tree trunk. They have sword shaped antennae, flattened at the base. Their eyes ...