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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brown darkling beetle

Animals; Insects

The brown darkling beetle is golden brown with short hairs over the body. The shape of the thorax makes the head look like it is on a long neck.

brown house mosquito

Animals; Insects

The brown house mosquito is a medium sized mosquito. The female is pale brown with darker brown thorax with paler markings. The male has large palps and feathery antennae, the female has smaller ...

brown lacewing

Animals; Insects

Brown lacewings have long thin antennae as long as their forewings. They are usually shades of brown or tan, and do not have metallic colored eyes like green lacewings. They are often attracted to ...

brown soft scale

Animals; Insects

Brown soft scale is fairly flat with an oval body with a series of faint ridges across the body. Young adults are yellow to pale-green, developing a pattern of brown spots as they age. Mature adults ...

brown stag beetle

Animals; Insects

The brown stag beetle is a brown and black scarab beetles. The males usually have large jaws which they use to wrestle each other for mating territory. They are not aggressive to humans.

brown banded cockroach

Animals; Insects

Brown-banded cockroaches are glossy brown with two light bands of yellow or cream across the thorax and abdomen. The bands are quite noticeable on nymphs and females. Males have long wings which ...

bulldog ant

Animals; Insects

Bulldog ant worker has dark red head, thorax and body down to the "waist". The mandibles, antennae, and legs are lighter red. The bulbous part of the abdomen (gaster) is black. The body has sparse ...