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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confused flour beetle

Animals; Insects

The confused flour beetle apparently got its name from confusion with the similar rust red flour beetle (tribolium castaneum). Like the rust red flour beetle, the confused flour beetle is a ...

convolvulus hawk moth

Animals; Insects

The adult convolvulus hawk-moth is grey with a light and dark pattern on the wings. The abdomen has pink patches on the side of each segment. They can hover in flight, and they have a long ...

cooktown birdwing

Animals; Insects

The cairns birdwing male is black and green. The upper side of the forewings are mainly black with emerald green around the leading and trailing edges; the hindwings are emerald green with 4 black ...

cosmopterigid moth

Animals; Insects

This small cosmopterigid moth looks like a tiny twig. It holds its antennae against its long thin body. It is cream and tan colored with smooth scales and a fringes of longer scales at the wing tips. ...

cotton aphid

Animals; Insects

The cotton aphid, an introduced species, is a major pest of cotton and other crops, and also a common garden pest. The aphid varies in color and may be light green, dark green, pale yellow or almost ...

cotton bollworm

Animals; Insects

The cotton bollworm moth has brown forewings with a single dark spot on the wing surrounded by fine dark markings. The hind wings are light brown with a dark border with a light patch in the border. ...

cotton tip worm

Animals; Insects

The adult Cotton Tip Worm moth is pale brown and white with a marbled pattern. The ends of the wings have a corrugated look with two small thin yellow stripes near the tips of the forewings.