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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cowpea weevil

Animals; Insects

The cowpea weevil is an exotic pest species. The beetle is brown and scaly and rounded in shape, with long legs and antennae. The elytra (hardened front wings) are patterned with light and dark ...

crambid moth

Animals; Insects

The adult moth is white, with a brown pattern. It has a white margin on the wings which distinguishes it from the similar Agriglypta itysalis

crambid snout moth

Animals; Insects

The adult moth is pale brown with dark orange brown v-shaped markings on forewings. The "snout" is long. It rests with head down and tail up, and front legs outstretched.

crane fly

Animals; Insects

Crane flies have slender bodies and very long legs. The wings are long and narrow. They look like huge Mosquitoes but fortunately they do not bite - in fact adult crane flies do not feed at all.

crexa moth

Animals; Insects

The female crexa moth is a stocky moth with long white hair on the thorax and end of the abdomen. The forewings are brown with grey and white flecks. There is a narrow scalloped band about two thirds ...

crown stick insect

Animals; Insects

The crown stick Insect is dark brown or dark grey. The wings are blackish with white checkered pattern or white bands parallel to the curve of the wing. They get their name from a lumpy protuberance ...

cruiser

Animals; Insects

The male cruiser butterfly is orange brown with fine black border round the upper wings, two small eye spots on the hindwings, and small black markings near the wing edges. The female butterfly has ...