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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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drugstore beetle

Animals; Insects

The drugstore beetle is a member of the same family as the common furniture beetle and the cigarette beetle. It is a reddish brown beetle with rows of pits in fine lines along the wing covers. The ...

earwig

Animals; Insects

This earwig has gold coloured wing covers and a purplish brown body and head. The young are similar to adults but paler. The long forceps (pincers) are used for defense and curve upwards when the ...

granny's cloak moth

Animals; Insects

Granny's cloak moth is a large brownish grey moth with eye spots and scalloped pattern. These are the large fluttering moths you often see in dark places around the house. From a distance it looks ...

grapevine moth

Animals; Insects

The adult grapevine moth is black with bold white markings on the forewings, and a white outer margin on the hindwings. The abdomen is black above with orange stripes below. There are red tufts of ...

greater rice weevil

Animals; Insects

The greater rice weevil is a pest of stored product. They are small brown black weevils with a long slender snout and four reddish brown spots on the wing covers (two spots on each wing cover). The ...

greater wax moth

Animals; Insects

The greater wax moth or honeycomb moth is a pest species in beehives. The adult moth is generally brown with pattern of light brown and darker brown markings. The Caterpillars are a pale yellow brown ...

green blotched moth

Animals; Insects

The moth is brown with a wavy green pattern on the forewings. It has a tuft of hairs on the head. It rests with its wings held in a steep roof shape Caterpillars are smooth and green.

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