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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green carab beetle

Animals; Insects

The green carab beetle is a metallic green colour with fine parallel ridges running along the wing covers. When handled it gives off an unpleasant scent. It is a night flying beetle and is attracted ...

green drab moth

Animals; Insects

Ophiusa tirhaca is a brown moth of the Noctuidae family. The forewings are light brown with prominent vein pattern, and wide irregular dark brown border along the outer edge of the wing. There is a ...

ellipsidion cockroach

Animals; Insects

Cockroaches in the ellipsidion genus are more attractively marked than the despised introduced cockroaches commonly seen in and around the house. This species has tan and brown markings. The antennae ...

elm leaf beetle

Animals; Insects

The elm leaf beetle is a yellowish beetle with a black stripe along their elytra (protective wing covers) and three or four distinctive black spots on the thorax. The larvae are all black or black ...

emerald moth

Animals; Insects

Does this moth belong to the chlorocoma genus or the prascinocyma genus? It is bright emerald green. It holds its antennae at 180 degrees and tucked under the forewings. It has two spots like eyes at ...

emperor moth

Animals; Insects

This large emperor moth comes in various colour forms - they can be yellow, orange, pinkish-brown, grey or brick-red.

English moth

Animals; Insects

The English wasp is a social insect with bold black and yellow bands. It is similar in appearance to the related European wasp (vespula germanica). You can tell them apart by the pattern on the back ...