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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garden mantis

Animals; Insects

The garden mantis is bright green in color with blue spots on the front legs. The thorax is broad and flat and nearly the same width a the abdomen. The wings cover the whole abdomen

gasteruptiid wasp

Animals; Insects

This wasp has black head and thorax. The front four legs are yellow and hindlegs are orange brown with yellow tips. The body is orange-brown. Females have a short ovipositor. The antennae are nearly ...

gelechiid moth

Animals; Insects

This gelechiid moth has dark brown forewings, with white and orange markings.

German cockroach

Animals; Insects

The German cockroach is pale brown with two longitudinal streaks on the front part of the thorax. Adults have wings but rarely fly. They are mainly nocturnal. Young are similar to adults but wingless ...

giant burrowing cockroach

Animals; Insects

The giant burrowing cockroach is the heaviest cockroach species in the world. They are bulky shiny brown cockroaches with spiny legs. This wingless cockroach lives underground and is not a pest ...

giant northern termite

Animals; Insects

The giant northern termite as the name indicates is a large termite. Soldiers have round reddish brown heads with short stout mandibles with long teeth at the tips. The right mandible has two ...

giant yellow robber fly

Animals; Insects

The giant yellow robber fly is a large robber fly with yellow hair on upper side of abdomen. The head and thorax are grey, and the underside is grey. It has sturdy black legs and brownish tinted ...