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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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golden spider beetle
Animals; Insects
The golden spider beetle is brown and covered with golden yellow hair. The body shape resembles a spider with rounded abdomen, narrow thorax and rounded head. It has long thin legs and long segmented ...
golden tailed spiny ant
Animals; Insects
Golden-tailed spiny ants have a metallic sheen and the body is covered in golden hairs. They have spines on their thorax which may be used in defense against predators. Many golden-spined ants stay ...
goliath stick insect
Animals; Insects
The goliath stick insect is one of Australia's largest phasmids. It is green with some yellowish patches on the head, thorax and legs. The wings are green with red markings on the underside. ...
granary weevil
Animals; Insects
The granary weevil is a small dark brown weevil with a long snout, elongated oval dimples on the thorax and ridges along the wing covers. The head and thorax is nearly as long as the wing covers. It ...
zombie ants
Animals; Insects
Ants with their mind controlled by parasitic fungi. The fungus species of Ophiocordyceps can inject fungal cells into an ant's head to take over its nervous system and control its muscles so the ant ...
light brown apple moth
Animals; Insects
Adult moths have orange brown forewings with dark brown markings. The back half of the forewing is dark brown in males, while females have much smaller brown patch. The hindwings are light brown. ...
