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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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lichen moth
Animals; Insects
This lichen moth is pale brown. It rests with its wings flat on top of each other. At first glance it can have the appearance of a cockroach.
lessons snout nose
Animals; Insects
Lesson's snout-nose is a fairly large green katydid with pointed head. It makes an incredibly loud high-pitched buzzing sound that can be heard from a long way off.
lesser wax moth
Animals; Insects
The lesser wax moth is a pest species of moth that is established in Australia. It is a dull brown moth with slight copper tinge on the wings. They originated in Europe and are now found all over the ...
lesser rice leafroller
Animals; Insects
The lesser rice-leafroller adult is a pale beige coloured moth with three brown broken stripes across the forewings and two stripes across the hindwings. The outer third of the wings is darker in ...
lesser mealworm beetle
Animals; Insects
The lesser mealworm beetle is black or very dark brown oval-shaped beetle. The body is shiny with short yellow hairs. The antennae are fairly short with length about same as width of head, and have ...
the lesser house fly
Animals; Insects
The lesser house fly is grey black with three indistinct black stripes along the thorax. Female have grey oval abdomen; males have narrower abdomen with pale yellow patches. When at rest they hold ...
nectar scarab
Animals; Insects
Nectar Scarabs are small brown and black beetles that are active during the day. They are a similar colour to Lycid beetles, but are recognised by their stocky scarab beetle shape. Nectar Scarabs ...
