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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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ivy leafroller
Animals; Insects
The ivy leafroller is a brown moth mottled with shades of brown and grey. Females have bolder pattern of dark brown and light brown patches, while males are more plain brown. Females are larger than ...
indian meal moth
Animals; Insects
The Indian meal moth is a small brown moth that is often a pest in stored food. Once established in can be hard to get rid of as it breeds indoors. When at rest the wings are folded together tightly ...
imperial jezebel
Animals; Insects
The imperial jezebel is white above with broad black border on the outer edges of the wings. There are white spots in the black border of the forewings. The underside of the wings are chequered black ...
imperial hairstreak
Animals; Insects
The upper side of the imperial hairstreak butterfly is bluish white with broad dark brown border round the outside edges of the forewings. The hindwings have an orange yellow patch in the lower ...
inchneumon wasp
Animals; Insects
This ichneumon wasp has black and yellow stripes on head and thorax. the abdomen is black with five yellow bands. the end part of the abdomen is brownish red. The female has a strong ovipositor that ...
hypena moth
Animals; Insects
Hypena laceratalis is a triangular shaped moth. The forewings are shades of brown with lilaac coloured curve, and small flame-shaped zigzag pattern near tips of wings. The hindwings are plain brown.
humped back beetle
Animals; Insects
The humped-backed beetle shown here is dark purplish brown with lighter brown markings that get denser towards the head and rear. It appear to have its head tucked in under the thorax when at rest.
