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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hover fly

Animals; Insects

This hover fly may be episyrphus viridaureus. It has orange-yellow body with narrow dark bands like a wasp. The eyes are reddish.

housefly

Animals; Insects

The housefly is the most common fly in homes, and one of the most widely distributed insects in the world. The housefly has four narrow black stripes running along the thorax. The abdomen is gray or ...

honey bee

Animals; Insects

Honey bees are introduced insects. They are dark brown with yellow bands on the abdomen. Their legs are hairy and the eyes also have hairs on them. These social insects live in large colonies.

heliotrope moth

Animals; Insects

The heliotrope moth is brightly colored have white wings with red, brown and black spots and markings. It is active by day fluttering low over the ground like a small butterfly. The caterpillars are ...

hedge grasshopper

Animals; Insects

The adult hedge grasshopper is a large pale brown grasshopper. The nymphs start off green, and sometimes have brown and orange patterns, turning brown before the final moult. Adults hibernate over ...

hawk moth

Animals; Insects

Daphnis hypothous is a species of hawk moth. The adult moth is brown overall with a pattern of dark brown and lighter brown resembling the camouflage pattern of World War II aircraft. The abdomen is ...

hairy line blue

Animals; Insects

The hairy line-blue butterfly has long whitish hairs on the upper side of the wings. Males are a dusky blue color above and brownish underneath. Females have a white patch on the forewings above and ...