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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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owlet moth

Animals; Insects

Dysgonia propyrrha is an attractive moth. The head is orange, and the wings are chocolate brown with a whitish speckled bar across each forewing. The trailing edges of the wings are white, and there ...

oriental rat flea

Animals; Insects

The oriental rat flea is brown and has a laterally compressed body (flattened from side to side) body. The head does not have the spiky large combs like cat fleas and dog fleas. They are parasitic ...

oriental latrine fly

Animals; Insects

The oriental latrine fly is a shiny greenish-blue blow fly with a yellow face and large reddish eyes. It is often found in large numbers around latrines, slaughter-houses, animal facilities, meat ...

oriental cockroach

Animals; Insects

The oriental cockroach is a fairly large species of cockroach with a dark brown to black glossy body. The female Oriental cockroach has two very short non-functional wings just below its head and a ...

orchid duke wasp

Animals; Insects

The orchid dupe wasp is a medium sized wasp with mainly orange body and dark wings. The abdomen has broad black band with four white spots on each side. The long thin antennae curl upwards at the ...

orchard swallowtail

Animals; Insects

The male orchard swallowtail has black forewings with an arc of white spots near the tip. The hindwings have a white panel and single small red spot above. The underside of the male wings are black ...

orange spotted tiger moth

Animals; Insects

This orange spotted tiger moth has black wings with five pale orange spots on each wing. The body has black and yellow bands like a wasp.

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