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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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splendid ochre
Animals; Insects
The splendid ochre is a fairly large skipper butterfly with orange and brown pattern above and paler orange and yellow underside. The pattern of pale spots on lower wings is distinctive. The splendid ...
spittlebug
Animals; Insects
This spittlebug is brown with a head shaped like a horn. It produces a mass of foam bubbles like spittle on the stem of a plant. The insect hides in the foam to give it protection from predators.
spiny leaf insect
Animals; Insects
The spiny leaf Insect is not a true Leaf Insect, but a species of Stick Insect. It is variable in colour and can be green, light brown or reddish brown. It is covered in sharp spines and the legs ...
spider wasp
Animals; Insects
Spider wasps are long-legged, solitary wasps. Many species are black or orange and black. Females hunt spiders to provide food for larvae.
speckled cockroaches
Animals; Insects
Speckled cockroaches are grey with fine dark spots. These cockroaches are used as a reptile and amphibian food item.
southern old lady moth
Animals; Insects
The southern old lady moth adult is mainly brown above with orange-brown underside. Each forewing has a large blue and black eye spot on the upper surface, with wavy dark lines running from the ...
sorghum head moth
Animals; Insects
The adult sorghum head moth is grey marbled with reddish brown with a pale band across the middle of the forewings, and a less distinct pale band near the end of the forewings. The legs are long and ...
