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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cooktown birdwing

Animals; Insects

The cairns birdwing male is black and green. The upper side of the forewings are mainly black with emerald green around the leading and trailing edges; the hindwings are emerald green with 4 black ...

Beekeeper

Animals; Insects

A beekeeper is a person who keeps honey bees for the purpose of securing commodities such as honey, beeswax, pollen.

Bee sting

Animals; Insects

A bee sting strictly means a sting from the bee (honey bee, bumblebee, sweat bee etc).

Beehive

Animals; Insects

A structure that provides a natural habitation for bees, as in a hollow tree.

Beekeeping

Animals; Insects

Beekeeping (or apiculture) is the maintenance of honey bee colonies, commonly in hives, by humans.

Cicada

Animals; Insects

A type of insect with transparent, veined wings and large wide-set eyes. There are about 2500 cicada species worldwide. They usually reside in areas with temperate to tropical climates and are ...

Zombie ants

Animals; Insects

Ants with their mind controlled by parasitic fungi. The fungus species of Ophiocordyceps can inject fungal cells into an ant's head to take over its nervous system and control its muscles so the ant ...