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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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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 colour above and brownish underneath. Females have a white patch on the forewings above and ...
Hairy fungus beetle
Animals; Insects
The adult hairy fungus beetle is a small brown oval-shaped hairy beetle. The wing covers (elytra) are hairy with parallel lines of fine ridges along the length. The antennae have a club shape at the ...
Gum tree shield bug
Animals; Insects
The gum tree shield bug has a brown, grey and black pattern. It is known as a stink bug as it produces a foul smelling liquid. The antenna are yellow with dark end. The protective back shield has a ...
Ground mantis
Animals; Insects
Bolbe is a genus of praying mantises known by the common name Ground Mantis. Bolbe pygmaea is the smallest praying mantis species in the world. The mantis is brown with fairly straight body having ...
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 ...
Gum leaf beetle
Animals; Insects
Gum leaf beetles feed on the leaves of eucalyptus trees. They are brown with yellow markings and a similar domed shape to ladybirds.
Koch's sandgroper
Animals; Insects
The sandgroper is an unusual insect, related to grasshoppers, that spends most of its life underground. Their bodies are long and cylindrical and well adapted to burrowing with short powerful ...
