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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Giant blue robber fly

Animals; Insects

Blepharotesis splendidissimus (giant blue robber fly) is a large black robber fly. The body is broad and covered with short hairs and long legs. It has sturdy black legs and the wings are dark ...

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 grey or ...

Imperial hairstreak

Animals; Insects

The upper side of the imperial hairstreak butterfly is bluish white with broad dark brown border round the outside edges of the forewings. The hindwings have an orange yellow patch in the lower ...

Indian meal moth

Animals; Insects

The Indian meal moth is a small brown moth that is often a pest in stored food. Once established in can be hard to get rid of as it breeds indoors. When at rest the wings are folded together tightly ...

Imperial jezebel

Animals; Insects

The imperial jezebel is white above with broad black border on the outer edges of the wings. There are white spots in the black border of the forewings. The underside of the wings are chequered black ...

Inchneumon wasp

Animals; Insects

This ichneumon wasp has black and yellow stripes on head and thorax. the abdomen is black with five yellow bands. the end part of the abdomen is brownish red. The female has a strong ovipositor that ...

Humped back beetle

Animals; Insects

The humped-backed beetle shown here is dark purplish brown with lighter brown markings that get denser towards the head and rear. It appear to have its head tucked in under the thorax when at rest.