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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Hypena moth

Animals; Insects

Hypena laceratalis is a triangular shaped moth. The forewings are shades of brown with lilaac coloured curve, and small flame-shaped zigzag pattern near tips of wings. The hindwings are plain brown.

Honey bee

Animals; Insects

Honey bees are introduced insects. They are dark brown with yellow bands on the abdomen. Their legs are hairy and the eyes also have hairs on them. These social insects live in large colonies.

Hover fly

Animals; Insects

This hover fly may be episyrphus viridaureus. It has orange-yellow body with narrow dark bands like a wasp. The eyes are reddish.

Cocoon

Animals; Insects

A nest made by insects of woven silk, often to protect eggs or pupae.

Dragonflies and damselflies

Animals; Insects

The largest living species of odonate (the order that includes dragonflies and damselflies) is Megaloprepus caerulatus, attaining a size of as much as 19 cm (7.5 in) across the wings and a body ...

True flies

Animals; Insects

The largest species of this huge order is the species Gauromydas heros, which can reach a length of 6 cm (2½ in) and a wingspan of 10 cm (4 in). Species of crane fly, the largest of which is ...

True bugs

Animals; Insects

The largest species of this diverse, huge order is a giant water bug, Lethocerus maximus. This species can attain a length of 11.6 cm (4.6 in), although it is more slender and less heavy than most ...