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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Head lice

Animals; Insects

Tiny insects that live only on people's scalp and hair. They hatch from small eggs called nits that firmly attach to a person's hairs near the scalp and cannot be easily moved up or down the hair as ...

Dragonfly

Animals; Insects

A fast-flying long-bodied predatory insect with two pairs of large transparent wings that are spread out sideways at rest.

Zyzzyva

Animals; Insects

South American weevil. It's often found in association with palms. It is a snouted beetle. "Zyzzyva" is the last word in many English-language dictionaries.

Butterfly

Animals; Insects

An insect with two pairs of large wings that are covered with tiny scales, usually brightly colored, and typically held erect when at rest. Butterflies fly by day, have clubbed or dilated antennae, ...

Giant weta

Animals; Insects

A cricket-like creature with a wingspan of close to seven inches. The giant weta is the world's biggest insect weighing up to 71 gramme or three times the size of an average mouse. It is capable of ...

Genetically modified mosquitoes

Animals; Insects

Mosquitoes with their genes modified to help prevent the spread of mosquito-borne diseases, such as malaria, dengue, and West Nile. These diseases kill more people than any other disease in the ...

Bee hawk moth

Animals; Insects

The Bee Hawk Moth has transparent wings and a stout body like a Bumble Bees. They hover over flowers to feed and their rapidly beating wings hum, like a little hummingbird. The thorax is green, and ...