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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Brown cutworm

Animals; Insects

The adult moth of the brown cutworm is a brown and grey with variable pattern. There is usually a silvery grey elongated oval on the forewings with a larger round darker marking below it. It is ...

Brown house mosquito

Animals; Insects

The brown house mosquito is a medium sized mosquito. The female is pale brown with darker brown thorax with paler markings. The male has large palps and feathery antennae, the female has smaller ...

Bronze orange bug

Animals; Insects

Bronze orange bugs are large bugs with broad thick bodies. They are a brownish maroon colour with triangular shield shaped plate on the back. The head looks disproportionately small with orange ...

Brown soft scale

Animals; Insects

Brown soft scale is fairly flat with an oval body with a series of faint ridges across the body. Young adults are yellow to pale-green, developing a pattern of brown spots as they age. Mature adults ...

Brown cockchafer

Animals; Insects

The brown cockchafer is a stocky reddish-brown beetle with a hairy body. The antennae are short and fan-shaped. It is often found flying towards house lights in late spring and summer.

Brown darkling beetle

Animals; Insects

The brown darkling beetle is golden brown with short hairs over the body. The shape of the thorax makes the head look like it is on a long neck.

Cigarette beetle

Animals; Insects

The adult cigarette beetle is a small reddish brown beetle with a rounded, oval shape. The wing covers are covered with fine hair. The head is hidden by the pronotum when the beetle is seen from ...