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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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Click beetle
Animals; Insects
Click beetles are a long thin oval shape. The body is dark brown with lined pattern along the back. The antennae are serrated. When threatened they are overturned, click beetles can flick themselves ...
Coffee bean weevil
Animals; Insects
The coffee bean weevil is a small dome shaped beetle that is a pest of stored food products. The beetle is mottled dark brown and lighter brown patches. It has long legs, and long antennae with three ...
Codling moth
Animals; Insects
The codling moth originated in Europe and is a serious horticultural pest of fruit trees. The adult moth is dull grey or brown with fine mottled pattern and dark copper brown band at the wing tips. ...
Clerid beetle
Animals; Insects
Clerid beetles are elongate, hairy beetles with large often bulging eyes, strong biting mandibles and clubbed antennae. They are often metallic or have bright contrasting colour patterns. Some ...
Christmas swallowtail
Animals; Insects
The Christmas swallowtail is black with blue steaks in the outer half of the wings. The colour is more prominent in the hindwings. Females may have reddish markings at the base of the forewings and ...
Cotton tip worm
Animals; Insects
The adult Cotton Tip Worm moth is pale brown and white with a marbled pattern. The ends of the wings have a corrugated look with two small thin yellow stripes near the tips of the forewings.
Cotton aphid
Animals; Insects
The cotton aphid, an introduced species, is a major pest of cotton and other crops, and also a common garden pest. The aphid varies in colour and may be light green, dark green, pale yellow or almost ...
