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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Tetrastigma

Animals; Insects

Genus of about 90 species of evergreen and deciduous tendril climbers found in tropical woodland from Indonesia and Malaysia to N. Australia. Tetrastigma voinierianum is the giant of the vines group. ...

Thunbergia

Animals; Insects

Genus of about 100 species of annuals, evergreen perennials, including many twining climbers, and some shrubs, from tropical and S. Africa, Madagascar, and tropical Asia. Thunbergia is a climbing ...

Stromanthe

Animals; Insects

Genus of 13 species of evergreen, rhizomatous herbaceous perennials from forest floors and clearings in Central and South America. Stromanthe is compact and low-growing like Maranta, but the foliage ...

Tillandsia

Animals; Insects

Genus of about 400 species epiphytic, terrestrial, or rock-dwelling, evergreen perennials from scrub and woodland in S. US, the West Indies, and Central and South America.

Banded sugar ant

Animals; Insects

The Banded Sugar Ant is orange-brown with a black head. The rear of the abdomen is black with two dull bands. They have strong mandibles and can give a painful bite.

Bark cockroach

Animals; Insects

The Bark Cockroach is an Australian native species of Blaberidae. It is dark brown or grey brown. Males have pale edge to the thorax and are winged. Females have broader body, and are wingless. It is ...

Australian cockroach

Animals; Insects

The Australian Cockroach is a large reddish brown cockroach with yellow margin round the thorax and yellow edges to front part of fore wings. The antennae are long and the legs are spiky. They are ...