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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Crexa moth

Animals; Insects

The female crexa moth is a stocky moth with long white hair on the thorax and end of the abdomen. The forewings are brown with grey and white flecks. There is a narrow scalloped band about two thirds ...

Cruiser

Animals; Insects

The male cruiser butterfly is orange brown with fine black border round the upper wings, two small eye spots on the hindwings, and small black markings near the wing edges. The female butterfly has ...

Crusader bug

Animals; Insects

The crusader bug is a brown bug with a prominent yellow cross on the back. It has long legs with hindlegs much thicker than other legs. The antennae have orange tips. The thorax has prominent conical ...

Crown stick insect

Animals; Insects

The crown stick Insect is dark brown or dark grey. The wings are blackish with white chequered pattern or white bands parallel to the curve of the wing. They get their name from a lumpy protuberance ...

Dampwood termite

Animals; Insects

Dampwood termite soldiers have a rectangular shaped head and short toothed mandibles about one third of the head length. These termites require decayed wood to start a colony and are not a serious ...

Dainty swallowtail

Animals; Insects

The dainty swallowtail has chequered black and white forewings. The hindwings are white with black trailing border containing a row of small blue spots inside an arc of five red spots. The hindwings ...

Cucumber moth

Animals; Insects

The adult cucumber moth has white translucent wings with broad dark brown borders. There is a tuft of brown hairs on the tip of the abdomen. The tuft on the end of the abdomen of the female is ...