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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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Granary weevil
Animals; Insects
The granary weevil is a small dark brown weevil with a long snout, elongated oval dimples on the thorax and ridges along the wing covers. The head and thorax is nearly as long as the wing covers. It ...
Golden tailed spiny ant
Animals; Insects
Golden-tailed spiny ants have a metallic sheen and the body is covered in golden hairs. They have spines on their thorax which may be used in defence against predators. Many golden-spined ants stay ...
Alfalfa leafcutter bee
Animals; Insects
The Alfalfa Leafcutter Bee is mainly black with light bands across the abdomen. The underside of the bee is covered with pale hairs. Females have a more pointed abdomen than the male and have a patch ...
Zantedeschia
Animals; Insects
Genus of 6 species of perennials, with tuberous rhizomes, found in moist soils, swamps, or lake margins in Soothern and E. Africa. Zantedeschia bears its white trumpets on 3 ft stalks in early ...
Zephyranthes
Animals; Insects
Genus of about 70 species of bulbous perennials, some evergreen, found in grassland from North to South America. Zephyranthes grandiflora (Zephyr Lily) produces 6 in. flower-stalks in early summer, ...
Almella frass moth
Animals; Insects
The adult Almella Frass Moth is a silvery grey or brown moth with understated pattern of black and dark brown wavy lines on the forewings. The hindwings are plain. It rests with its wings folded on ...
Zamioculcas
Animals; Insects
Zamioculcas zamiifolia looks and resembles the cycad - Zamia furfuracea or cardboard palm. The species name "zamiifolia" means "with Zamia-like leaves". It is slow growing plant. Large plants can ...
