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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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Zygopetalum

Animals; Insects

Genus of about 40 species of medium-sized, evergreen, epiphytic or terrestrial orchids native to South America, occuring in warm rainforest. They have conical to ovoid pseudobulbs, from the top of ...

Zebrina

Animals; Insects

Genus of about 4-5 species of evergreen perennials from S. US, Mexico, and Central America. Zebrina is closely related to Tradescantia but it is more colourful. The leaves are glostening and ...

American cockroach

Animals; Insects

The American Cockroach is reddish brown with a yellowish margin on the body region behind the head. Immature cockroaches are similar to adults but have no wings. They are fast moving insects and ...

Black vine weevil

Animals; Insects

The black vine weevil has a stout rounded body and short snout. It is black with some small yellowish or tan markings. The thorax is finely textured, and elytra are ribbed with ridges running along ...

Blackish meadow katydid

Animals; Insects

The blackish meadow katydid is a pale green katydid with broad dark brown stripe running along the back. The antennae are extremely long measuring about four times the total body length. The katydid ...

Black pine bark beetle

Animals; Insects

The black pine bark beetle is a black or dark brown beetle with reddish brown antennae. The body is an elongated oval shape, with thorax as wide as the elytra. The elytra have rows of pits running ...

Blacklegged ham beetle

Animals; Insects

The black-legged ham beetle is dark blue black, with black legs and antennae. It is similar to the red-legged ham beetle (Necrobia rufipes), which can be distinguished by its reddish legs and ...

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