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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Black field cricket

Animals; Insects

The black field cricket is jet black. During the day, it hides in vegetation or cracks in the soil and comes out at night to feed, The males sings at night making a sound by rubbing his wings ...

Black cockroach

Animals; Insects

This cockroach is black and very shiny. It is wingless with prominent upturned cerci. I might have the identification wrong here - let me know if it is incorrect.

Cabbage cluster caterpillar

Animals; Insects

The adult cabbage cluster caterpillar moth is pale brown with dark markings, and two small white triangular spots on each forewing. The female is similar to the male but with more subtle markings on ...

Brown banded cockroach

Animals; Insects

Brown-banded cockroaches are glossy brown with two light bands of yellow or cream across the thorax and abdomen. The bands are quite noticeable on nymphs and females. Males have long wings which ...

Bulldog ant

Animals; Insects

Bulldog ant worker has dark red head, thorax and body down to the "waist". The mandibles, antennae, and legs are lighter red. The bulbous part of the abdomen (gaster) is black. The body has sparse ...

Cadelle beetle

Animals; Insects

The adult cadelle beetle is a shiny black insect with an elongated flattened body. It has a distinct "waist" between the thorax and the wing covers. Males have lots of very fine punctures on the ...

Caper white

Animals; Insects

The caper white butterfly has black veins and black wing tips with an arc of small white spots in the black area. There is also a darker form having orange wing upper surfaces with broad black ...