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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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Carcass beetle
Animals; Insects
Omorgus is a genus of beetles in the Trogidae family. Omorgus alternans is a robust untidy looking carcass beetle with rough knobby surface to the wing covers and thorax. The head is bent downwards ...
Burying mantis
Animals; Insects
The burying mantis is a sturdy brown or greyish brown mantis. It has large brown eyes, and black and white spines on its front legs. Females dig a small hole in the ground, to lay their eggs - this ...
Cabbage aphid
Animals; Insects
The cabbage aphid is an introduced pest species in Australia. The body is grey to dull green with dark head and thorax and short dark siphunculi (the tubes on the abdomen). They are a common ...
Confused flour beetle
Animals; Insects
The confused flour beetle apparently got its name from confusion with the similar rust red flour beetle (tribolium castaneum). Like the rust red flour beetle, the confused flour beetle is a ...
Common shining cockroach
Animals; Insects
The common shining cockroach is native to Australia. It is a glossy black or dark brown cockroach with pale margin around the front half of the body. During the last decade or so, numbers have ...
Common paper wasp
Animals; Insects
Common paper wasps are social insects, that are common around the outside of homes and in gardens. These slender wasps have long thin wings and are tan with darker bands and some yellow markings on ...
