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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Common green planthopper

Animals; Insects

The common green planthopper is a bright green triangular-shaped bug with reddish eyes. The wings are held over the body like a roof. The wings have a veined pattern a paler green spots between the ...

Common spotted ladyird

Animals; Insects

The common spotted ladybird is a medium sized orange ladybird. It has 23 large black spots on the wing covers. The larvae is black when they hatch and go through four stages of development (instars) ...

Common vinegar fly

Animals; Insects

The common fruit fly is yellow brown with black rings across the abdomen with red eyes, are yellow-brown in color. Males are darker coloured on the rear half of the abdomen. This is an exotic species ...

Common hover fly

Animals; Insects

The common hover fly has black and yellow striped abdomen and looks a bit like a wasp. They are often seen hovering near flowers. They feed on nectar and help to pollinate the flowers. The larvae are ...

Common grass blue

Animals; Insects

The common grass blue is a fairly nondescript blue butterfly. The upper surface is blue washed with grey. The females have more grey than the males. The underside is greyish brown with faint spots.

Concealer moth

Animals; Insects

Subfamily strathmopodinae. This concealer moth is gold and silvery-grey with long antennae.

Drugstore beetle

Animals; Insects

The drugstore beetle is a member of the same family as the common furniture beetle and the cigarette beetle. It is a reddish brown beetle with rows of pits in fine lines along the wing covers. The ...