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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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Giant yellow robber fly
Animals; Insects
The giant yellow robber fly is a large robber fly with yellow hair on upper side of abdomen. The head and thorax are grey, and the underside is grey. It has sturdy black legs and brownish tinted ...
German cockroach
Animals; Insects
The German cockroach is pale brown with two longitudinal streaks on the front part of the thorax. Adults have wings but rarely fly. They are mainly nocturnal. Young are similar to adults but wingless ...
Garden hopper
Animals; Insects
Garden hoppers or landhoppers are small shrimp-like crustaceans (not insects). They belong to the Amphipod order - most amphipods are marine but some are terrestrial. The species shown here is a land ...
Giant northern termite
Animals; Insects
The giant northern termite as the name indicates is a large termite. Soldiers have round reddish brown heads with short stout mandibles with long teeth at the tips. The right mandible has two ...
Fuscous swallowtail
Animals; Insects
The fuscous swallowtail is a large dark brown butterfly with thin white or yellow band on the forewings and a white or yellow band on the hindwings. The female is larger and lighter brown, with a ...
Gasteruptiid wasp
Animals; Insects
This wasp has black head and thorax. The front four legs are yellow and hindlegs are orange brown with yellow tips. The body is orange-brown. Females have a short ovipositor. The antennae are nearly ...
Garden mantis
Animals; Insects
The garden mantis is bright green in colour with blue spots on the front legs. The thorax is broad and flat and nearly the same width a the abdomen. The wings cover the whole abdomen
