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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Oriental cockroach

Animals; Insects

The oriental cockroach is a fairly large species of cockroach with a dark brown to black glossy body. The female Oriental cockroach has two very short non-functional wings just below its head and a ...

Oriental latrine fly

Animals; Insects

The oriental latrine fly is a shiny greenish-blue blow fly with a yellow face and large reddish eyes. It is often found in large numbers around latrines, slaughter-houses, animal facilities, meat ...

Noctuid moth

Animals; Insects

Pantydia sparsa is a brownish moth with a dark brown or reddish brown band parallel to the outer margin of the forewing. There is a lighter scalloped border around the outer edge of the forewings. ...

Orange spotted tiger moth

Animals; Insects

This orange spotted tiger moth has black wings with five pale orange spots on each wing. The body has black and yellow bands like a wasp.

Orange ringlet

Animals; Insects

The orange ringlet is orange above with small eye spot on each hindwing. The underside of each hindwing has two eye spots. It flies close to the ground amongst grasses

Regent skipper

Animals; Insects

The adult regent skipper butterfly has black upper side with yellow markings and greenish underside with yellow markings. The body is black with thin white bands, and bright red tip. The caterpillars ...

Rice weevil

Animals; Insects

The rice weevil is a small dark brown weevil with a long snout, and small round dimples on the thorax and ridges along the wing covers. There are two paler reddish brown patches at each end of the ...