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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Red legged ham beetle

Animals; Insects

The red-legged ham beetle is a shiny metallic blue green beetle. The antennae are reddish brown with dark brown or black club at tip. The legs are reddish brown or orange. The elytra are covered with ...

Robber fly

Animals; Insects

Robber flies are medium to large hunting flies with long strong legs used to catch prey on flight. They have large eyes, and distinct "neck" between the head and abdomen. The abdomen is long and ...

Rose scale

Animals; Insects

Rose scale is a hard scale. The adult females are white and flat. The males have two forms - sedentary males are long and flat with ribbed texture and are white; winged males are slightly smaller and ...

Rose aphid

Animals; Insects

Rose aphids are a pinkish brown colour. Wingless females are often seen in large number on stems and buds of roses. Aphids are soft-bodied with sucking mouthparts. They have a pair of tubes on the ...

Rhinoceros beetle

Animals; Insects

The rhinoceros beetle is a large black shiny beetle. The males have two prominent horns on the front end giving them the common name. The horns are used by males in mating tests of strength with ...

Rove beetle

Animals; Insects

Rove beetles are long thin beetles. Most species have very small elytra (wing covers) that cover only a small part of the abdomen. The abdominal segments are flexible. Many species live in the soil ...

Ringed xenica

Animals; Insects

The ringed xenica is an orange and brown butterfly with distinctive eyespots. The forewings have a single eyespot above and below the wing. The hindwings have a single eyespot above and two spots on ...