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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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Lined grass yellow
Animals; Insects
The lined grass-yellow is yellow with brown wing margins on upper side of forewings and hindwings. The brown margins on the butterfly's hindwings are very narrow. There are two forms - wet-season and ...
Looper caterpillar
Animals; Insects
Loopers are the caterpillars of moths of the Geometridae family. They move by drawing their rear up to the head then stretching the head forward. When they pull their back end forward the body makes ...
Longicorn beetle
Animals; Insects
Longicorn beetles are large beetles with extremely long antenna that come from the edges of their eyes. The have large compound eyes with notches where the antenna emerge, and strong mandibles for ...
Long headed flour beetle
Animals; Insects
The longheaded flour beetle is a pest of grain products in tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world. It is a small yellowish brown beetle with flat slender body with parallel sides. The ...
Lurcher butterfly
Animals; Insects
The lurcher butterfly is dark brown above with broad orange band across both pairs of wings. The underside pattern is pale brown or brownish grey with a less distinct band. Female butterflies are ...
Long legged fly
Animals; Insects
Long legged flies have a metallic green appearance. The abdomen is green and black stripes and wings have black bands. As their common name suggests, they have long legs.
Pine bark anobiid
Animals; Insects
The pine bark anobiid is an oval shaped beetle with short golden hairs giving it a reddish brown colour. The body darkens with age as the pale hairs are gradually worn away. The body is fairly smooth ...