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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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Plume moth
Animals; Insects
Lantanophaga pusillidactylais is a grey and brown plume moth, with a darker saddle shaped mark on the abdomen. It feeds on introduced Lantana, but has limited impact on the control of lantana, ...
Planthopper
Animals; Insects
This planthopper is white with pale pink margin round the wings, pink legs and faint pink dot in the centre of the wing. Is this C. acuminata or a different species? One of the photos shows two ...
Witchetty grub
Animals; Insects
The caterpillars of the moth are known as "witchetty grubs", and were used as food by the indigenous Australians. The caterpillar is white and cylindrical with a brown head, and looks like a fat ...
Western flower thrip
Animals; Insects
The Western flower thrip is an introduced pest species that has established and spread throughout Australia. Adults are cigar-shaped and variable in colour from yellowish orange to grey or almost ...
The white migrant
Animals; Insects
The white migrant has two colour forms. The dark form has white upper wing surface with brown wing border. The male has narrow brown border on forewings only, while the female has brown border on ...
White banded plain butterfly
Animals; Insects
The white-banded plane butterfly is black above with narrow white band across the hindwings. The forewings have a number of white spots. The underside of the wings has a similar pattern but is brown ...
