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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Stick insect

Animals; Insects

Ctenomorpha chronus is a large stick insect. Males are fully winged and can fly, while females are much larger with reduced wings. The wings are small and black with green leading edge. The head, ...

Spur legged phasmid

Animals; Insects

The spur legged phasmid is a relatively small Australian stick insect. Males are greenish brown and females are green. Females have a broader abdomen and shorter antennae than the males. Males have ...

Splendid ochre

Animals; Insects

The splendid ochre is a fairly large skipper butterfly with orange and brown pattern above and paler orange and yellow underside. The pattern of pale spots on lower wings is distinctive. The splendid ...

Steelblue ladybird

Animals; Insects

The steelblue ladybird is a small hemisphere shaped ladybird. It is dark metallic blue in colour. This ladybird is an important predator of pests in citrus plantations in Australia, and was ...

Spotted predatory katydid

Animals; Insects

The spotted predatory katydid is a green katydid with white spots and lines. The head is green has white vertical lines. This katydid has large spines on the front legs to grasp and hold their prey. ...

Stick mantis

Animals; Insects

The stick mantis is a large pale brown mantis. It looks like a twig and can be mistaken for an stick insect. The forewings have are two black dots on each side. The females have wings that cover only ...

Spittlebug

Animals; Insects

This spittlebug is brown with a head shaped like a horn. It produces a mass of foam bubbles like spittle on the stem of a plant. The insect hides in the foam to give it protection from predators.