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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Stink bugs

Animals; Insects

Stink bugs have rounded bodies and are fairly flat. They can produce a foul smelling liquid when threatened - hence their common name. Their antennae have five sections.

Yellow crazy ant

Animals; Insects

Yellow crazy ants are a declared pest species. They get their common name from their frantic erratic movement when disturbed. Crazy ants do not bite but spray formic acid to subdue prey, this can ...

Yellow admiral butterfly

Animals; Insects

The yellow admiral butterfly has black forewings with large yellow patch in the centre, and brown wing base. The wing tips have smaller whitish yellow spots. The hindwings are fairly plain brown ...

Southern old lady moth

Animals; Insects

The southern old lady moth adult is mainly brown above with orange-brown underside. Each forewing has a large blue and black eye spot on the upper surface, with wavy dark lines running from the ...

Small hive beetle

Animals; Insects

The Small hive beetle is a small flattened oval shaped beetle. It is dark brown to black. Adults are reddish when they emerge from the pupa but soon darken. Larvae are small white grubs with a ridge ...

Soldier beetles

Animals; Insects

Soldier beetles are similar in appearance to lycid beetles and have a soft flattened body. They are usually coloured in combinations of black, brown and yellow. Some species have a black and yellow ...

Sorghum head moth

Animals; Insects

The adult sorghum head moth is grey marbled with reddish brown with a pale band across the middle of the forewings, and a less distinct pale band near the end of the forewings. The legs are long and ...