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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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Soldier fly
Animals; Insects
This soldier fly is brightly coloured with green thorax and yellow abdomen with bronze pattern down the back. The eyes are large and meet in the centre. It rests with wings folded on top of each ...
Snail parasite
Animals; Insects
This Snail parasite blowfly has a bright orange yellow head with brownish eyes. The body is metallic green and blue with white spots. I'm not sure how widely used the common name is.
Spider wasp
Animals; Insects
Spider wasps are long-legged, solitary wasps. Many species are black or orange and black. Females hunt spiders to provide food for larvae.
Speckled cockroaches
Animals; Insects
Speckled cockroaches are grey with fine dark spots. These cockroaches are used as a reptile and amphibian food item.
Varied carpet beetle
Animals; Insects
The varied carpet beetle is an introduced pest species. It is a small beetle with rounded body patterned with dark brown and white blotched bands. The beetle can be a serious household pest. It feeds ...
Varied dusky blue butterfly
Animals; Insects
The varied dusky-blue butterfly is brownish above and pale greyish colour underneath. The females have purplish blue markings on the upper wings. It usually has its wings closed when at rest showing ...
Varied eggfly butterfly
Animals; Insects
The male varied eggfly butterfly is black above with a largeblue edged white spot on each wing and a smaller white mark in the outer corner of the forewings. The female butterfly has several ...
