Insects and other arthropods
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This large reddish-brown leaf-footed bug is 15 to 20 mm long. It has broad tibiae on its hind legs and its slightly thickened forewings have a fairly distinct white zigzag marking.
ClassInsectaOrderHemipteraFamilyCoreidae -
The caterpillar and chrysalid of this butterfly look like bird droppings, which protects them from predators. Adults have two pairs of black wings with white stripes. The edge of their bottom wings features reddish-orange and blue spots.
ClassInsectaOrderLepidopteraFamilyNymphalidae -
The adults in this species are quite different: the cream or light grey females are very hairy and wingless, while the males are grey or brownish, with small white spots and dark markings on their forewings. The males have well-developed feathery antennae and a wingspan of up to 3.5 cm.
ClassInsectaOrderLepidopteraFamilyErebids -
These beetles are recognizable by their black colour and the small white spot formed by the scutellum (the triangle at the base of the elytra). They have strong, long, reddish legs. The females are larger than the males, and their elytra (wing covers) often have small white spots.
ClassInsectaOrderColeopteraFamilyCerambycidae -
Adult yellow mealworms are shiny, sturdy, dark brown to black beetles and measure around 16 mm (14–18 mm) in length. They are the biggest insect pests to infest whole and ground grains. Males are usually smaller and slimmer than females.
ClassInsectaOrderColeopteraFamilyTenebrionidae -
These small spiders are 7 to 10 mm long. Their body is pale, greenish, tan or whitish yellow. The abdomen is slightly translucent and may change colour depending on what the spider has eaten. It ends with conical, rather than cylindrical, spinnerets.
ClassArachnidaOrderAraneaeFamilyEutichuridae -
These are small, sturdy spiders, 5 to 7 mm long, with fairly short legs. They owe their name to the black and white (or brown and white) stripes on their hairy abdomens. As with all salticid (jumping) spiders, the two eyes on the front of the cephalothorax are much larger than the others.
ClassArachnidaOrderAraneae