German Yellowjacket or German Wasp General Description · Yellowjackets are are sometimes mistakenly referred to as paper wasps because they build grey paper nests.· They are 1.3-1.5 cm long, black and yellow in color. · The body is slightly wider than the head. Credit: pjt56 There is a yellow band behind the compound eye. The face has three small black spots,…
Water Boatman Leasse Water Boatman General Description Credit: Andy Reago Credit: Piet Spaans It is a water-dwelling insect. Adults have a long, flattened body ranging from 0.5 to 1.5 cm long. They have fine dark brown or black striations marking the wings. They have 2 short front legs and 4 long rear legs. · Its body resembles the shape…
Oriental Wasp – Vespa orientalis Linnaeus General Description · The adult insect is about 2.5-3 cm long. · The general color of the body is reddish-brown, and the wings are yellowish-brown. The faces are yellow, as are the posterior margins of the second, fourth, and fifth ventral segments. · The male's abdomen consists of seven segments, while the female's abdomen…
Wasps: Paper Wasp – Polistes dominula Christ General Description · Paper Wasps or umbrella wasps get their name from the paper-like material that they use to create their umbrella-shaped nests. · They have a narrow body and pinched waist, 1.5-2.5 cm long, and colored bright yellow with alternating black, · Wings are grayish in color, and the length of the…
Springtails or Snow Fleas: Common Springtail General Description · Springtails (Collembola) are very small, primitive, elongated, 1 to 10 mm in length, and have moderate- length antennae. Springtails and fleas may be of the same size, but have differences in their structure. · They are dark-colored, brown, grey or, black. Some species may be white and some are even brightly colored.…
Common House Spider General Description A male and female (the female is the larger of the two). Credit: Calibas Credit: Patrick Moran Common house spiders are tan to nearly black, with patterns of shades on their body. Females are 5 and 6 mm long, and males are 3.8 and 4.7 mm long. Males have a less bulbous abdomen than females.…
Spiders: Red Back Spider or Back Widow Spider General Description Credit: Laurence Grayson Credit: William Adult female redback spiders usually have a body length of 10 to 15 mm long, while the male is much smaller, being only 3-5 mm long. The female is recognized by her spherical black body with a prominent red stripe on the upper side of…
Silverfish Common Silverfish General Description · Silverfish are among the most common household insects around the world. · Silverfish is also called Hairy Tail. · Adults are very small, oblong, wingless insects, and range from 1.3 to 2.5 cm in length. · The antennae are long and slender. Credit: Christian Fischer The body is flattened, long and slender, broad…
Crickets: Field Cricket General Description · Field crickets are flightless dark brown to gray or blackish. · They are comparatively large; the males range from 1.9 to 2.3 cm and the females from 1.7 to 2.2 cm. · Field crickets are larger than house crickets and have wings extending beyond the wing covers. Credit: Roberto Zanon Life Cycle and Common…
Earwigs: Common European earwig General Description Female. Credit: Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez Male. Credit: Pudding4brains The European earwigs are about 1.2–1.5 cm long. They have elongated flattened brownish-colored bodies, with scissor-like tail. They have two pairs of wings and a pair of forceps-like cerci. The antenna consists of 11–14 segments, and the mouth parts are of the chewing type. Adult males…
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