Black Sting Scorpion General Description · Black sting scorpion is golden and brown in color with a black string. · Thin elongated pincer-like pedipalps, jointed abdomen which ends in a swollen black sting. · Antennae are absent and the mouthparts are formed by small pincer-like chelicerae (fangs). · There is a pair of dorsal eyes and two to five smaller…
Arabian Fat-Tailed Scorpion or Black Scorpion – Androctonus crassicauda (Olivier) General Description · Adults of the Arabian fat-tailed scorpions or black scorpions can vary in color from light brown to reddish to blackish-brown, to black. The adult female can grow to over 10 cm in length. · Antennae are absent and the mouthparts are formed by small pincer-like chelicerae (fangs).…
Common Plaster Beetle General Description · Adults are small in size, no more than 1.6 mm in length.· It is brown in color. The head has a suture along the midline, and the front half of the thoracic shield has a wide, fairly deep depression. The two terminal segments of the antennae are swollen. There are no hind wings and…
Millipedes: Long-flange Millipede General Description · Long-flange millipede is about 1.4-2.8 cm in length (1.45–2.0.5 cm in males and 1.65–2.75 mm in females) and about 1.5-3.2 cm in width (1.5 to 2.7 cm in males and 1.6–3.2 cm in females) Credit: Kembangraps Millipedes are elongated dark brown to black arthropods that are oval in cross-section and appear to…
Honey Bees: Honey Bee General Description · Honey bee is a social species with three adult castes: queens (only one lays eggs in each colony), drones (males), and workers (sterile females). Individual colonies may have 20,000 to 50,000 bees. · Honey bees are of various shades of yellow, black, brown, or orange, with the head, antennae, legs, and a portion…
Firebrats: Common Firebrat General Description · The body of an adult firebrat is about 1- 1.25 cm long and marked on the back with numerous dark patches that give the firebrat a mottled gray appearance. · It is a wingless insect. The young look like small adults. Credit: Klemens Bottig Life Cycle and Common Characteristics The female aged 5…
Earwigs: Striped Earwig, Riparian Earwig, or Common Brown Earwig General Description · Small in size, up to 5.5 cm in length (average of 2.5 cm). · Their color is usually black or brown, and some species in hot regions have bright colors. · The striped earwig is lighter in color than the other earwigs, and the pronotum and front wings…
Crickets: House Cricket General Description · Adults are 1.7-2.3 cm in length, with long, thin antennae that is longer than the body. The body is light yellowish brown, with three dark bands on the head. The wings lie flat on its back. · Nymphs are 16-21 mm in length. The body is gray or brownish in color, and wingless but…
Centipedes: A – Forty-Four-Legged Lady General Description · The forty-four-legged lady vary considerably in coloration and size. · colopendra centipedes are large centipedes and vary in coloration and size. · It is the largest species found in tropical climates can exceed 30 cm and are the largest living centipedes in the world. Credit: P. Roosenschoon, DDCR It has a drab coloration…
Bumblebees: Red-Tailed Bumblebee General Description · Queens and workers are black, with a bright red tail covering half of the abdomen. · Males have yellow facial hair and bright yellow bands at the front and rear of the thorax, along with a similar red tail to females. · They are distinguished by their black body with red markings around the…
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