Insect Anatomy | ClipArt ETC

This ClipArt gallery offers 528 illustrations of insect anatomy, including sections and internal views of several types, antennas, digestive systems, wings, organs, and developmental stages. Gallery contents are arranged alphabetically by common name of the insect.

"The mature beetle in life rivals asparagi in beauty, but may be distinguished by its much broader elytra and its color. The ground color is orange red; each elytron is marked with six black dots, and the knees and a portion of the under surface of the thorax are also marked with black. The beetle, as it occurs on the plant when in fruit, very closely resembles at a little distance the ripening asparagus berry."—Government Printing Office, 1897

Crioceris 12-Punctata

"The mature beetle in life rivals asparagi in beauty, but may be distinguished by its much broader elytra…

"The belly; that part of the body of a mammal which lies between the thorax and the pelvis; In <em>entomology</em>, the hind body, the posterior one of the three parts of a perfect insect, united with the thorax by a slender connecting portion, and containing the greater part of the digesting apparatus."-Wright, 1902

Abdomen

"The belly; that part of the body of a mammal which lies between the thorax and the pelvis; In entomology,…

"A genus of moths belonging to the family Zygænidæ, founded by clemens in 1862.They are small and delicate and of somber colors."-Whitney, 1902

Acoloithus

"A genus of moths belonging to the family Zygænidæ, founded by clemens in 1862.They are…

"a, larva within acron; b, acorn infested with the larva; c, head and thoracic segments of larva; d, one of the abdomincal segments of view; f, moth; g, basal joint antenna in the male moth."-Whitney, 1902

Acorn-moth

"a, larva within acron; b, acorn infested with the larva; c, head and thoracic segments of larva; d,…

"a, leaflets attacked by a larva of A. juglandis; b, case of larva; c, wings of A. nebulo; d, wings of A. juglandis; e, wings of A. nebulo var."-Whitney, 1902

Acrobasis

"a, leaflets attacked by a larva of A. juglandis; b, case of larva; c, wings of A. nebulo; d, wings…

"a, case containing caterpillar; b, cases in winter; c, head and thoracic joints of larva, enlarged; d, moth (the cross shows natural walnut case-bearer, feeds upon walnut and hickory, fastening the leaves together and skeletonizing them from base to tip."-Whitney, 1902

Acrobasis

"a, case containing caterpillar; b, cases in winter; c, head and thoracic joints of larva, enlarged;…

"ailmentary canal of a honey bee. at, honey stomach; s, true stomach; nt, intestine; o, esophagus; sg, salivary glands; k, kidneys." —Davison, 1906

Ailmentary Canal

"ailmentary canal of a honey bee. at, honey stomach; s, true stomach; nt, intestine; o, esophagus; sg,…

"A genus of parasitic Hymenoptera, of the family Braconidæ."-Whitney, 1902

Aleiodes

"A genus of parasitic Hymenoptera, of the family Braconidæ."-Whitney, 1902

"Allorhina nitida- readily distinguished by the fact that the epimera of the mesothorax are visible from above as a triangular piece between the prothorax and the elytra."-Whitney, 1902

Allorhina

"Allorhina nitida- readily distinguished by the fact that the epimera of the mesothorax are visible…

Front leg of Phymata Erosa.

Jagged Ambush Bug

Front leg of Phymata Erosa.

Beak of Phymata Erosa.

Jagged Ambush Bug

Beak of Phymata Erosa.

Anisopteryx pometaria species; structural detail.

Anisopteryx

Anisopteryx pometaria species; structural detail.

Anisopteryx pometaria species; structural detail.

Anisopteryx

Anisopteryx pometaria species; structural detail.

Anisopteryx pometaria species; structural detail.

Anisopteryx

Anisopteryx pometaria species; structural detail.

Red Wood Ant worker's head. "Workers supply all the food and are the builders of their wonderful colonies."

Red Wood Ant Worker's Head

Red Wood Ant worker's head. "Workers supply all the food and are the builders of their wonderful colonies."

Cremastogaster lineolata, head of large worker.

Crematogaster Ant

Cremastogaster lineolata, head of large worker.

Crematogaster Ant

Cremastogaster lineolata, female's wing.

Red Wood Ant Shelter of Pupae, so-called ant-house

While the pupae are in the cocoon, they are incased in a shelter, often called an ant-house.

Antenna of leaf-eating beetle, showing smelling pits on the expanded terminal segments.

Antenna

Antenna of leaf-eating beetle, showing smelling pits on the expanded terminal segments.

This illustration shows an antenna of a male mosquito.

Antenna

This illustration shows an antenna of a male mosquito.

Antenna

Antenna in Lepidoptera; clubbed antenna of butterfly.

Antenna

Antenna in Lepidoptera; clubbed antenna of butterfly.

Antenna in Lepidoptera; clubbed antenna of butterfly.

Antenna

Antenna in Lepidoptera; clubbed antenna of butterfly.

Antenna

Antenna in Lepidoptera; prismatic and fusiform.

Antenna

Antenna in Lepidoptera; ciliated.

Antenna in Lepidoptera; bristle-tufted.

Antenna

Antenna in Lepidoptera; bristle-tufted.

Antenna in flies; tip of plumose antenna.

Antenna

Antenna in flies; tip of plumose antenna.

Antenna in flies; joints verticilate.

Antenna

Antenna in flies; joints verticilate.

Antenna in flies; aristate, the arista bare.

Antenna

Antenna in flies; aristate, the arista bare.

Antenna in flies; arista plumose at base.

Antenna

Antenna in flies; arista plumose at base.

Antenna in flies; arista plumose to tip.

Antenna

Antenna in flies; arista plumose to tip.

Antenna of a Species of Asida

"Everything indicates that these organs play a very important part in the life of insects."

Antenna of Zygia Oblonga

"Everything indicates that these organs play a very important part in the life of insects."

Various forms of insect Antennae.

Antennae

Various forms of insect Antennae.

Various Antennae

An assortment of the variety of antannae found on insects.

This is a diagram illustrating the compound eye of anthropods. A, the whole eye shown in section; B, one of the eye-elements (ommatidium) more highly magnified. c, cuticular facets; ep, epidermis; l, group of celis forming lens-like body; n, optic nerve fibres; o, optic ganglia; p, pigment celis.

Anthropod

This is a diagram illustrating the compound eye of anthropods. A, the whole eye shown in section; B,…

Apanteles species. Single cocoon from which adult has issued.

Apanteles

Apanteles species. Single cocoon from which adult has issued.

Apanteles

Apanteles species, adult.

Armyworm

Moth of army-worm, Leucania unipuncta species; tip of abdomen of female.

Moth of army-worm, Leucania unipuncta species; structural detail.

Armyworm

Moth of army-worm, Leucania unipuncta species; structural detail.

Moth of army-worm, Leucania unipuncta species; structural detail.

Armyworm

Moth of army-worm, Leucania unipuncta species; structural detail.

Moth of army-worm, Leucania unipuncta species; structural detail.

Armyworm

Moth of army-worm, Leucania unipuncta species; structural detail.

Armyworm

The wheat-head army-worm; eggs under a leaf sheath.

The wheat-head army-worm; sheath.

Armyworm

The wheat-head army-worm; sheath.

The wheat-head army-worm; sheath.

Armyworm

The wheat-head army-worm; sheath.

The fall army-worm; head.

Armyworm

The fall army-worm; head.

The fall army-worm; body segment.

Armyworm

The fall army-worm; body segment.

The fall army-worm; body segment.

Armyworm

The fall army-worm; body segment.

"Asparagus-Beetle (Crioceris asparagi). a,b,d and e, beetle eggs, and larvæ, natural size; c and f, eggs and larva, enlarged."-Whitney, 1902

Asparagus Beetle

"Asparagus-Beetle (Crioceris asparagi). a,b,d and e, beetle eggs, and larvæ, natural size; c and…

Grasshopper, showing auditory organ (a,o) in first segment of abdomen.

Auditory Organ

Grasshopper, showing auditory organ (a,o) in first segment of abdomen.

Cricket, showing auditory organ (a,o) in foreleg

Auditory Organ

Cricket, showing auditory organ (a,o) in foreleg

A male mosquito, showing auditory hairs (a.h.) on the antenna

Auditory Organ

A male mosquito, showing auditory hairs (a.h.) on the antenna

Bagworm

The bag-worm, Thyrtdopteryx ephemeraeformis species; male pupa.

Bagworm

The bag-worm, Thyrtdopteryx ephemeraeformis species; female.

Bagworm

The bag-worm, Thyrtdopteryx ephemeraeformis species; bag of female cut open to show the mass of eggs.

Bagworm

The bag-worm, Thyrtdopteryx ephemeraeformis species; young larva with bags carried upright.

Bagworm

The bag-worm, Thyrtdopteryx ephemeraeformis species; sack of female cut open to show the grub-like creature…

Bagworm

The bag-worm, Thyrtdopteryx ephemeraeformis species; the female removed from the bag.

"Abdominal Plate (worker of Apis), under side, third segment. W, wax-yielding surface, covering true gland; s, septem, or carina; wh, webbed hairs." — The Encyclopedia Britannica, 1910

Bee Abdomen

"Abdominal Plate (worker of Apis), under side, third segment. W, wax-yielding surface, covering true…

Bee Hair

Hair of bumble-bee.