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a species of small, blue sea slug
most familiar North American butterfly, and is considered an iconic pollinator species
very large, edible saltwater clam in the family Hiatellidae
southern black widow or simply black widow
It is sometimes called the Antarctic squid or giant cranch squid
the man-of-war, or blue bottle is a marine hydrozoan found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific
metallic appearance and fish-like shape and movements.
Kamchatka crab or Alaskan king crab, is a species of king crab native to the far northern Pacific
belongs to the tarantula family Theraphosidae. Found in northern South America, it is the largest spider in the world
nown as the yak-killer hornet, is the world's largest hornet, native to temperate and tropical Eastern Asia.
mollusc belonging to the class Cephalopoda. Octopus vulgaris is the most studied of all octopus species.
known as the North Pacific giant octopus, is a large marine cephalopod belonging to the genus Enteroctopus
commonly caught species of spiny lobster from the East Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea
common names the Roman snail, Burgundy snail, edible snail or escargot, is a species of large, edible, air-breathing land snail
Drosophila melanogaster is a species of fly in the family Drosophilidae.
also known as the Australian black widow, is a species of highly venomous spider believed to originate in South
lso known as the common mussel, is a medium-sized edible marine bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae, the mussels.
from the mosquito (Culicidae) family, also known as (Asian) tiger mosquito or forest mosquito
small, typically yellowish-grey centipede with up to 15 pairs of long legs
the most common ladybird in Europe. Its elytra are of a red colour, but punctuated with three black spots
named for its extremely potent sting. It inhabits humid lowland rainforests from Nicaragua and the extreme east of Honduras and south to Paraguay.
larval form of the mealworm beetle, Tenebrio molitor, a species of darkling beetle. Like all holometabolic insects, they go through four life
small edible whelk or sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc that has gills and an operculum
It is believed to have evolved in the Cenozoic Era, possibly in the Middle East, and has spread all over the world as a commensal of humans. It is the most common fly species found in house
a large hemimetabolic insect in the family of the Mantidae, which is the largest family of the order Mantodea. Their common name praying mantis

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