WArchaeosynthemis occidentalis is a species of dragonfly of the family Synthemistidae, known as the western brown tigertail. It is a medium-sized dragonfly with reddish-brown and yellow markings. It is endemic to south-western Australia where it inhabits boggy creeks and swamps.
WArchaeosynthemis orientalis is a species of dragonfly of the family Synthemistidae, commonly known as the eastern brown tigertail. It is a medium-sized dragonfly with reddish-brown and yellow markings. It inhabits boggy creeks and swamps in eastern Australia
WAustropetalia patricia is a species of dragonfly of the family Austropetaliidae, commonly known as the waterfall redspot. It is endemic to eastern New South Wales, Australia, where it inhabits mountain streams. It is a medium-sized dragonfly with brown and yellow markings.
WCamponotus dumetorum is a species of ant in the family Formicidae.
WCamponotus modoc or western carpenter ant is a black carpenter ant with dark red legs. Workers range in size from 7 to 13 mm.
WChoristhemis is a genus of small dragonflies in the family Synthemistidae found in eastern Australia. They are small to medium-sized slender dragonflies with dark colouring and light markings and a relatively weak flight.
WDrosophila silvestris is a large species of fly in the family Drosophilidae that are primarily black with yellow spots. As a rare species of fruit fly endemic to Hawaii, the fly often experiences reproductive isolation. Despite barriers in nature, D. silvestris is able to breed with D. heteroneura to create hybrid flies in the laboratory.
WDrymus crassus is a species of dirt-colored seed bugs in the family Rhyparochromidae. It is found in North America.
WEpeorus pleuralis, the quill gordon, is a species of flatheaded mayfly in the family Heptageniidae. It is found in North America.
WFormica montana is an ant in the genus Formica in the family Formicidae. A common name for F. montana is "prairie mound ant".
WHadrothemis scabrifrons, commonly known as the red jungle-skimmer, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is found in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss due to rapid deforestation in the area due to agriculture and logging.
WHeptagenia marginalis is a species of flatheaded mayfly in the family Heptageniidae. It is found in North America.
WHilara galactoptera is a species of fly in the family Empididae. It is found in the Palearctic.
WHomalictus blackburni is an Australian species of sweat bee found in moist coastal regions of Queensland and the Northern Territory. Like most halictid bees they nest underground where they provision their larvae with pollen. Homalictus blackburni are shiny black which contrasts with the colour of pollen collected. It was first described by Cockerell in 1910.
WIridomyrmex sanguineus is a species of ant in the genus Iridomyrmex. The ant is endemic to Australia and was described by Forel in 1910.
WLeptataspis acuta is a species of froghoppers belonging to the family Cercopidae.
WLeptoglossus clypealis, the western leaf-footed bug, is a species of leaf-footed bug in the family Coreidae. It is found in Central America and North America. In the 1980s, Hasan Bolkan discovered that the leaf-footed bug was a cause of lesions on commercially produced pistachio crops.
WLucilia pilosiventris belongs to the family Calliphoridae, the species most commonly referred to as the blowflies, and the genus Lucilia.
WMaccaffertium modestum is a species of flatheaded mayfly in the family Heptageniidae. It is found in North America.
WMegachile eucalypti is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It was described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1910.
WMegachile lineatipes is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It was described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1910.
WMegachile micrerythrura is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It was described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1910.
WMegachile pararhodura is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It was described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1910.
WMegachile phenacopyga is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It was described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1910.
WMegachile rhodogastra is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It was described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1910.
WMegachile semicandens is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It was described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1910.
WMegachile sequior is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It was described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1910.
WMegachile serricauda is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It was described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1910.
WMegachile vestitor is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It was described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1910.
WMeranoplus mayri is a Malagasy species of ant in the genus Meranoplus.
WMonomorium fieldi is an ant of the family Formicidae, endemic to the North Island and the north of the South Island of New Zealand. It is found in a wide variety of habitats, but is very uncommon in forests.
WMyrmecia brevinoda is a species of bull ant native to Australia. These ants are only found in the eastern Australian states of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and the Australian Capital Territory. It was first described in 1910.
WMyrmecia froggatti is an Australian ant which belongs to the genus Myrmecia. This species is native to Australia. This species is distributed throughout all areas of New South Wales and elsewhere up north and south.
WMyrmecia gilberti is an Australian ant which belongs to the genus Myrmecia. This species is native to Australia. This species is distributed throughout all of the eastern states and regions of Australia.
WMyrmecia harderi is an Australian bull ant species which is part of the genus Myrmecia. They are native to Australia. They are mainly distributed in New South Wales, and some parts of Victoria, South Australia, and Queensland.
WMyrmecia rowlandi is a species of bull ant native to Australia. They are usually spotted in the Australian state of Queensland, notably in Cairns.
WNeaveia is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae which is endemic to the Afrotropical realm. Its only species, Neaveia lamborni, the pierine blue, is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. Both the genus and species were first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1910. The habitat consists of forests and open areas.
WNomia aurantifer is a species of bee in the genus Nomia, in the family Halictidae. It occurs in Australia and Southeast Asia.
WNomia tetrazonata, the four-banded nomium, is a species of sweat bee in the family Halictidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
WOrthetrum icteromelas, the spectacled skimmer is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and rivers.
WOxya yezoensis is a species of rice-field grasshopper native to Japan. Referred to in Japanese as kobane-inago, it is a popular species of food insect, and is commonly cooked with soy sauce, sugar and sweet wine.
WPnirontis modesta is a species of assassin bug in the family Reduviidae. It is found in the Caribbean and North America.
WPsen erythropoda is a species of aphid wasp in the family Crabronidae. It is found in North America.
WSynthemis tasmanica is a species of dragonfly in the family Synthemistidae, known as the Tasmanian swamp tigertail. It is found in Tasmania, Australia, where it inhabits seepages and bogs. It is a slender, medium-sized dragonfly with black and yellow markings.
WTapinoma schultzei is a species of ant in the genus Tapinoma. Described by Forel in 1910, the species is endemic to the Botswana, Kenya and Zimbabwe.
WTramea calverti, the striped saddlebags, is a species of skimmer in the dragonfly family Libellulidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America.
WThe western conifer seed bug, sometimes abbreviated as WCSB, is a species of true bug (Hemiptera) in the family Coreidae. It is native to North America west of the Rocky Mountains but has in recent times expanded its range to eastern North America, to include Nova Scotia, Maine, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, and has become an accidental introduced species in parts of Europe.