Images of Arthropods in Colombia

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These " Images of Arthropods in Colombia " were taken during a 2007 trip to Colombia.

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Colorful butterfly feeding on a yellow flower Colorful butterfly feeding on a yellow flower Colorful butterfly feeding on a yellow flower Red and black dragonfly Grasshopper Black, red, and yellow butterfly Black, red, and yellow butterfly Black, blue, and yellow butterfly Silvery-green grasshopper Brown cricket Green grasshopper with yellow markings and a black head Bright green grasshopper Black spiny caterpillar Brown spider on its web Black insect with orange parasites Brown moth Light orange bristly caterpillar in Parque Tayrona Red, black, and brown butterfly with white spots Leaf cutter ants entering their nest Leaf-cutter ants entering their nest Nephila spider in the Colombia Andes White moth Heliconius butterfly in Santuario Otún Quimbaya Satyrinid (Satyrinae) butterfly with clear wings

Red and black butterfly on a sandy river beach Black and orange butterfly Daddy longlegs in the Colombian rainforest Yellow beetle climbing a blade of grass Black, blue, and orange butterfly Brown centipede on the trunk of a canopy tree Butterfly high in the rainforest canopy of the Amazon Light green katydid Stick insect with orange feet Moss-like caterpillar covered with poisonous spines Neon green caterpillar in the Amazon rainforest Butterfly with transparent wings, eye-spots, and orange-rust coloration Wasp nest under a rainforest leaf Clear-wing butterfly in the Colombian Amazon Brown praying mantis on a lichen-covered tree trunk Black caterpillar with long white hairs, a yellow stripe, and red parts Black caterpillar with orange spots Black caterpillar with orange spots Gray grasshopper Grasshopper: black head, red antenna, yellow stripes, green legs, red haunches Unknown grasshopper: black head, red antenna, yellow stripes, green legs, red haunches Unknown katydid Green grasshopper feeding on a leaf Multi-colored grasshopper Leaf-mimicking grasshopper Black beetle with yellow zigzag pattern Yellow and black spider in its web Mottled gray and black grasshopper Brown leaf katydid in the Colombian Amazon White moth spotted on a night walk in the Colombian Amazon Large brown cricket in the Amazon rainforest Bright green katydid Blue morpho with wings closed Orange butterfly feeding on damp laundry along an Amazon tributary Orange butterfly feeding on damp laundry Ants in a symbiotic relationship with a plant in the Amazon rainforest Unknown butterfly Brown buterfly with red, white, lavendar, and orange markings Mating grasshoppers on a blade of grass Black dragonfly with red rearparts Black bee with a yellow head Black and orange beetle Small hornet nest on a Heliconia leaf