Photos of arthropods in Costa Rica (Central America) [updated 2009-03-26]

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Below you will find a collection of photos from Costa Rica. Pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler, copyright 2008. While these images are the property of mongabay.com, it may be permissible to use them for non-commercial purposes (like powerpoint presentations and school projects), provided that the images are not altered in any form. Please read this for more details. If you are interested in using an image in a publication please contact me.

Bee approaching a bird-of-paradise flower Red orb spider feeding Black butterfly with a white fringe, an orange patch, and turquoise spots Thoas Swallowtail (Papilio thoas) -Yellow and black swallowtail butterfly Green insect with polka dots Long-legged spider Black honeybee Isabella's Heliconian (Eueides isabella) Brown katydid Malachite (Siproeta stelenes) Walking stick insect Colorful grasshopper Stick insect Tiger Longwing (Heliconius hecale) [Orange, yellow, and black butterfly] Small Postman Butterfly, Heliconius erato (Black, red, and yellow butterfly) Sleeping Caligo sp or Owl Butterfly Skipper Butterfly of the Astraptes fulgerator complex in Costa Rica Multicolored leafhopper insect Moth on the underside of a leaf caught by the sun Giant brown Long-horned Beetle (family Cerambycidae, subfamily Prioninae) with off-white markings Alien insects next to their red eggs Isabella's Tiger (Eueides isabella) in the Costa Rican forest Soldier army ants Blue, yellow, and orange insect Praying mantis Spiny black, white, and orange caterpillar Green grasshopper with an orange abdomen Multicolored leafhopper insect Black wing-tipped dragonfly Strange Assassin Bug (family Reduviidae, Order HEMIPTERA) with red and yellow wings Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7 | Page 8 | Page 9 | Page 10 | Page 11 | Page 12 | Page 13 | Page 14 | Page 15 | Page 16