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.

Butterfly on fern Caligo sp or Owl Butterfly with its wings closed Mass of caterpillars Mating orange and black beetles Black butterfly with a white fringe, an orange patch, and turquoise spots Multicolored spider Pair of sleeping dragonflies Dung Beetle, family Scarabaeidae Brown grasshopper in an orange flower Strange moth Walking stick insect Rainforest canopy crab Rainforest canopy crab Translucent green katydid Elongated green katydid Black wasp-like insect with indigo blue eyes, orange wings, and orange antenna. This robber fly or mydas fly, (Asilidae or Mydidae family) is a mimic of the Tarantula Hawk Wasp (Pepsis formosa) Blue-eyed dragonfly Brown millipede Blue, yellow, and orange insect Cicada about to emerge from its shell Brownish-red Long-horned Beetle (family Cerambycidae, subfamily Prioninae) Orb spider eating a grasshopper Yellow leaf-shaped katydid Orange butterfly Isabella's Tiger (Eueides isabella) in the Costa Rican rain forest Brownish-red Long-horned Beetle (family Cerambycidae, subfamily Prioninae) Light brown Dung Beetle, family Scarabaeidae Black, red, and yellow insect Thorn spider Morpho Butterfly in Costa Rica 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