Photos of insects 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.

Thoas Swallowtail (Papilio thoas) -Yellow and black swallowtail butterfly Brown katydid Black butterfly with a white fringe, an orange patch, and turquoise spots Black honeybee Green insect with polka dots Bee approaching a bird-of-paradise flower Stick insect Isabella's Heliconian (Eueides isabella) Walking stick insect Colorful grasshopper Multicolored leafhopper insect Small Postman Butterfly, Heliconius erato (Black, red, and yellow butterfly) Tiger Longwing (Heliconius hecale) [Orange, yellow, and black butterfly] Skipper Butterfly of the Astraptes fulgerator complex in Costa Rica Strange Assassin Bug (family Reduviidae, Order HEMIPTERA) with red and yellow wings Sleeping Caligo sp or Owl Butterfly Giant brown Long-horned Beetle (family Cerambycidae, subfamily Prioninae) with off-white markings Isabella's Tiger (Eueides isabella) in the Costa Rican forest Soldier army ants Moth on the underside of a leaf caught by the sun Alien insects next to their red eggs Transparent moth Praying mantis Green grasshopper with an orange abdomen Leaf-cutter ants Multicolored leafhopper insect Spiny black, white, and orange caterpillar Caligo sp or Owl Butterfly with its wings closed Spiny caterpillar Black wing-tipped dragonfly 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