Photos of Insects and other invertebrates in Indonesia

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At 132,000 square kilometers, Java is the world's 13th largest island. Java has one of the highest population densities of any region on earth: around 127 million people live on the island.

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Specific sections: Ants and Termites | Beetles | Butterflies | Dragonflies | Grasshoppers | Leeches | Spiders and Scorpions | Walking sticks and Mantids


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Blue green and copper colored grasshopper with large red eyes and yellow antennae Black butterfly with blue-purple markings on its wings Bright red insect Leech preparing to bite a man's arm Large black beetle in Borneo Spiny yellow caterpillar Blood-sucking leech on deck of “klotok” (the traditional long boat of this part of Borneo) Iridescent turquoise and black butterfly in hand Yellow-, green-, and orange-spotted butterfly with blue underparts Yellow butterfly in Borneo Ants hauling body parts of a dead insect up a tree trunk Yellow-, green-, and orange-spotted butterfly in leaf litter Deep red millipede on forest floor Black and white butterfly feeding on flower nectar Bright green cicada Red Grasshawk (Neurothemis fluctuans) Grasshawk dragonfly (Neurothemis fluctuans) Brachydiplax dragonfly species Grasshopper Large black beetle on clothing Blue and black butterfly in rainforest of Borneo Giant black bee feeding on morning glory flower nectar Brachydiplax dragonfly on blade of grass Green mantid looking into the camera Colony of termites in moving along a log in the jungle Green and black dragonfly resting on leaf Forest leech on man's wrist Green mantid Red weevil-like insect with yellow and black legs Orange butterfly on forest floor in Borneo Black butterfly with white markings Brown cicada Fire ants in Borneo