pictures: rainforest animals in Peru

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Below you will find a collection of photos from Peru. Pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler in 1995, 2005, and 2011. 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.


Environmental news for Peru | SLIDESHOWS: Peru 2011 Peru 2005

Cane toad (Bufo marinus) in the wild Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Purple flowers in forest understorey Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Andean Cock-of-the-rock Location: Machu Picchu Pueblo (Peru) Capybara leaving water with a bird on its back Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Hyla tree frog close up Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Clear-winged Cithaerias pireta butterfly (Peru) Colorful; but known grasshopper-like insect (Peru) Callicore cynosura butterfly with wings closed (Peru) Rhetus periander butterfly (Peru) Close-up on face of a Red-and-green macaw Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) White butterfly (Peru) Silver-gray millipede in eating leaf Amazon rainforest (Peru) Biblis hyperia butterfly; brown to black with red on its wings (Peru) Brown grasshopper with white marking (Peru) Giant metallic ceiba borer beetle; Euchroma gigantea; on Kapok tree (Peru) Coeligena (inca) torquata hummingbird Also known as the Collared Inca Hummingbird. Locally called the Picaflor de Collar Inca Location: Pueblo at Machu PicchuV (Peru) Green grasshopper with gray-black legs and a yellow stripe down its back (Peru) Urania leilus day-flying or diurnal moth (Peru) Praying mantis standing guard of its tree (Peru) Mass of caterpillars on leaf litter of forest floor (Peru) Small brown insect with red marking (Peru) Unknown butterfly with light and dark brown patterned wings and orange on the upper wing (Peru) Yellow grasshopper (Peru) Unknown insect (Peru) Walking stick insects mating (Peru) Light green grasshopper with yellow and maroon striped legs (Peru) Green grasshopper with yellow and black bands; and red; yellow; orange; and black striped legs (Peru) Light green grasshopper with yellow and maroon striped legs (Peru) Bee burrowing in the sand (Peru) Small black; red; yellow; and white beetle (Peru) Black moth with orange and green markings (Peru) Black wasp on canopy platform (Peru) Large black beetle (Peru) Black and yellow butterflies at river's edge (Peru) Adelpha iphiclus butterfly on pebbles (Peru) Unknown butterfly with light and dark brown patterned wings and orange on the upper wing (Peru) Mass of caterpillars (Peru) Katydid (Peru) Click beetle with glow lights (Peru) Red rainforest crab (Peru) Walking stick insects mating (Peru) Dark brown centipede (Peru) Beige grasshopper (Peru) Dusky Titi Monkey (Callicebus spp.) Local name: TocÛn Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Owl butterfly (Caligo idomeneus) (Peru) Stick insect (Peru) Multi-colored butterfly on a beach (unknown species) (Peru) Lycorea halia butterfly (Peru) Unknown butterfly with black and light blue outer wings (Peru) Black and yellow centipede in Amazon rainforest (Peru) Large white and yellow fury caterpillarthat resembles a shitzu (Peru) Beetle (Peru) Diaethria clymena butterfly (Peru) Reddish-brown stick insect (Peru) Yellow-green butterfly; possibly Nessaea obrinus with wings closed (Peru) Butterfly on hand (Peru) Possibly a Heliconius butterfly (species unknown) (Peru) Walking stick in the Peruvian rainforest (Peru) Tail-less whip scorpion (Amblypygid sp) (Peru) Red-orange; black; white; and maroon caterpillar on underside of leaf (Peru) Group of Male Perrhybris pamela butterflies feeding on minerals in clay along the Rio Tambopata (Peru) Owl butterfly (Peru) Amarynthis meneria butterfly on leaf (Peru) Nest of colony spiders (family: Araneidae) (Peru) Well camouflaged insect; resembling lichen (Peru) Greenish-brown katydid (Peru) Panacea prola butterfly; wings open (Peru) Arawacus butterfly (Peru) Yellow and red spider in web (Peru) Large white and yellow fury caterpillarthat resembles a shitzu (Peru) Pair of Tailless whip scorpions (Amblypygid sp) (Peru) Multi-colored grasshoppers mating (Peru) Possibly a morpho butterfly (species unknown) (Peru) Black insect (unknown) (Peru) Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6

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