pictures: wildlife 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

Orange-pink and yellow leafhopper Cane toad (Bufo marinus) in the wild Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Purple flowers in forest understorey Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Manu Cloud Forest Lodge Andean Cock-of-the-rock Location: Machu Picchu Pueblo (Peru) Capybara leaving water with a bird on its back Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Insect nymph Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria) Blue-and-yellow macaw in Peru Yellow and black banded caterpillar Bat Hyla tree frog close up Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Heliconius sara butterfly (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) Insect nymph Scarlet macaw in the Amazon Chestnut-breasted Coronet (Boissonneaua matthewsii) Giant metallic ceiba borer beetle; Euchroma gigantea; on Kapok tree (Peru) Male cock-of-the rock Green grasshopper with gray-black legs and a yellow stripe down its back (Peru) Male Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus) 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) Purple leafhopper with light green and magenta markings Rainbow insect Brazilian Lady (Vanessa braziliensis) Small brown insect with red marking (Peru) Unknown butterfly with light and dark brown patterned wings and orange on the upper wing (Peru) Furry red caterpillar Yellow grasshopper (Peru) Orange harvestman Unknown insect (Peru) Green katydid 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) Beetle Large black beetle (Peru) Leaf katydid 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) Black moth Katydid (Peru) Darth Vader planthopper Leafhopper 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) Rufous-capped thornbill Lycorea halia butterfly (Peru) Unknown butterfly with black and light blue outer wings (Peru) Chestnut-breasted Coronet (Boissonneaua matthewsii) Blue-banded Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus coeruleicinctis) 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 | Page 17

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