Pictures of arthropods [last update 2011-12-25]

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Below you will find a collection of photos from various places. Except where noted, pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler, copyright 1994-2012. 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.

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Blue-and-orange caterpillar (Utah; United States) Adult Flatid leaf bugs (Phromnia rosea) Amarynthis meneria butterfly on leaf (Peru) Yellow and black cricket (Indonesia) Green grasshopper White moth (pan01-0873) Green praying mantis (Indonesia) Orange; yellow; and black butterfly (Suriname) Owl butterfly (Peru) Translucent green katydid (Costa Rica) Unknown insect (Peru) Close up face shot on an insect Beetle with black body; white and black back; and turquoise legs (Peru) Black butterfly with green spots and an orange mark (Belize) Giant dragonfly (Suriname) Postman butterfly, Heliconius erato or melpomene (blue form) (Brazil) Green insect with polka dots (Costa Rica) Tiger beetle Phoebis philea and Anteos menippe butterflies in large group feeding on minerals in mud (Peru) Green grasshopper eating a banana leaf Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria) Rainbow Milkweed Locust (Phymateus saxosus), a toxic species due to its propensity to eat milkweed Multicolored spider (Costa Rica) Dark green beetle with red spots (Belize) Mossy stick insect Grasshopper Elongated blue and orange insect (Malaysia) Multi-colored spider (Malaysia) Dung beetle pushing a ball of dung (Gabon) Colorful cicada Green and orange flat-footed bug Praying mantis standing guard of its tree (Peru) Butterfly on hand (Peru) Brown moth with light yellow markings on its wings Cicada exoskeleton shedding Giant locust Wasp (Malaysia) Brown walking stick Insect (Suriname) Panacea prola butterfly; wings open (Peru) Orange and blue beetle Red shield bug (Indonesia) Black and yellow centipede in Amazon rainforest (Peru) Blue-eyed dragonfly Insects; Malaysia Insects resembling the creature from the movie alien next to their eggs (Costa Rica) Orange-headed katydid Adelpha iphiclus butterfly on pebbles (Peru) Green moth (Costa Rica) Orange and black leafhopper Butterfly (Suriname) Black; orange; and light blue butterfly Orange knee tarantula (Bracypelma smithi) Brown grasshopper (Malaysia) Butterfly (Great Mormon - Papilio memnon?) Clear-winged Cithaerias pireta butterfly (Peru) Brown butterfly on the forest floor Green-eyed fly (Indonesia) Heliconius butterfly on a hotlips flower (Venezuela) Green katydid with red eyes Green and red insect Blue and orange insect Large bamboo-like walking stick insect (Peru) Stick insect Pacific land crab (Cardisoma armatum), a red, orange, and purple "jungle crab" (Costa Rica) Orange-eyed grasshopper Pink and purple insect with huge eyes Green grasshopper with turquoise legs Maroon, brown, and orange insect (Brazil) Blue dragonfly Butterfly Buterfly with eye-spots (Suriname) Butterfly Green dragonfly Fire ants in Borneo (Indonesia) Giant walking stick (Suriname) Mossy stick insect Brown grasshopper (Malaysia) Zebra longwing (Heliconius charithonia vazquezae) Green caterpillar on a new red leaf (pan01-0701a) Shield bug Tan and orange butterfly feeding on bird droppings (Uganda) Black caterpillar on a tree stem (Uganda) Blue and black butterfly Butterfly Click beetle with glow lights (Peru) Brown grasshopper arthropods: 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 | Page 18 | Page 19 | Page 20 | Page 21 | Page 22 | Page 23 | Page 24 | Page 25 | Page 26 | Page 27 | Page 28 | Page 29 | Page 30 | Page 31 | Page 32 | Page 33 | Page 34 | Page 35 | Page 36 | Page 37 | Page 38 | Page 39 | Page 40 | Page 41 | Page 42 | Page 43 | Page 44 | Page 45 | Page 46 | Page 47 | Page 48 | Page 49 | Page 50 | Page 51 | Page 52 | Page 53 | Page 54 | Page 55 | Page 56 | Page 57 | Page 58 | Page 59 | Page 60 | Page 61 | Page 62 | Page 63 | Page 64 | Page 65 | Page 66 | Page 67 | Page 68 | Page 69 | Page 70 | Page 71 | Page 72 | Page 73 | Page 74 | Page 75 | Page 76 | Page 77 | Page 78 | Page 79 | Page 80 | Page 81 | Page 82 | Page 83 | Page 84 | Page 85