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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Cicada Blue green and copper colored grasshopper with large red eyes and yellow antennae (Indonesia) Round black fury caterpillar (Peru) Butterfly Leaf mimic insect Yellow-green butterfly; possibly Nessaea obrinus with wings closed (Peru) Green fly Red-orange insect (Laos) Black and orange beetle Beetle with black body; white and black back; and turquoise legs (Peru) Black and yellow butterflies at river's edge (Peru) Deep red millipede on forest floor (Indonesia) Reddish-brown stick insect (Peru) Red daddylonglegs with black legs Wasps clustered on a leaf (Suriname) Eupholus bennetti weevil Tunnel spider (Brazil) Red and blue dragonfly (Costa Rica) Black insect with an orange-red head (Belize) Butterfly Unknown butterfly with black and light blue outer wings (Peru) White insect with black spots and an orange head Giant red-eyed green katydid (Costa Rica) Leaf-mimicking praying mantis (Suriname) Stick insect 88 Butterfly (Diaethria clymena) Unknown spider (Thailand) Group of Male Perrhybris pamela butterflies feeding on minerals in clay along the Rio Tambopata (Peru) Leaf-mimicking praying mantis (Suriname) Green and brown grasshopper with yellow markings and a black head Ghost Mantis (Phyllocrania paradoxa) Nephila orb spider (Costa Rica) Great Mormon (Papilio memnon) feeding on a red hibiscus (Indonesia) Purple leafhopper with light green and magenta markings Rainbow fly Small red beetle (Peru) Large black beetle (Peru) White spider on an unusual web (Malaysia) Grasshawk dragonfly (Neurothemis fluctuans) (Indonesia) Dark brown centipede (Peru) Tail-less whip scorpion (Costa Rica) Turquoise and orange planthopper Black; red; and yellow insect (Costa Rica) Katydid Striped katydid Spiny yellow caterpillar (Indonesia) Yellow-legged wasp Black caterpillar with off-white stripes and yellow spines (pan01-0773a) Callicore cynosura butterfly with wings closed (Peru) Giant hissing cockroach pollinating a purple flower Butterfly (Belize) Striped katydid Rhetus periander butterfly (Peru) Green katydid with black stripes Blue dragonfly (Malaysia) Walking stick with green and brown segments (Costa Rica) Blue Morpho (M. menelaus) with wings closed while resting on a pink flower Leaf-mimicking praying mantis (Suriname) Green-blue swallow-tail butterfly Metallic green beetle (Suriname) Colorful tiger beetle (Indonesia) Orange fly with purple eyes Blue-eyed dragonfly Brachydiplax dragonfly species (Indonesia) Unknown butterfly with orange; brown; and white markings on outer part of the wing (Peru) Common bluebottle butterflies (Graphium sarpedon) feeding on minerals (Indonesia) Spider Strange flying insect Red-eyed fly (Indonesia) Light green grasshopper with yellow and maroon striped legs (Peru) Cicada exoskeleton Black and yellow weevil Brown grasshopper with white marking (Peru) Blue morpho on a wooden deck Panacea prola butterfly; wings closed (Peru) Green Katydid near Puerto Narino Butterfly Black butterfly with green markings and a bright red head Brown katydid (Peru) Red and black bugs Colorful; but known grasshopper-like insect (Peru) Yellow and black insect (Malaysia) Green katydid Dung beetle (Suriname) Pink and purple butterfly Red insect with black legs (pan01-0799a) Postman butterfly (Brazil) 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