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


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Biting fly
Biting fly

(Brazil)


Blue leafhopper or planthopper

(Indonesia)

Heraclides thoas butterfly on muddy bank
Heraclides thoas butterfly on muddy bank

(Peru)

Nest of colony spiders (family: Araneidae)
Nest of colony spiders (family: Araneidae)

(Peru)

Panacea prola butterfly; wings open
Panacea prola butterfly; wings open

(Peru)

Multicolored grasshopper
Multicolored grasshopper

(Malaysia)

Reddish spider
Reddish spider

(Malaysia)


Insects
(pan01-0833)

Beetle with black body; white and black back; and turquoise legs
Beetle with black body; white and black back; and turquoise legs

(Peru)


Blue, green, purple, and red fly



Katydid camouflaged to resemble bird droppings on a fern

(Indonesia)


Grasshopper with a green body, blue antennae, turquoise hind legs, red front legs, and a black head


Red; black; and white insect
Red; black; and white insect

(Peru)


Bennett's blue weevil


Beetle
Beetle

(Peru)


Hot pink planthopper



Red grasshawk dragonfly



Purple, yellow, and brown planthopper



Green mantid looking into the camera

(Indonesia)


Fly with yellow racing stripes and red eyes



Orange and yellow beetle


Red wasp

(Kenya)


Bees pollinating a pink and yellow flower

(Suriname)

Spider hanging from web
Spider hanging from web

(Peru)


Insect



Termites

(Suriname)

Panacea prola butterfly; wings open
Panacea prola butterfly; wings open

(Peru)


Violet; blue; and brown butterfly

(Suriname)


Orange assassin bug


Blood-sucking leech on deck of
Blood-sucking leech on deck of "klotok" (the traditional long boat of this part of Borneo)

(Indonesia)

Multi-colored butterfly on a beach (unknown species)
Multi-colored butterfly on a beach (unknown species)

(Peru)


Spider

(Indonesia)

Turquoise fly with black wings and bright red eyes
Turquoise fly with black wings and bright red eyes

(Peru)


Green translucent katydid


Strange insect with red and yellow wings
Strange insect with red and yellow wings

(Costa Rica)


Red-orange insect



Magenta leaf-hopper


Nephila spider
Nephila spider

(Thailand)


Insect; Thailand

Green dragonfly
Green dragonfly

(Brazil)


Black and deep orange butterfly



Multicolored katydid


Blue-eyed dragonfly
Blue-eyed dragonfly

(Brazil)


Dark gray and red butterfly

(Costa Rica)

Red and black insect
Red and black insect


Leech preparing to bite a man's arm (Kalimantan; Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Leech preparing to bite a man's arm

(Indonesia)


Light green colored cricket

Green and brown shield bug
Green and brown shield bug

(Brazil)

Spider eating an ant
Spider eating an ant

(Malaysia)

Closeup on an orb spider
Closeup on an orb spider

(Uganda)

Butterfly
Butterfly



Black and green-white cricket

(Indonesia)

Heliconius butterly
Heliconius butterly

(Belize)


Orange, white, black and yellow orb spider



Red katydid with a green head and black antennae


Scorpion-spider (Amblipigy order)
Scorpion-spider (Amblipigy order)

(Belize)


Brown and yellow insect with a false eye spot

(Costa Rica)


Cicada exoskeleton


Orange harvestman
Orange harvestman



Giraffe-necked weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa)



Green-eyed, orange-headed, purple-bodied planthopper


Red rainforest crab
Red rainforest crab

(Peru)

Furry red caterpillar
Furry red caterpillar



Black and brown cricket


Heliconius sara butterfly
Heliconius sara butterfly

(Peru)


Red-pink dragonfly


Camouflaged grasshopper
Camouflaged grasshopper

(Peru)


Mating pair of beetles with black bodies and orange spots

(Malaysia)

Red-eyed leafhopper
Red-eyed leafhopper



Bright orange-pink planthopper



Small cicada


Tractor millipede
Tractor millipede

(Malaysia)


Cicada emerging from from its larval stage


Small red and black beetle
Small red and black beetle

(Peru)


Butterfly



Stunning orange butterfly with eyespots



Yellow and black grasshopper

(Indonesia)


Butterfly



Bennett's blue weevil



Giant Milkweek Locust



Arachides toras caterpillar
(pan01-0856)


Sally lightfoot crab



Hairy insect


Closeup on the jaws of a soldier army ant
Closeup on the jaws of a soldier army ant

(Costa Rica)


Longhorn Beetle in flight with guide Armand



Neon red and orange katydid nymph



Green stick insect

(Costa Rica)

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