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


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Insect nymph
Insect nymph


Mass of caterpillars on leaf litter of forest floor
Mass of caterpillars on leaf litter of forest floor

(Peru)

Giant metallic ceiba borer beetle; Euchroma gigantea; on Kapok tree
Giant metallic ceiba borer beetle; Euchroma gigantea; on Kapok tree

(Peru)


Cicada exoskeleton



Butterfly



Green katydid


Iridescent blue butterfly

(Indonesia)

Colorful spider on a yellow egg sac
Colorful spider on a yellow egg sac

(Costa Rica)


Butterfly


Spotted tiger beetle (Cicindela aurulenta)
Spotted tiger beetle (Cicindela aurulenta)

(Malaysia)

Brown grasshopper with white marking
Brown grasshopper with white marking

(Peru)

Blue dragonfly
Blue dragonfly

(Malaysia)


Green grasshopper with an orange abdomen

(Costa Rica)

Unknown butterfly with light and dark brown patterned wings and orange on the upper wing
Unknown butterfly with light and dark brown patterned wings and orange on the upper wing

(Peru)

Green and black dragonfly resting on leaf (Java)
Green and black dragonfly resting on leaf

(Indonesia)

Small copper colored spider in Gabon
Small copper colored spider in Gabon

(Gabon)


Black butterfly with turquoise spots



Cicada in the Borneo rainforest


Black wasp on canopy platform
Black wasp on canopy platform

(Peru)

Large white and yellow fury caterpillarthat resembles a shitzu
Large white and yellow fury caterpillarthat resembles a shitzu

(Peru)


Blue, yellow and orange grasshopper (male) mating with a green and turquoise grasshopper (female)



Transparent butterfly (Pseudohaeterea hypaesia) in Colombia

Insects being
Insects being "milked" by ants

(Brazil)

Black and yellow centipede
Black and yellow centipede

(Peru)

Thorn spider
Thorn spider

(Laos)


Grasshopper



Blue and black butterfly

(Indonesia)


Blue dragonfly



Katydid resembling a leaf


Well camouflaged insect; resembling lichen
Well camouflaged insect; resembling lichen

(Peru)

Multi-colored grasshoppers mating
Multi-colored grasshoppers mating

(Peru)


Violet grasshopper



Green grasshopper with orange eyes



Green shield insect



Magenta insect (planthopper nymph?) with light blue feet and eyes

(Suriname)


Stick insect in the New Guinea rainforest



Black and yellow weevil


Blue dragonfly
Blue dragonfly

(Malaysia)


Blue beetle with a red head

(Indonesia)

Black, green, and turqoise cricket
Black, green, and turqoise cricket

(Brazil)

Electric blue and orange leafhoppers mating
Electric blue and orange leafhoppers mating

(Costa Rica)


Scorpion eating a katydid



Turquoise, yellow, and black butterfly


Black moth with orange and green markings
Black moth with orange and green markings

(Peru)

Blue butterfly (Satyr species)
Blue butterfly (Satyr species)



Blue skipper butterfly


Green grasshopper
Green grasshopper

(Peru)


Fist-sized black, lime green, turquoise, and red cicada in Sumatra


Brown weevil
Brown weevil

(Malaysia)


Grasshopper eating a leaf


Green grasshopper with an orange abdomen

(Costa Rica)

Yellow; black; orange; and white grasshopper in Venezuela
Yellow; black; orange; and white grasshopper in Venezuela

(Venezuela)

Yellow and red spider in web
Yellow and red spider in web

(Peru)

Black and yellow grasshopper
Black and yellow grasshopper

(Malaysia)


Neon green skipper butterfly



Orange, metallic green, and black assassin bug



Blue Morpho Caterpillar; Honduras

Lobster
Lobster

(Belize)


Green walking stick



Grasshopper; Venezuela

Giant green katydid
Giant green katydid

(Costa Rica)


Hot pink insect (planthopper nymph?) with turquoise feet and eyes

(Suriname)


Cicada


Insect
Insect

(Costa Rica)


Grasshopper with a white stripe

(Indonesia)

Blue, yellow, and orange insect
Blue, yellow, and orange insect

(Costa Rica)


Rainbow Bush Locust (Phymateus saxosus)


Elongated centipede
Elongated centipede

(Belize)


Green dragonfly with alternating green and black abdominal segments

Butterfly at night
Butterfly at night

(Peru)


Rasberry dragonfly


Red-eyed green katydid



Green spiny caterpillar

Mating flies as view through palm leaf
Mating flies as view through palm leaf

(Peru)


Metallic blue, green, and orange beetle


Camouflaged spider on tree trunk
Camouflaged spider on tree trunk

(Peru)

Tarantula
Tarantula

(Guatemala)

Unknown butterfly with light and dark brown patterned wings and orange on the upper wing
Unknown butterfly with light and dark brown patterned wings and orange on the upper wing

(Peru)

Leaf katydid
Leaf katydid


Stick insect
Stick insect

(Peru)


Multicolored katydid


Black pill millipede
Black pill millipede

(Malaysia)


Striped katydid



Long-nosed black beetle with orange markings on its back

(Costa Rica)

Atlantic Ghost Crabs; Ocypode quadrata; on the beach at Point St. Catherine
Atlantic Ghost Crabs; Ocypode quadrata; on the beach at Point St. Catherine

(Gabon)


Black and white marbled weevil


White moth
White moth

(Brazil)

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