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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Stick insect Butterfly Brown weevil (Malaysia) Brownish-red beetle (Costa Rica) Fire ant (Grand Canyon) White butterfly (Peru) Pill millipede (Glomeris connexa) (Malaysia) Brown beetle with black and red antenna (Belize) Hyla tree frog in Peru Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Grasshopper on an Apple Macbook Air Red-headed spider with yellow and black markings (Suriname) Round black fury caterpillar (Peru) Red beetles Green leaf katdid (Belize) Blue and orange insect (Indonesia) Purple leafhopper with light green and magenta markings Stick insect Black butterfly with green markings and a bright red head (Indonesia) Orange butterfly with white streamers Bumble bee (Kenya) Black wasp with blue leg segments and orange antenna tips (Brazil) Black and white butterfly feeding on flower nectar (Indonesia) Long-nosed black beetle with orange markings on its back (Costa Rica) Orange and black "Halloween" butterfly Ailanthus Webworm Moth (Atteva punctella) [Lime green and orange polka dot insect] (Costa Rica) Green cicada (Costa Rica) Butterfly Red-bodied Orthetrum chrysis dragonfly in Malaysia (Malaysia) Cicada having just emerged from its shell (Costa Rica) Insect (Costa Rica) Orb spider Leaf-mimicking praying mantis (Suriname) White insect with light orange spots Metallic spider (Malaysia) Blue morpho with its wings closed (Costa Rica) Bornean ant (Malaysia) Black, white, orange, and yellow moth Platynopus melanoleueus; an insect used for integrated pest management of oil palm (Malaysia) Blue-gray dragonfly (Malaysia) Shield bug Unknown moth (Costa Rica) Green and brown cicada (Malaysia) Green grasshopper with gray-black legs and a yellow stripe down its back (Peru) Stick insect Green, black, and yellow grasshopper Blue and black butterfly in rainforest of Borneo (Indonesia) Blushing Phantom butterfly (Cithaerias pireta) Green beetle (Suriname) Black dragonfly with red posterior parts (abdominal segments) Yellow-green insect on the forest floor (Costa Rica) Flatid leaf bugs (Phromnia rosea) Turquoise blue katydid larva Bright orange-pink planthopper Red katydid with a green head and black antennae Atlantic Ghost Crab (Ocypode quadrata) (Gabon) Yellow grasshopper (Peru) Blue-eyed fly (Indonesia) White furry caterpillar with yellow head and two orange spots at base of head (Peru) Nephila madagascariensis orb spider Pill millipede (Glomeris connexa) rolled up in a ball (Malaysia) Lasaia agesilas butterfly (Peru) Stick insect (Costa Rica) Bennett's blue weevil (Eupholus bennetti - Curculionidae family), a spectacular blue and turquoise beetle from New Guinea Orange spider Tail-less whip scorpion (Amblypygid sp) (Peru) Great Mormon (Papilio memnon) feeding on a red hibiscus Blue dragonfly Lycorea halia butterfly (Peru) Crabs Postman butterfly, Heliconius sp (blue form) Black and orange banded insect (Suriname) Transparent moth (Costa Rica) Butterfly Brazilian Lady (Vanessa braziliensis) Diaethria clymena butterfly (Peru) Yellow leaf-shaped katydid (Costa Rica) Spiny stick insect Green, yellow, and brown grasshopper Parides Butterfly; Honduras Blue, yellow, and black butterfly Yellow and black beetle on screen (unknown species) (Peru) Green insect (Costa Rica) Large Malaysian jungle spider (Malaysia) Bee burrowing in the sand (Peru) Ants hauling body parts of a dead insect up a tree trunk (Indonesia) Mating butterflies Multi-colored grasshoppers 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