Pictures of insects [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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Green dragonfly (Indonesia) Colorful; but known grasshopper-like insect (Peru) Red; black; and white insect (Peru) Glowing click beetle (Peru) Moth wing with orange eye-spot Blue morpho on a wooden deck Red and black butterfly Male rhinoceros beetle Army ant column (Costa Rica) Orange praying mantis with green eyes Bumble bee flying toward a yellow flower in the Amazon Heliconius hecale butterfly Stink bug in New Guinea Orange-headed roach Insect Butterfly Wasps clustered on a leaf (Suriname) Brown; white; and red butterfly (Costa Rica) Blue morpho with wings closed Butterfly chrysalis found on a savanna grass in Gabon (Gabon) Gasteracanthinae spider (Masoala NP) Leaf-cutter ants (Costa Rica) Orange-pink and yellow leafhopper Green grasshopper (Costa Rica) Black; bronze; green; and blue butterfly feeding on bird dung on forest floor (Gabon) Madagascar cockroach (Madagascar) Insect (Suriname) Shield bug (Brazil) Rainforest ant (Suriname) Pair of sleeping dragonflies (Costa Rica) Green praying mantis Green and beige walking stick Mantid purple antenna Cicada exoskeletons on the underside of a rainforest leaf (Costa Rica) Butterfly (Great Mormon - Papilio memnon?) Heliconius melpomene butterflies Black; bronze; green; and blue butterfly feeding on bird dropping on forest floor (Gabon) Orange and dark green beetle (Suriname) Great Mormon (Papilio memnon) feeding on a red hibiscus Butterfly Camouflaged insect Red and green metallic beetle in Bali Blue butterfly (Satyr species) Black insect (Brazil) Insect Red grasshawk dragonfly Spiny stick insect Orange and black leafhopper Stick insect White dragonfly on a plant leaf (Tanzania) Red beetles on tree trunk in Bali (Indonesia) Black butterfly with a white fringe; an orange patch; and turquoise spots (Costa Rica) Butterfly Leaf-cutter ants carrying leaves Insect with black and red legs (Suriname) Bluish beetle Giant ant in Laos (Laos) Darth Vader planthopper Crayola katydid Blue-eyed dragonfly (Costa Rica) Leaf-mimicking moth Brown cicada (Indonesia) Spotted tiger beetle (Cicindela aurulenta) (Malaysia) Bees pollinating a pink and yellow flower (Suriname) Brown; orange; and white butterfly (Suriname) Brown mantis Anole lizard (Anolis fuscoauratus) in Peru (Peru) Green praying mantis (Laos) 88 Butterfly (Diaethria clymena) Winged mantid on a lichen covered tree trunk (Gabon) Butterfly Red millipede (Indonesia) Butterfly Rainbow grasshopper The 88 Butterfly (Diaethria species); red, black, and white with an "88" pattern on its wings (Brazil) Brown and forest green colored cicada (Indonesia) Colorful tiger beetle (Indonesia) Gorgeous orb spider (Laos) Orange and black bug Brown mantid at Isalo Iridescent blue and black butterfly in hand (Indonesia) Hundreds of yellow and black butterflies feeding on minerals and moisture in a pile of elephant dung (Uganda) Black, turquoise, yellow, orange, brown, and pink grasshopper Hissing cockroach Orange moth (Indonesia) (Indonesia) Green katydid blending with a leaf Leaf-mimicking praying mantis (Suriname) insects: 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