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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Multicolored metallic beetle with a broad white band Yellow-speckled weevil Brownish-red beetle (Costa Rica) Blue and black damselfly Thorn spider (Masoala NP) Black pill millipede Morpho Butterfly in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Green katydid Black weevil with orange legs Multicolored grasshopper (Malaysia) Walking stick insect Leaf-cutter ant (Costa Rica) Blue-and-orange caterpillar (Utah; United States) Butterfly Black-blue wasp (Brazil) Locust with bright orange eyes Grasshoppers mating on a pink flower (China) Cryptic grasshopper (Malaysia) Turquoise and orange leafhopper Blue color form of the postman butterfly (Brazil) Black; bronze; green; and blue butterfly feeding on bird dropping on the forest floor (Gabon) Green beetle with an orange head Orange and black bug Brown katydid (Costa Rica) Common bluebottle butterflies (Graphium sarpedon) feeding on minerals (Indonesia) Beige katydid feeding (Costa Rica) Green grasshopper Flatid leaf bug nymphs, resembling white lichen Green and brown cricket (Brazil) Water beetles resembling fish Mantid Yellow Dung beetle (Suriname) Blue-eyed butterfly (Indonesia) Orb spider in Uganda (Uganda) Grasshopper Insects resembling the creature from the movie alien next to their eggs (Costa Rica) Rainbow Bush Locust (Phymateus saxosus) Satyrinid (Satyrinae) butterfly with clear wings Pair of beetles mating on a fungal growth (Malaysia) Green grasshopper (Suriname) Beetle: black back; orange head (Suriname) Black and white thorn spider (Nosy Mangabe) Beige katydid (Costa Rica) Colorful butterfly feeding on a yellow flower Termites (Suriname) Butterflies mating (pan02-2031) Termites (Thailand) Orange and brown butterfly Fury orange caterpillar in Malaysian rain forest (Malaysia) Turquoise, white, and black butterfly Stick insect in Borneo; purple legs; dark green head; yellow eyes (Indonesia) Small reddish insect which appears to be doing something with white sticky material on the stem of a leaf (Malaysia) Unknown insect (Costa Rica) Moth; Thailand Black and white butterfly (Uganda) Green leaf-mimicking katydid Giant black bee feeding on morning glory flower nectar (Indonesia) White plantshopper Glowing raspberry-colored dragonfly (pan02-1894) Unknown insect (Malaysia) Turquoise shield bug with orange legs (Suriname) Light brown grasshopper with puple antennae (Suriname) Grasshopper (Indonesia) Yellow and black swallowtail butterfly (Costa Rica) Stick insect Thorn spider (gasteracanthinae sub-family) (Masoala NP) Magenta dragonfly Insect (Costa Rica) Colorful butterflies feeding on minerals on a river beach (Malaysia) Black butterfly with white spots in Java (Indonesia) Green, yellow, purple, and turquoise grasshopper Black yellow and green cricket (Brazil) Green and orange beetle with six spots Ants on the forest floor (Suriname) Examining a large snake (Peru) Kalimantan tiger beetle Grasshopper on a flower (Suriname) Colorful butterflies feeding on minerals on a river beach (Malaysia) Butterfly on fern (Costa Rica) -600.html> Colorful grasshopper (Venezuela) Rainbow locust Peruvian dragonfly Black, violet, and green damselfly (Indonesia) Green-eyed fly (Indonesia) Mottled moth White lined leaf frog (Phyllomedusea vaillanti) (Peru) Yellow and black leafhopper 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