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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Shitzu-like caterpillar; white and yellow fur (Peru) Giant walking stick insect with a person's hand for scale (Peru) Green grasshopper with orange eyes Electric blue and orange leafhoppers mating (Costa Rica) Blue morpho with its wings closed (Costa Rica) Green and brown cicada (Malaysia) Leaf-mimicking praying mantis (Suriname) Cicada exoskeleton Zebra longwing (Heliconius charithonia vazquezae) Click beetle with glow lights (Peru) Blue and black butterfly in rainforest of Borneo (Indonesia) Bright green caterpillar displaying its toxic spines in the Amazon rainforest Red katydid with a green head and black antennae Blue Morpho Butterfly in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Transparent moth (Costa Rica) Stick insect Bees pollinating a pink and yellow flower (Suriname) Orange-headed katydid Leaf mimic insect Red katydid with a green head and black antennae Heliconius melpomene butterflies mating Blue-eyed dragonfly (Brazil) Green leafhopper with orange spots on its head and a black patch on its back Butterfly Longhorn Beetle in flight with guide Armand Brown grasshopper with white marking (Peru) Light green grasshopper with yellow and maroon striped legs (Peru) Strange insect with red and yellow wings (Costa Rica) Greek grasshawk Strange flying insect Dark gray and red butterfly (Costa Rica) Katydid resembling a leaf Giant stick insect in Borneo (Malaysia) Green and orange flat-footed bug Butterfly Bennett's blue weevil Orange-eyed grasshopper Skipper butterfly (Hesperioidea) Polka-dotted beetle Walking stick insects mating (Peru) Black dragonfly with red posterior parts (abdominal segments) Pill Millipede Ball Orange butterfly (pan02-2037) Mass of caterpillars (Peru) Red-bodied Orthetrum chrysis dragonfly in Malaysia (Malaysia) Green spiny caterpillar Yellow and black cricket (Indonesia) Blue-gray dragonfly (Malaysia) Grasshopper with a green body, blue antennae, turquoise hind legs, red front legs, and a black head Bennett's blue weevil Red; black; and orange insect (Costa Rica) Yellow and red spider in web (Peru) Great Mormon (Papilio memnon) feeding on a red hibiscus Purple cicada with yellow spots and blue bands Blue morpho butterfly Beetle (Peru) Small cicada Long-nosed black beetle with orange markings on its back (Costa Rica) Small copper colored spider in Gabon (Gabon) Red stick insect (Suriname) Colorful grasshopper Blue-eyed dragonfly Green dragonfly with alternating green and black abdominal segments Black grasshopper with indigo blue eyes and yellow polkadots (Peru) Blushing Phantom (Cithaerias pireta), a clear-winged butterfly species Lasaia agesilas butterfly (Peru) Black butterfly with green spots and an orange mark (Belize) Multi-colored grasshopper with orrange eyes Butterfly Black and yellow butterfly Deep red millipede on forest floor (Indonesia) Unknown butterfly with light and dark brown patterned wings and orange on the upper wing (Peru) Black butterfly with green markings and a bright red head Hairy black ant Orange fly with purple eyes Orange butterfly with white streamers Black; gray; white and red spider (Peru) Green and black dragonfly resting on leaf (Indonesia) Black and white butterfly feeding on flower nectar (Indonesia) Blue dragonfly (Malaysia) Leaf-mimicking praying mantis (Suriname) Red and black bugs Black and yellow weevil Orange insect with purple antenna (Costa Rica) Moth; Madagascar Black, brown, and yellow insect (Indonesia) Greenish-brown katydid (Peru) 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