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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Brown and yellow insect with a false eye spot (Costa Rica) Brown katydid with green marking on its back (Peru) Black butterfly with turquoise spots Brown walking stick insect (Malaysia) Mass of caterpillars (Peru) Fulgoridae family bug Brown cockroach with yellow and black markings Green insect (Costa Rica) Stick insect Green grashopper (Brazil) Orange; yellow; black; and yellow butterfly (Costa Rica) Brown and green beetle Colorful; but known grasshopper-like insect (Peru) Black and deep orange butterfly Black and yellow centipede (Peru) Red and brown butterfly Small red beetle (Peru) Golden fly Blue dragonfly (Malaysia) Leaf-mimicking praying mantis (Suriname) Possibly a morpho butterfly (species unknown) (Peru) Katydid Closeup on the jaws of a soldier army ant (Costa Rica) Giant locust Purple leafhopper with light green and magenta markings Multi-colored grasshoppers mating (Peru) Butterfly (Suriname) Red grasshawk dragonfly Colorful tiger beetle (Indonesia) Black, turquoise, yellow, orange, brown, and pink grasshopper Black; orange; and light blue butterfly Orange and black caterpillar Clear-winged Cithaerias pireta butterfly (Peru) Unknown butterfly with light and dark brown patterned wings and orange on the upper wing (Peru) Buffalo tse-tse fly (Kenya) Red Grasshawk (Neurothemis fluctuans) (Indonesia) Green moth (Costa Rica) Magenta leaf-hopper Dark green beetle with red spots (Belize) Yellow-legged wasp Hot pink planthopper Orange and black weevil (Costa Rica) Tarantula wasp (Black wasp-like insect with indigo blue eyes; orange wings; and orange antenna) (Costa Rica) Insects (pan01-0833) Grasshawk dragonfly (Neurothemis fluctuans) (Indonesia) Mossy stick insect Mass of caterpillars on leaf litter of forest floor (Peru) Maroon-eyed dragonfly (Brazil) Orange flies with purple eyes Black butterfly with green markings and a bright red head (Indonesia) Grasshopper Insect (Costa Rica) Green katydid with black stripes Butterfly Adelpha iphiclus butterfly on pebbles (Peru) Great Mormon (Papilio memnon) feeding on a red hibiscus (Indonesia) Yellow and black beetle on screen (unknown species) (Peru) Butterfly Green mantid looking into the camera (Indonesia) Striped katydid Orange assassin bug Lantern bug wasps; Grand Canyon Giant metallic ceiba borer beetle; Euchroma gigantea; on Kapok tree (Peru) Green leaf-like katydid Jungle spider that has constructed a nest by rolling a Heliconia leaf (Malaysia) Multicolored katydid Black insect (unknown) (Peru) Colorful butterflies feeding on minerals on a river beach (Malaysia) Grasshopper on an Apple Macbook Air Turquoise and orange planthopper Cicada Hyla tree frog in Peru Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Black scorpion (Heterometrus sp.) in a ground burrow (Malaysia) Butterfly Yellow; black; orange; and white grasshopper in Venezuela (Venezuela) Wood-like praying mantis Rasberry dragonfly Rainbow insect Stick insect (Costa Rica) Butterfly Yellow-green butterfly; possibly Nessaea obrinus with wings closed (Peru) Purple leafhopper with light green and magenta markings Turquoise blue katydid larva Amarynthis meneria butterfly on leaf (Peru) Giant Milkweek Locust Round black fury caterpillar (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