Pictures of invertebrates [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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Blushing Phantom butterfly (Cithaerias pireta), a species with transparent wings and pink parts Blue Land Crab (Cardisoma guanhumi) Yellow and black insect (Malaysia) Green stick insect (Costa Rica) Yellow caterpillar with blue spots and an orange head (Brazil) Orange and black caterpillar Orange, red, and black insects x (Malaysia) Orange and black leafhopper Green red-eyed fly (Indonesia) Jellyfish Katydid Yellow sea sponge (Belize) Caterpillar with horn-like spines Yellow and light green butterflies (Brazil) Clipper (Parthenos sylvia) Trail of termites Green-eyed fly (Indonesia) Pink and purple butterfly Orange and black butterfly Black and yellow dragonfly with green eyes Eupholus bennetti weevil, a blue-green-turquoise beetle from New Guina Green moth with a black body (Costa Rica) Corals (Belize) Giant beetle Purple, green, and black damselfly (Indonesia) Grasshopper Grasshopper Wasp Butterflies feeding on a flower Coppery beetle (Indonesia) Leopard Lacewing (Cethosia cyane) Brown beetle Red Borneo centipede (Malaysia) Brown katydid Cicada with big black eyes Butterfly Sleeping blue morpho butterfly (Costa Rica) Yellow; white; and brown striped beetle (California) Orange and brown butterfly Blue Morpho (M. menelaus) with wings closed while resting on a pink flower Leaf-cutter ants (Suriname) Sea Nettle Jellyfish Orange and light blue insect Orange, black, and white butterfly Black and yellow insect (Indonesia) Large forest cicada (Indonesia) Brown insect with orange spots Butterfly on woven mat (Indonesia) (Indonesia) Blue dragonfly (Malaysia) Ant Nest of colony spiders (family: Araneidae) Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) 88 Butterfly (Diaethria clymena) Red stick insect (Suriname) Leaf-cutter ants carrying leaves Red dragonfly (Brazil) Pink and purple butterfly Caterpillar preparing to form a chrysallis Green leafhopper Orange and black weevil Green longhorn beetle Clear winged butterfly (Manambolo) Leaf-moth Yellow moth with a black eye (Costa Rica) Pinktoed tarantula (Avicularia avicularia) Orange cricket White insect with an upturned snout Crab spider Butterflies (Uganda) Red-eyed katydid (Costa Rica) Beetle on hand (Ranomafana N.P.) Insect Thousands of lake flies in the web of an Orb Spider (Uganda) White plantshopper Hairy black caterpillars Butterfly Strange flies mating Giant red centipede Velvet ant (Dasymutilla) Red-orange insect (Laos) Black spier with red legs Iridescent blue butterfly (Indonesia) Caterpillar Maroon grasshopper Multicolored shield bug Helicophanta farafanganensis land snail, which eats moss and fungi and is hunted by the short-legged ground roller Black, violet, and green damselfly (Indonesia) invertebrates: 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 | Page 86 | Page 87 | Page 88 | Page 89 | Page 90 | Page 91 | Page 92