Pictures of invertebrates [last update 2011-12-25]

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Walking stick with green and brown segments (Costa Rica) Blue Morpho (M. menelaus) with wings closed while resting on a pink flower Leaf-mimicking praying mantis (Suriname) Green-blue swallow-tail butterfly Metallic green beetle (Suriname) Colorful tiger beetle (Indonesia) Orange fly with purple eyes Blue-eyed dragonfly Brachydiplax dragonfly species (Indonesia) Unknown butterfly with orange; brown; and white markings on outer part of the wing (Peru) Common bluebottle butterflies (Graphium sarpedon) feeding on minerals (Indonesia) Spider Strange flying insect Red-eyed fly (Indonesia) Light green grasshopper with yellow and maroon striped legs (Peru) Cicada exoskeleton Black and yellow weevil Brown grasshopper with white marking (Peru) Blue morpho on a wooden deck Panacea prola butterfly; wings closed (Peru) Green Katydid near Puerto Narino Butterfly Monkey frog (Phyllomedusa bicolor) on forest floor Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Black butterfly with green markings and a bright red head Brown katydid (Peru) Red and black bugs Colorful; but known grasshopper-like insect (Peru) Yellow and black insect (Malaysia) Green katydid Dung beetle (Suriname) Pink and purple butterfly Red insect with black legs (pan01-0799a) Postman butterfly (Brazil) Biting fly (Brazil) Blue leafhopper or planthopper (Indonesia) Purple-striped jelly (Monterey Bay Aquarium) Spider on web (Peru) Heraclides thoas butterfly on muddy bank (Peru) Nest of colony spiders (family: Araneidae) (Peru) Panacea prola butterfly; wings open (Peru) Multicolored grasshopper (Malaysia) Reddish spider (Malaysia) Moon jellies (Auerlia labiata) Insects (pan01-0833) Beetle with black body; white and black back; and turquoise legs (Peru) Blue, green, purple, and red fly Tiger leech (Haemadipsa picta) (Malaysia) Katydid camouflaged to resemble bird droppings on a fern (Indonesia) Grasshopper with a green body, blue antennae, turquoise hind legs, red front legs, and a black head Red; black; and white insect (Peru) Bennett's blue weevil Beetle (Peru) Hot pink planthopper Red grasshawk dragonfly Purple, yellow, and brown planthopper Green mantid looking into the camera (Indonesia) Fly with yellow racing stripes and red eyes Orange and yellow beetle Red wasp (Kenya) Bees pollinating a pink and yellow flower (Suriname) Spider hanging from web (Peru) Insect Termites (Suriname) Panacea prola butterfly; wings open (Peru) Violet; blue; and brown butterfly (Suriname) Orange assassin bug Blood-sucking leech on deck of "klotok" (the traditional long boat of this part of Borneo) (Indonesia) Multi-colored butterfly on a beach (unknown species) (Peru) Owl butterfly (Caligo idomeneus) (Peru) Spider (Indonesia) Turquoise fly with black wings and bright red eyes (Peru) Green translucent katydid Strange insect with red and yellow wings (Costa Rica) Red-orange insect Magenta leaf-hopper Nephila spider (Thailand) Insect; Thailand Green dragonfly (Brazil) Black and deep orange butterfly Multicolored katydid Blue-eyed dragonfly (Brazil) Dark gray and red butterfly (Costa Rica) Red and black insect Leech preparing to bite a man's arm (Indonesia) Light green colored cricket Green and brown shield bug (Brazil) Spider eating an ant (Malaysia) 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