Photos of rainforest insects [last update 2009-11-24]

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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 1994-2007. 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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Caterpillar Dark brown grasshopper (Gabon) Butterfly with transparent wings; eye-spots; and orange-rust coloration Clear-wing butterfly in the Colombian Amazon Morpho Butterfly in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Termites (Suriname) Mating grasshoppers on a blade of grass Light orange bristly caterpillar in Parque Tayrona Olive green; orange; and brown beetle (Suriname) Mottled moth (Suriname) Black beeetle with white spots and an orange thorax (Suriname) Gigantic ant on forest floor Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Urania riphaeus moth Stick Insect; Thailand Brown Praying Mantis (Phyllocrania paradoxa) Iridescent turquoise and black butterfly in hand (Indonesia) Caterpillar (Suriname) Unknown grasshopper: black head; red antenna; yellow stripes; green legs; red haunches Small grasshopper with green belly; yellow flanks; and a brown back (Indonesia) Moth; Thailand Teal and black butterflies Mantid Purple Antenna Turquoise shield bug with orange legs (Suriname) Bright green grasshopper Orange and black insect (planthopper?) (Suriname) Ants Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Wasps clustered on a leaf (Suriname) Red and black butterfly on a sandy river beach Pink insect (planthopper nymph?) with turquoise feet and eyes (Suriname) White moth Bright green katydid (pan01-0681) Unknown katydid Moth Moth chrysalis (pan01-0855) Brown buterfly with red; white; lavendar; and orange markings Red and black dragonfly rainforest 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