Pictures of rainforest 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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Black wasp (Suriname) Cryptic grasshopper (Malaysia) White butterfly with black polkadots (Malaysia) Long-nosed black beetle with orange markings on its back (Costa Rica) Black and yellow grasshopper (Malaysia) Scarab on a ball of dung in the Malaysian rainforest (Malaysia) Spotted tiger beetle (Cicindela aurulenta) (Malaysia) Green katydid (Costa Rica) Beetle (Costa Rica) Pink insect (planthopper nymph?) with turquoise feet and eyes (Suriname) Black wasp (Suriname) Sleeping blue morpho butterfly (Costa Rica) Black; red; and yellow butterfly (Costa Rica) Leaf-mimicking praying mantis (Suriname) Black butterfly with a white fringe; an orange patch; and turquoise spots (Costa Rica) Jaws of a stag beetle (Malaysia) Orange; black; and yellow butterfly (Costa Rica) Leaf-mimicking praying mantis (Suriname) Cantheconidea furcellata; an insect predator used to control oil palm pests (IPM) (Malaysia) Rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros); an oil palm pest (Malaysia) Brown katydid (Costa Rica) Black and yellow grasshopper (Malaysia) Orange and black beetle (Malaysia) Black butterfly with a white fringe; an orange patch; and turquoise spots (Costa Rica) Black honey bee (Costa Rica) Transparent moth (Costa Rica) Yellow and black insect (Malaysia) Leaf-mimicking praying mantis (Suriname) Weevil (Malaysia) Beetle (Costa Rica) Tiny firefly (Malaysia) Green katydid (Suriname) Dark green beetle (Suriname) Blue-gray dragonfly (Malaysia) Bright red dragonfly (Malaysia) Atta leaf-cutter ants (Costa Rica) Green stick insect (Costa Rica) Wasps clustered on a leaf (Suriname) Giant ant (Malaysia) Bright green grasshopper (Gabon) Beetle with long antenna (Gabon) Soldier ant (Gabon) Mantid on underside of a leaf (Gabon) Close up on the head of a mantid (Gabon) Green; tan; and brown grasshopper (Gabon) Elongated grasshopper (Gabon) Ants protecting host tree from damage (Gabon) Brown praying mantis (Gabon) Brown katydid (Gabon) Brown katydid on leaf (Gabon) Grasshopper in Gabon (Gabon) Soldier ant (Gabon) Black and white striped caterpillar (Gabon) Green mantid (Gabon) Beetle with long antenna (Gabon) Beige praying mantis in grassy savanna (Gabon) Bright green mantid insect (Gabon) Ant tree in Gabon (Gabon) Forest beetle (Gabon) Ant on flower bud (Gabon) Brown katydid spotted with flashlight at night (Gabon) Winged mantid on a lichen covered tree trunk (Gabon) 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