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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Multi-colored grasshoppers Brachydiplax dragonfly species (Indonesia) Red-eyed leafhopper Parides Butterfly; Honduras Phoebis philea and Anteos menippe butterflies in large group feeding on minerals in mud (Peru) Caterpillar with an orange head and yellow-white and black bands Termites (Suriname) Orange, white, and black clear-winged butterfly in the Amazon Round black fury caterpillar (Peru) Buterfly with eye-spots (Suriname) Yellow grasshopper (Peru) Diaethria clymena butterfly (Peru) Orange; yellow; and black butterfly (Suriname) Red beetle (Suriname) Butterfly Small red and black beetle (Peru) Black; yellow; and blue dragonfly (Gabon) Butterfly at night (Peru) Ants hauling body parts of a dead insect up a tree trunk (Indonesia) Walking stick insects mating (Peru) Brown grasshopper Callicore cynosura butterfly with wings closed (Peru) Dung beetle pushing a ball of dung (Gabon) Rust-colored moth with yellow and red markings and a black fringe (Suriname) Katydid (Peru) Heliconius sara butterfly (Peru) Spiny yellow caterpillar (Indonesia) Camouflaged spider on tree trunk (Peru) Beetle with black body; white and black back; and turquoise legs (Peru) Well camouflaged insect; resembling lichen (Peru) Light green grasshopper with yellow and maroon striped legs (Peru) Shitzu-like caterpillar; white and yellow fur (Peru) Giant walking stick insect with a person's hand for scale (Peru) Leaf-mimicking praying mantis (Suriname) Click beetle with glow lights (Peru) Blue and black butterfly in rainforest of Borneo (Indonesia) Bright green caterpillar displaying its toxic spines in the Amazon rainforest Leaf mimic insect Longhorn Beetle in flight with guide Armand Brown grasshopper with white marking (Peru) Light green grasshopper with yellow and maroon striped legs (Peru) Green and orange flat-footed bug Walking stick insects mating (Peru) Black dragonfly with red posterior parts (abdominal segments) Pill Millipede Ball Orange butterfly (pan02-2037) Mass of caterpillars (Peru) Green spiny caterpillar Yellow and red spider in web (Peru) Purple cicada with yellow spots and blue bands Beetle (Peru) Red stick insect (Suriname) Colorful grasshopper Green dragonfly with alternating green and black abdominal segments Black grasshopper with indigo blue eyes and yellow polkadots (Peru) Lasaia agesilas butterfly (Peru) Black and yellow butterfly Deep red millipede on forest floor (Indonesia) Unknown butterfly with light and dark brown patterned wings and orange on the upper wing (Peru) Black; gray; white and red spider (Peru) Green and black dragonfly resting on leaf (Indonesia) Black and white butterfly feeding on flower nectar (Indonesia) Leaf-mimicking praying mantis (Suriname) Moth; Madagascar Greenish-brown katydid (Peru) Giant walking stick (Suriname) Violet; blue; and brown butterfly (Suriname) Small black; red; yellow; and white beetle (Peru) Red insect with black legs (pan01-0799a) Giant dragonfly (Suriname) Butterflies feeding on a flower Unknown insect (Peru) Brown grasshopper with white marking (Peru) Rhetus periander butterfly (Peru) Green katydid Large white and yellow fury caterpillarthat resembles a shitzu (Peru) Urania leilus day-flying or diurnal moth (Peru) Dusky Titi Monkey (Callicebus spp.) Local name: TocÛn Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Brown walking stick Zig zag beetle Blue morpho (Morpho menelaus) caterpillar (pan01-0839) Green grasshopper eating a banana leaf Metallic green beetle (Suriname) Arachides toras caterpillar (pan01-0857) Green grasshopper (Peru) Leaf-mimicking praying mantis (Suriname) Darth Vader planthopper 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