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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Arachides toras caterpillar (pan01-0856) Large bamboo-like walking stick insect (Peru) Blue Morpho Caterpillar; Honduras Blue and black butterfly in rainforest of Borneo (Indonesia) Yellow and black beetle on screen (unknown species) (Peru) Katydid on tree trunk (Peru) Red; black; and white insect (Peru) Green grasshopper eating a banana leaf Yellow-green butterfly; possibly Nessaea obrinus with wings closed (Peru) Black and red beetle Possibly a Heliconius butterfly (species unknown) (Peru) Insect (Suriname) Possibly a morpho butterfly (species unknown) (Peru) Violet; blue; and brown butterfly (Suriname) Bright green cicada (Indonesia) Green and brown grasshopper with yellow markings and a black head Parides Butterfly; Honduras Unknown butterfly; lime green wings with beige to yellow border (Peru) Clear-winged Cithaerias pireta butterfly feeding on dung (Peru) Panacea prola butterfly; wings open (Peru) Rasberry dragonfly Unknown insect (Peru) Large black beetle in Borneo (Indonesia) Green and black dragonfly resting on leaf (Indonesia) Adelpha iphiclus butterfly on pebbles (Peru) Blue morpho (Morpho menelaus) caterpillar (pan01-0839) Walking stick in the Peruvian rainforest (Peru) Rainforest spider (Peru) Green cicada in Peru (Peru) Small black; red; yellow; and white beetle (Peru) Lycorea halia butterfly (Peru) Butterfly on hand (Peru) Walking stick insects mating (Peru) Unknown insect (Peru) Orange; yellow; and black butterfly (Suriname) Spider emerging from canopy tower structure (Peru) 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