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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Rainforest ant (Suriname) Close up on a fly (Gabon) Tail-less whip scorpion (Amblypygid sp) (Peru) Brown grasshopper Grasshopper eating a leaf Large black beetle in Borneo (Indonesia) Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria) White moth (pan01-0873) Leaf-mimicking praying mantis (Suriname) Large bamboo-like walking stick insect (Peru) Group of Male Perrhybris pamela butterflies feeding on minerals in clay along the Rio Tambopata (Peru) Brown katydid with green marking on its back (Peru) Mass of caterpillars (Peru) Brown cockroach with yellow and black markings Brown and green beetle Colorful; but known grasshopper-like insect (Peru) Black and yellow centipede (Peru) Red and brown butterfly Small red beetle (Peru) Leaf-mimicking praying mantis (Suriname) Possibly a morpho butterfly (species unknown) (Peru) Purple leafhopper with light green and magenta markings Multi-colored grasshoppers mating (Peru) Butterfly (Suriname) Black; orange; and light blue butterfly Orange and black caterpillar Clear-winged Cithaerias pireta butterfly (Peru) Unknown butterfly with light and dark brown patterned wings and orange on the upper wing (Peru) Red Grasshawk (Neurothemis fluctuans) (Indonesia) Yellow-legged wasp Insects (pan01-0833) Grasshawk dragonfly (Neurothemis fluctuans) (Indonesia) Mass of caterpillars on leaf litter of forest floor (Peru) Adelpha iphiclus butterfly on pebbles (Peru) Yellow and black beetle on screen (unknown species) (Peru) Green mantid looking into the camera (Indonesia) Multicolored katydid Black insect (unknown) (Peru) Hyla tree frog in Peru Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Rasberry dragonfly Rainbow insect Yellow-green butterfly; possibly Nessaea obrinus with wings closed (Peru) Purple leafhopper with light green and magenta markings Amarynthis meneria butterfly on leaf (Peru) Round black fury caterpillar (Peru) Colorful; but known grasshopper-like insect (Peru) Red; black; and white insect (Peru) Glowing click beetle (Peru) Blue morpho on a wooden deck Red and black butterfly Male rhinoceros beetle Wasps clustered on a leaf (Suriname) Blue morpho with wings closed Orange-pink and yellow leafhopper Insect (Suriname) Rainforest ant (Suriname) Mantid purple antenna Orange and dark green beetle (Suriname) Camouflaged insect Blue butterfly (Satyr species) Insect Orange and black leafhopper Insect with black and red legs (Suriname) Darth Vader planthopper Crayola katydid Brown cicada (Indonesia) Brown; orange; and white butterfly (Suriname) Anole lizard (Anolis fuscoauratus) in Peru (Peru) 88 Butterfly (Diaethria clymena) Winged mantid on a lichen covered tree trunk (Gabon) Brown and forest green colored cicada (Indonesia) Brown mantid at Isalo Leaf-mimicking praying mantis (Suriname) Black pill millipede Morpho Butterfly in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Green katydid Walking stick insect Turquoise and orange leafhopper Mantid Yellow Dung beetle (Suriname) Satyrinid (Satyrinae) butterfly with clear wings Green grasshopper (Suriname) Beetle: black back; orange head (Suriname) Colorful butterfly feeding on a yellow flower Termites (Suriname) Butterflies mating (pan02-2031) Stick insect in Borneo; purple legs; dark green head; yellow eyes (Indonesia) 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