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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Moth; Thailand Giant black bee feeding on morning glory flower nectar (Indonesia) Glowing raspberry-colored dragonfly (pan02-1894) Turquoise shield bug with orange legs (Suriname) Light brown grasshopper with puple antennae (Suriname) Grasshopper (Indonesia) Ants on the forest floor (Suriname) Examining a large snake (Peru) Grasshopper on a flower (Suriname) White lined leaf frog (Phyllomedusea vaillanti) (Peru) Black, green, and red leafhopper Green grasshopper (Gabon) Black caterpillar with long white hairs; a yellow stripe; and red parts Daddy longlegs in the Colombian rainforest horned spider; Thailand Forest leech on man's wrist (Indonesia) Brachydiplax dragonfly in Kalimantan (Indonesia) Leaf-mimicking praying mantis (Suriname) Beige Ground Mantis (Tarachodes sp) Mosiac butterfly (Colobura dirce) feeding on fruit (pan02-2053) Stingless bee nest Caterpillar (Suriname) Leaf-cutter ants entering their nest Black; blue; and yellow butterfly Magenta insect (planthopper juvenile) with turquoise feet and eyes (Suriname) leafhopper nymph Blue Morpho Caterpillar; Honduras Millipede; Madagascar Beige mantid (Gabon) Green Mantid (Ranomafana N.P.) Ant (Suriname) Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria) Black; red; and yellow butterfly Bright green katydid Leaf-mimicking praying mantis (Suriname) Ants Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Yellow-; green-; and orange-spotted butterfly with blue underparts (Indonesia) Butterfly; Honduras Silvery-green grasshopper Green-and-red macaw feeding on a banana Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Sweat bee nest Caterpillar Dark brown grasshopper (Gabon) Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria) Pair of butterflies (Suriname) Unknown grasshopper: black head; red antenna; yellow stripes; green legs; red haunches Gigantic ant on forest floor Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Green katydid (Suriname) Butterflies mating (pan02-2049) Black; red; and yellow butterfly Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria) Red Grasshawk dragonfly (Neurothemis fluctuans) (Indonesia) Hot pink and turquoise insect (Suriname) Green katydid on a leaf (Gabon) Red and black dragonfly Green pill millipede on tree trunk Rust-colored moth with yellow and red markings and a black fringe (Suriname) Red weevil-like insect with yellow and black legs (Indonesia) Orange beetle (Suriname) Yellow beetle climbing a blade of grass Unknown katydid Monarch butterfly; Danaus plexippus; chrysalis at the Bocas Butterfly Garden (pan01-0840) Blue butterfly (Satyr species) Colorful grasshopper Black bee with a yellow head Wasp nest under a rainforest leaf Mottled moth (Suriname) Large brown cricket in the Amazon rainforest Small grasshopper with green belly; yellow flanks; and a brown back (Indonesia) Fly Longhorn Beetle (Cerambycidae) Black and orange banded insect (Suriname) Grasshopper Leaf cutter ants entering their nest Mottled cricket (Suriname) Furry red caterpillar Black caterpillar with orange spots Purple leafhopper with light green and magenta markings Clear-wing butterfly in the Colombian Amazon Butterflies mating (pan02-2029) Leaf-mimicking praying mantis (Suriname) Black butterfly with white markings (Indonesia) Orange; black; and yellow moth (Suriname) Gray grasshopper Unknown butterfly Green caterpillar Stick insect with orange feet 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