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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Metallic green beetle (Suriname) Beetle with black body; white and black back; and turquoise legs (Peru) Katydid on tree trunk (Peru) Lasaia agesilas butterfly (Peru) Light green colored cricket Beetle with black body; white and black back; and turquoise legs (Peru) Beetle with black body; white and black back; and turquoise legs (Peru) Blue green and copper colored grasshopper with large red eyes and yellow antennae (Indonesia) Katydid eating a mushroom (Peru) Black caterpillar with off-white stripes and yellow spines (pan01-0773a) Camouflaged spider on tree trunk (Peru) Arawacus butterfly (Peru) Red; yellow; and green insect (Peru) Green grasshopper (Peru) Termites (Suriname) Black-and-white butterfly with orange eyespot in Peru (Peru) Phoebis philea and Anteos menippe butterflies in large group feeding on minerals in mud (Peru) Unknown butterfly with light and dark brown patterned wings and orange on the upper wing (Peru) Small brown insect with red marking (Peru) Fire ants in Borneo (Indonesia) Spider on web (Peru) Silver-gray millipede in eating leaf Amazon rainforest (Peru) Leaf-mimicking praying mantis (Suriname) Orange and black insect Brachydiplax dragonfly species (Indonesia) Green grasshopper Heliconius butterfly (Peru) Tail-less whip scorpion (Amblypygid sp) (Peru) Red and brown butterfly Black insect (unknown) (Peru) Panacea prola butterfly; wings open (Peru) Light orange caterpillar Black and turquoise dragonfly with turquoise eyes (Gabon) Black and white butterfly feeding on flower nectar (Indonesia) Reddish-brown stick insect (Peru) Rhetus periander butterfly (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