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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Moth; Madagascar Greenish-brown katydid (Peru) Katydid (Peru) Red insect with black legs (pan01-0799a) Mating flies as view through palm leaf (Peru) Brown and green beetle Cicada between fingers (Peru) Butterfly (Suriname) Green Katydid near Puerto Narino White moth (pan01-0873) Unknown insect (Peru) Walking stick insect under a leaf (Peru) Bright green caterpillar displaying its toxic spines in the Amazon rainforest Diaethria clymena butterfly (Peru) Thorn spider (Peru) Light green grasshopper with yellow and maroon striped legs (Peru) Brown katydid with green marking on its back (Peru) Large white and yellow fury caterpillarthat resembles a shitzu (Peru) Deep red millipede on forest floor (Indonesia) Owl butterfly (Caligo idomeneus) (Peru) Mass of caterpillars (Peru) Spiny yellow caterpillar (Indonesia) Round black fury caterpillar (Peru) Green grasshopper with gray-black legs and a yellow stripe down its back (Peru) Close-up on a leaf grasshopper Large stick insect (Peru) Green mantid looking into the camera (Indonesia) Green grasshopper Camouflaged grasshopper (Peru) Red Bug (immature nymph, which lacks full wings) Newly hatched caterpillars (pan02-2040a) Brown; orange; and white butterfly (Suriname) Stick insect with orange feet Walking stick insect Leaf-mimicking praying mantis (Suriname) Yellow beetle climbing a blade of grass 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