Photos of rainforest insects

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Below are selected pictures of rainforest insects from around the world. Other related photos may be found in the country sections on the left.

Except where noted, all images are the property of Rhett A. Butler, copyright 1994-2009. Contact me with questions regarding use, reproduction, or purchase of any of the pictures.

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Comet moth Giraffe necked Weevil Green caterpillar Leaf insect mantid brown Mantid purple antenna mantid yellow Flatid leaf bugs (Phromnia rosea) Adult Flatid leaf bugs (Phromnia rosea) Pill Millipede Ball

Pill Millipede (Green color) Stick Mantid Flatid leaf bug nymphs, tree trunk Butterfly feeding on pink flower in Bali Black and white striped caterpillar with orange head Blue and green butterfly Honey bee preparing to land on yellow flower Green and black dragonfly resting on leaf Spiny yellow caterpillar Red Grasshawk (Neurothemis fluctuans)

Brachydiplax dragonfly on blade of grass Yellow-, green-, and orange-spotted butterfly in leaf litter Iguaze Butterflies, Brazil Grasshopper, Honduras Katydid, Honduras Moth, Honduras Moth, Honduras Insect, Honduras Insect, Thailand Caterpillar

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Comet moth | Giraffe necked Weevil | Green caterpillar | Leaf insect | mantid brown | Mantid purple antenna | mantid yellow | Flatid leaf bugs (Phromnia rosea) | Adult Flatid leaf bugs (Phromnia rosea) | Pill Millipede Ball | Pill Millipede (Green color) | Stick Mantid | Flatid leaf bug nymphs, tree trunk | Butterfly feeding on pink flower in Bali | Black and white striped caterpillar with orange head | Blue and green butterfly | Honey bee preparing to land on yellow flower | Green and black dragonfly resting on leaf | Spiny yellow caterpillar | Red Grasshawk (Neurothemis fluctuans) | Brachydiplax dragonfly on blade of grass | Yellow-, green-, and orange-spotted butterfly in leaf litter | Iguaze Butterflies, Brazil | Grasshopper, Honduras | Katydid, Honduras | Moth, Honduras | Moth, Honduras | Insect, Honduras | Insect, Thailand | Caterpillar

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Green Mantid | Leaf mimic insect | Praying Mantis (Brown color) | Mantid Purple Antenna | Red millipede compared with size of hand | Walking stick insect | White moth | Small copper colored spider in Gabon | Close up on a fly | Dung beetle pushing a ball of dung | Black and turquoise dragonfly with turquoise eyes | Black, yellow, and blue dragonfly | Green mantid | Green mantid looking into the camera | Blue green and copper colored grasshopper with large red eyes and yellow antennae | Large black beetle in Borneo | Black and white butterfly feeding on flower nectar | Bright green cicada | Brown cicada | Brachydiplax dragonfly species | Grasshawk dragonfly (Neurothemis fluctuans) | Blue and black butterfly in rainforest of Borneo | Yellow-, green-, and orange-spotted butterfly with blue underparts | Iridescent turquoise and black butterfly in hand | Deep red millipede on forest floor | Grasshopper | Moth, Honduras | Pray Mantis, Honduras | Butterflies, Honduras | Parides Butterfly, Honduras

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Insects, Malaysia | Phoebis philea and Anteos menippe butterflies in large group feeding on minerals in mud | Phoebis philea and Anteos menippe butterflies in large group feeding on minerals in mud | Large stick insect | Multi-colored butterfly on a beach (unknown species) | Bee burrowing in the sand | Multi-colored grasshoppers mating | Heliconius sara butterfly | Large bamboo-like walking stick insect | Beige grasshopper | Well camouflaged insect, resembling lichen | Lycorea halia butterfly | Nest of colony spiders (family: Araneidae) | Black moth with orange and green markings | Green, brown, and black insect | White butterfly | Ant nest made of leaves | Tarantula spider | Mass of caterpillars on leaf litter of forest floor | Round black fury caterpillar | Round black fury caterpillar | Owl butterfly | Small green, gold, and brown scorpion | Black and yellow centipede | Ants | Ants | Ants | Beetle | White furry caterpillar with yellow head and two orange spots at base of head | Camouflaged spider on tree trunk

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Mating flies as view through palm leaf | Rhetus periander butterfly | Biblis hyperia butterfly sucking moisture from drying laundry | Colorful, but known grasshopper-like insect | Colorful, but known grasshopper-like insect | Black, gray, white and red spider | Unknown butterfly with orange, brown, and white markings on outer part of the wing | Unknown butterfly with black and light blue outer wings | Arawacus butterfly | Callicore cynosura butterfly with wings closed | Black grasshopper with indigo blue eyes and yellow polkadots | Unknown butterfly with orange, brown, and white markings on outer part of the wing | Panacea prola butterfly, wings open | Panacea prola butterfly, wings open | Panacea prola butterfly, wings closed | Praying mantis standing guard of its tree | Ceiba borer beetle | Leaf cutter ant carrying leaf | Small red beetle | Unknown butterfly with light and dark brown patterned wings and orange on the upper wing | Unknown butterfly with light and dark brown patterned wings and orange on the upper wing | Biblis hyperia butterfly, brown to black with red on its wings | Panacea prola butterfly, wings open | Brown katydid with green marking on its back | Yellow-green butterfly, possibly Nessaea obrinus with wings closed | Glowing click beetle | Glowing click beetle | Click beetle with glow lights | Reddish-brown stick insect | Greenish-brown katydid

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Red rainforest crab | Yellow and red spider in web | Dark brown centipede | Katydid | Red, black, and white insect | Mass of caterpillars | Mass of caterpillars | Green grasshopper with yellow and black bands, and red, yellow, orange, and black striped legs | Turquoise fly with black wings and bright red eyes | Possibly a Heliconius butterfly (species unknown) | Possibly a morpho butterfly (species unknown) | Giant metallic ceiba borer beetle, Euchroma gigantea, on Kapok tree | Black wasp on canopy platform | Brown grasshopper with white marking | Light green grasshopper with yellow and maroon striped legs | Beetle with black body, white and black back, and turquoise legs | Beetle with black body, white and black back, and turquoise legs | Beetle with black body, white and black back, and turquoise legs | Light green grasshopper with yellow and maroon striped legs | Adelpha iphiclus butterfly on pebbles | Green, blue, yellow, red, and black grasshopper | Large white and yellow fury caterpillarthat resembles a shitzu | Large white and yellow fury caterpillarthat resembles a shitzu | Yellow and black beetle on screen (unknown species) | Walking stick insects mating | Walking stick insects mating | Black insect (unknown) | Small black, red, yellow, and white beetle | Shitzu-like caterpillar, white and yellow fur | Amarynthis meneria butterfly on leaf

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Urania leilus day-flying or diurnal moth | Heraclides thoas butterfly on muddy bank | Bullet ant (Paraponera clavata) | Leaf-cutter ant nest | Leaf-cutter ant nest | Callicore cynosura butterfly feeding on minerals from a muddy river bank | Ginormous ant on forest floor | Gigantic ant on forest floor | Green grasshopper | Three beige, yellow, black, and white grasshoppers on a leaf | Brown grasshopper | Brown grasshopper with white marking | Yellow grasshopper | Green grasshopper with gray-black legs and a yellow stripe down its back | Green grasshopper | Thin stick insect on tree trunk | Brown katydid | Katydid with light green spots on back and each leg | Butterfly on hand | Spider hanging from web | Stick insect in the Amazon rain forest | Beige millipede in the Amazon rainforest | Pair of Tailless whip scorpions (Amblypygid sp) | Tail-less whip scorpion (Amblypygid sp) | Silver-gray millipede in eating leaf Amazon rainforest | Black and yellow centipede in Amazon rainforest | Rainforest spider | Red-orange, black, white, and maroon caterpillar on underside of leaf | Unknown insect | Unknown insect

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Brown, black, and white butterfly | Black, blue, and turquoise dragonfly | Group of Male Perrhybris pamela and yellow and black butterflies | Black and yellow butterflies at river's edge | Group of Male Perrhybris pamela butterflies feeding on minerals in clay along the Rio Tambopata | Lasaia agesilas butterfly | Blue morpho butterfly (Morpho menelaus) | Small brown insect with red marking | Heliconius sara butterfly | Heliconius butterfly | Bullet ant (Paraponera clavata) | Insect with red eyes, turquoise markings, and white feather-like appendages near its tail | Katydid -- with green body, brown head, and bright blue eyes -- sleeping in bamboo shoot | Iridescent green beetle | Insect with red eyes, turquoise markings, and white feather-like appendages near its tail | Red and black insects on a green fruit | Large black beetle | Unknown butterfly, lime green wings with beige to yellow border | Small yellow and silver beetle | Unknown insect | Red, yellow, and green insect | Spider on web | Wildlife | Wildlife | Katydid on tree trunk | Katydid on tree trunk | Wolf spider | Thorn spider | Firefly on ground | Small red and black beetle

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Cicada between fingers | Camouflaged grasshopper | Stick insect | Walking stick insect under a leaf | Owl butterfly (Caligo idomeneus) | Owl butterfly (Caligo idomeneus) | Butterfly at night | Katydid eating a mushroom | Giant stick insect | Giant walking stick insect with a person's hand for scale | Walking stick in the Peruvian rainforest | Clear-winged Cithaerias pireta butterfly feeding on dung | Clear-winged Cithaerias pireta butterfly | Black-and-white butterfly with orange eyespot in Peru | Green, teal, blue, pruple, red, and black insect in Peru | Green, teal, blue, pruple, red, and black insect in Peru | Diaethria clymena butterfly | Green cicada in Peru | Spider emerging from canopy tower structure | Butterfly in the rainforest canopy | Camouflaged praying mantis on tree trunk | horned spider, Thailand | Moth, Thailand | Grasshopper, Venezuela | Blue Morpho Butterfly Crayola katydid Butterfly on beach | Longhorn Beetle in flight with guide Armand | Masoala peninsula beetle | Longhorn Beetle (Cerambycidae)

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Grey moth | Black pill millipede | Brown mantid at Isalo | Green caterpillar | Dung beetles | Giraffe-necked Weevil | Pink and green grasshopper at the petite tsingy | Green pill millipede on tree trunk | Green pill millipede rolled in palm of hand | Green pill millipede rolled in ball | Green walking stick insect | Lutinus Beetle | Mantid Yellow | Moth | Praying mantis beige | Red beetle | Red clear-wing butterfly | Red millipede on log | Stick insect in Masoala NP | Nocturnal stick insect | Teal and black butterflies | Urania riphaeus moth | Yellow and blue butterfly | Yellow and blue butterfly on ground | Silkworm in protective bark cocoon | Black and tan dragonfly | Giant black bee feeding on morning glory flower nectar | Leech preparing to bite a man's arm | Forest leech on man's wrist | Large black beetle on clothing

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Ants hauling body parts of a dead insect up a tree trunk | Yellow butterfly in Borneo | Fire ants in Borneo | Colony of termites in moving along a log in the jungle | Red weevil-like insect with yellow and black legs | Bright red insect | Orange butterfly on forest floor in Borneo | Blood-sucking leech on deck of “klotok” (the traditional long boat of this part of Borneo) | Black butterfly with white markings | Black butterfly with blue-purple markings on its wings | Caterpillar, Belize | Blue Morpho Caterpillar, Honduras | Blue Morpho Caterpillar, Honduras | Butterfly, Honduras | Butterfly, Honduras | Owl Butterfly, Honduras | Owl Butterfly, Honduras | Parides Butterfly, Honduras | Millipede, Madagascar | Moth, Madagascar | Stick Insect, Thailand