Unidentified species - Colombia

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Red, black, yellow, and white caterpillar


Green grasshopper


Orange and yellow beetle with black spots


Green and brown grasshopper with yellow markings and a black head


Multicolored grasshopper


Green and brown grasshopper with yellow markings and a black head


Thin spider in the Amazon


Green grasshopper


Red insect


Green katydid


Brown spider


Rasberry dragonfly


Giant black and red jungle tarantula


Pair of "rainbow" grasshoppers


Butterfly in the Amazon rainforest canopy


White a dark red-stripped butterfly


Transparent butterfly of the Nymphalidae family (Subfamily Satyrinae)


Wasps' nest


Black, orange, and light blue butterfly on a Heliconia leaf


Orange, green, black, yellow, and turquoise grasshopper


Poisonous caterpillar displaying its neon green but venemous spines


Red, black, and white butterfly


Nymphalidae transparent-winged butterfly in a Colombian cloud forest


Black, blue, and orange butterfly in Colombia


Colorful grasshopper


Black, blue, and yellow butterfly


Brown butterfly on the forest floor


Wasp in the Amazon rainforest


Brown walking stick


Brown grasshopper


Green grasshopper


Black and orange beetle


Multicolored katydid


Grasshopper eating a leaf


Green spiny caterpillar


Zig zag beetle


Brown grasshopper


Light green colored cricket


Brown walking stick


Blue morpho on a wooden deck


Light orange caterpillar


Yellow-legged wasp


Black and red beetle


Transparent-winged butterfly with orange, black, and white markings


Red and black butterfly


Black and yellow butterfly


Orange and black insect


Brown and green beetle


Red and brown butterfly


Forest green centipede with yellow legs and dark red antenna


Amazon spider


Giant black and red tarantula in the Amazon rainforest


Brown spider


Bright green caterpillar displaying its toxic spines in the Amazon rainforest


Orange and yellow beetle


Butterfly with clear wings and false eye-spots


Green grasshopper eating a banana leaf


Close-up on a leaf grasshopper


Rainbow grasshopper


Multi-colored grasshoppers


White insect with light orange spots


Brown leaf katydid


Caterpillar with an orange head and yellow-white and black bands


Black, orange, and light blue butterfly


Black dragonfly with red posterior parts (abdominal segments)


Brown cockroach with yellow and black markings


Green dragonfly with alternating green and black abdominal segments


Brown moth with light yellow markings on its wings


White insect with black spots and an orange head


Green Katydid near Puerto Nari�o


Colorful butterfly feeding on a yellow flower


Colorful butterfly feeding on a yellow flower


Colorful butterfly feeding on a yellow flower


Red and black dragonfly


Grasshopper


Black, red, and yellow butterfly


Black, red, and yellow butterfly


Black, blue, and yellow butterfly


Silvery-green grasshopper


Brown cricket


Green grasshopper with yellow markings and a black head


Bright green grasshopper


Black spiny caterpillar


Brown spider on its web


Black insect with orange parasites


Brown moth


Light orange bristly caterpillar in Parque Tayrona


Red, black, and brown butterfly with white spots


White moth


Heliconius butterfly in Santuario Ot�n Quimbaya


Satyrinid (Satyrinae) butterfly with clear wings


Red and black butterfly on a sandy river beach


Black and orange butterfly


Daddy longlegs in the Colombian rainforest


Yellow beetle climbing a blade of grass


Black, blue, and orange butterfly


Brown centipede on the trunk of a canopy tree


Butterfly high in the rainforest canopy of the Amazon


Light green katydid


Stick insect with orange feet


Moss-like caterpillar covered with poisonous spines


Neon green caterpillar in the Amazon rainforest


Butterfly with transparent wings, eye-spots, and orange-rust coloration


Wasp nest under a rainforest leaf


Clear-wing butterfly in the Colombian Amazon


Brown praying mantis on a lichen-covered tree trunk


Black caterpillar with long white hairs, a yellow stripe, and red parts


Black caterpillar with orange spots


Black caterpillar with orange spots


Gray grasshopper


Grasshopper: black head, red antenna, yellow stripes, green legs, red haunches


Unknown grasshopper: black head, red antenna, yellow stripes, green legs, red haunches


Unknown katydid


Green grasshopper feeding on a leaf


Multi-colored grasshopper


Leaf-mimicking grasshopper


Black beetle with yellow zigzag pattern


Yellow and black spider in its web


Mottled gray and black grasshopper


Brown leaf katydid in the Colombian Amazon


White moth spotted on a night walk in the Colombian Amazon


Large brown cricket in the Amazon rainforest


Bright green katydid


Blue morpho with wings closed


Orange butterfly feeding on damp laundry along an Amazon tributary


Orange butterfly feeding on damp laundry


Ants in a symbiotic relationship with a plant in the Amazon rainforest


Unknown butterfly


Brown buterfly with red, white, lavendar, and orange markings


Black dragonfly with red rearparts


Black bee with a yellow head


Black and orange beetle


Red and black insect


Brown butterfly


Brown butterfly


Brown cricket


Dark brown stick insect


Tennis-ball green caterpillar


Brown grasshopper


Black and orange insect


Green grasshopper


Green and yellow grasshopper


Rainforest cockroach


Brown katydid


Blue morpho viewed from behind, wings closed


Blue morpho on a wooden deck


Orb spider


Red, black, brown, and white butterfly


Red, black, brown, and white butterfly


Red beetle with a black head


Forest wasp


Red and orange insect on a rainforest leaf


Insects in the Santuario Ot�n Quimbaya


Butterfly with wings up


Yellow beetle climbing a blade of grass


Yellow beetle climbing a blade of grass


Wasps' nest


Wasps' nest


Brown centipede on the trunk of a canopy tree


Orange and red beetle


Amazon ants devouring a leaf


Light green katydid on a leaf


Green grasshopper with black and bright yellow stripes


Dark green centipede with yellow legs and dark red antenna


Light green praying mantis


Stick insect with orange feet


Unknown butterfly


Orange and yellow beetle ON A LEAF IN THE COLOMBIAN AMAZON


Butterfly with see-through wings and false eye-spots


Butterfly with transparent wings and false eye-spots


Black beetle with orange fringe


Metallic beetle with black spots


Two colorful grasshoppers in Colombia


Tangerine insect with black spots


Tangerine-colored insect with black spots


Grasshopper with a black body, yellow stripes, and green legs


Green-spot Grasshopper


Green-spot Grasshopper in the Colombian Amazon


Blue morpho buttefly with closed wings


Scorpion spider


Green grasshopper with black eyes


Light green dragonfly with alternating green and black abdominal segments, in Macedonia, an Amerindian craftsmen community


Spiny white and black caterpillar


Spiny white and black caterpillar


Yellow-headed caterpillar


Black butterfly with blue and yellow spots


Green Katydid near Puerto Nari�o


Green Katydid near Puerto Nari�o

Birds


Brown bird


Osprey?


Osprey?

Fish


Callichthys catfish in an Amazon creek at night


Armored catfish in an Amazon creek at night

Reptiles


Unknown yellow and black Colubrid snake


Unknown yellow and black Colubrid snake


Unknown yellow and black Colubrid snake


Anole lizard in the Amazon rainforest canopy


Amazon tortoise


South American rattlesnake


Blue-tailed skink in Tayrona


Brown anole lizard in Colombia


Green anole in Parque Tayrona


Green anole in Colombia


Lizard on a tree trunk


Brown lizard with red markings


Camouflaged grey anolis lizard high in the forest canopy of the Amazon


Blue-tailed skink in Colombia


Brown tree lizard


Brown-grey anole in the canopy


Amazon "chameleon" lizard on a tree trunk


South American 'chameleon'


Amazon 'chameleon'

Worms


Red segmented worm on the floor of the Amazon rainforest