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Pictures of Insects in Colombia

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These " Pictures of Insects in Colombia " were taken during a 2007 trip to Colombia.

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Red, black, yellow, and white caterpillar


Orange and yellow beetle with black spots


Green and brown grasshopper with yellow markings and a black head


Green grasshopper


Red insect


Rasberry dragonfly


White a dark red-stripped butterfly


Red, black, and white butterfly


Colorful grasshopper


Black, blue, and yellow butterfly


Ants on a red-orange flower bud


Brown butterfly on the forest floor


Wasp in the Amazon rainforest


Brown walking stick


Brown grasshopper


Green grasshopper


Green grasshopper


Black and orange beetle


Green and brown grasshopper with yellow markings and a black head


Multicolored katydid


Grasshopper eating a leaf


Multicolored grasshopper


Green spiny caterpillar


Zig zag beetle




Clear-wing butterfly (Pseudohaeterea hypaesia) in Colombia


Transparent butterfly of the Nymphalidae family (Subfamily Satyrinae)


Nymphalidae transparent-winged butterfly in a Colombian cloud forest


Wasps' nest


Black, blue, and orange butterfly in Colombia


Brown grasshopper


Light green colored cricket


Green katydid


Brown walking stick


Blue morpho on a wooden deck


Yellow-legged wasp


Transparent butterfly (Pseudohaeterea hypaesia) in Colombia


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


Bright green caterpillar displaying its toxic spines in the Amazon rainforest


Orange and yellow beetle


Butterfly in the Amazon rainforest canopy


Poisonous caterpillar displaying its neon green but venemous spines


Pair of "rainbow" grasshoppers


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


Orange, green, black, yellow, and turquoise grasshopper


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


Rasberry dragonfly










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