Pictures of bugs

Images of bugs taken by Rhett Ayers Butler. Last updated: January 2, 2023.

Latern bug (Fulgora lampestris)

Orange planthopper

Orange and blue planthopper [mcar_0007]

Red bugs mating

Shield bug [madagascar_masoala_0517]

Bug [costa_rica_siquirres_0066]

Latern bug (Fulgora lampestris) [sabah_kinabatangan_0383]

Cicada emerging from nymph skin

Blue leafhopper

Amazonian wax-tailed fulgorid (Lystra lanata)

Leaf-mimicking treehopper [madagascar_3516]

Orange planthopper [madagascar_maroantsetra_0133]

Neon planthopper

Green leafhopper insect with polka dots

Agrosoma placetis leafhopper [costa-rica-d_0038a]

Green white and orange planthopper

Orb spider eating a cicada

Green white and orange planthopper

White planthopper with orange eyes

Green white and orange planthopper

Gorgeous blue planthopper

Multicolored leafhopper insect (Agrosoma placetis)

Green white and orange planthopper

Orange planthopper [madagascar_maroantsetra_0144]

Fulgoridae laternfly

Anisocelis flavolineata an orange black yellow and red flag footed bug

Bright orange-pink planthopper [kalsel_0046]

Orange planthopper

Green white and orange planthopper

Orange planthopper

Lantern bug [sabah_sepilok_0154]

Blue leafhopper [costa_rica_la_selva_0409]

White planthopper with orange eyes

Bug [costa_rica_siquirres_1070]

White planthopper with orange eyes

Electric blue and orange leafhopper

Green white and orange planthopper

Assassin bug [costa_rica_la_selva_1479]

Orange planthopper [madagascar_maroantsetra_0141]

Green white and orange planthopper

Blue leafhopper [costa_rica_la_selva_0407]

Bug [costa_rica_siquirres_0772]

Green white and orange planthopper

Black purple turquoise red and orange leafhopper [kalbar_0115]

Close up face shot on an insect

Bright orange-pink planthopper [kalsel_0050]

Latern bug (Fulgora lampestris) [sabah_kinabatangan_0378]

Green-eyed orange-headed purple-bodied planthopper [kalbar_1842]

Orange leafhopper [kalteng_0720]

Amazonian wax-tailed fulgorid (Lystra lanata)

Fulgorid planthopper (Lystra lanata)

Fulgorid planthopper (Lystra lanata)

Fulgoridae laternfly

Fulgoridae family bug

Green shield bug

Amazonian wax-tailed planthopper (Lystra lanata)

White planthopper with orange eyes

White planthopper with orange eyes

Hot pink planthopper

Neon pink planthopper

Pink shield bug

Fulgoridae family bug [colombia_0596]

Orange planthopper

Amazonian wax-tailed fulgorid (Lystra lanata)

Purple yellow and brown planthopper [kalbar_0669]

Turquoise and orange planthopper

White planthopper with orange eyes

Orange planthopper

Orange planthopper

Leaf-mimicking treehopper [madagascar_3518]

Planthopper nymph

Latern bug (Fulgora lampestris) [sabah_kinabatangan_0380]

Latern bug (Fulgora lampestris) [sabah_kinabatangan_0384]

Orange bug on a flower

Amazonian wax-tailed planthopper (Lystra lanata)

Stunning blue planthopper

Orange planthopper [madagascar_maroantsetra_0138]

Green leafhopper with orange spots on its head and a black patch on its back

Green shield insect

Neon pink planthopper

Orange and black leafhopper

Black and red assassin bug -- sabah_3290

Black purple turquoise red and orange leafhopper [kalbar_0125]

Orange planthopper

Green and orange flat-footed bug

Bug [costa_rica_siquirres_0804]

Red and black bugs [madagascar_3728]

Bluish planthopper

Red assassin bug

White-blue leafhopper

Red and black insect in China

Electric blue and orange leafhoppers mating

Green and red insect [kalbar_1750]

Lantern bug [madagascar_3527]

Planthopper nymph [riau_0276]

Pink shield bug

White shield bug

Orb spider eating a cicada [costa_rica_la_selva_1857]

White planthopper with orange eyes

White planthopper with orange eyes

Mottled planthopper [kalbar_1736]

Lantern fly (Zanna nobilis)

White planthopper with orange eyes

Orange bug on a flower

Bug [costa_rica_siquirres_0068]

Magenta leaf-hopper [madagascar_5007]

Bug [costa_rica_siquirres_0546]

Green insect with polka dots [costa_rica_4447a]

Bright orange-pink planthopper [kalsel_0047]

Cicada [costa_rica_la_selva_1842]

White planthopper with orange eyes

Bluish planthopper

Shield bug [madagascar_masoala_0520]

White shield bug [sabah_sepilok_0168]

Neon pink planthopper

Orange bug on a flower

Orange metallic green and black assassin bug

Orange assassin bug

Multi-colored bug [madagascar_perinet_0026]

Shield bug [madagascar_masoala_0508]

Bright orange assassin bug nymphs

Black and red assassin bug

Dark brown bug with bright orange spots

Cicada emerging from nymph skin [costa_rica_la_selva_0818]

Red and black insect in China

Black and red assassin bug -- sabah_3288

Neon pink planthopper

Malagasy flatid bug (Phromnia rosea) in its nymph stage [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0292]

Red bugs mating [aceh_0390]

Bug [costa_rica_siquirres_1049]

Neon pink planthopper

Red and blue planthopper

Latern bug (Fulgora lampestris) [sabah_kinabatangan_0373]

Green white and orange planthopper

Fulgorid planthopper (Lystra lanata)

Red and black insect

Green white and orange planthopper

Fulgorid planthopper (Lystra lanata)

Leaf-mimicking treehopper

Spittle bug [madagascar_masoala_0242]

Orange bug on a flower

Spider eating a red leafhopper

White shield bug [sabah_sepilok_0169]

Gray-purple planthopper with an orange eye

Neon pink planthopper

Lantern bug [sabah_sepilok_0157]

Green shield bug

Orange planthopper

Pink shield bug

Black orange and turquoise stink bug

Neon pink planthopper

Red-dotted planthopper (Lystra lanata)

White-blue leafhopper [colombia_3581]

Orange leafhopper [kalteng_0723]

Assassin bug [costa_rica_la_selva_1482]

Bug [riau_0216]

Orange planthopper

Bluish planthopper

Yellow and black leafhopper

Lantern bug [sabah_sepilok_0147]

Blue planthopper [madagascar_masoala_0113]

Giant water bug (Abedus herberti)

Shield bug in Borneo

Orange bug on a flower

White planthopper with orange eyes

Red-dotted planthopper (Lystra lanata)

White planthopper with orange eyes

Stink bug in New Guinea

Orange and black leafhopper [madagascar_0782]

True bug [colombia_4867]

Red-dotted planthopper (Lystra lanata)

Amazonian wax-tailed planthopper (Lystra lanata)

Leaf-mimicking treehopper [madagascar_3521]

Orange planthopper

Orange metallic green and black assassin bug [colombia_0578]

Black and neon green planthopper with red eyes

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