Photos of rainforest insects

Last updated: 2020-May-8

Orange planthopper [madagascar_maroantsetra_0133]

Bee approaching a bird-of-paradise flower

Nest of Tetragonisca angustula stingless bees, family Apidae, tribe Meliponini

Butterflies; Honduras

Blue and black butterfly

Stick insect [costa_rica_siquirres_0886]

Stick insect [costa_rica_siquirres_0430]

Multicolored grasshopper

Blue-eyed dragonflies

Katydid; Honduras

Katydid [costa_rica_siquirres_0889]

Blue-eyed dragonflies

Green grasshopper with silver eyes

Amazonian cicada

Pair of 'rainbow' grasshoppers

Pseudophasma unicolor stick insect [costa-rica-d_0421]

White palm grubs

Leaf-mimicking insect

Orb spider eating a cicada

Blue morpho butterfly

Moth on the underside of a leaf caught by the sun

Stick insect [costa_rica_siquirres_0305]

Yellow and black banded caterpillar

Amazonian wax-tailed fulgorid (Lystra lanata)

Grasshopper devouring a leaf while mating

Katydid [costa_rica_siquirres_0878]

Butterfly with pink and transparent wings in Costa Rica

Turquoise, blue, and yellow weevil

Katydid [costa_rica_siquirres_0285]

Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria)

Blue leafhopper

Giant ceiba borer (Euchroma giganteum)

Nymphalidae transparent-winged butterfly in a Colombian cloud forest

Blue morpho with its wings closed

Pray Mantis; Honduras

Black, blue, and orange butterfly in Colombia

Giant Metallic Ceiba Borer

Bug [costa_rica_siquirres_0066]

Borer? [madagascar_masoala_0930]

Caligo sp or Owl Butterfly with its wings closed

Leaf-mimicking praying mantis

Glasshopper [costa_rica_siquirres_0737]

Glasswinged butterfly (Greta oto)

Katydid [costa_rica_siquirres_0392]

Leaf-cutter ant

Blue morpho with its wings closed

Giant brown Long-horned Beetle (Callipogon lemoinei) (female)

White butterfly with blue eyes

Katydid [madagascar_masoala_0727]

Orange and yellow beetle

Green and brown grasshopper with yellow markings and a black head

White a dark red-stripped butterfly

Grasshopper; Honduras

Turquoise insect with orange legs

Isabella's Tiger (Eueides isabella) in the Costa Rican forest

Rainbow grasshopper

Isabella's Heliconian (Eueides isabella)

Soldier army ants

Grasshopper [costa_rica_la_selva_1318]

Transparent moth

Katydid [costa_rica_siquirres_1043]

Transparent butterfly of the Nymphalidae family (Subfamily Satyrinae)

Stick insect [madagascar_masoala_0919]

Red, black, yellow, and white caterpillar

Green grasshopper

Giant ceiba borer (Euchroma giganteum)

Brown grasshopper

Thoas Swallowtail (Papilio thoas) -Yellow and black swallowtail butterfly

Orange, green, black, yellow, and turquoise grasshopper

Blue morpho with its wings closed

Leaf-mimicking praying mantis

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