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Last update: 2017-07-27
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Transparent butterfly of the Nymphalidae family (Subfamily Satyrinae)
(Colombia)
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Poisonous Automeris moth caterpillar displaying its neon green but venemous spines
(Colombia)
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Red, black, yellow, and white caterpillar
(Colombia)
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Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria)
(Peru)
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Red, black, and white butterfly - Scarlet Peacock (Anartia amathea)
(Colombia)
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Orange, green, black, yellow, and turquoise grasshopper
(Colombia)
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Nymphalidae transparent-winged butterfly in a Colombian cloud forest
(Colombia)
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Black, orange, and light blue butterfly on a Heliconia leaf, possibly Ithomia pellucida or the "Blue transparent"
(Colombia)
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Ants in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Butterfly in the Amazon rainforest canopy
(Colombia)
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Black, blue, and orange butterfly in Colombia
(Colombia)
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Assassin Bug, family Reduviidae (Red bug)
(Colombia)
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Insect nymph
(Peru)
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Yellow and black banded caterpillar
(Peru)
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Green and brown grasshopper with yellow markings and a black head
(Colombia)
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Ants in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Skimmer, family Libellulidae (Rasberry dragonfly)
(Colombia)
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Pair of "rainbow" grasshoppers
(Colombia)
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Green grasshopper
(Colombia)
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Orange-pink and yellow leafhopper
(Peru)
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Purple flowers in forest understorey
(Peru)
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Tortoise Beetle, family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Hispinae (Orange and yellow beetle with black spots)
(Colombia)
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Morpho butterfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Clear-wing butterfly (Pseudohaeterea hypaesia) in Colombia
(Colombia)
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Blue, black, and orange butterfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Red rainforest crab
(Peru)
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Morpho butterfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Red and brown butterfly
(Colombia)
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Bess Beetle, Betsy Beetle, Patent Leather Beetle, (family Passalidae)
(Peru)
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Green Katydid near Puerto Nariño
(Colombia)
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Panacea prola butterfly; wings open [manu-Manu_1023_2382]
(Peru)
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Well camouflaged insect; resembling lichen
(Peru)
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Shitzu-like caterpillar; white and yellow fur
(Peru)
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Dusky Titi Monkey (Callicebus spp.)
(Peru)
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Turquoise and orange leafhopper
(Peru)
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Purple leafhopper with light green and magenta markings [manu_0956]
(Peru)
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Red-eyed leafhopper
(Peru)
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Brown and green Leaf Beetle, family Chrysomelidae
(Colombia)
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Multicolored katydid
(Colombia)
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Ceiba borer beetle (family Elateridae). This beetle feeds on the kapok tree
(Peru)
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Panacea prola butterfly; wings closed
(Peru)
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Callicore cynosura butterfly with wings closed
(Peru)
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Mass of caterpillars on leaf litter of forest floor
(Peru)
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Pleasing Fungus Beetle (family Erotylidae) with black body, white and black back, and turquoise legs
(Peru)
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Glowing click beetle (family Elateridae)
(Peru)
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Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria)
(Peru)
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Black and yellow butterfly
(Colombia)
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Ants in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Multi-colored grasshoppers
(Colombia)
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Three beige; yellow; black; and white grasshoppers on a leaf
(Peru)
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Millipede in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Orange, white, and black clear-winged butterfly (Greta oto) in the Amazon
(Peru)
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Black skimmer (family Libellulidae) with red posterior parts (abdominal segments)
(Colombia)
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Reddish-brown stick insect
(Peru)
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Yellow grasshopper
(Peru)
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Lycorea halia butterfly
(Peru)
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Walking stick insects mating (Proscopiidae family)
(Peru)
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Pair of Tailless whip scorpions (Amblypygid sp)
(Peru)
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Butterfly rests on camera in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Black moth with orange and green markings
(Peru)
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Brown grasshopper with white marking
(Peru)
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Small black, red, yellow, and white Leaf Beetle, family Chrysomelidae
(Peru)
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88 Butterfly (Diaethria clymena)
(Peru)
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Green and orange flat-footed bug
(Peru)
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Large bamboo-like walking stick insect
(Peru)
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Ferocious looking insect in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Rasberry dragonfly
(Colombia)
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Large stick insect
(Peru)
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Black grasshopper with indigo blue eyes and yellow polkadots
(Peru)
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Phoebis philea and Anteos menippe butterflies in large group feeding on minerals in mud
(Peru)
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Camouflaged grasshopper
(Peru)
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Orange and yellow Leaf Beetle, family Chrysomelidae
(Colombia)
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Green insect in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Black moth
(Peru)
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Green katydid
(Peru)
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Furry red caterpillar
(Peru)
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Black and yellow butterflies at river's edge
(Peru)
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Red; black; and white insect
(Peru)
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Unknown butterfly with light and dark brown patterned wings and orange on the upper wing
(Peru)
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Colorful; but known grasshopper-like insect [manu-Manu_1023_2341]
(Peru)
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Purple leafhopper with light green and magenta markings
(Peru)
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Butterflies feeding on a flower
(Peru)
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Leaf katydid
(Peru)
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Diaethria clymena butterfly
(Peru)
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Darth Vader planthopper
(Peru)
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Purple cicada with yellow spots and blue bands
(Peru)
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Blue, black, and orange butterfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Brown katydid with green marking on its back
(Peru)
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Urania leilus day-flying or diurnal moth
(Peru)
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Ants in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Biblis hyperia butterfly sucking moisture from drying laundry
(Peru)
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Small red and black Pleasing Fungus Beetle (family Erotylidae)
(Peru)
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Panacea prola butterfly; wings open
(Peru)
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Green and brown grasshopper with yellow markings and a black head [br_co-0192]
(Colombia)
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Liturgusa charpentieri or L. lichenalis praying mantis standing guard of its tree
(Peru)
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Large white and yellow fury caterpillarthat resembles a shitzu [manu-Manu_1024_3040]
(Peru)
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Brown praying mantis
(Colombia)
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Green katydid
(Peru)
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Yellow-green butterfly; possibly Nessaea obrinus with wings closed
(Peru)
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Lasaia agesilas butterfly
(Peru)
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Brown cockroach with yellow and black markings
(Colombia)
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Green grasshopper [br_co-0181a]
(Colombia)
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Male rhinoceros beetle
(Peru)
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Moth that resembles a leaf
(Peru)
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Turquoise fly with black wings and bright red eyes
(Peru)
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Pterodictya reticularis latern fly. Identification courtesy of Garrett Herth, who said the following: 'Order: Hemiptera Family: Fulgoridae. Lantern flies are the most primitive form of cicadas and are not able to produce sound. Some species excrete a type of white wax from the rear of the abdomen which trails after them in long strings or bunches. The wax is secreted regularly and is eaten by certain species of small butterflies whose larvae live on the bodies of lantern flies. These insects have acquired the name lantern flies chiefly because of one particular species from South America, the Surinam lantern fly Fulgora laternaria, which was said to be able to give out light from the outgrowth on its head.'
(Peru)
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Heliconius sara butterfly
(Peru)
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Rhetus periander butterfly
(Peru)
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Round black fury caterpillar [manu-Manu_1022_1876a]
(Peru)
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Mass of caterpillars [manu-Manu_1024_2570a]
(Peru)
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Giant walking stick insect with a person's hand for scale
(Peru)
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Mating flies as view through palm leaf
(Peru)
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Butterfly at night
(Peru)
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Pleasing Fungus Beetle with black body, white and black back, and turquoise legs
(Peru)
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Green grasshopper [br_co-0185]
(Colombia)
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Black and yellow centipede in Amazon rainforest
(Peru)
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Transparent-winged butterfly with orange, black, and white markings
(Colombia)
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White furry caterpillar with yellow head and two orange spots at base of head
(Peru)
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Group of Male Perrhybris pamela butterflies feeding on minerals in clay along the Rio Tambopata
(Peru)
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Small red beetle
(Peru)
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Greenish-brown katydid
(Peru)
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Owl butterfly (Caligo idomeneus) [tambopata-Tambopata_1028_4670]
(Peru)
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White insect with light orange spots, family Fulgoridae
(Colombia)
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Spider hanging from web
(Peru)
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Brown grasshopper with white marking
(Peru)
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White insect with black spots and an orange head
(Colombia)
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Brown walking stick
(Colombia)
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Unknown butterfly with black and light blue outer wings
(Peru)
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Glowing Elateridae click beetle
(Peru)
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Ants in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Beige grasshopper
(Peru)
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Small green; gold; and brown scorpion
(Peru)
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Rainbow insect
(Peru)
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Katydid
(Peru)
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Brown leaf katydid
(Colombia)
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Close-up on a leaf grasshopper
(Colombia)
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Camouflaged moth in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Brown Xyleus sp. (possiby X. discoideus) grasshopper [br_co-0232]
(Colombia)
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Shield bug
(Peru)
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Multicolored grasshopper
(Colombia)
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Round black fury caterpillar
(Peru)
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Black Leaf-footed Bug, family Coreidae (unknown)
(Peru)
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Light orange caterpillar
(Colombia)
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Beetle
(Peru)
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Leafhopper
(Peru)
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Bright green caterpillar displaying its toxic spines in the Amazon rainforest
(Colombia)
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Black and orange beetle
(Colombia)
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Multi-colored grasshoppers mating
(Peru)
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Mass of caterpillars
(Peru)
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Light green grasshopper with yellow and maroon striped legs
(Peru)
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Red and black insect
(Peru)
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Large grasshopper in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Orange and black Assassin Bug, family Reduviidae
(Colombia)
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Light green grasshopper with yellow and maroon striped legs
(Peru)
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Tail-less whip scorpion (Amblypygid sp)
(Peru)
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Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria) [manu_0662]
(Peru)
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Transparent butterfly (Pseudohaeterea hypaesia) in Colombia. This
(Colombia)
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Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria)
(Peru)
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Biblis hyperia butterfly; brown to black with red on its wings
(Peru)
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Brown grasshopper
(Colombia)
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Green grasshopper with yellow and black bands; and red; yellow; orange; and black striped legs
(Peru)
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Owl butterfly
(Peru)
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Large black Bess Beetle, Betsy Beetle, Patent Leather Beetle, (family Passalidae)
(Peru)
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Grasshopper eating a leaf
(Colombia)
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Blue butterfly (Satyr species)
(Peru)
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Green, brown, and black Pentatomidae Stink Bug
(Peru)
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Multi-colored butterfly on a beach (unknown species)
(Peru)
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Green grasshopper eating a banana leaf
(Colombia)
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Green spiny caterpillar
(Colombia)
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Amarynthis meneria butterfly on leaf
(Peru)
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Brown katydid
(Peru)
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Possibly a morpho butterfly (species unknown)
(Peru)
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Rainbow grasshopper [co05-0798]
(Colombia)
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Ferocious looking insect in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Camouflaged insect
(Peru)
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Blue morpho on a wooden deck
(Colombia)
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Unknown butterfly with orange; brown; and white markings on outer part of the wing
(Peru)
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Green grasshopper
(Peru)
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Butterflies feeding on a flower
(Peru)
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Yellow and black Leaf-footed Bug, family Coreidae on screen (unknown species)
(Peru)
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Green; blue; yellow; red; and black grasshopper
(Peru)
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Striped leafhopper (green, yellow, blue and black)
(Peru)
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Colorful; but known grasshopper-like insect
(Peru)
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Ferocious looking insect in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Ants in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Black and yellow centipede
(Peru)
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Butterfly
(Peru)
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Green grasshopper with gray-black legs and a yellow stripe down its back
(Peru)
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Phoebis philea and Anteos menippe butterflies in large group feeding on minerals in mud [manu-Manu_1022_1656]
(Peru)
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Dark brown centipede
(Peru)
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Light green colored cricket
(Colombia)
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Possibly a Heliconius butterfly (species unknown)
(Peru)
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Green katydid
(Colombia)
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Caterpillar with an orange head and yellow-white and black bands
(Colombia)
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Clear-winged Cithaerias pireta butterfly
(Peru)
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Walking stick insects mating
(Peru)
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White butterfly
(Peru)
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Brown butterfly on the forest floor
(Colombia)
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Black wasp on canopy platform
(Peru)
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Stick insect on the bathroom floor in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Black, orange, and light blue butterfly, possibly Ithomia pellucida or the "Blue transparent"
(Colombia)
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Black, blue, and yellow butterfly
(Colombia)
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Colorful grasshopper
(Colombia)
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Ants on a red-orange flower bud
(Colombia)
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Adelpha iphiclus butterfly on pebbles
(Peru)
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Large white and yellow fury caterpillarthat resembles a shitzu
(Peru)
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Erotylidae Beetle with black body; white and black back; and turquoise legs
(Peru)
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Green skimmer (family Libellulidae, probably genus Erythemis) with alternating green and black abdominal segments - or Great Pondhawk dragonfly
(Colombia)
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A bug's life: insect in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Unknown butterfly with light and dark brown patterned wings and orange on the upper wing [manu-Manu_1023_2426]
(Peru)
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Pleasing Fungus Beetle, family Erotylidae (Zig zag pattern)
(Colombia)
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Butterfly
(Peru)
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Silver-gray millipede in eating leaf Amazon rainforest
(Peru)
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Red and black caterpillar
(Peru)
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Panacea prola butterfly; wings open
(Peru)
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Butterfly with clear wings and false eye-spots (likely Haetera macleannania)
(Colombia)
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Stick insect
(Peru)
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Arawacus butterfly
(Peru)
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Insect nymph
(Peru)
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Click beetle with glowing spots (Elateridae)
(Peru)
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Butterfly on hand
(Peru)
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Brown moth with light yellow markings on its wings
(Colombia)
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Orange and black caterpillar
(Peru)
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Heraclides thoas butterfly on muddy bank
(Peru)
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Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria)
(Peru)
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Gray grasshopper (Abracris flavolineata)
(Colombia)
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Green insect in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Pink translucent butterfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Moth or butterfly at night in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Blue butterfly (Satyr species)
(Peru)
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Green grasshopper with yellow markings and a black head
(Colombia)
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Blue-spotted butterfly or moth in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Stingless bee nest
(Peru)
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Bright green katydid [co05-0859]
(Colombia)
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Colorful butterfly feeding on a yellow flower
(Colombia)
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Colorful grasshopper
(Peru)
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Light orange bristly caterpillar in Parque Tayrona
(Colombia)
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Striped leafhopper (green, yellow, blue and black) [manu_0684]
(Peru)
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Stick insect at night in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Turquoise and orange leafhopper [manu_0697]
(Peru)
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Sweat bee nest
(Peru)
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Camouflaged insect [manu_0576]
(Peru)
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Guide Oscar handling fruit dislodged by feeding macaws
(Peru)
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Pair of rhinoceros beetles
(Peru)
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Light green katydid
(Colombia)
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Neon green caterpillar in the Amazon rainforest
(Colombia)
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Green grasshopper feeding on a leaf
(Colombia)
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Blue morpho with wings closed
(Peru)
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Dung beetle
(Peru)
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leafhopper nymph
(Peru)
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Red, blue, and yellow (on the underside) butterfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Brown cricket
(Colombia)
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Orange-pink and yellow leafhopper [manu_0530]
(Peru)
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Black Tiger Beetle, family Carabidae, subfamily Cicindelinae, with orange parasites
(Colombia)
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Millipede in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Green and orange flat-footed bug
(Peru)
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Unknown grasshopper: black head, red antenna, yellow stripes, green legs, red haunches
(Colombia)
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Blue morpho with wings closed
(Colombia)
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Black skimmer (family Libellulidae) with red rearparts
(Colombia)
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Ectatomma tuberculatum stick insect with orange feet on an Inga legume plant
(Colombia)
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Red, blue, and yellow (on the underside) butterfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Katydid at night in Yasuni National Park in th Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Black caterpillar with long white hairs, a yellow stripe, and red parts
(Colombia)
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Orange translucent butterfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Purple leafhopper with light green and magenta markings [manu_0955]
(Peru)
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Brown leaf katydid in the Colombian Amazon
(Colombia)
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Large brown cricket in the Amazon rainforest
(Colombia)
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Mottled gray and black grasshopper
(Colombia)
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Butterfly rests on camera in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Fly
(Peru)
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White moth spotted on a night walk in the Colombian Amazon
(Colombia)
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Pink translucent butterfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Colorful butterfly feeding on a yellow flower [br_co-0047]
(Colombia)
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Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria) [manu_0657]
(Peru)
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Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria) [manu_0664]
(Peru)
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Black, blue, and yellow butterfly [br_co-0090]
(Colombia)
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Grasshopper: black head, red antenna, yellow stripes, green legs, red haunches
(Colombia)
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Camouflaged insect
(Peru)
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Butterfly with transparent wings, eye-spots, and orange-rust coloration (likely Haetera macleannania)
(Colombia)
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Dead millipede in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Black, green, and red leafhopper
(Peru)
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Unknown butterfly
(Colombia)
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Hyla tree frog
(Peru)
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Chameleon (Polychrus liogaster) lizard in the Peruvian Amazon
(Peru)
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Darth Vader planthopper
(Peru)
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Multi-colored grasshopper
(Colombia)
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Striped leafhopper (green, yellow, blue and black)
(Peru)
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Purple leafhopper with light green and magenta markings [manu_0951]
(Peru)
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Orange-pink and yellow leafhopper
(Peru)
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Morpho butterfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Black, blue, and orange butterfly
(Colombia)
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Moss-like caterpillar covered with poisonous spines
(Colombia)
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Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria) [manu_0658]
(Peru)
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Clear-wing butterfly in the Colombian Amazon
(Colombia)
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Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria) [manu_0656]
(Peru)
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Insect nymph
(Peru)
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Orange, white, and black clear-winged butterfly (Greta oto) in the Peruvian Amazon
(Peru)
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88 Butterfly (Diaethria clymena)
(Peru)
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Wasp
(Peru)
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Examining a large snake
(Peru)
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