rainforest insects

Blue and black butterfly
(Costa Rica)

Butterfly
(Costa Rica)

Transparent butterfly of the Nymphalidae family (Subfamily Satyrinae)
(Colombia)

Tiger Longwing (Heliconius hecale) [Orange, yellow, and black butterfly]
(Costa Rica)

Butterfly [madagascar_masoala_0492]
(Madagascar)

Poisonous Automeris moth caterpillar displaying its neon green but venemous spines
(Colombia)

Bug
(Costa Rica)

Pill Millipede (Green color)
(Madagascar)

Red, black, yellow, and white caterpillar
(Colombia)

Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria)
(Peru)

Green grasshopper with an orange abdomen
(Costa Rica)

Red, black, and white butterfly - Scarlet Peacock (Anartia amathea)
(Colombia)

Insect [costa_rica_la_selva_1716]
(Costa Rica)

Orange, green, black, yellow, and turquoise grasshopper
(Colombia)

Stick insect
(Costa Rica)

Leaf-mimicking praying mantis [suriname_1008]
(Suriname)

Black caterpillar with off-white stripes; yellow spines; and orange antenna
(Panama)

Bee approaching a bird-of-paradise flower
(Costa Rica)

Pseudophasma unicolor stick insect [costa-rica-d_0421]
(Costa Rica)

Grasshopper [costa_rica_la_selva_1318]
(Costa Rica)

Bug [costa_rica_siquirres_0066]
(Costa Rica)

Blue damselfly
(Costa Rica)

Blue morpho butterfly
(Costa Rica)

Butterfly with pink and transparent wings in Costa Rica
(Costa Rica)

Green grasshopper with silver eyes
(Costa Rica)

Moth
(Costa Rica)

Stick insect [madagascar_masoala_0919]
(Madagascar)

Orange planthopper [madagascar_maroantsetra_0133]
(Madagascar)

Nymphalidae transparent-winged butterfly in a Colombian cloud forest
(Colombia)

Katydid [costa_rica_siquirres_0889]
(Costa Rica)

Leaf-mimicking insect
(Suriname)

Black, orange, and light blue butterfly on a Heliconia leaf, possibly Ithomia pellucida or the "Blue transparent"
(Colombia)

Stick insects
(Costa Rica)

Stick insect [costa_rica_siquirres_0886]
(Costa Rica)

Cicada
(Costa Rica)

Blue-eyed fly [madagascar_masoala_0593]
(Madagascar)

Ant
(Suriname)

Borer? [madagascar_masoala_0930]
(Madagascar)

Bee
(Costa Rica)

Damselfly
(Costa Rica)

Ants in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)

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

Stick Mantid
(Madagascar)

Butterfly in the Amazon rainforest canopy
(Colombia)

Insect
(Costa Rica)

Black, blue, and orange butterfly in Colombia
(Colombia)

Dragonfly
(Costa Rica)

Caterpillar
(Costa Rica)

Leaf insect
(Madagascar)

Isabella's Heliconian (Eueides isabella)
(Costa Rica)

Katydid [costa_rica_siquirres_0878]
(Costa Rica)

Katydid [costa_rica_siquirres_1043]
(Costa Rica)

Assassin Bug, family Reduviidae (Red bug)
(Colombia)

Katydid [costa_rica_siquirres_0392]
(Costa Rica)

Nest of Tetragonisca angustula stingless bees, family Apidae, tribe Meliponini
(Colombia)

Insect nymph
(Peru)

Weevil
(Costa Rica)

Praying mantis
(Costa Rica)

Stick insect [costa_rica_siquirres_0308]
(Costa Rica)

Katydid
(Costa Rica)

Transparent-winged butterfly in Costa Rica
(Costa Rica)

Cicada emerging from nymph skin
(Costa Rica)

Yellow and black banded caterpillar
(Peru)

Orb spider eating a cicada
(Costa Rica)

Green and brown grasshopper with yellow markings and a black head
(Colombia)

Turquoise insect with orange legs
(Suriname)

Damselfly [costa_rica_la_selva_0591]
(Costa Rica)

Glasshopper [costa_rica_siquirres_0737]
(Costa Rica)

Ants in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)

Blue leafhopper
(Costa Rica)

Skimmer, family Libellulidae (Rasberry dragonfly)
(Colombia)

Green leafhopper insect with polka dots
(Costa Rica)

Katydid [madagascar_masoala_0727]
(Madagascar)

Red-orange beetle
(Suriname)

Tiger beetle
(Costa Rica)

Pair of "rainbow" grasshoppers
(Colombia)

Soldier army ants
(Costa Rica)

Leaf-mimicking praying mantis
(Suriname)

Green grasshopper
(Colombia)

Glasshopper [costa_rica_siquirres_0797]
(Costa Rica)

Glasshopper
(Costa Rica)

Katydid [costa_rica_siquirres_0285]
(Costa Rica)

Orange-pink and yellow leafhopper
(Peru)

Moth on the underside of a leaf caught by the sun
(Costa Rica)

Purple flowers in forest understorey
(Peru)

Grasshopper
(Costa Rica)

Tortoise Beetle, family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Hispinae (Orange and yellow beetle with black spots)
(Colombia)

Stick insect [costa_rica_siquirres_0430]
(Costa Rica)

Transparent moth
(Costa Rica)

Transparent-winged butterfly (Greta oto)
(Costa Rica)

Morpho butterfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)

White a dark red-stripped butterfly
(Colombia)

Donald Trump hairstyle caterpillar
(Costa Rica)

Orange planthopper [madagascar_maroantsetra_0144]
(Madagascar)

Turquoise, blue, and yellow weevil
(Costa Rica)

Clear-wing butterfly (Pseudohaeterea hypaesia) in Colombia
(Colombia)

Beetle
(Costa Rica)

Glasswinged butterfly (Greta oto)
(Costa Rica)

Leaf-mimicking praying mantis [suriname_1024a]
(Suriname)

Damselfly [costa_rica_la_selva_0595]
(Costa Rica)

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

Stick insect [costa_rica_siquirres_0305]
(Costa Rica)

Blue, black, and orange butterfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)

Shield bug [madagascar_masoala_0517]
(Madagascar)

Caligo sp or Owl Butterfly with its wings closed
(Costa Rica)

Katydid [costa_rica_siquirres_0926]
(Costa Rica)

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

Orange and black weevil
(Costa Rica)

Red rainforest crab
(Peru)

Transparent moth [cr_3677]
(Costa Rica)

Red and black butterfly
(Colombia)

Insect [costa_rica_la_selva_0296]
(Costa Rica)

Wasps clustered on a leaf
(Suriname)

Roller dung beetle (Canthon triangularis)
(Suriname)

Long-necked weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) [madagascar_perinet_0326]
(Madagascar)

Grasshopper [madagascar_masoala_0221]
(Madagascar)

Morpho butterfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)

Dragonfly [costa_rica_osa_0215]
(Costa Rica)

Red and brown butterfly
(Colombia)

Bess Beetle, Betsy Beetle, Patent Leather Beetle, (family Passalidae)
(Peru)

Green grasshopper with silver eyes [costa_rica_osa_0181]
(Costa Rica)

Isabella's Tiger (Eueides isabella)
(Costa Rica)

Green Katydid near Puerto Nariño
(Colombia)

Panacea prola butterfly; wings open [manu-Manu_1023_2382]
(Peru)

Well camouflaged insect; resembling lichen
(Peru)

Termites
(Suriname)

Rainforest ant
(Suriname)

Sleeping Caligo sp or Owl Butterfly
(Costa Rica)

Red-eyed fly
(Madagascar)

Shitzu-like caterpillar; white and yellow fur
(Peru)

Metallic green beetle
(Suriname)

Green insect with polka dots [costa_rica_4447a]
(Costa Rica)

Dusky Titi Monkey (Callicebus spp.)
(Peru)

Cicada emerging from nymph skin [costa_rica_la_selva_0818]
(Costa Rica)

Insect [costa_rica_siquirres_0678]
(Costa Rica)

Turquoise and orange leafhopper
(Peru)

Katydid [madagascar_masoala_0915]
(Madagascar)

Isabella's Tiger butterfly
(Costa Rica)

Stick insect [cr_4290]
(Costa Rica)

Purple leafhopper with light green and magenta markings [manu_0956]
(Peru)

Red-eyed leafhopper
(Peru)

Turquoise, blue, and yellow weevil [costa_rica_osa_0110]
(Costa Rica)

Brown and green Leaf Beetle, family Chrysomelidae
(Colombia)

Rainforest ant
(Guyana)

Multicolored katydid
(Colombia)

Ceiba borer beetle (family Elateridae). This beetle feeds on the kapok tree
(Peru)

Panacea prola butterfly; wings closed
(Peru)

Green insect with polka dots [costa_rica_4434]
(Costa Rica)

Callicore cynosura butterfly with wings closed
(Peru)

Blue-eyed butterfly
(Suriname)

Mass of caterpillars on leaf litter of forest floor
(Peru)

Pleasing Fungus Beetle (family Erotylidae) with black body, white and black back, and turquoise legs
(Peru)

Pill Millipede Ball
(Madagascar)

Assassin bug [costa_rica_la_selva_1479]
(Costa Rica)

Glowing click beetle (family Elateridae)
(Peru)

Brown katydid
(Costa Rica)

Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria)
(Peru)

Insect [costa_rica_la_selva_0304]
(Costa Rica)

Black and yellow butterfly
(Colombia)

Stick insect [costa_rica_siquirres_0433]
(Costa Rica)

Ants in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)

Butterfly [madagascar_masoala_0495]
(Madagascar)

Grasshopper [costa_rica_la_selva_1319]
(Costa Rica)

Glasshopper [costa_rica_siquirres_0733]
(Costa Rica)

Dark gray moth with blue iridescence
(Costa Rica)

Multi-colored grasshoppers
(Colombia)

Green predaceous stink bug (family Pentatomidae)
(Suriname)

Three beige; yellow; black; and white grasshoppers on a leaf
(Peru)

Millipede in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)

Camouflaged spider on tree trunk
(Peru)

Orange, white, and black clear-winged butterfly (Greta oto) in the Amazon
(Peru)

Giant Borneo walking stick [madagascar_maroantsetra_0068]
(Madagascar)

Black skimmer (family Libellulidae) with red posterior parts (abdominal segments)
(Colombia)

Reddish-brown stick insect
(Peru)

Yellow grasshopper
(Peru)

Lycorea halia butterfly
(Peru)

Katydid with turquoise stripes [madagascar_maroantsetra_0162]
(Madagascar)

Spotted moth [madagascar_perinet_0364]
(Madagascar)

Walking stick insects mating (Proscopiidae family)
(Peru)

Assassin bug
(Costa Rica)

Green Katydid [costa_rica_siquirres_0299]
(Costa Rica)

Pair of Tailless whip scorpions (Amblypygid sp)
(Peru)

Butterfly rests on camera in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)

Katydid [costa_rica_siquirres_0284]
(Costa Rica)

Katydid [costa_rica_siquirres_0250]
(Costa Rica)

Red-orange; black; white; and maroon caterpillar on underside of leaf
(Peru)

Katydid [madagascar_maroantsetra_0063]
(Madagascar)

Green grasshopper with an orange abdomen [costa_rica_4744]
(Costa Rica)

Black moth with orange and green markings
(Peru)

Katydids
(Costa Rica)

Wasp in the Amazon rainforest
(Colombia)

Brown grasshopper with white marking
(Peru)

Small black, red, yellow, and white Leaf Beetle, family Chrysomelidae
(Peru)

Long-nosed black Weevil (family Curculionidae) with orange markings on its back
(Costa Rica)

88 Butterfly (Diaethria clymena)
(Peru)

Katydid [madagascar_maroantsetra_0202]
(Madagascar)

Stick insect [costa_rica_siquirres_0386]
(Costa Rica)

Green and orange flat-footed bug
(Peru)

Roach [madagascar_masoala_0926]
(Madagascar)

Black wing-tipped dragonfly
(Costa Rica)

Large bamboo-like walking stick insect
(Peru)

Ferocious looking insect in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)

Rasberry dragonfly
(Colombia)

Large stick insect
(Peru)

Caterpillar [costa_rica_siquirres_0982]
(Costa Rica)

Rhinocerous beetle
(Suriname)

Orange planthopper [madagascar_maroantsetra_0141]
(Madagascar)

Glasshopper [costa_rica_siquirres_1040]
(Costa Rica)

Black grasshopper with indigo blue eyes and yellow polkadots
(Peru)

Phoebis philea and Anteos menippe butterflies in large group feeding on minerals in mud
(Peru)

Long-necked weevil
(Madagascar)

Bees pollinating a pink and yellow flower
(Suriname)

Blue and black butterfly [costa_rica_la_selva_1202]
(Costa Rica)

Giant walking stick
(Suriname)

Godart's Cycadian (Eumaeus godartii), a black butterfly with a white fringe, an orange patch, and turquoise spots
(Costa Rica)

Clear-winged butterfly in Costa Rica
(Costa Rica)

Brownish-red Long-horned Beetle (family Cerambycidae, subfamily Prioninae)
(Costa Rica)

Leaf-mimicking praying mantis [suriname_1020a]
(Suriname)

Green caterpillar on a new red leaf
(Panama)

Camouflaged grasshopper
(Peru)

Orange and yellow Leaf Beetle, family Chrysomelidae
(Colombia)

Green insect in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)

Green moth
(Costa Rica)

Red stick insect (Pseudophasma)
(Suriname)

Red, black, and orange insect
(Costa Rica)

Black moth
(Peru)

Green katydid
(Peru)

Furry red caterpillar
(Peru)

Glasshopper [costa_rica_siquirres_0796]
(Costa Rica)

Katydid [madagascar_masoala_0525]
(Madagascar)

Blue morpho butterfly [costa_rica_la_selva_0360]
(Costa Rica)

Insect [madagascar_masoala_0588]
(Madagascar)

Yellow and blue weevil [madagascar_perinet_0139]
(Madagascar)

Black and yellow butterflies at river's edge
(Peru)

Cricket
(Costa Rica)

Red; black; and white insect
(Peru)

Unknown butterfly with light and dark brown patterned wings and orange on the upper wing
(Peru)

Stick insect [costa_rica_siquirres_0876]
(Costa Rica)

Brilliantly-colored wing of the Madagascan sunset moth (Chrysiridia rhipheus)
(Madagascar)

Colorful; but known grasshopper-like insect [manu-Manu_1023_2341]
(Peru)

Glasshopper [costa_rica_siquirres_0730]
(Costa Rica)

Purple leafhopper with light green and magenta markings
(Peru)

Butterflies feeding on a flower
(Peru)

Spotted moth [madagascar_perinet_0361]
(Madagascar)

Leaf katydid
(Peru)

Diaethria clymena butterfly
(Peru)

Grasshopper [costa_rica_la_selva_0565]
(Costa Rica)

Green-blue bee
(Costa Rica)

Black and red beetle
(Colombia)

Darth Vader planthopper
(Peru)

Purple cicada with yellow spots and blue bands
(Peru)

Rainforest roach
(Costa Rica)

Katydid [costa_rica_siquirres_0929]
(Costa Rica)

Blue, black, and orange butterfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)

Brown katydid with green marking on its back
(Peru)

Green katydid [madagascar_masoala_0762]
(Madagascar)

Urania leilus day-flying or diurnal moth
(Peru)

Ants in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)

Giraffe weevil [madagascar_perinet_0443]
(Madagascar)

Biblis hyperia butterfly sucking moisture from drying laundry
(Peru)

Small red and black Pleasing Fungus Beetle (family Erotylidae)
(Peru)

Panacea prola butterfly; wings open
(Peru)

Dark gray and red butterfly (Pierella helvetia incanescens)
(Costa Rica)

Longhorn Beetle in flight with guide Armand (Nosy Mangabe)
(Madagascar)

Green and brown grasshopper with yellow markings and a black head [br_co-0192]
(Colombia)

Liturgusa charpentieri or L. lichenalis praying mantis standing guard of its tree
(Peru)

Large white and yellow fury caterpillarthat resembles a shitzu [manu-Manu_1024_3040]
(Peru)

Brown praying mantis
(Colombia)

Elongated green katydid
(Costa Rica)

Green katydid
(Peru)

Yellow-green butterfly; possibly Nessaea obrinus with wings closed
(Peru)

Giant green katydid
(Costa Rica)

Lasaia agesilas butterfly
(Peru)

Katydid [costa_rica_siquirres_0287]
(Costa Rica)

Leaf-mimicking praying mantis [suriname_0914]
(Suriname)

Orange and black caterpillar
(Costa Rica)

Brown cockroach with yellow and black markings
(Colombia)

Cicada [costa_rica_la_selva_1842]
(Costa Rica)

Green grasshopper [br_co-0181a]
(Colombia)

Male rhinoceros beetle
(Peru)

Bug [costa_rica_siquirres_0546]
(Costa Rica)

Orb spider eating a cicada [costa_rica_la_selva_1857]
(Costa Rica)

Multi-colored bug [madagascar_perinet_0026]
(Madagascar)

Black, red, and yellow insect
(Costa Rica)

Moth that resembles a leaf
(Peru)

Turquoise fly with black wings and bright red eyes
(Peru)

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)

Heliconius sara butterfly
(Peru)

Rhetus periander butterfly
(Peru)

Round black fury caterpillar [manu-Manu_1022_1876a]
(Peru)

Mass of caterpillars [manu-Manu_1024_2570a]
(Peru)

Giant walking stick insect with a person's hand for scale
(Peru)

Unknown moth
(Madagascar)

Mating flies as view through palm leaf
(Peru)

Butterfly at night
(Peru)

Pleasing Fungus Beetle with black body, white and black back, and turquoise legs
(Peru)

Green grasshopper [br_co-0185]
(Colombia)

Giant moth [madagascar_masoala_0980]
(Madagascar)

Black and yellow centipede in Amazon rainforest
(Peru)

Praying mantis [costa_rica_osa_0747]
(Costa Rica)

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