rainforest insects

Red millipede on log
(Madagascar)

Guide Oscar handling fruit dislodged by feeding macaws
(Peru)

Army ant soldiers [costa-rica-d_0408]
(Costa Rica)

Brown millipede
(Costa Rica)

Pair of rhinoceros beetles
(Peru)

Black and orange butterfly
(Colombia)

Light green katydid
(Colombia)

Blue-eyed fly [madagascar_masoala_0596]
(Madagascar)

Godart's Cycadian butterfly [costa_rica_4595]
(Costa Rica)

Katydid [madagascar_maroantsetra_0062]
(Madagascar)

Neon green caterpillar in the Amazon rainforest
(Colombia)

Yellow leaf-shaped katydid [costa_rica_4515]
(Costa Rica)

Black wasp
(Suriname)

Cicada [costa_rica_5666]
(Costa Rica)

Ants
(Peru)

Heliconius butterfly in Santuario Otún Quimbaya
(Colombia)

Centipedes
(Guyana)

Green grasshopper feeding on a leaf
(Colombia)

Longhorn beetle [costa_rica_la_selva_0824]
(Costa Rica)

Black wasp-like insect with indigo blue eyes, orange wings, and orange antenna. This robber fly or mydas fly, (Asilidae or Mydidae family) is a mimic of the Tarantula Hawk Wasp (Pepsis formosa) [costa_rica_5272]
(Costa Rica)

Green moth with a black body [costa_rica_4707]
(Costa Rica)

Blue morpho with wings closed
(Peru)

Grasshopper [costa-rica-d_0397]
(Costa Rica)

Bugs [madagascar_masoala_0231]
(Madagascar)

Morpho Butterfly in Costa Rica
(Costa Rica)

Polybothris jewel beetle [madagascar_perinet_0459]
(Madagascar)

Moth [moth0130]
(Madagascar)

Green grasshopper
(Suriname)

Giant walking stick [suriname_0321a]
(Suriname)

Blue leafhopper [costa_rica_la_selva_1429]
(Costa Rica)

Longhorn Beetle (Cerambycidae)
(Madagascar)

Leaf-mimicking praying mantis [suriname_0909]
(Suriname)

Dung beetle
(Peru)

Insect [costa_rica_la_selva_1500]
(Costa Rica)

Stick insect [cr_4299]
(Costa Rica)

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

Blue-eyed fly
(Madagascar)

Dragonfly [costa-rica_0891]
(Costa Rica)

Leaf-cutter ant nest
(Peru)

Tarantula in the shaving cup
(Suriname)

Leaf-mimicking praying mantis [suriname_0963a]
(Suriname)

Weevil [costa_rica_la_selva_0785]
(Costa Rica)

leafhopper nymph
(Peru)

Ruby-Spotted Swallowtail (Papilio anchisiades)
(Costa Rica)

Red, blue, and yellow (on the underside) butterfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)

Brown cricket
(Colombia)

Green moth [costa-rica-d_0346]
(Costa Rica)

Mating beetles [madagascar_perinet_0124]
(Madagascar)

Blue planthopper [madagascar_masoala_0111]
(Madagascar)

Black, red, and yellow insect [cr_3966]
(Costa Rica)

Orange-pink and yellow leafhopper [manu_0530]
(Peru)

Long-horned Beetle, family Cerambycidae
(Costa Rica)

Green grasshopper [costa_rica_4759]
(Costa Rica)

Butterflies mating [pan02-2049]
(Panama)

Black Tiger Beetle, family Carabidae, subfamily Cicindelinae, with orange parasites
(Colombia)

Caterpillar [suriname_0196]
(Suriname)

Ant nest made of leaves
(Peru)

Caterpillar
(Suriname)

Red and black butterfly on a sandy river beach
(Colombia)

Walking stick insect [costa_rica_5414]
(Costa Rica)

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

Slate gray and red butterfly
(Costa Rica)

Small cicada-like insect from the Fulgoridae family
(Costa Rica)

Pair of sleeping dragonflies
(Costa Rica)

Green and orange flat-footed bug
(Peru)

Butterfly [costa_rica_la_selva_1487]
(Costa Rica)

Katydid [madagascar_perinet_0135]
(Madagascar)

Mossy stick insect
(Madagascar)

Heliconid butterfly
(Costa Rica)

Mating beetles
(Madagascar)

Blue-eyed dragonfly
(Costa Rica)

Green shield bug [madagascar_masoala_0481]
(Madagascar)

Unknown grasshopper: black head, red antenna, yellow stripes, green legs, red haunches
(Colombia)

Metallic blue beetle
(Suriname)

Newly hatched caterpillars [pan02-2041]
(Panama)

Longhorn Beetle in flight with guide Armand
(Madagascar)

Mossy stick insect [madagascar_perinet_0324]
(Madagascar)

Stick insect in Masoala NP
(Madagascar)

Green katydid
(Suriname)

Blue morpho with wings closed
(Colombia)

Metallic green beetle [suriname_2119]
(Suriname)

Black beetle with white spots and an orange thorax
(Suriname)

Walking stick insect [madagascar_perinet_0125]
(Madagascar)

Black skimmer (family Libellulidae) with red rearparts
(Colombia)

Turquoise bug with orange legs
(Suriname)

Katydid [madagascar_masoala_0119]
(Madagascar)

Ectatomma tuberculatum stick insect with orange feet on an Inga legume plant
(Colombia)

Red beetle [suriname_1494]
(Suriname)

Red, blue, and yellow (on the underside) butterfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)

Group of caterpillars
(Costa Rica)

Black, red, and yellow insect [cr_3973]
(Costa Rica)

Daddy longlegs
(Costa Rica)

Katydid at night in Yasuni National Park in th Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)

Spittle bug [madagascar_masoala_0240]
(Madagascar)

Black caterpillar with long white hairs, a yellow stripe, and red parts
(Colombia)

Butterfly on fern
(Costa Rica)

Orange translucent butterfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)

Purple leafhopper with light green and magenta markings [manu_0955]
(Peru)

Giant walking stick [suriname_0319]
(Suriname)

Brown leaf katydid in the Colombian Amazon
(Colombia)

Katydid [madagascar_masoala_0046]
(Madagascar)

Katydid [madagascar_masoala_0427]
(Madagascar)

Malagasy flatid bug (Phromnia rosea) in its nymph stage [madagascar_perinet_0394]
(Madagascar)

White moth
(Costa Rica)

Red-eyed fly
(Costa Rica)

Moth [costa_rica_la_selva_0285]
(Costa Rica)

Orange butterfly
(Costa Rica)

Grasshopper on a flower
(Suriname)

Large brown cricket in the Amazon rainforest
(Colombia)

Butterfly [costa_rica_la_selva_1190]
(Costa Rica)

Mottled gray and black grasshopper
(Colombia)

Ant [suriname_0866]
(Suriname)

Metallic green beetle [suriname_2120]
(Suriname)

Walking stick insect [costa_rica_5409]
(Costa Rica)

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

Soldier army ants [costa-rica-d_0414]
(Costa Rica)

Fly
(Peru)

White moth spotted on a night walk in the Colombian Amazon
(Colombia)

Orange butterfly [pan02-2045]
(Panama)

Blue butterfly
(Panama)

Metallic blue beetle [suriname_2259]
(Suriname)

Pink translucent butterfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)

Blue planthopper [madagascar_masoala_0600]
(Madagascar)

Metallic green Euglossa bee
(Suriname)

White fly
(Panama)

Monarch butterfly; Danaus plexippus; chrysalis at the Bocas Butterfly Garden
(Panama)

Colorful wing of the Malagasy sunset moth (Chrysiridia rhipheus)
(Madagascar)

Butterflies mating [pan02-2031]
(Panama)

Colorful butterfly feeding on a yellow flower [br_co-0047]
(Colombia)

Caterpillar rolled in a leaf
(Suriname)

Termites [suriname_8942]
(Suriname)

Swarm of caterpillars
(Costa Rica)

Orange moth [madagascar_masoala_0084]
(Madagascar)

Brown grasshopper
(Costa Rica)

Black, beige, and brown grasshopper
(Costa Rica)

Moth [costa-rica-d_0356]
(Costa Rica)

Orange butterfly feeding on damp laundry along an Amazon tributary
(Colombia)

Leaf cutter ant carrying leaf
(Peru)

Moth [costa-rica-d_0352]
(Costa Rica)

Rainforest ant [suriname_8799]
(Suriname)

Pair of butterflies
(Suriname)

Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria) [manu_0657]
(Peru)

Ants [manu-Manu_1023_1964b]
(Peru)

Butterfly [costa_rica_la_selva_0783]
(Costa Rica)

Leaf-cutter ants
(Suriname)

Grasshopper [madagascar_masoala_0341]
(Madagascar)

Brown insect (zoomed)
(Panama)

Butterfly [madagascar_masoala_0089]
(Madagascar)

Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria) [manu_0664]
(Peru)

Leaf-cutter ant nest
(Costa Rica)

Black, blue, and yellow butterfly [br_co-0090]
(Colombia)

Damselfly
(Suriname)

Ants [manu-Manu_1023_1963a]
(Peru)

Beige katydid feeding
(Costa Rica)

Wasps clustered on a leaf [suriname_0218]
(Suriname)

Grasshopper: black head, red antenna, yellow stripes, green legs, red haunches
(Colombia)

Yellow leaf-shaped katydid [costa_rica_4516]
(Costa Rica)

Camouflaged insect
(Peru)

Black cricket
(Suriname)

Orange butterfly feeding on damp laundry
(Colombia)

Atta leaf-cutter ants
(Costa Rica)

Butterfly with transparent wings, eye-spots, and orange-rust coloration (likely Haetera macleannania)
(Colombia)

Neon-colored wing of the Malagasy sunset moth (Chrysiridia rhipheus)
(Madagascar)

Unknown caterpillar [madagascar_perinet_0438]
(Madagascar)

Godart's Cycadian [costa_rica_4592]
(Costa Rica)

Dark brown cricket
(Suriname)

Heliconius butterfly
(Panama)

Praying mantis [cr_4007a]
(Costa Rica)

Dung Beetle, family Scarabaeidae [costa_rica_5624]
(Costa Rica)

Dead millipede in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)

Black, green, and red leafhopper
(Peru)

Unknown butterfly
(Colombia)

Cicada [costa_rica_5665]
(Costa Rica)

Spittle bug [madagascar_masoala_0242]
(Madagascar)

Hyla tree frog
(Peru)

Light brown grasshopper with purple antennae
(Suriname)

Chameleon (Polychrus liogaster) lizard in the Peruvian Amazon
(Peru)

Mating orange and black beetles
(Costa Rica)

Darth Vader planthopper
(Peru)

Assassin Bug, family Reduviidae
(Costa Rica)

Io Moth (Automeris io) caterpillar [costa_rica_la_selva_0836]
(Costa Rica)

Godart's Cycadian butterfly (Eumaeus godartii) [costa_rica_4596]
(Costa Rica)

Green moth with a black body
(Costa Rica)

Leaf-mimicking praying mantis [suriname_0928]
(Suriname)

Ants on the forest floor
(Suriname)

Brown insect
(Panama)

Giraffe weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) [madagascar_perinet_0321]
(Madagascar)

Giraffe weevil
(Madagascar)

Multi-colored grasshopper
(Colombia)

Black, red, and yellow butterfly
(Costa Rica)

Katydid [madagascar_masoala_0116]
(Madagascar)

Mass of caterpillars [cr_3997]
(Costa Rica)

Wasps clustered on a leaf [suriname_0218a]
(Suriname)

Striped leafhopper (green, yellow, blue and black)
(Peru)

Cicada exoskeletons on the underside of a rainforest leaf
(Costa Rica)

Mossy stick insect [madagascar_perinet_0316]
(Madagascar)

Caligo sp or Owl Butterfly with its wings closed [cr_4128]
(Costa Rica)

Purple leafhopper with light green and magenta markings [manu_0951]
(Peru)

Damselfly [costa_rica_la_selva_1337]
(Costa Rica)

Damselfly [costa_rica_la_selva_1398]
(Costa Rica)

Brown katydid [costa_rica_5543]
(Costa Rica)

Orange-pink and yellow leafhopper
(Peru)

Mantid
(Madagascar)

Katydid [costa_rica_la_selva_0819]
(Costa Rica)

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

Black, red, and yellow insect [cr_3962]
(Costa Rica)

Yellow and blue weevil
(Madagascar)

Black, blue, and orange butterfly
(Colombia)

Green katydid [costa_rica_5520]
(Costa Rica)

Moss-like caterpillar covered with poisonous spines
(Colombia)

Black pill millipede
(Madagascar)

Strange moth [costa-rica-d_0348]
(Costa Rica)

Passion vine blossom with resident ant species
(Suriname)

Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria) [manu_0658]
(Peru)

Clear-wing butterfly in the Colombian Amazon
(Colombia)

Red millipede compared with size of hand
(Madagascar)

Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria) [manu_0656]
(Peru)

Insect nymph
(Peru)

Giant damselfly [suriname_2185]
(Suriname)

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

Insect [madagascar_perinet_0184]
(Madagascar)

Cricket [madagascar_perinet_0134]
(Madagascar)

Green insect with yellow spots
(Costa Rica)

Blue and black insect [suriname_2237]
(Suriname)

Mantis [madagascar_masoala_0507]
(Madagascar)

Red-eyed katydid
(Costa Rica)

White insect with a red mite
(Madagascar)

88 Butterfly (Diaethria clymena)
(Peru)

Orange, black, and yellow moth
(Suriname)

Shield bug [madagascar_masoala_0521]
(Madagascar)

Bees pollinating a pink and yellow flower [suriname_0333]
(Suriname)

Wasp
(Peru)

Giant green katydid [costa-rica_0897]
(Costa Rica)

Green stick insect [costa_rica_5812a]
(Costa Rica)

Wasps clustered on a leaf [suriname_0249]
(Suriname)

Mottled cricket
(Suriname)

Yellow-headed Soldier Fly, family Stratiomyidae (a true fly that resembles a bee)
(Colombia)

Madagascar moth with an orange marking on its back [madagascar_masoala_1015]
(Madagascar)

Pair of Heliconia caterpillar (note the tiny hatchling in the upper left)
(Panama)

Green pill millipede on tree trunk
(Madagascar)

Unknown moth [costa_rica_4456]
(Costa Rica)

Giant cockroach in Madagascar [madagascar_masoala_0970]
(Madagascar)

Queen (Danaus gilippus) butterfly feeding on a flower
(Costa Rica)

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

Red-eyed katydid [costa_rica_5633]
(Costa Rica)

Blue leafhopper [costa_rica_la_selva_0415]
(Costa Rica)

Katydid [madagascar_masoala_0102]
(Madagascar)

Examining a large snake
(Peru)

Beige katydid feeding [costa_rica_5532]
(Costa Rica)

Satyrinid (Satyrinae) butterfly with clear wings
(Colombia)

Green-and-red macaw feeding on a banana
(Peru)

Metallic green, orange, and brown beetle
(Suriname)

Yellow and black insect
(Panama)

Madagascar moth with an orange marking on its back
(Madagascar)

Wasp
(Suriname)

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

Siproeta stelenes (Malachite, Pearly Malachite) Yellow, black, and white butterfly
(Costa Rica)

Blue leafhopper [costa_rica_la_selva_0416]
(Costa Rica)

Leaf-cutter ants entering their nest
(Colombia)

Orange and black weevil [costa_rica_5604]
(Costa Rica)

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

White lined leaf frog (Phyllomedusea vaillanti)
(Peru)

Caterpillar
(Madagascar)

Graphium cyrnum, a common buterfly in Masoala/ Nosy Mangabe
(Madagascar)

Blue and black butterfly [costa_rica_la_selva_1200]
(Costa Rica)

Termites [suriname_1504]
(Suriname)

Butterfly or moth caught in a spider's web in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)

Butterfly [madagascar_masoala_0496]
(Madagascar)

Banded Peacock or Fatima (Anartia fatima) butterfly
(Costa Rica)

Beige katydid
(Costa Rica)

Rainforest ant [suriname_8791a]
(Suriname)

Newly hatched caterpillars
(Panama)

Grasshopper [br_co-0067]
(Colombia)

Green pill millipede rolled in ball
(Madagascar)

Olive green, orange, and brown beetle
(Suriname)

Blue planthopper [madagascar_masoala_0113]
(Madagascar)

Mating Abracris flavolineata grasshoppers on a blade of grass
(Colombia)

Mass of caterpillars
(Costa Rica)

Black wasp-like insect with indigo blue eyes, orange wings, and orange antenna. This robber fly or mydas fly, (Asilidae or Mydidae family) is a mimic of the Tarantula Hawk Wasp (Pepsis formosa) [costa_rica_5276a]
(Costa Rica)

Io Moth (Automeris io) caterpillar [costa_rica_la_selva_0834]
(Costa Rica)

Unknown katydid
(Colombia)

Pair of sleeping dragonflies [costa_rica_5594]
(Costa Rica)

Blue Narrow-winged damselfly, family Coenagrionidae
(Costa Rica)

Green leafhopper with polka dots [costa_rica_4444]
(Costa Rica)

Io Moth (Automeris io) caterpillar [costa_rica_la_selva_0841]
(Costa Rica)

Leaf-cutter ant nest [tambopata-Tambopata_1026_3348]
(Peru)

Heliconius butterfly feeding on a hot lips flower
(Panama)

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

Black wasp-like insect with indigo blue eyes, orange wings, and orange antenna. This robber fly or mydas fly, (Asilidae or Mydidae family) is a mimic of the Tarantula Hawk Wasp (Pepsis formosa) [costa_rica_5269]
(Costa Rica)

Moth [costa-rica-d_0354]
(Costa Rica)

Giant daddy longlegs
(Costa Rica)

Ants in a symbiotic relationship with a plant in the Amazon rainforest
(Colombia)

Green Arachides toras caterpillar munching on a leaf
(Panama)

Donald trump caterpillar (Megalopyge sp)
(Costa Rica)

Butterflies feeding on a flower
(Peru)

Brown praying mantis on a lichen-covered tree trunk
(Colombia)

Leaf cutter ants entering their nest
(Colombia)

Mosiac butterfly (Colobura dirce) feeding on fruit [pan02-2053]
(Panama)

Insect [suriname_2477]
(Suriname)

Leaf katydid
(Peru)

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