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Orange assassin bug


Walking stick insects mating
Walking stick insects mating

(Peru)


Leaf-mimicking praying mantis

(Suriname)

Black, green, and turqoise cricket
Black, green, and turqoise cricket

(Brazil)


Brownish-red beetle

(Costa Rica)

Shitzu-like caterpillar; white and yellow fur
Shitzu-like caterpillar; white and yellow fur

(Peru)


Blue green and copper colored grasshopper with large red eyes and yellow antennae

(Indonesia)


Ants on a red-orange flower bud


Stick insect in the New Guinea rainforest


Platynopus melanoleueus; an insect used for integrated pest management of oil palm
Platynopus melanoleueus; an insect used for integrated pest management of oil palm

(Malaysia)


Katydid camouflaged to resemble bird droppings on a fern

(Indonesia)

Brown grasshopper with white marking
Brown grasshopper with white marking

(Peru)


Blue dragonfly



Bright green caterpillar displaying its toxic spines in the Amazon rainforest

Stick insect
Stick insect

(Peru)

Black insect (unknown)
Black insect (unknown)

(Peru)

Light green butterflies
Light green butterflies

(Brazil)


Orange and black leafhopper



Giant dragonfly

(Suriname)


Grasshopper with a white stripe

(Indonesia)


Fulgoridae family bug


Light green grasshopper with yellow and maroon striped legs
Light green grasshopper with yellow and maroon striped legs

(Peru)


Black and yellow weevil



Heliconius melpomene butterflies mating


Red; orange; white; black
Red; orange; white; black

(Malaysia)


Grasshopper with a green body, blue antennae, turquoise hind legs, red front legs, and a black head



Longhorn Beetle in flight with guide Armand



Orange and black weevil

(Costa Rica)

Zebra longwing (Heliconius charithonia vazquezae)
Zebra longwing (Heliconius charithonia vazquezae)



Green grasshopper with an orange abdomen

(Costa Rica)

Maroon, brown, and orange insect
Maroon, brown, and orange insect

(Brazil)

Blue-eyed dragonfly
Blue-eyed dragonfly

(Brazil)

Insect with red eyes; turquoise markings; and white feather-like appendages near its tail
Insect with red eyes; turquoise markings; and white feather-like appendages near its tail

(Peru)

Wolf spider
Wolf spider

(Peru)

Reddish-brown stick insect
Reddish-brown stick insect

(Peru)


Grasshopper



Green praying mantis



Close up headshot of a green katydid in Panama
(pan01-0682)

Heliconius butterly
Heliconius butterly

(Belize)


Arachides toras caterpillar
(pan01-0856)


Colorful cicada



Orange, metallic green, and black assassin bug



Brown walking stick

Unknown butterfly with orange; brown; and white markings on outer part of the wing
Unknown butterfly with orange; brown; and white markings on outer part of the wing

(Peru)

Brown grasshopper with white marking
Brown grasshopper with white marking

(Peru)

Insects being
Insects being "milked" by ants

(Brazil)

Bee burrowing in the sand
Bee burrowing in the sand

(Peru)


Blue and black butterfly

(Indonesia)

Urania leilus day-flying or diurnal moth
Urania leilus day-flying or diurnal moth

(Peru)

Giant stick insect in Borneo
Giant stick insect in Borneo

(Malaysia)

Cicada having just emerged from its shell
Cicada having just emerged from its shell

(Costa Rica)

Yellow and black insect
Yellow and black insect

(Malaysia)


Butterfly

(Suriname)


Bennett's blue weevil



Stick insect


Multicolored grasshopper
Multicolored grasshopper

(Malaysia)


Orange; green; black; yellow; and turquoise grasshopper


Giant locust



Black and white marbled weevil



Green, black, and yellow grasshopper


Group of Male Perrhybris pamela butterflies feeding on minerals in clay along the Rio Tambopata
Group of Male Perrhybris pamela butterflies feeding on minerals in clay along the Rio Tambopata

(Peru)


Electric red dragonfly



Red insect with black legs
(pan01-0799a)


Black and yellow weevil



Neon pink planthopper



Stick insect



Blue Morpho Caterpillar; Honduras

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

(Peru)


Red and green katydid


Black butterfly with green spots and an orange mark
Black butterfly with green spots and an orange mark

(Belize)

Green insect
Green insect

(Costa Rica)

Brown weevil
Brown weevil

(Malaysia)


Black, white, orange, and yellow moth



Black and red beetle


Skipper butterfly (Hesperioidea)


Blue dragonfly
Blue dragonfly

(Malaysia)


Blue, green, purple, and red fly



Butterfly (Great Mormon - Papilio memnon?)



Fulgoridae family bug



Striped katydid




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