Photo gallery: rainforest insects

Orange butterfly on forest floor in Borneo (Indonesia)	Leaf-cutter ant nest Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru)	Ants Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru)	Beige mantid (Gabon)
Turquoise shield bug with orange legs (Suriname)	Brown and forest green colored cicada (Indonesia)	Ants Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru)	Yellow and black insect (pan02-1995)
Stick insect with orange feet	Bright green katydid	Green butterfly (Costa Rica)	Black dragonfly with red rearparts
Crayola katydid	Yellow and blue butterfly	Leaf-cutter ants entering their nest	Tarantula in the shaving cup
Red millipede on log	Black insect with orange parasites	Brown moth	Green pill millipede rolled in ball
Orange and black insect (planthopper?) (Suriname)	Silvery-green grasshopper	Green pill millipede on tree trunk	Unknown katydid
Light orange bristly caterpillar in Parque Tayrona	Leaf cutter ants entering their nest	Urania riphaeus moth	Black butterfly with white markings (Indonesia)
Bullet ant (Paraponera clavata) Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru)	Termites (Suriname)	Orange beetle (Suriname)	Green Arachides toras caterpillar munching on a leaf (pan01-0859)
Leaf-cutter ant nest Note that virtually all ground vegetation has been striped or cleared from the area Location: Tambopata rainforestV (Peru)	Butterfly high in the rainforest canopy of the Amazon	Brown leaf katydid in the Colombian Amazon	Millipede; Madagascar
Neon green caterpillar in the Amazon rainforest	Butterfly (Costa Rica)	Black beetle with yellow zigzag pattern	Wasp (Suriname)
Multi-colored grasshopper	Green grasshopper (Suriname)	Black cricket (Suriname)	Morpho Butterfly in Costa Rica (Costa Rica)
Parides Butterfly; Honduras	Metallic green; oragne; and brown beetle (Suriname)	Orange and black insect (planthopper?) (Suriname)	Brachydiplax dragonfly in Kalimantan (Indonesia)
Bullet ant (Paraponera clavata) Bullet ants are known for their severe sting. Their stings are said to be the most painful and debilitating known for any insect Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru)	Green grasshopper feeding on a leaf	Black and orange butterfly