Photo gallery: rainforest insects
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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
rainforest insects
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