Amazon Insects

By Rhett Butler   |  Last updated 2017-Jan-26

• Whereas all of Europe has some 321 butterfly species, the Manu National Park in Peru (4000 hectare-survey) has 1300 species, while Tambopata National Park (5500 hectare-survey) has at least 1231 species.
• Around 25% of the world's 2 million described animals species are beetles (Coleoptera).
• The Longhorn Beetle (Titanus giganteus) can have a body length (not including antennae) of over 6.5 inches (16 cm),
• A single square mile of rainforest often houses more than 50,000 insect species
• Some scientists estimate that 30% of the animal biomass of the Amazon Basin is made up of ants.

Owl butterfly (Caligo idomeneus)

Rhetus periander butterfly

Clear-winged Cithaerias pireta butterfly feeding on dung

Colorful, but known grasshopper-like insect

Black grasshopper with indigo blue eyes and yellow polkadots

Unknown insect

Ceiba borer beetle

Biblis hyperia butterfly, brown to black with red on its wings

Lycorea halia butterfly

Owl butterfly

Round black fury caterpillar

Shitzu-like caterpillar, white and yellow fur

Red-orange, black, white, and maroon caterpillar on underside of leaf

Blue Morpho

Red, black, yellow, and white caterpillar

Orange and yellow beetle with black spots

Red insect

Brown spider

Rasberry dragonfly

Green and brown grasshopper with yellow markings and a black head

Green grasshopper

Black, orange, and light blue butterfly on a Heliconia leaf

Green and brown grasshopper with yellow markings and a black head

Thin spider in the Amazon

Green grasshopper

Owl butterfly (Caligo idomeneus)

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

Mass of caterpillars

Small red and black beetle

Heliconius sara butterfly

Black moth with orange and green markings

Multi-colored butterfly on a beach (unknown species)

Iguazu Butterflies

Red, black, and white butterfly

Clear-wing butterfly (Pseudohaeterea hypaesia) in Colombia

Transparent butterfly of the Nymphalidae family (Subfamily Satyrinae)

Nymphalidae transparent-winged butterfly in a Colombian cloud forest

Wasps' nest

Black, blue, and orange butterfly in Colombia

Multicolored grasshopper

Green spiny caterpillar

Zig zag beetle

Brown grasshopper

Light green colored cricket

Green katydid

Brown walking stick

Leaf-mimicking insect

Turquoise shield bug with orange legs

Blue-eyed butterfly

Insect

Red-orange beetle

Hot pink and turquoise insect

Leaf-mimicking praying mantis

Leaf-mimicking praying mantis

Leaf-mimicking praying mantis

Ant

Orange and black insect (planthopper?)

Tiger Longwing Butterfly (Heliconius hecale)

Clear-wing butterfly

Insect nymph

Orange-pink and yellow leafhopper

Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria)

Yellow and black banded caterpillar

Multi-colored grasshoppers mating

Wolf spider

Rainforest spider

Camouflaged praying mantis on tree trunk

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

Tail-less whip scorpion (Amblypygid sp)

Green, teal, blue, pruple, red, and black insect in Peru

Turquoise fly with black wings and bright red eyes

Unknown insect

Giant stick insect

Walking stick insects mating

Small green, gold, and brown scorpion

Red rainforest crab

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Butterfly in the Amazon rainforest canopy

Giant black and red jungle tarantula

Poisonous caterpillar displaying its neon green but venomous spines

Butterfly

Pair of "rainbow" grasshoppers

Orange, green, black, yellow, and turquoise grasshopper

Colorful grasshopper

Black, blue, and yellow butterfly

Ants on a red-orange flower bud

Brown butterfly on the forest floor

Wasp in the Amazon rainforest