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Amazon Insects
By Rhett A. Butler [citation]
Over 90% of the animal species in the Amazon are insects.
- 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.
Pictures of Amazonian Insects and other Invertebrates:
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Rainforest calendars
Rainforest Calendar
Amazon Rainforest Calendar
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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
Butterfly
Blue Morpho
Blue Morpho Caterpillar
Moth
Praying Mantis
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
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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
Katydid
Grasshopper
Blue Morpho Caterpillar
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
Scorpion-spider (Solifugae order)
Butterfly
Dark green beetle with red spots
Black butterfly with green spots and an orange mark
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?)
Orange, yellow, and black butterfly
Transparent moth
Giant brown beetle with off-white markings
Orange, black, and yellow butterfly
Orange, black, and yellow butterfly
Blue morpho with its wings closed
Green insect with polka dots
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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
Caterpillar
Butterflies
Moth
Butterfly in the Amazon rainforest canopy
Giant black and red jungle tarantula
Poisonous caterpillar displaying its neon green but venemous spines
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
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