Forests
940 species found in this habitat
Abbott's Pine Sawfly
Neodiprion abbotii
A pine sawfly whose distinctively marked larvae have black heads and grayish-green bodies with dark stripes. It feeds on...
Abisara echerius
Abisara echerius
Dark brown butterfly with purple sheen and a short tail on each hindwing. One of the few Asian riodinids, commonly calle...
Achilles Morpho
Morpho achilles
A medium-sized morpho with a bright blue band across dark brown-black wings. It flies rapidly through the forest underst...
Actaeon Beetle
Megasoma actaeon
Contender for the worlds heaviest beetle — a male larva bred in Japan weighed 228 grams, about the weight of a brown rat...
African Devil Mantis
Idolomantis lobiceps
A large, lobed mantis from the dry forests of central East Africa. It has pronounced lobes on its head and legs that cre...
African Driver Ant
Dorylus wilverthi
A notorious army ant species that forms massive raiding columns through the forest floor. Colonies can contain over 20 m...
African Giant Swallowtail
Papilio antimachus
The largest butterfly in Africa with a wingspan of up to 250 mm. It flies at great heights in the canopy and is rarely s...
African Goliath Beetle
Goliathus cacicus
A large cetoniine beetle with cream and dark brown patterning across its wing cases. It is found in lowland forests of W...
African Nasute Mound Termite
Nasutitermes latifrons
A mound-building nasute termite found in West and Central African forests. Colonies construct carton mounds at ground le...
African Predatory Lacewing
Chrysopa pudica
A robust lacewing found across tropical Africa in forested and cultivated areas. Adults and larvae both contribute to pe...
African Scoliid Wasp
Megascolia vittata
A very large black and yellow-banded scoliid wasp from sub-Saharan Africa. It parasitizes goliath beetle and other large...
African Stag Beetle
Prosopocoilus savagei
A dark reddish-brown stag beetle with impressive mandibles in males. It inhabits forests where larvae develop in rotting...
African Stingless Bee
Meliponula bocandei
A small dark stingless bee that nests in tree hollows and produces a prized thin honey. Colonies can number several thou...
African Striped Flower Beetle
Stephanorrhina guttata
A medium-sized flower beetle with dark green elytra covered in cream-colored spots and stripes. It is commonly found at ...
African Weaver Ant
Oecophylla longinoda
An arboreal ant that constructs leaf nests by weaving living leaves together using larval silk. Colonies can span multip...
Alpine Acerentomid
Acerentomon alpestre
A minute proturan found in alpine and subalpine forest soils in the European mountains. It tolerates cold conditions at ...
Alpine Rove Beetle
Ocypus alpestris
A large, black rove beetle of high-altitude meadows and forest edges. It is a fast-running predator of insects and larva...
Amami Rabbit Flea
Ctenocephalides nakagawai
A flea species associated with the endangered Amami rabbit on Amami-Oshima Island, Japan. Part of the unique fauna of th...
Amazon Flat Ground Beetle
Agra eowilsoni
An extremely elongated, ant-like ground beetle from Central American rainforests. Its narrow body and long mandibles mak...
Amazon Giant Centipede-Eating Ant
Dinoponera quadriceps
A very large ponerine ant endemic to northeastern Brazil, reaching up to 30 mm. Colonies are queenless, with reproductio...
Amazonian Bark Mantis
Liturgusa amazonica
A cryptic bark mantis found in the Amazon basin that is almost invisible on tree bark. Its mottled brown and gray colori...
Amazonian Cicada
Fidicina mannifera
A large green and brown cicada with a powerful buzzing call that echoes through the Amazonian canopy. Males produce soun...
Amazonian Dagger Moth
Lophocampa citrina
A yellow and brown spotted tiger moth common in Neotropical forests. Its densely hairy caterpillars are conspicuously co...
Amazonian Giant Centipede-Mimicking Beetle
Phileurus didymus
A robust dark brown rhinoceros beetle with two horn-like projections on its head. It breeds in decaying palm trunks and ...
Amazonian Giant Stick Insect
Bacteria ferula
A very long stick insect reaching over 200 mm, with an extremely thin body that closely mimics dead twigs. Females are l...
Amazonian Ground Beetle
Agra sasquatch
A slender, elongated carabid beetle with an unusually hairy body for its genus. It was described from tropical lowland f...
Amazonian Leafhopper
Propetes schmidti
A colorful leafhopper with a bright green body adorned with red and blue markings. It feeds on the sap of various unders...
Amazonian Scarab
Phanaeus chalcomelas
A strikingly colorful dung beetle with metallic green, copper, and blue hues. Males have a prominent curved horn on the ...
Amazonian Stag Beetle
Sphaenognathus feisthameli
A striking metallic green stag beetle from South American cloud forests. Males have elongated mandibles with tooth-like ...
Amazonian Uranid Moth
Urania leilus
A day-flying moth with iridescent green, blue, and black bands on swallowtail-shaped wings. It undertakes massive season...
Amber Phantom
Haetera piera
Largely transparent wings with small amber patches and pink-ringed eyespots. Floats through dark forest understory like ...
Amber Rove Beetle
Mycetoporus lepidus
A tiny, elongate rove beetle with an amber-brown coloration and fine pubescence. It lives in the humus layer of forests ...
Ambulyx Hawk Moth
Ambulyx substrigilis
A large tropical hawk moth with brown and buff-patterned forewings that resemble dead leaves. It is found in the forests...
American Moth-Butterfly
Macrosoma heliconiaria
Pale greenish-gray moth-like butterfly with rounded wings and nocturnal habits. Represents the evolutionary link between...
Anangu Leaf Insect
Pulchriphyllium anangu
A leaf insect from southwestern India, one of the few Phylliidae known from the Indian subcontinent. It has broad, leaf-...
Anax Elephant Beetle
Megasoma anubis
A robust scarab beetle found in Amazonian forests with a distinctive dark brown coloration. Males possess a stout forwar...
Anaxibia Morpho
Morpho anaxibia
An Atlantic Forest endemic Morpho butterfly with blue upperwings bordered by broad black margins containing white spots....
Andean Cerambycid Beetle
Psalidognathus friendii
A large and impressive longhorn beetle from the high Andes, with a brilliant metallic green, blue, or copper exoskeleton...
Andean Cloud Forest Ground Beetle
Notiobia nebrioides
A medium-sized dark brown ground beetle found in the cloud forests of the Andes mountains. It is typical of the rich but...
Andean Giant Weta Relative
Cratomelus armatus
A large, heavily built cricket relative found in Andean forests and grasslands. It has a robust body, strong legs, and l...
Annulated Longhorn
Chloridolum annulare
A slender metallic green longhorn with distinctive dark rings on the antennae, giving it its common name. Found in subtr...
Ant-Mimicking Treehopper
Cyphonia clavata
A treehopper with a pronotal projection shaped like an ant sitting on its back. The ant mimic is thought to deter predat...
Apicotermes Nest-builder
Apicotermes arquieri
A subterranean soil-feeding termite found in African forests, renowned for building the most architecturally complex nes...
Arctic Ant
Leptothorax acervorum
A tiny, reddish-brown ant that forms small colonies under stones and in wood crevices in boreal and subarctic regions. C...
Arctic Tussock Moth
Dicallomera fascelina
A medium-sized moth with pale grayish-white wings in males and larger, more robust females. The caterpillar is strikingl...
Army Ant
Eciton burchellii
Nomadic ants that do not build permanent nests. Raids of up to 200,000 workers sweep through the forest floor consuming ...
Arrowhead Spiketail
Cordulegaster obliqua
A large spiketail dragonfly with arrowhead-shaped yellow markings along its dark abdomen. It is found along seepage-fed ...
Asian Atlas Dung Beetle
Catharsius pithecius
A large black tunneling dung beetle from Southeast Asia with two stout pronotal horns in males. It rapidly constructs de...
Asian Giant Hornet
Vespa mandarinia
The worlds largest hornet. A single colony can kill an entire hive of 30,000 honey bees in just a few hours. Their venom...
Asian Horntail
Urocerus antennatus
A large wood wasp from East Asia with a dark body and distinctively long antennae. It attacks various coniferous trees, ...
Asian Lady Beetle (Harlequin)
Harmonia yedoensis
A large ladybug native to Japan, closely related to the invasive Asian lady beetle. Found in forest canopies where it fe...
Asian Marauder Army Ant
Dorylus laevigatus
A subterranean army ant of Southeast Asian forests that raids termite nests through underground tunnels. It is one of th...
Asian Proceratium
Proceratium japonicum
A small cryptic ant found in Japanese and East Asian forests with the characteristic forward-curving gaster. It is rarel...
Asian Trap-jaw Ant
Odontomachus rixosus
A Southeast Asian trap-jaw ant found in forest leaf litter with distinctive elongated mandibles. It is a specialist pred...
Aspinose Campodeid
Metriocampa aspinosa
A soil-dwelling dipluran lacking the typical dorsal spines found in related species. It inhabits deep soil layers in tem...
Atlas Beetle
Chalcosoma atlas
Named after Atlas from Greek mythology for its incredible strength. Males have three prominent horns. Known for their ag...
Atlas Blue Butterfly
Polyommatus atlanticus
A small blue butterfly restricted to high-altitude cedar forests in Morocco....
Atlas Moth
Attacus atlas
One of the largest moths in the world by wing area. Adults have no mouths and do not eat, living only 1-2 weeks on store...
Aulacopus Prionine
Aulacopus reticulatus
A flattened, reddish-brown prionine beetle with strongly reticulated elytra found in tropical Africa. It breeds in large...
Aurora Morpho
Morpho aurora
A relatively small Morpho butterfly with a distinctive reddish-orange band across its dark brown wings, quite unlike the...
Australian Army Ant
Leptogenys falcigera
An Australian ponerine ant that exhibits army ant-like group raiding behavior despite belonging to a different subfamily...
Australian Caddisfly
Triplectides australis
A distinctive Australian caddisfly whose larvae inhabit hollowed-out twigs as portable cases. It is common in forested s...
Australian Dobsonfly
Archichauliodes diversus
A large, dark dobsonfly found in clean streams across southeastern Australia. Larvae are important predators in cool for...
Australian Glow-Worm Firefly
Atyphella lychnus
One of Australia's few true firefly species, found in tropical Queensland rainforests. Females are wingless and glow fro...
Australian King Cricket
Australostylus montanus
A large, robust cricket found in the cool mountain forests of southeastern Australia. It is flightless and nocturnal wit...
Australian Rove Beetle
Heterothops dissimilis
A medium-sized, dark rove beetle found under bark and in leaf litter in Australian forests. It is part of the diverse bu...
Austrocarausius Stick Insect
Austrocarausius mercurius
A small, cryptic stick insect found in remnant rainforest patches of Queensland. It is part of a genus with several rece...
Autumnal Moth
Epirrita autumnata
A grayish-brown moth with faint wavy crosslines on the forewings. It flies in autumn in subarctic birch forests. Periodi...
Balkan Goldenring
Cordulegaster heros
The largest dragonfly in Europe, reaching nearly 100 mm in length. It is restricted to clean forest streams in southeast...
Balsam Fir Sawfly
Neodiprion abietis
A boreal sawfly whose dark green larvae with lighter stripes feed on balsam fir needles. Periodic outbreaks can cause si...
Balsam Woolly Adelgid
Adelges piceae
An invasive European adelgid that kills fir trees in North America. Its feeding causes abnormal wood formation called ro...
Bamboo Longhorn
Chloridolum alcmene
A vivid metallic green longhorn beetle with a slender body and long antennae. It breeds exclusively in bamboo stems....
Banana Stalk Fly
Telostylinus angusticollis
A slender long-legged fly from Australia whose body size depends on larval nutrition. Larger males pass on a size advant...
Banded Aridaeus
Aridaeus thoracicus
A medium-sized Australian cerambycid with a bright orange pronotum contrasting with dark brown elytra. It is found in eu...
Banded Flower Mantis
Theopropus elegans
A striking Southeast Asian mantis with bands of green, white, and dark markings across its body. It rests among flowers ...
Banded Jewel Beetle
Chrysochroa buqueti
A large, spectacularly iridescent beetle with red, green, and blue metallic bands. It is native to the tropical forests ...
Banded Treebrown
Lethe confusa
A shade-loving brown butterfly with a distinctive pale band across the forewing and a series of small eyespots on the un...
Barberi's Angel Insect
Zorotypus barberi
A tiny colonial insect living in decomposing wood in tropical forests. It exhibits dimorphism, with blind apterous and e...
Bark Mimic Grasshopper
Chorotypus gallinaceus
A Southeast Asian grasshopper with a broad, flattened body shaped like a piece of bark. Its mottled brown wings provide ...
Baronia Swallowtail
Baronia brevicornis
The most primitive living swallowtail butterfly, restricted to a small area of southwestern Mexico. A true living fossil...
Barred Red Moth
Hylaea fasciaria
A reddish-brown moth with a broad darker band across the forewings. It is closely associated with coniferous forests thr...
Bates' Rosalia
Rosalia batesi
A rare and beautiful longhorn beetle with pale lavender-grey elytra and contrasting black spots, found in the temperate ...
Bearded Stick Mantis
Toxodera beieri
A rare stick mantis from Borneo with small lobes along its body resembling bark fragments. It was named after the famous...
Bee-fly Hawk Moth
Macroglossum bombylans
A small day-flying hawk moth that mimics a bumblebee with its furry body and buzzing flight. It visits flowers in garden...
Beech Scale
Cryptococcus fagisuga
A tiny scale insect that feeds on beech bark, creating wounds that allow the Neonectria fungus to enter. Together they c...
Berger's Flat-face
Anoplophora beryllina
A stunning metallic blue-green longhorn found in the subtropical forests of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces in China. Its v...
Bicolored Pennant Ant
Tetraponera rufonigra
A large, slender arboreal ant with a painful sting found across tropical Asia. Workers are bicolored with an orange head...
Bicolored Trailing Ant
Monacis bispinosa
A neotropical dolichoderine ant with two prominent spines on its thorax. It forms long foraging trails on tree trunks an...
Bilobatus Soil Termite
Cubitermes bilobatodes
An African soil-feeding termite found in moist forests and forest-savanna transitional zones. Mounds are small and may h...
Bioluminescent Cockroach
Lucihormetica verrucosa
A cockroach with two glowing spots on its pronotum that mimic toxic click beetles....
Birch Bark Beetle
Scolytus ratzeburgi
A small, dark brown bark beetle that infests birch trees in boreal and subarctic forests. Adults bore through bark to cr...
Birch Leafminer
Fenusa pusilla
An invasive European sawfly that mines inside birch leaves in North America. Heavy infestations cause extensive browning...
Birdwing Butterfly
Ornithoptera alexandrae
The largest butterfly in the world with a wingspan up to 31 cm. Found only in a small area of Papua New Guinea. Females ...
Black Arches
Lymantria monacha
A striking moth with white wings boldly marked with black zigzag lines and a pink-flushed abdomen. It can occasionally e...
Black Horntail
Xeris spectrum
A slender black horntail wasp that breeds in dead conifer wood across the Northern Hemisphere. It is frequently found in...
Black Jungle Queen
Stichophthalma howqua
A large, powerful butterfly with dark brown to black upper wings and elaborately patterned undersides featuring ocelli a...
Black-Headed Ash Sawfly
Tethida barda
A small sawfly whose larvae have distinctive black heads and whitish-green bodies. They feed on the underside of ash lea...
Black-tailed Click Beetle
Ampedus nigrinus
A dark-bodied click beetle with subtly reddish-brown elytra and a shiny black pronotum. It inhabits old-growth forests a...
Blackburn's Damselfly
Megalagrion blackburni
A Hawaiian endemic damselfly historically found on multiple islands but now restricted to a few locations. It breeds in ...
Blackburnia Hawaiian Ground Beetle
Blackburnia hawaiiensis
An endemic Hawaiian ground beetle found in montane forests on the Big Island of Hawaii. It is a nocturnal predator that ...
Blood-red Cymothoe
Cymothoe sangaris
A strikingly sexually dimorphic butterfly where males are vivid blood-red and females are brown with white bands. It is ...
Blood-red Longhorn
Callidium coriaceum
A flat-bodied cerambycid with a rich reddish-brown color and a leathery texture to its elytra. It is found in conifer fo...
Blue Ghost Firefly
Phausis reticulata
A firefly producing a steady pale blue-white glow rather than flashing. Females are larviform and wingless, glowing soft...
Blue Horntail
Sirex juvencus
A metallic blue-black horntail wasp found across the Northern Hemisphere. It breeds in recently dead or dying spruce and...
Blue Metalmark
Lasaia sula
A tiny butterfly with vivid metallic blue upper wings that flash brilliantly in sunlight. It perches on rocks and gravel...
Blue Morpho
Morpho menelaus
Renowned for its brilliant iridescent blue wings. The color is not from pigment but from microscopic scales that reflect...
Blue Mountains Firefly
Atyphella flammulans
An Australian firefly found in cool temperate rainforests, producing a steady greenish glow. It has a dark body and is m...
Blue Mountains Glowworm
Arachnocampa richardsae
An Australian bioluminescent fungus gnat closely related to the New Zealand glowworm. Its larvae hang from cave ceilings...
Blue Nawab
Polyura schreiber
A powerful and fast-flying butterfly with a pale bluish-white upper surface and intricate brown and orange undersides. I...
Blue Net-Winged Beetle
Metriorrhynchus rhipidius
An Australian net-winged beetle with dark blue-black elytra and elaborate feathery antennae in males. It is commonly fou...
Blue-frosted Banner
Catonephele numilia
A sexually dimorphic butterfly where males are velvety black with bright orange bands and females are dark brown with ye...
Blue-spotted Charaxes
Charaxes ameliae
A stunning forest butterfly with deep black wings adorned with brilliant blue spots. The underside features elaborate pa...
Blue-Winged Lanternfly
Pyrops intricatus
A colorful lanternfly from Borneo with blue-green iridescent markings on its wings and an elongated reddish head project...
Bolivian Dead Leaf Mantis
Acanthops boliviana
A dead leaf mantis from Bolivia's Yungas forests with exceptionally convincing leaf mimicry. Its wings show veins and sp...
Bordered Mantis
Stagmatoptera biocellata
A large green mantis with two prominent dark eyespots on the inner surfaces of its forelegs. It uses these spots in its ...
Bordered White
Bupalus piniaria
A sexually dimorphic moth where males are white with brown borders and females are orange-brown. It is one of the most i...
Bornean Green Cicada
Dundubia vaginata
A large, bright green cicada with translucent wings and a powerful, resonant call. Males produce a continuous buzzing dr...
Bornean Monkey Grasshopper
Erianthus versicolor
A vividly multicolored monkey grasshopper from Borneo's montane forests with blue, green, red, and yellow markings. It m...
Borneo Giant Firefly
Lamprigera borneensis
A very large tropical firefly from Borneo with massive larviform females that glow brightly. Males are smaller and winge...
Borneo Leaf Mantis
Amorphoscelis borneana
A small leaf-mimicking mantis from the forests of Borneo. It rests on dead leaves in the understory where its brown colo...
Borneo Stick Mantis
Toxodera integrifolia
A large stick mantis endemic to Borneo with leaf-like wing expansions. Its wings resemble dried leaves and add to its tw...
Borneo Three-horned Beetle
Chalcosoma caucasus
Among the longest beetles in Asia, with three powerful horns and a metallic green-black sheen. Males engage in fierce co...
Bot Fly
Dermatobia hominis
Parasitic fly whose larvae develop under the skin of mammals including humans. Female captures a mosquito and glues eggs...
Brazilian Angel Insect
Zorotypus brasiliensis
A zorapteran from the Atlantic Forest region of Brazil. It forms colonies of up to 120 individuals under the bark of fal...
Brazilian Arboreal Tiger Beetle
Oxycheila tristis
A large, dark brown tiger beetle found in the forests of South America. Unlike most tiger beetles it is partly arboreal,...
Brazilian Eosentomid
Eosentomon braziliense
A tropical proturan from Brazilian forest soils representing one of the few South American species described. It inhabit...
Brazilian Owlfly
Cordulecerus alopecinus
A neotropical owlfly with bushy-tipped antennae found in South American cerrado and forest edges. Adults are crepuscular...
Brazilian Pleasing Fungus Beetle
Erotylus incomparabilis
A strikingly patterned beetle with bold black and orange spots on a glossy body. It is commonly found on bracket fungi i...
Brazilian Rhinoceros Beetle
Enema pan
A large, glossy black dynastine beetle with a prominent upward-curving cephalic horn and a smaller pronotal horn. It is ...
Brazilian Soldier Beetle
Chauliognathus flavipes
A South American soldier beetle with yellow-orange elytra and dark markings. It is commonly found on flowers in the Atla...
Brazilian Stingless Bee
Melipona quadrifasciata
A robust stingless bee with a dark body and four pale abdominal bands. It is the most culturally important stingless bee...
Brazilian Thorn Moth
Cyanopepla huillensis
A day-flying moth with brilliant metallic blue forewings and bright red or orange hindwings, warning predators of its to...
Brazilian Treehopper
Bocydium globulare
One of the most bizarre insects alive — its helmet has bulbous globular projections resembling a tiny helicopter. The st...
Bright Green Canthon
Canthon virens
A small, vivid metallic green roller dung beetle found in Brazil and neighboring countries. Its bright coloring is unusu...
Broad-backed Grouse Locust
Nomotettix cristatus
A pygmy grasshopper with a high crested pronotum that gives it a broad-backed appearance. It inhabits dry forest floors ...
Bronze Birch Borer
Agrilus anxius
A native North American jewel beetle that is the most serious pest of birch trees. Larvae create winding galleries benea...
Brown-and-yellow Fruit Chafer
Pachnoda marginata
A colorful chafer beetle with bright yellow margins on dark brown elytra. It is commonly kept in captivity and bred as a...
Brutus Charaxes
Charaxes brutus
A large and powerful butterfly with black and white banding on the upper wings and intricate reddish-brown patterns bene...
Budding Purpuricenus
Purpuricenus budensis
A colorful cerambycid with a red pronotum adorned with two black spots and entirely black elytra. It is found in thermop...
Bullet Ant
Paraponera clavata
Named for its extremely painful sting, rated 4+ on the Schmidt Pain Index. Indigenous Satere-Mawe people use them in war...
Bush Giant Dragonfly
Uropetala carovei
New Zealand's largest dragonfly and one of the most ancient dragonfly lineages in the world. Its larvae live in burrows ...
Caenis Glider
Cymothoe caenis
A widespread West African forest butterfly with orange-tawny males and brownish females with white markings. It is commo...
Cambridge's Striped Stick Insect
Pseudophasma cambridgei
A Brazilian stick insect only recently redescribed with its female and egg first identified. It has a slender, brown bod...
Cameroon Stag Beetle
Prosopocoilus camerunensis
A medium-sized African stag beetle with dark brown body and long, curved mandibles bearing multiple teeth. Males are sig...
Canary Islands Brimstone Butterfly
Gonepteryx cleobule
A bright yellow butterfly endemic to the Canary Islands, larger than its European relatives. It is found in laurel fores...
Canary Islands Large White Butterfly
Pieris cheiranthi
A large white butterfly endemic to the Canary Islands with prominent dark wing markings. It is found in laurel forests o...
Canterbury Tree Weta
Hemideina femorata
A medium-sized tree weta found in the eastern South Island of New Zealand. It has dark brown banding on the abdomen and ...
Cantor's Hawk Moth
Ambulyx cantorii
A large leaf-mimicking hawk moth with intricately patterned brown and cream forewings. Named after the zoologist Theodor...
Caribbean Hercules Beetle
Dynastes hercules hercules
The nominate subspecies of the Hercules beetle, found in the Lesser Antilles. Males bear an enormous horn used in combat...
Carmelae's Thorny Stick Insect
Trachyaretaon carmelae
A robust, thorny stick insect from the Philippines reaching up to 13.5 cm. It has rough, bark-like texture on its body s...
Carpenterworm Moth
Prionoxystus robiniae
A large North American moth whose larvae bore into the heartwood of oaks, elms, and other hardwoods. It is the most dest...
Cascade Cicada
Platypedia areolata
A small western North American cicada that produces sound by wing-flicking rather than typical tymbals. It is found in m...
Cascade Damselfly
Thaumatoneura inopinata
A rare damselfly found only near waterfalls in Central American cloud forests....
Cat-Eye Mantis
Pseudempusa pinnapavonis
A rare Southeast Asian mantis with striking peacock-like eyespots on its inner forearms. It uses these markings in drama...
Cat-Eyed Mantis
Heterochaeta strachani
A spectacular West African mantis with enormously enlarged compound eyes that give it a cat-like appearance and exceptio...
Celebes Longhorn
Batocera celebiana
A large cerambycid endemic to the island of Sulawesi with olive-grey elytra bearing scattered pale spots. It inhabits pr...
Central African Mantis
Sphodromantis centralis
A robust mantis native to Central African forests with green or brownish coloration. Females are noticeably bulkier than...
Centurion Cockroach
Gyna centurio
A colorful African cockroach with orange and brown markings on its pronotum. It is named for the helmet-like appearance ...
Ceylon Angel Insect
Zorotypus ceylonicus
An Asian zorapteran discovered in Sri Lanka inhabiting rotting wood in humid forests. Wingless individuals lack eyes and...
Ceylonese Angel Insect
Zorotypus ceylanicus
A rare tropical zorapteran found in the forests of Sri Lanka. Colonies live beneath bark and in rotting timber in humid ...
Chagasi Sandfly
Lutzomyia evansi
A small sandfly found in northern Colombia and Venezuela that is an important vector of Leishmania infantum chagasi, cau...
Chalcolepidius Click Beetle
Chalcolepidius limbatus
A large, robust click beetle covered in dense scales giving it a velvety appearance. Found in tropical American forests....
Chans Megastick
Phobaeticus chani
The longest insect in the world at 567 mm (with legs extended). Discovered in Borneo in 1989. Only six specimens have ev...
Chilean Stag Beetle
Chiasognathus granti
A spectacular stag beetle with extremely long curved mandibles and metallic green coloration. Found in southern beech fo...
Chinese Golden Ground Beetle
Carabus elysii
A stunning Chinese ground beetle with brilliant golden-green elytra and deep blue pronotum. It is found in the forested ...
Chinese Ground Beetle
Carabus lafossei
A striking ground beetle with deeply sculpted elytra and purple-bronze colouring. It inhabits mountainous forests of sou...
Chinese Rhagophthalmid Glowworm
Rhagophthalmus lufengensis
A bioluminescent beetle from southern China with larviform females that emit a steady greenish glow from ventral light o...
Chinese Stick Insect
Ramulus irregulariterdentatus
A long, slender stick insect with subtle irregular teeth along the edges of its body. It inhabits subtropical forests of...
Chinese Windmill Butterfly
Byasa alcinous
A dark swallowtail with red-spotted hindwings that rotates its wings in a slow windmill-like pattern during flight. It i...
Christmas Island Blue Crab Fly
Paramyia nitens
A tiny fly found on Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean associated with red crab migrations. It lays eggs on injured or...
Chrome Cockroach
Gyna caffrorum
A small cockroach with a uniquely translucent, chrome-like pronotum. Nymphs are dark and burrowing while adults are agil...
Clapping Cicada
Amphipsalta cingulata
An endemic New Zealand cicada named for the sharp clapping sound it produces, distinct from the continuous drone of the ...
Claudina Metalmark
Mesosemia claudia
A small, dark-winged metalmark butterfly with fine silvery-blue spots along the wing margins. It rests with wings spread...
Cloudforest Jewel Scarab
Chrysina chrysargyrea
A stunning scarab beetle with a body that appears to be made of burnished silver and gold. It is found only in Central A...
Cloudy Christmas Beetle
Anoplognathus nebulosus
A dark brown Christmas beetle with a cloudy or mottled pattern on its elytra. It is found in forests of eastern New Sout...
Coccinata Glider
Cymothoe coccinata
A medium-sized butterfly with brilliant scarlet-red males and mottled brown females. It glides gracefully through forest...
Colombian Dead Leaf Mantis
Acanthops soukana
A dead leaf mantis described from the Colombian Andes region. Its dark coloring and compact body shape provide camouflag...
Colorful Stick Insect
Achrioptera maroloko
A newly described giant stick insect with brilliantly colored males showing iridescent blue bodies and orange-red limbs....
Comet Moth
Argema mittrei
One of the worlds largest silk moths, with brilliant yellow wings and tail spans reaching 20 cm. Endemic to Madagascar. ...
Common Acerentomid
Acerentomon doderoi
A tiny eyeless proturan found in forest soils across Europe. It walks on only four legs, holding its forelegs forward as...
Common Blue Morpho
Morpho peleides
Vivid iridescent blue upper wings with brown, spotted undersides. Commonly featured in butterfly houses worldwide....
Common Euphaedra
Euphaedra medon
A forest-dwelling butterfly with deep orange-brown wings and distinctive blue-purple iridescent bands. It is one of the ...
Common Graphium
Graphium leonidas
A striking swallowtail butterfly with black wings marked with pale blue-green translucent spots. It is a fast and powerf...
Common Nawab
Polyura athamas
A large butterfly with pale green-white wings edged in black with two prominent hindwing tails. It has a powerful fast f...
Common Pine Sawfly
Diprion pini
One of the most important pine defoliators in European forestry. Outbreaks cause growth losses and predispose trees to b...
Common Red Rove Beetle
Staphylinus erythropterus
A large rove beetle with reddish-brown elytra and a velvety black body. It is a fast-running predator found in forests....
Common Tree Nymph
Idea stolli
A very large butterfly with translucent white wings heavily veined and spotted in black. It flies with a slow, lazy, pap...
Cone-Head Katydid
Copiphora rhinoceros
A Neotropical katydid with a long horn-like projection from its head. It is an omnivorous species active at night in tro...
Congo Basin Katydid
Enyaliopsis petersi
A large, armored katydid with a heavily spined pronotum and legs. It produces loud stridulating calls at night. Despite ...
Congo Floor Maggot Fly
Auchmeromyia senegalensis
A yellowish-brown blow fly whose larvae are unique among Diptera in being temporary ectoparasites that feed on sleeping ...
Congo Moth
Dactyloceras lucina
A large brown emperor moth with distinctive serrated wing margins and large eyespots. Males have broadly feathered anten...
Cooley Spruce Gall Adelgid
Adelges cooleyi
A gall-forming adelgid that alternates between spruce and Douglas-fir. Cone-shaped galls on spruce tips are its most rec...
Coppery Dysphania
Dysphania cuprina
A brightly colored day-flying moth widespread across Southeast Asia. The metallic coppery-gold and black pattern warns p...
Costa Rican Dead Leaf Mantis
Acanthops centralis
The only Acanthops species found in Central America, extending the genus's range northward. It inhabits lowland wet fore...
Costa Rican Firefly
Aspisoma ignitum
A neotropical firefly with a dark body and reddish pronotum bearing a median dark stripe. It produces a bright yellow-gr...
Cream-Streaked Ladybird
Harmonia quadripunctata
A European ladybird associated primarily with conifer trees. It has cream or pale yellow elytra with variable dark marki...
Creoxylus Stick Insect
Creoxylus spinosus
A spiny neotropical stick insect with bright warning coloration. It has short, colorful wings used for startle displays....
Crockeri Euphaedra
Euphaedra crockeri
A rare and beautifully patterned forest butterfly with green and orange wing markings. It is restricted to primary fores...
Crowned Stick Insect
Onchestus rentzi
An Australian stick insect with distinctive crown-like structures on its head. It inhabits rainforests in tropical Queen...
Cypris Morpho
Morpho cypris
A striking white and blue Morpho butterfly found in Central and northern South American cloud forests. It has broad whit...
Daintree Ringtail Damselfly
Austrolestes psyche
A slender metallic green damselfly found near rainforest streams in north Queensland. It rests with wings spread at an a...
Dampwood Termite
Zootermopsis angusticollis
A large termite species that infests damp and decaying wood in forests of western North America. Its soldiers have large...
Dead Leaf Mantis
Deroplatys desiccata
Extraordinary camouflage that makes it look exactly like a dried, curled leaf — complete with brown coloring, leaf veins...
Deer Fly (Chrysops)
Chrysops silacea
A medium-sized fly with striking patterned wings and bright green eyes. It is the primary vector of Loa loa, the African...
Delisle's Leaf Insect
Pulchriphyllium delislei
A leaf insect from Borneo described in recent taxonomic revisions. Females display rich green coloration with subtle bro...
Delta Dung Beetle
Deltochilum orbiculare
A matte black roller dung beetle with a rounded body and distinctively flattened outer edges of the elytra. It rolls dun...
Delta-spotted Spiketail
Cordulegaster diastatops
A large spiketail of eastern North America with distinctive triangular yellow spots along its dark abdomen. It patrols f...
Demon Charaxes
Charaxes lucretius
A large forest Charaxes with deep black upperside marked with blue iridescence in males. Females are larger and browner....
Denticerus Pygmy Mole Cricket
Denticerus raui
A rare pygmy mole cricket from South Asia with distinctive toothed antennae. It inhabits sandy soils along riverbanks in...
Dicromantispa Mantidfly
Dicromantispa sayi
A brown mantidfly found across eastern North America in forested habitats. Named after the eminent entomologist Thomas S...
Didius Blue Morpho
Morpho didius
One of the largest Morpho butterflies, with a wingspan reaching up to 150 mm. The males display brilliant metallic blue ...
Dimidiata Deer Fly
Chrysops dimidiata
A medium-sized deer fly with distinctly banded wings, found in West African rainforests. It serves as a secondary vector...
Dinoponera Giant Ant
Dinoponera gigantea
One of the largest ants in the world with workers reaching over 30 mm. It forms queenless colonies where the dominant wo...
Dirt-colored Seed Bug
Ozophora picturata
A tiny, cryptically colored seed bug found in leaf litter and soil surfaces across the eastern United States. Its brown ...
Disc-Headed Turtle Ant
Cephalotes varians
A small arboreal turtle ant in which soldiers have perfectly circular, flat heads that serve as living nest entrance plu...
Dominican Clearwing Butterfly
Greta diaphanus
A glasswing butterfly found in Hispaniola with nearly transparent wings. Its wings have tiny nanopillars that reduce lig...
Doris Longwing
Heliconius doris
A highly variable Heliconius butterfly that occurs in multiple color forms including blue, red, and green morphs. All fo...
Douglas-fir Timema
Timema douglasi
A parthenogenetic timema that feeds on old-growth Douglas fir. All-female populations can occasionally cause noticeable ...
Douglas-fir Tussock Moth
Orgyia pseudotsugata
A defoliator of Douglas-fir and true firs in western North America. Outbreaks cause severe defoliation and tree mortalit...
Downes' Green Lacewing
Chrysoperla downesi
A conifer-associated green lacewing that retains its green color through winter. Unlike relatives, it does not turn brow...
Dragon Mantis
Toxodera denticulata
A rare and bizarre-looking mantis from pristine Southeast Asian rainforests. Its elongated body and twig-like limbs make...
Dragon-Headed Katydid
Lesina intermedia
A Southeast Asian katydid with elaborate head projections resembling a dragon. Its bizarre head shape helps break up its...
Dusky Cockroach
Periplaneta nigra
A dark-colored cockroach closely related to the American cockroach. It inhabits tropical forests across Africa....
Dwarf Hisser
Elliptorhina javanica
A smaller hissing cockroach species with a smooth pronotum. It is a popular species in the pet trade....
Dwarf Thorny Stick Insect
Haaniella parva
The smallest member of the genus Haaniella, with males reaching only about 3 cm. Despite its small size, it retains the ...
Earwig Scorpionfly
Merope tuber
An extremely rare and primitive scorpionfly with forcep-like cerci reminiscent of earwigs. It is nocturnal and found in ...
Eastern Hercules Flower Beetle
Mecynorrhina polyphemus
A large African flower beetle with variable coloration from green to brown. Males have a short forked horn on the head....
Eastern Tree Hole Mosquito
Aedes triseriatus
A forest mosquito that breeds in water-filled tree holes and discarded tires. It is the primary vector of La Crosse ence...
Ectatomma Ant
Ectatomma tuberculatum
A large, heavily sculptured neotropical ant with a powerful sting and distinctive tuberculate body. It is a common groun...
Ecuadorian Dead Leaf Mantis
Acanthops elegans
An elegant dead leaf mantis from the western Amazon basin of Ecuador. It has refined leaf mimicry with smooth, curved wi...
Edwards' Atlas Moth
Attacus edwardsii
A massive Himalayan silk moth rivaling the atlas moth in size, with rich brown wings and large translucent fenestrae. It...
Eight-spotted Tiger Beetle
Cicindela octogramma
A dark bronze tiger beetle bearing eight distinct pale spots on its elytra. It is a fast-moving predator found on expose...
Eighty-eight Butterfly
Diaethria clymena
A small butterfly with striking black and white markings on its underwings that clearly spell out the number 88 or 89....
Elegant Bark Mantis
Amorphoscelis elegans
A delicate bark mantis from West Africa with fine, elegant body proportions. It is one of the more gracefully built spec...
Elephant Beetle
Megasoma elephas
One of the heaviest beetles, weighing up to 50 grams. Males have prominent horns on the head and prothorax. Larvae take ...
Elephant Mosquito
Toxorhynchites rutilus
A large, iridescent blue-green mosquito whose adults do not bite. Larvae are predators of other mosquito larvae in tree ...
Elephant Stomach Bot Fly
Cobboldia elephantis
A rare bot fly whose larvae develop in the stomachs of Asian elephants. Females lay eggs around the mouth of the elephan...
Emerald Ash Borer
Agrilus planipennis
One of the most destructive invasive insects in North America. Native to Asia, it has killed hundreds of millions of ash...
Emerald Cockroach
Pseudoglomeris magnifica
A stunning cockroach with brilliant metallic emerald-green coloring. It is one of the most beautiful cockroach species i...
Emerald Cockroach Wasp
Ampulex compressa
A brilliant emerald-green wasp that zombifies cockroaches. It delivers precise stings to the cockroachs brain, removing ...
Emerald Driver Ant
Dorylus emeryi
A medium-sized driver ant with dark brown to black coloration found in West African forests. Colonies conduct raiding pa...
Emerald Eupholus Weevil
Eupholus cuvieri
A spectacular weevil with brilliant turquoise and black bands across its elytra. It is found only in the rainforests of ...
Emerald Long-Horned Beetle
Callichroma velutinum
A beautiful velvety green longhorn beetle found in tropical African forests. It has a downy texture unlike the glossy fi...
Emerald Swallowtail
Papilio palinurus
A stunning swallowtail butterfly with broad bands of emerald green on black wings. The green color is produced by yellow...
Empress Cicada
Pomponia imperatoria
The largest cicada species in the world with a wingspan up to 200 mm. Found in the rainforests of Peninsular Malaysia. I...
End Band Net-Winged Beetle
Calopteron terminale
A net-winged beetle with orange elytra that become black at the tips, common in eastern North American forests. It forms...
Erosion Dead Leaf Mantis
Acanthops erosula
A small dead leaf mantis with eroded-looking wing edges from the forests of the Guiana Shield. Its ragged outline mimics...
European Eosentomid
Eosentomon transitorium
A well-known European proturan found in various soil types from forests to grasslands. It is one of the most frequently ...
European Fruit Scale
Parthenolecanium corni
A polyphagous soft scale insect that infests fruit trees, ornamentals, and forest trees across Europe. Heavy infestation...
European Ground Beetle
Carabus nemoralis
A common bronze-colored ground beetle that thrives in forests and gardens across Europe. It has become established in No...
European Red Wood Ant
Formica rufa
A large mound-building ant found across European forests. Workers are reddish-brown with a darker abdomen and aggressive...
European Spruce Bark Beetle
Ips typographus
A major pest of spruce forests across Europe and Asia. Adults bore through bark to create characteristic gallery pattern...
Euthalia Flower Beetle
Eudicella euthalia
A beautifully iridescent flower beetle with emerald green elytra and yellow-orange head markings. It frequents forest cl...
Exploding Ant
Colobopsis explodens
Minor workers can deliberately rupture their own bodies in an act of self-sacrifice, releasing a toxic sticky yellow sec...
Fifteen-Spotted Lady Beetle
Anatis labiculata
One of the largest North American ladybirds with white or grey elytra bearing fifteen dark spots. It is a canopy-dwellin...
Fig Wasp
Ceratosolen fusciceps
A tiny wasp that pollinates a single species of fig in an obligate mutualism....
Figueroa's Longhorn
Taeniotes scalaris
A large Neotropical lamiin with ladder-like dark markings on pale brownish-grey elytra. Found in lowland tropical forest...
Fiji Moth
Heterallactis baibakoua
A day-flying forester moth endemic to Fiji, with metallic blue-black wings. It is found in native forest where its larva...
Fiji Swallowtail
Papilio schmeltzi
A swallowtail butterfly endemic to the Fiji Islands in the South Pacific. It inhabits native forest edges and clearings ...
Fiji Tree Ant
Paraparatrechina oceanica
A native ant species found in tropical forests of Fiji, where it nests in tree cavities and under bark. Pacific Island a...
Fijian Cave Swiftlet Dragonfly
Nesobasis erythrops
An endemic Fijian damselfly found along shaded forest streams on Viti Levu. Males have distinctive red eyes and metallic...
Filigreed Stick Mantis
Toxodera fimbriata
A stick mantis from Southeast Asia with fringed edges along its thorax and legs. The fringes break up its body outline a...
Fimble Brown Lacewing
Hemerobius fenestratus
A small brown lacewing with fenestrate wing markings found in boreal forests. Associated with spruce and birch in northe...
Fire Beetle
Pyrophorus divergens
A bioluminescent click beetle from Central American forests. Its glowing thoracic spots are visible from several meters ...
Flamboyant Flower Beetle
Eudicella gralli
A vividly green flower beetle with yellow or red stripes on its elytra. Males have a small forked horn on the head....
Flat Bark Beetle
Cucujus cinnaberinus
A bright red, extremely flat beetle that lives beneath the bark of dead trees. It is an indicator species of old-growth ...
Flat Bark Beetle of Madeira
Tarphius rufonodulosus
A small flattened beetle endemic to the laurel forests of Madeira. It lives under the bark of dead Laurus and Ocotea tre...
Flat-horned Hissing Cockroach
Aeluropoda insignis
A Madagascan cockroach with broad, flattened horns on the pronotum. It lives under bark and in rotting wood on the fores...
Flavolined Longhorn
Macrodontia flavipennis
A large prionine beetle with yellowish elytra and dark veined patterns, found in the Amazon basin. It is less well known...
Florida Twig Ant
Pseudomyrmex ejectus
A small yellowish ant that nests in dead twigs in the canopy of southeastern US forests. It is arboreal and rarely desce...
Flower Longhorn
Pachyta quadrimaculata
A robust yellow longhorn beetle with four black spots on its elytra. It is a common visitor to umbelliferous flowers in ...
Flying Earwig Hawaiian Damselfly
Megalagrion nesiotes
An endemic Hawaiian damselfly found in wet forests, notable for breeding in water-filled leaf axils of native plants rat...
Forest Bristletail
Machilis hrabei
A central European bristletail inhabiting forest leaf litter and mossy rocks. It is one of many Machilis species found i...
Forest Darner
Austroaeschna pulchra
A handsome darner dragonfly with blue and brown markings found in temperate forests of eastern Australia. It flies along...
Forest Giant Owl Moth
Erebus walkeri
A massive dark brown moth with intricate bark-like patterning and subtle eyespots. It rests during the day on tree trunk...
Forest Queen Butterfly
Euxanthe wakefieldi
A large, striking butterfly with dark brown wings marked by broad bands of apple green. It is a powerful flier that glid...
Forest Roller
Canthon quinquemaculatus
A small, dark roller dung beetle with five pale spots on the elytra. Found in South American forests, it is diurnal and ...
Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth
Malacosoma disstria
A widespread North American moth whose caterpillars defoliate vast areas of hardwood forest. Despite the name, they form...
Forestfly
Nemoura cambrica
A small brown stonefly associated with forested Welsh and British streams. Nymphs have distinctive cervical gills and fe...
Formidable Pygmy Grasshopper
Notocerus formidabilis
An extremely rare Madagascan grasshopper not observed since its original description in 1974. Its true coloration was on...
Formosa Long-armed Scarab
Cheirotonus formosanus
A rare Taiwanese scarab with elongated forelimbs and a dark chestnut-brown body. It is found only in old-growth mountain...
Formosa Stag Beetle
Neolucanus swinhoei
A large Taiwanese stag beetle with smooth rounded mandibles and a reddish-brown body. Found in mountain forests....
Formosan Rosalia
Rosalia formosa
A stunning cerambycid endemic to Taiwan with turquoise-blue elytra and black markings. It inhabits montane hardwood fore...
Four-barred Swordtail
Protographium leosthenes
A distinctive swallowtail with translucent wings crossed by four dark bars and a long sword-like tail. It has a rapid, d...
Four-ribbed Jewel Beetle
Polybothris quadricollis
A moderately sized jewel beetle with four distinct ridges on the pronotum, which gives it its name. The elytra shimmer w...
Four-spotted Flat-face
Anoplophora macularia
A glossy black longhorn with four large white spots on its elytra, found in montane forests of central China. It is less...
Freyi Dead Leaf Mantis
Brancsikia freyi
A recently described dead leaf mantis closely related to B. aeroplana but distinguished by subtle differences in wing ve...
Frog-legged Leaf Beetle
Sagra femorata
A large, metallic beetle with spectacular iridescent coloring ranging from deep blue to green, red, and purple. Males po...
Fulvous Wood Cockroach
Parcoblatta fulvescens
A small tawny-colored wood cockroach from the southeastern United States. It is typically found in pine forests and sand...
Fusca Tsetse Fly
Glossina fusca
A large, dark-colored tsetse fly that inhabits dense forest environments. It feeds primarily on wild forest animals and ...
Gaboon Ebony Longhorn Beetle
Ceroplesis militaris
A large longhorn beetle with striking black and yellow banding on its elytra. Its antennae are longer than its body in m...
Gaboon Viper Caterpillar Moth
Lobobunaea phaedusa
A large saturniid moth with rich brown and reddish-purple wings bearing prominent eye-spots. The caterpillars are specta...
Ghost Mantis
Phyllocrania paradoxa
A small mantis with elaborate leaf-like extensions on its head, body, and legs. Sways gently to mimic a leaf in the bree...
Giant African Longhorn Beetle
Petrognatha gigas
One of Africa's largest longhorn beetles with mottled grey-brown bark-like camouflage. Its antennae can be longer than i...
Giant African Prionine
Tithoes confinis
One of Africa's largest cerambycids, with powerful mandibles and a dark brown, heavily sculptured body. It is found in t...
Giant Amazonian Katydid
Stilpnochlora couloniana
A very large bright green katydid with wings shaped like a broad tropical leaf. It is one of the largest katydids in Sou...
Giant Amazonian Longhorn
Macrodontia cervicornis
One of the longest beetles in the world with enormous serrated mandibles resembling antlers. The elytra feature a marble...
Giant Blue Swallowtail
Papilio zalmoxis
One of the largest and most spectacular butterflies in Africa, with a wingspan exceeding 150 mm. The wings are brilliant...
Giant Bornean Lanternfly
Pyrops whiteheadi
A spectacular lanternfly from Borneo with an elongated horn-like head process and vivid coloring. The function of the sn...
Giant Bornean Walking Stick
Tirachoidea jianfenglingensis
A very large, robust stick insect with a heavily textured green or brown body covered in small tubercles. Females are bu...
Giant Brazilian Ant
Dinoponera australis
A large ponerine ant found in the cerrado and Atlantic Forest regions of southern Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay. Like ...
Giant Brazilian Longhorn
Derobrachus geminatus
A very large longhorn beetle with powerful mandibles and long, segmented antennae. The body is dark brown to black with ...
Giant Bull Ant
Myrmecia brevinoda
Among the largest bull ants in Australia, workers can exceed 30 mm in length. They are solitary foragers with remarkably...
Giant Cave Cockroach
Blaberus giganteus
One of the world's largest cockroach species, with a wingspan reaching 15 cm. It inhabits caves and dark forest environm...
Giant Click Beetle
Oxynopterus mucronatus
One of the largest click beetles in Asia with dramatic pectinate antennae in males. It can launch itself into the air wi...
Giant Devil's Flower Mantis
Idolomantis serrula
A close relative of the devil's flower mantis found in the dry forests of East Africa. It has serrated leg lobes that en...
Giant Eastern Crane Fly
Pedicia albivitta
A large crane fly with long delicate legs and white-banded wing markings found near forest streams. Despite its mosquito...
Giant Fijian Long-horned Beetle
Xixuthrus terribilis
An extremely large longhorn beetle from Fiji, among the biggest cerambycids in the Pacific. It develops in large fallen ...
Giant Fijian Longhorn
Xixuthrus heros
One of the largest living insects endemic to Fiji with a massive dark brown body. It is extremely rare and seldom encoun...
Giant Flower Beetle
Mecynorrhina torquata
One of the largest flower beetles in Africa, with males reaching impressive sizes. They display vivid green and yellow c...
Giant Forest Ant
Dinomyrmex gigas
One of the largest ant species in the world, with workers reaching 20 mm and queens exceeding 30 mm. It inhabits Southea...
Giant Hawaiian Darner
Anax strenuus
The largest dragonfly in the United States, endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. It patrols forest streams and pools in nati...
Giant Honey Bee
Apis dorsata
The largest honey bee species, building huge exposed single-comb nests on cliff faces and tall buildings. Colonies can c...
Giant Ichneumon Wasp
Dolichomitus imperator
A parasitoid wasp with an ovipositor longer than its body used to drill into wood....
Giant Jawed Longhorn
Macrodontia dejeanii
A large prionine with impressive curved mandibles from the tropical forests of South America. While smaller than the fam...
Giant Ladybird
Anatis ocellata
The largest European ladybird, with orange elytra bearing black spots each encircled by a pale ring. It is a conifer spe...
Giant Lobster Cockroach
Henschoutedenia flexivitta
A large African cockroach with a broad, flattened body. It has distinctive banded markings across its wings....
Giant Long-Legged Katydid
Macrolyristes corporalis
One of the largest katydids in the world with a leg span exceeding 25 cm. Found in the rainforests of Malaysia, it is no...
Giant Malaysian Cicada
Megapomponia merula
A massive cicada from Southeast Asian rainforests, rivaling the empress cicada in size. Its deep, resonant call carries ...
Giant Malaysian Katydid
Arachnacris corporalis
Among the heaviest katydids in the world with females weighing over 30 grams. Found in lowland Bornean rainforest. The l...
Giant Malaysian Leaf Mantis
Deroplatys truncata
The largest dead leaf mantis species with a broad, flat body that mimics a curled brown leaf. Its enormous thoracic shie...
Giant Neotropical Ball Roller
Canthon aequinoctialis
A medium-sized, matte black roller dung beetle common in Central and South American forests. It is one of the most abund...
Giant Northern Termite
Mastotermes darwiniensis
The most primitive living termite and the only surviving member of its family. It retains many cockroach-like features i...
Giant Ponerine Ant
Pachycondyla crassinoda
A very large black predatory ant of African tropical forests with powerful mandibles and a painful sting. Solitary forag...
Giant Scoliid Wasp
Megascolia procer
One of the largest wasps in the world, reaching over 5 cm in length, found in Southeast Asian forests. It parasitizes at...
Giant Spiny Stick Insect
Haaniella dehaanii
A massive dark brown stick insect with prominent spines and a thick cylindrical body. Females are exceptionally heavy-bo...
Giant Springtail
Tetrodontophora bielanensis
One of the largest springtails in the world, with a metallic blue body. It lives in forest soil and leaf litter in Centr...
Giant Stag Beetle of Chile
Chiasognathus grantii
A spectacular stag beetle with enormous mandibles found in temperate Valdivian forests. Males use their long jaws to wre...
Giant Stick Insect
Phobaeticus kirbyi
A very large stick insect from Borneo with extremely elongated legs. Males are slender and capable of flight with their ...
Giant Trap-jaw Ant
Odontomachus hastatus
One of the largest trap-jaw ant species, building arboreal carton nests in tropical forests. Its elongated mandibles are...
Giant Tropical Click Beetle
Chalcolepidius porcatus
A spectacular large click beetle covered in iridescent green or blue-green scales with deeply grooved elytra. It is one ...
Giant Twig Ant
Pseudomyrmex spinicola
One of the largest acacia-ant species, nesting in the massive swollen thorns of Central American bullhorn acacias. Queen...
Giant Western Crane Fly
Holorusia hespera
North America's largest crane fly with a wingspan approaching 80 mm. It inhabits mossy stream banks in western mountain ...
Giant Wood Hoverfly
Temnostoma vespiforme
A large, wasp-mimicking hoverfly with yellow and black banding and a slender waist. Its larvae develop in decaying wood ...
Gibbicollis Dung Beetle
Deltochilum gibbosum
A dark, convex roller dung beetle with a pronounced hump on the pronotum. It is a flightless species that rolls dung bal...
Giraffe Stag Beetle
Prosopocoilus giraffa
The largest stag beetle species in the world, with males reaching 120 mm including their enormous mandibles. Found in So...
Giraffe Weevil
Trachelophorus giraffa
Named for its extraordinary elongated neck, which is 2-3 times longer in males. Found only in Madagascar. Males use thei...
Glasswing Butterfly
Greta oto
Remarkable for its transparent wings, created by nanopillar structures that reduce light reflection to just 2%. This mak...
Globe-nosed Nasute Termite
Nasutitermes nigriceps
A tree-nesting nasute termite from Central and South America that builds dark carton nests high in trees. Soldiers have ...
Glossina Austeni Tsetse Fly
Glossina austeni
A small, dark-colored tsetse fly found in coastal forests and thickets of East Africa. It is a vector of both human and ...
Glowspot Cockroach
Lucihormetica subcincta
A large dark cockroach with two glowing yellow-green spots on its pronotum produced by bioluminescent bacteria. The glow...
Gnamptogenys Ant
Gnamptogenys striatula
A small predatory ectatomminine ant with strongly striate sculpturing covering its body. It hunts in leaf litter and rot...
Goblin Mantis
Amorphoscelis pulchella
A tiny, cryptic mantis found on tree bark in West African forests. Its mottled brown coloring makes it virtually invisib...
Gold-banded Forester
Euphaedra neophron
A striking forest butterfly with dark wings marked by a bold golden-orange band. It feeds on the forest floor on fallen ...
Golden Carpenter Ant
Camponotus sericeiventris
A striking large ant with dense golden or silvery pubescence covering its gaster, giving it a metallic sheen. Workers ar...
Golden Click Beetle
Selatosomus aeneus
A metallic green or bronze click beetle with a bright coppery sheen on the elytra and pronotum. It is common in European...
Golden Jewel Beetle
Chrysochroa fulminans
A brilliantly iridescent beetle with metallic green and gold coloring. The structural coloration of its elytra has inspi...
Golden Net-Winged Beetle
Dictyoptera aurora
A soft-bodied beetle with bright orange-red elytra featuring a network of raised veins. It is toxic and uses bright colo...
Golden Orchid Bee
Eufriesea surinamensis
A stunningly beautiful orchid bee with a metallic golden-green body and reddish legs. It is a solitary nester that build...
Golden-tabbed Robber Fly
Choerades marginatus
A large bristly brown robber fly with golden hair tufts that ambushes prey from sunny perches on logs....
Goliath Beetle
Goliathus goliatus
One of the heaviest insects on Earth. Males have a Y-shaped horn on the head. Larvae can weigh up to 100 grams and requi...
Goliath Birdwing
Ornithoptera goliath
One of the largest butterflies in the world, found in the rainforests of Papua New Guinea and nearby islands. Males are ...
Grallatotermes Bark Termite
Grallatotermes africanus
An African arboreal termite that builds thin sheeting galleries over tree bark surfaces. Workers forage beneath these pr...
Grandidier's Cicada
Yanga grandidieri
A large, robust cicada with opaque brownish wings marked with darker infuscations and a broad pronotal collar. Males pro...
Gray's Thorny Stick Insect
Haaniella grayii
A large thorny stick insect named after the zoologist John Edward Gray. It inhabits the dense rainforests of Borneo....
Graybeal's Longhorn
Anoplophora graafi
A large and stout longhorn beetle from the forests of Sulawesi, with a dark body covered in dense greyish-blue pubescenc...
Great Orange Tip
Hebomoia glaucippe
The largest pierid butterfly in the world with white wings bearing brilliant orange tips. It has a fast powerful flight....
Great Spruce Bark Beetle
Dendroctonus micans
The largest European bark beetle, attacking living spruce trees. Unlike most bark beetles, it does not use aggregation p...
Green Baron
Euthalia adonia
A forest butterfly with vivid iridescent green upperside in males, while females are brownish with white markings. It ha...
Green Castiarina Jewel Beetle
Castiarina viridissima
A brilliant emerald-green jewel beetle found in Australian heathlands and forests. Adults are avid flower visitors and a...
Green Cockroach
Panchlora viridis
A small, bright green cockroach found in tropical forests of northern Australia and the Pacific. Its vivid coloring prov...
Green Grooved Dung Beetle
Phanaeus difformis
A metallic green and copper tunneling dung beetle with a prominent male horn that is slightly offset to one side. The pr...
Green Grooved Longhorn
Prosopocera lactator
A pale green longhorn beetle with long, elegantly banded antennae. It is found on fig and other broadleaf trees in Afric...
Green Protea Beetle
Smaragdesthes oertzeni
A small but brilliantly metallic green beetle found in Central African forests. It is a frequent visitor to flowering tr...
Green Shield Mantis
Chlidonoptera lestoni
A flat-bodied mantis from West Africa with a wide, shield-shaped pronotum. Its flattened body helps it press tightly aga...
Green Tiger Longhorn
Chelidonium argentatum
A medium-sized Neotropical cerambycid with silvery-green pubescent patches on a dark body, found in the Atlantic Forest ...
Green Tree Ant
Oecophylla smaragdina subnitida
An Australian subspecies of the Asian weaver ant with distinctive bright green coloring. Indigenous Australians have tra...
Green-veined Charaxes
Charaxes candiope
A large charaxes with orange upperwings and distinctive green-veined underwings. It is common along forested rivers and ...
Grey Longhorn
Acanthocinus griseus
A small, cryptically colored longhorn beetle with grey pubescence and faint darker markings on the elytra. It inhabits c...
Guiana Bark Mantis
Liturgusa guianensis
A small, flattened bark mantis from the Guiana Shield region of South America. It inhabits primary rainforest and is rar...
Gumleaf Grasshopper
Goniaea australasiae
A well-camouflaged grasshopper whose flattened body and brown coloring perfectly mimic a dead eucalyptus leaf. It remain...
Gurney Angel Insect
Zorotypus gurneyi
A Neotropical zorapteran discovered in South American forests. It exhibits complex dominance hierarchies within its smal...
Gyas Beetle
Dynastes gyas
A large South American relative of the Hercules beetle with shorter, thicker horns. Body is dark brown to black....
Habu's Ground Beetle
Carabus dehaanii
A large Japanese ground beetle with deeply sculptured elytra and striking blue-violet metallic coloring. It is widesprea...
Hainan Stick Insect
Ramulus hainanense
A slender green stick insect found on Hainan Island in southern China. It feeds on tropical broadleaf vegetation....
Hairy Maggot Blow Fly
Chrysomya rufifacies
A blow fly whose larvae have distinctive fleshy projections giving them a hairy appearance. Its predatory larvae feed on...
Hairy Panther Ant
Neoponera obscuricornis
A medium-sized ponerine ant with dense body pubescence and a powerful sting. Workers are solitary predators that hunt on...
Hairy Wood Ant
Formica lugubris
A large mound-building ant of upland coniferous forests with noticeably hairy body surfaces. It forms polydomous colonie...
Halloween Hisser
Elliptorhina laevigata
A striking cockroach with dark brown and orange-black coloring. Its smooth pronotum and contrasting colors make it visua...
Handsome Fungus Beetle
Stenotarsus rotundus
A small rounded beetle that aggregates in enormous numbers during dry seasons....
Harlequin Beetle
Acrocinus longimanus
A spectacular longhorn beetle from the Amazon with intricate red, black, and yellow patterns. Males have enormously elon...
Harlequin Bug Leaf Beetle
Platyphora ligata
A striking Neotropical leaf beetle with metallic blue-black elytra bordered with bright orange-red markings. It is found...
Hawaiian Carnivorous Caterpillar
Eupithecia staurophragma
A remarkable moth whose caterpillars are ambush predators of insects, unique among Lepidoptera. Found only in Hawaiian n...
Hawaiian Damselfly
Megalagrion hawaiiense
An endemic Hawaiian damselfly with red or orange coloring found near streams. It breeds in flowing water in native fores...
Hawaiian Happy-face Spider
Theridion grallator
A tiny Hawaiian spider with markings on its abdomen that resemble a smiling face. It is endemic to the rainforests of fo...
Hawaiian Picture-wing Fly (Heteroneura)
Drosophila heteroneura
A remarkable Hawaiian picture-wing fly famous for its hammer-shaped head, found only on Hawaii Island. Males use their b...
Hawaiian Picture-wing Fly (Silvestris)
Drosophila silvestris
A Hawaiian picture-wing fly closely related to D. heteroneura but with a normally shaped head. It is found in wet forest...
Hawaiian Predatory Cricket
Leptogryllus deceptor
A small cricket endemic to Hawaii that has evolved predatory habits. It hunts smaller insects on the forest floor at nig...
Helena Brown Butterfly
Tisiphone helena
A dark brown butterfly with orange-ringed eyespots found in shaded forest environments. It has a weak, bobbing flight cl...
Helena Gum Moth
Opodiphthera helena
A beautiful saturniid moth with pinkish-brown wings marked with bold eyespots. It is found in eucalyptus forests of sout...
Helena Olive Wireworm Beetle
Tarphius wollastoni
A small beetle endemic to St. Helena in the South Atlantic. It is associated with decaying endemic gumwood trees....
Heliconius Hewitsoni
Heliconius hewitsoni
A rare Heliconius butterfly with black wings and a distinctive bright yellow forewing band. It is restricted to Pacific-...
Helicopter Damselfly
Megaloprepus caerulatus
The largest damselfly in the world with a wingspan approaching 19 centimeters....
Helicopter Dragonfly
Mecistogaster linearis
A forest giant damselfly that plucks spiders from their webs while hovering....
Helicopter Metalmark
Chorinea octauius
Transparent forewings with red and black hindwing tails that twirl in flight. The spinning tails create a helicopter-lik...
Helm's Stag Beetle
Geodorcus helmsi
An endemic New Zealand stag beetle found in the forests of the South Island. Males have enlarged mandibles used in fight...
Helmet Treehopper
Membracis foliatia
A Neotropical treehopper with a large, laterally compressed pronotal crest shaped like a leaf. Its black body with white...
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
Adelges tsugae
A devastating invasive pest of eastern hemlock in North America, originally from East Asia. It feeds at the base of need...
Hercules Ant
Camponotus herculeanus
A large black carpenter ant of boreal and montane forests across the Northern Hemisphere. Major workers have massive hea...
Hercules Beetle
Dynastes hercules
One of the largest beetles in the world. Males sport enormous horns used in combat for mates. The elytra can change colo...
Hercules Flower Beetle
Mecynorrhina harrisi
A large cetoniine beetle with dark greenish-black coloration and yellow markings on the pronotum. Males possess a forked...
Hercules Moth
Coscinocera hercules
Has the largest wing area of any moth — up to 300 square centimeters. Named after Hercules for its great size. Adults li...
Hercules Moth of South America
Copaxa multifenestrata
A large silk moth with brown wings bearing multiple translucent windows that give it its species name. The wing margins ...
High-altitude Longhorn Beetle
Evodinus borealis
A flower-visiting longhorn beetle of boreal and montane conifer forests. Its larvae develop in decaying conifer wood at ...
Highclere Treehopper
Heteronotus trinodosus
A Neotropical treehopper with three distinct knobs on its elongated pronotum. It is an ant-attended species found in low...
Hildebrand's Dragonfly
Neodythemis hildebrandti
A forest-dwelling dragonfly with a dark metallic body and hyaline wings. Males have distinctive blue pruinescence on the...
Hispaniolan Swallowtail
Papilio aristodemus
A large swallowtail butterfly found in the Caribbean with yellow and dark brown wings. Several subspecies are endemic to...
Hispine Rolled-leaf Beetle
Cephaloleia vagelineata
A flattened, elongate beetle adapted to living inside rolled-up young leaves of Heliconia plants. Its body is dorsoventr...
Hooded Cockroach
Diploptera punctata
The only known cockroach that is truly viviparous and produces a protein-rich milk....
Hooded Leaf Katydid
Phyllophorella queenslandica
An Australian katydid with a dramatically expanded pronotum that covers its head like a hood. The entire body mimics a c...
Hooded Mantis
Choeradodis rhombicollis
A Central American mantis with an enormously expanded, leaf-shaped prothorax. Its green, shield-like hood provides excel...
Hooked Army Ant
Eciton hamatum
A column-raiding army ant that forms narrow trails rather than broad swarm fronts. It specializes in raiding the nests o...
Horned Aphid
Tuberaphis styraci
A social aphid from East Asia that forms colonies defended by sterile soldier nymphs with horned heads. They live on sty...
Horntail Wasp
Urocerus gigas
A large wood wasp that injects symbiotic fungus into trees along with its eggs....
Horsfield's Longhorn
Batocera horsfieldi
A large flat-faced longhorn beetle found in tropical forests of Southeast Asia. Adults are mottled grey-brown with disti...
Huhu Beetle
Prionoplus reticularis
New Zealand's largest endemic beetle, the huhu beetle is a longhorn beetle whose larvae bore into dead and decaying wood...
Huia Ground Beetle
Mecodema huia
A large, flightless ground beetle endemic to New Zealand with a heavily sculptured dark body. It is named after the exti...
Hujiayao's Stick Insect
Neohirasea hujiayaoi
A small stick insect from the subtropical forests of China. It is distinguished from related species by subtle differenc...
Humpbacked Mite-hunter
Scydmaenus hellwigii
A diminutive scydmaenine rove beetle with a distinctly humped profile and long, clubbed antennae. It specializes in hunt...
Hydnus Prionine
Dorysthenes hydrophilus
A large dark brown prionine beetle found in the tropical forests of India and Sri Lanka. Its larvae develop in the roots...
Igneus Rainbow Scarab
Phanaeus igneus
A brilliantly metallic green, blue, and red tunneling dung beetle of the southeastern United States. Males have a long, ...
Indian Bark Mantis
Amorphoscelis annulicornis
A small bark mantis from India with banded antennae unique in the genus. It is found in the tropical forests of the West...
Indian Jewelwing
Vestalis gracilis
A large, shimmering emerald-green damselfly found in the rainforests of South and Southeast Asia. Both sexes have irides...
Indian Jumping Ant
Harpegnathos saltator
A slender predatory ant with large eyes and powerful jumping ability native to India. Workers can leap several centimete...
Indian Moon Beetle
Dicranocephalus wallichii
A spectacular stag beetle relative with males bearing two long, curved, crescent-shaped horns on the head. The body is r...
Indian Moon Moth
Actias selene
A large, elegant moth with pale green wings, long hindwing tails, and maroon-bordered eyespots. It is closely related to...
Indian Owlfly
Helicomitus festivus
A tropical Asian owlfly with long antennae and patterned wings. Found along forest edges and clearings in the Indian sub...
Indian Stag Beetle
Lucanus lunifer
A large, dark brown stag beetle with impressive curved mandibles in males that resemble deer antlers. It is found in mon...
Indian Stick Mantis
Toxodera maculata
A spotted stick mantis found in the forests of southern India and Sri Lanka. It has dark spots scattered along its body ...
Indian White Termite
Odontotermes horni
A fungus-cultivating termite common in the forests and agricultural areas of the Indian subcontinent. Colonies build sub...
Intermedia Sandfly
Lutzomyia intermedia
A tiny sandfly found in southeastern Brazil that is a major vector of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Atlantic Forest regions...
Isabella's Dipluran
Parajapyx isabellae
A soil-dwelling japygid dipluran found in temperate forests. It has small but functional forceps used for prey capture....
Italian Acerentomid
Acerentomon italicum
A small proturan originally described from Italian soils. It is typical of Mediterranean forest floor environments....
Ivory Coast Fungus Termite
Macrotermes mülleri
A large fungus-growing species found in the humid forests of West and Central Africa. Colonies construct partially subte...
Japanese Bark Beetle
Ips typographus japonicus
The Japanese subspecies of the European spruce bark beetle. A significant pest of coniferous forests in Japan, particula...
Japanese Click Beetle
Campsosternus gemma
A spectacular metallic green and gold click beetle found in East Asian forests. It is one of the most brilliantly colour...
Japanese Eosentomid
Eosentomon sakura
A tiny proturan found in the soils of Japanese temperate forests. It possesses functional spiracles unlike acerentomid p...
Japanese Giant Hornet
Vespa mandarinia japonica
The largest hornet in the world, capable of destroying an entire honey bee colony in hours. A small group of 30 hornets ...
Japanese Giant Ichneumon
Megarhyssa praecellens
One of the largest ichneumon wasps in Asia with a remarkably long ovipositor. It parasitizes wood-boring horntail larvae...
Japanese Ground Beetle
Carabus insulicola
A large, dark beetle with coppery-bronze elytra found in Japanese mountain forests. It is flightless and shows considera...
Japanese Luna Moth
Actias gnoma
A smaller Japanese moon moth known as 'o-mizuao-ga,' with elegant pale green wings and long tail streamers. Found in mou...
Japanese Moon Moth
Actias artemis
A delicate pale green moon moth with elegant hindwing tails found only in Japan. It flies during the brief early summer ...
Japanese Narrow-Winged Damselfly
Mnais costalis
A beautiful damselfly endemic to Japan, known as 'niko-nico-kawatombou.' Males come in two forms: orange-winged territor...
Japanese Oakblue
Arhopala japonica
A beautiful lycaenid butterfly with brilliant metallic blue upperwings and cryptic brown underwings. Found in oak forest...
Japanese Pine Sawyer
Monochamus alternatus
A large longhorn beetle known as 'matsu-no-madara-kamikiri,' responsible for transmitting pine wilt disease in Japan. Th...
Japanese Robber Fly
Cophinopoda chinensis
A large East Asian robber fly with powerful raptorial legs. It preys on cicadas and large beetles in montane forests....
Japanese Scorpionfly
Panorpa japonica
A scorpionfly common in Japanese forests with spotted wings and a distinctive reddish-brown body. It feeds on dead insec...
Japanese Soldier Fly
Ptecticus tenebrifer
A slender soldier fly with a metallic greenish-black body and elongate antennae. It is commonly found near decaying orga...
Japanese Subsocial Shield Bug
Parastrachia japonensis
A subsocial shield bug where mothers carry drupes of a specific tree to their underground nests to feed their nymphs. Th...
Japanese Water Penny
Eubrianax granicollis
An East Asian water penny beetle found in swift forest streams of Japan. Adults are dark and robust with a granular pron...
Javan Amber Cicada
Ambragaeana ambra
A large cicada with amber-tinted wings and a stout body. It inhabits dense tropical forests where its deep buzzing call ...
Jewel Frog Beetle
Sagra longicollis
A spectacular metallic beetle with colors ranging from deep red to purple and green. Males have greatly enlarged hind fe...
Jewel Ground Beetle
Carabus auronitens
A strikingly beautiful ground beetle with bright gold and green metallic coloring. It inhabits mountain forests across c...
Jewel Longhorn Beetle
Sternotomis bohemani
A strikingly patterned longhorn beetle with green and black markings....
Jewel Scarab
Chrysina resplendens
A beetle that appears to be made of polished gold, found in cloud forests of Central America. Its reflective shell is co...
Jewelled Frog Beetle
Sagra buqueti
A brilliantly metallic leaf beetle with enlarged hind legs resembling a frog's. Males use their powerful legs in combat ...
Jungle Nymph
Heteropteryx dilatata
One of the heaviest stick insects, with females weighing up to 65 grams. Females are bright green with small wings; male...
Jungle Nymph Spittlebug
Cosmoscarta bispecularis
A colorful Southeast Asian froghopper with metallic blue-black and orange markings. It feeds on tropical plants and is o...
Kaiseri-i-Hind Butterfly
Teinopalpus imperialis
An elusive swallowtail from Himalayan cloud forests. Its name means Emperor of India. Rarely seen due to its preference ...
Kamehameha Butterfly
Vanessa tameamea
Hawaii's state insect, a beautiful orange-and-black butterfly endemic to the islands. It is one of only two butterfly sp...
Kauri Moth
Agathiphaga vitiensis
An extremely primitive moth considered a living fossil, with larvae that feed inside the seeds of kauri pine trees. It r...
King Cricket
Libanasidus vittatus
A large armored cricket that forages on forest floors and can bite through human skin....
Knobbled Weevil
Karocolens pittospori
A large, knobbled weevil endemic to New Zealand, covered in rough tubercles that give it a bark-like appearance. It is n...
Koa Bug
Coleotichus blackburniae
A colorful jewel bug endemic to Hawaii with metallic green, gold, and red coloring. It feeds on koa and other native tre...
Korean Ground Beetle
Carabus jankowskii
A large, ornate ground beetle found in the forests of the Korean Peninsula and adjacent regions. Its elytra show vivid g...
Koschevnikov's Honey Bee
Apis koschevnikovi
A reddish-orange cavity-nesting honey bee found in Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia. It prefers lowland dipterocarp forest...
Lac Insect
Kerria lacca
Produces lac resin — the raw material for shellac, used in wood finishes, food glazing, and pharmaceutical coatings. One...
Lacessititermes Soldier Termite
Lacessititermes laborator
A Southeast Asian soil-feeding termite known for its highly aggressive soldiers that actively patrol around the nest. Co...
Lamani Spiral-nest Termite
Apicotermes lamani
A subterranean soil-feeding termite known for its remarkably structured underground nests in Central African forests. Th...
Lameere's Longhorn
Chloridolum lameerei
A rare metallic blue-green cerambycid described from the forests of Mindanao in the Philippines. It is known from very f...
Lancet Clubtail
Phanogomphus exilis
A small, slender clubtail dragonfly of eastern North America with greenish-yellow markings. It frequents small streams a...
Lanternfly
Pyrops candelaria
Striking planthoppers with elongated snouts once believed to be luminous (hence lanternfly). The extended head process f...
Lapland Ringlet
Erebia embla
A dark brown butterfly with prominent yellow-ringed black eyespots on both wings. The flight is slow and bobbing close t...
Larch Ladybird
Aphidecta obliterata
A small brown ladybird that specializes on larch-feeding aphids in European conifer forests. Its cryptic coloration help...
Larch Sawfly
Pristiphora erichsonii
The most important defoliator of larch in North America. Periodic outbreaks can last for years and cause significant gro...
Large Asian Firefly
Lamprigera tenebrosus
A very large Asian firefly with dark brown elytra and a broad body. The larviform females are among the largest biolumin...
Large Brown Cicada
Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata
A common Japanese cicada known as 'aburazemi' with opaque brownish wings, unusual among cicadas. It produces an oil-sizz...
Large Brown Click Beetle
Hemirhipus fascicularis
One of the largest click beetles in South America with a robust dark brown body. Their clicking mechanism can launch the...
Large Larch Sawfly
Nematus erichsonii
A gregarious defoliator of larch in European forests. Larvae feed in groups and can rapidly strip branches of needles....
Large Tropical Rove Beetle
Hesperus rufipennis
A large, impressive tropical rove beetle with red elytra and a black head and pronotum. It is one of the larger staphyli...
Leaf-rolling Cricket
Gryllacris sigillata
A large nocturnal cricket that silks together leaves to create a daytime retreat....
Lepidocampa Dipluran
Lepidocampa weberi
A tropical dipluran found in forest soils across Southeast Asia. It has distinctive scale-covered body segments....
Lepidostoma Caddisfly
Lepidostoma hirtum
A case-building caddisfly that constructs distinctive four-sided cases from leaf fragments. Larvae are important leaf-li...
Lesser Pine Sawyer
Monochamus sutor
A mottled brown longhorn beetle found across the boreal forests of Eurasia. It breeds in recently dead or weakened conif...
Letiranti's Leaf Insect
Phyllium letiranti
A leaf insect found in the Maluku Islands of Indonesia. It has subtly serrated leaf margins on its abdominal lobes....
Lichen Mantis
Pogonogaster tristani
A small mantis covered in mossy-looking protuberances that mimic lichen....
Lichen Moth of New Zealand
Declana floccosa
A beautifully camouflaged moth endemic to New Zealand that resembles a patch of lichen when resting on bark. Both the wi...
Lined Flat Bark Ground Beetle
Platynus decentis
A medium-sized, flattened ground beetle with a sleek black body and fine striations on its elytra. It is commonly found ...
Little Kenyan Cockroach
Gyna lurida
A small, active cockroach from East Africa known for its climbing ability. Adults have translucent wings with a yellowis...
Littoral Dung Beetle
Helictopleurus littoralis
A dung beetle adapted to coastal and lowland environments, distinguished from forest relatives by its slightly flatter b...
Liturata Hawk Moth
Ambulyx liturata
A large hawk moth with brownish-ochre forewings marked with dark streaks and patches. It is widespread in tropical Asian...
Lobster Cockroach
Nauphoeta cinerea
A small to medium cockroach with mottled grey-brown coloring that is widely used in scientific research and as feeder in...
Loepa Yellow Silk Moth
Loepa katinka
A vivid yellow silk moth with large lavender-centered eyespots on all four wings. It is one of the most striking saturni...
Long-Nosed Lanternfly
Pyrops sultanus
A large Malaysian lanternfly with an extremely elongated head projection and colorful spotted wings. It feeds on sap fro...
Long-nosed Termite
Nasutitermes longinasus
A nasute termite from Central and South American rainforests that builds carton nests on trees. Soldiers have an excepti...
Long-winged Bark Mantis
Amorphoscelis longipennis
A bark mantis from West Africa with unusually long wings for its body size. Males are capable of sustained flight, unlik...
Longipes Termite
Longipeditermes longipes
A Southeast Asian soil-feeding termite notable for its exceptionally long legs relative to body size. Workers forage in ...
Lopaphus Stick Insect
Lopaphus sphalerus
A medium-sized stick insect from Southeast Asia with small wings. It has a smooth body and relatively long antennae....
Lord Howe Island Beetle
Anoplognathus macleayi
A scarab beetle endemic to Lord Howe Island with metallic green coloring. It has suffered severe decline due to introduc...
Luminous Click Beetle
Pyrearinus candelarius
A bioluminescent click beetle from South American tropical forests. Its larvae often inhabit termite mounds where their ...
Lunar Ichneumon Wasp
Megarhyssa lunator
A striking ichneumon with a yellow and brown banded body. It parasitizes pigeon tremex horntail larvae inside hardwood t...
Lutescent Brown Lacewing
Hemerobius lutescens
A yellowish-brown lacewing found in European coniferous forests. Strongly associated with spruce and pine trees....
Lutzomyia Sand Fly (Whitmani)
Lutzomyia whitmani
A small sandfly that is the major vector of Leishmania braziliensis, which causes mucocutaneous leishmaniasis in Brazil....
Macleay's Spectre
Extatosoma popa
A large, leaf-mimicking phasmid closely related to the giant prickly stick insect. Its body is covered in lobed projecti...
Macrosoma conifera
Macrosoma conifera
Small grayish-white moth-butterfly with narrow pointed wings. Inhabits forest understory and is active only at night....
Macrosoma lucivittata
Macrosoma lucivittata
Moth-butterfly with pale wings bearing a translucent vitreous stripe. One of the more distinctive hedylid species....
Macrosoma tipulata
Macrosoma tipulata
Slender moth-butterfly with elongated brown-gray wings and long legs. Nocturnal and rarely encountered, attracted to lig...
Madagascan Bent-toed Gecko Mantis
Brancsikia aeroplana
A rare and unusual mantis endemic to Madagascar with flattened lobes on its legs. It closely mimics dried leaves on the ...
Madagascan Emperor Moth
Antherina suraka
A large silk moth with brownish wings and prominent eyespots. Endemic to Madagascar and commonly used in wild silk produ...
Madagascan Flat Bark Beetle
Passandra boliti
An extremely flat beetle that lives under bark in Madagascan forests. Its compressed body allows it to navigate thin gap...
Madagascan Flatid Leaf Bug
Phromnia rosea
Nymphs cluster together on stems to form structures resembling pink and white flower blossoms. Each nymph looks like a s...
Madagascan Giant Pill Bug
Zoosphaerium blandum
A giant pill millipede from Madagascar that rolls into a smooth, hard ball when disturbed. They play an important role i...
Madagascan Giant Swallowtail
Pharmacophagus antenor
A large black swallowtail butterfly with red and white markings, endemic to Madagascar. It is the island's largest butte...
Madagascan Green Lacewing
Ankylopteryx octopunctata
A delicate green lacewing found in Madagascan forests with transparent wings. Adults and larvae are important predators ...
Madagascan Green Lynx Spider Beetle
Trachelophorus cornutus
A close relative of the giraffe weevil found in Madagascar with a shorter neck. Males use their elongated necks in comba...
Madagascan Jewel Beetle
Polybothris sumptuosa
A metallic green jewel beetle endemic to Madagascar with a brilliant iridescent sheen. It is commonly collected for jewe...
Madagascan Marbled Mantis
Polyspilota griffinii
A large mantis with marbled green and brown wing covers. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its mottled coloring provides exce...
Madagascan Pill Millipede
Zoosphaerium neptunus
A giant pill millipede endemic to Madagascar that can roll into a perfect ball. It is one of the largest pill millipedes...
Madagascan Sphinx Moth
Xanthopan praedicta
A hawkmoth with an extraordinarily long proboscis, endemic to Madagascar. Darwin famously predicted its existence based ...
Madagascan Sunset Moth
Chrysiridia rhipheus
Often considered the most beautiful insect in the world. Its rainbow-colored wings with metallic hues are caused by opti...
Madagascan Tiger Moth
Radiarctia rhodesiana
A colorful tiger moth found in Madagascar with orange and black wing patterns. It advertises its toxicity through bright...
Madagascar Bark Mantis
Amorphoscelis madagassa
A small bark mantis endemic to Madagascar's eastern rainforests. It is part of the island's rich endemic insect fauna....
Madagascar Giant Darter
Anax tumorifer
A large dragonfly endemic to Madagascar that frequents forest pools and marshes. It is one of the largest odonates on th...
Madagascar Lantern Bug
Zanna madagascariensis
A large planthopper with a bulbous snout-like head projection and colorful spotted hindwings. The forewings are cryptica...
Madagascar Mole Cricket
Gryllotalpa madecassa
A mole cricket endemic to Madagascar found in the island's moist forest soils. Little is known about its biology compare...
Madagascar Stick Mantis
Idolomorpha madagascariensis
A large, slender praying mantis reaching 7-9 cm with a body that closely resembles a twig. Adults have purplish-yellow w...
Madagascar Swordtail Butterfly
Graphium evombar
An elegant swallowtail butterfly with elongated sword-like tails on the hindwings and pale green to white bands across d...
Madagascar Tortoise Beetle
Aspidimorpha furcata
A rounded, dome-shaped beetle with transparent margins around the elytra that make it look like a tiny tortoise shell. T...
Madeiran Brimstone Butterfly
Gonepteryx maderensis
A yellow butterfly endemic to the island of Madeira in the Atlantic. It is closely related to Canary Island brimstones b...
Madeiran Ground Beetle
Carabus lundbladi
A large, black, flightless ground beetle endemic to the island of Madeira. It inhabits the ancient laurel forests that a...
Madeiran Large White
Pieris brassicae wollastoni
A subspecies of the large white butterfly that was endemic to Madeira. It has not been reliably recorded since the 1970s...
Magellan Birdwing
Troides magellanus
A large Philippine birdwing with black forewings and vibrant golden hindwings. It is endemic to the Philippines and part...
Magnetic Termite
Amitermes meridionalis
Builds tall wedge-shaped mounds precisely oriented on a north-south axis to regulate internal temperature. The flat side...
Mahoenui Giant Weta
Deinacrida mahoenui
A critically threatened giant weta originally surviving in a single patch of introduced gorse scrub. It is brown with li...
Malabar Large White
Pieris brassicae mahometana
A rare subspecies of the Large White butterfly endemic to the Western Ghats of India. Found only in high-altitude forest...
Malabar Monkey Grasshopper
Eumastax nalandensis
A small, colorful grasshopper found in the Western Ghats of India, associated with monsoon forest habitats. It has chara...
Malabar Tree Nymph
Idea malabarica
A very large, elegant butterfly with translucent white wings patterned with dark veins and spots. It flies slowly and gr...
Malaccensis Fungus Termite
Macrotermes malaccensis
A large mound-building fungus termite found in the rainforests of peninsular Malaysia and Borneo. Colonies construct pro...
Malacomorpha Walkingstick
Malacomorpha cylindrica
A cylindrical, smooth-bodied walkingstick from the Caribbean and Central America. It has a distinctive elongated shape w...
Malagasy Atlas Moth
Epiphora bauhiniae
A large silk moth with rich chestnut and cream wings bearing translucent triangular windows. The wings have scalloped ma...
Malagasy Bark Mantis
Liturgusa malagassa
A flattened mantis that lives pressed against tree trunks, with mottled brown and gray coloring that perfectly matches b...
Malagasy Blue Butterfly
Leptomyrina phidias
A small butterfly with brilliant blue upperwings in males and more subdued brown in females. The underwing surface has f...
Malagasy Dung Beetle
Helictopleurus neoamplicollis
A medium-sized, dark-bodied tunneling dung beetle endemic to Madagascar. Males have pronotal ridges. It processes lemur ...
Malagasy Ghost Mantis
Phyllocrania illudens
A small mantis with elaborate leaf-like extensions on its head, thorax, and legs that make it nearly invisible among dea...
Malagasy Leaf Beetle
Chrysomela madagascariensis
A small, rounded beetle with a brilliant metallic green to golden body. It feeds on foliage and can be found in aggregat...
Malagasy Litterhopper
Valalyllum folium
A recently described pygmy grasshopper from Madagascar known only from the Belanono forest. Its flattened body perfectly...
Malagasy Mottled Cicada
Yanga argyrea
A silvery-gray cicada with mottled wing patterns that provide excellent camouflage against tree bark. Males produce a di...
Malagasy Peyrieras's Dung Beetle
Helictopleurus peyrierasi
A small to medium forest dung beetle named after the Malagasy naturalist Andre Peyrieras. It has a dark, heavily sculptu...
Malagasy Praying Stick Insect
Achrioptera punctipes
A large stick insect with spotted legs and a green to brown body covered in small spiny tubercles. Females are considera...
Malagasy Processionary Moth
Anaphe madagascariensis
A pale silky white moth whose caterpillars march in long head-to-tail processions through the forest. The larvae are cov...
Malagasy Skipper Butterfly
Heteropsis narcissus
A small satyrinae butterfly with brown wings marked by subtle eyespots along the wing margins. It flies low through fore...
Malagasy Spiny Leaf Insect
Phyllium malagassum
A remarkable leaf insect with a broad, flat green body that exactly mimics a living leaf, complete with mid-ribs, veins,...
Malagasy Tiger Beetle
Pogonostoma elegans
A brilliantly colored tiger beetle endemic to Madagascar with metallic green, blue, or purple elytra. It is a fast, agil...
Malagasy Tiger Moth
Grammodes stolida
A nocturnal moth with bold geometric patterns of orange, cream, and dark brown on its forewings. The hindwings are brigh...
Malagasy Walking Stick
Achrioptera impennis
A large, wingless stick insect with a robust green body covered in small tubercles and spiny projections. Females can re...
Malay Lacewing
Cethosia hypsea
A vividly colored butterfly with deep orange-red wings outlined in black with white spots along the margins. The undersi...
Malay Leaf Butterfly
Kallima limborgii
A master of camouflage, with undersides that perfectly mimic a dead brown leaf complete with midrib, veins, and even fun...
Malayan Stick Insect
Phobaeticus serratipes
An extremely long stick insect with serrated legs that was once the longest known insect. Females can reach over 300 mm ...
Malayan Stick Mantis
Toxodera gracilis
A graceful, slender stick mantis from the Malay Peninsula. Its elongated prothorax and thin limbs create an exceptionall...
Malaysian Dead Leaf Mantis
Deroplatys lobata
A mantis with an extremely broad, shield-like prothorax that mimics a dead leaf. It remains motionless on the forest flo...
Malaysian Giant Tiger Beetle
Thopeutica virginea
A striking metallic blue-green tiger beetle found in Southeast Asian rainforests. It hunts on forest floor leaf litter a...
Malaysian Moon Moth
Actias maenas
A large, pale green silk moth with long, twisted tails on the hindwings. The wings are adorned with translucent eyespots...
Malaysian Orchid Mantis
Helvia cardinalis
A vividly colored mantis found in Malaysian rainforests with red and green coloration. It blends in among tropical flowe...
Malaysian Tree Termite
Hospitalitermes hospitalis
A remarkable open-air foraging nasutitermine termite from Southeast Asian rainforests. Workers forage in exposed columns...
Mandibularis Stag Beetle
Hexarthrius mandibularis
One of the largest stag beetles in the world with immense curved mandibles. Glossy black with powerful jaws....
Mangrove Longhorn
Aeolesthes holosericeus
A velvety brown longhorn beetle found in tropical forests across South and Southeast Asia. Adults are attracted to light...
Marauder Ant
Carebara diversa
An Asian ant with the greatest size variation of any ant species, with major workers 500 times heavier than minor worker...
Mariana Eight-spot Butterfly
Hypolimnas octocula marianensis
A butterfly subspecies endemic to the Mariana Islands in the western Pacific. It has suffered from habitat destruction a...
Mars Leafcutter Ant
Atta colombica
A major leafcutter ant species found in Colombian and Panamanian tropical forests. It forms large colonies with millions...
Marsyas Dung Beetle
Helictopleurus marsyas
A compact, dark-bodied dung beetle that has transitioned from forest to open habitats. It has a smooth, rounded pronotum...
Mascarene Island Dragonfly
Thalassothemis marchali
A skimmer dragonfly endemic to Mauritius and Reunion in the Mascarene Islands. It patrols ponds and streams in remaining...
Matchstick Grasshopper
Eumastax vittata
A tiny colorful grasshopper with an extremely slender body resembling a matchstick....
Mauritius Blue Pigeon Beetle
Cratopus sumptuosus
A colorful weevil endemic to Mauritius covered in metallic green and blue scales. It feeds on the leaves of native and i...
Mauritius Fody Beetle
Cratopus exquisitus
An ornately scaled weevil endemic to Mauritius with iridescent green and copper markings. It is found primarily in uplan...
Metallic Wood-boring Beetle
Buprestis rustica
A robust bronze-green jewel beetle with subtle coppery reflections found in coniferous forests. Adults bask in strong su...
Metriophasma Stick Insect
Metriophasma diocles
A medium-sized neotropical stick insect studied for its neural locomotion systems. It has been a model organism in neuro...
Mexican Firefly
Photinus mexicanus
A medium-sized firefly from Mexico and Central America with a dark body and yellowish-red pronotum. It produces a yellow...
Mexican Striped Walkingstick
Anisomorpha paromalus
A striped walkingstick native to Mexico, closely related to the North American Anisomorpha species. It has faint longitu...
Mexican Zorapteran
Zorotypus manni
A tiny colonial insect from Mexican tropical forests. It is found under bark in small family groups and like other zorap...
Micro Caddisfly
Lepidostoma pluviale
A small western caddisfly that builds neat cases from leaf discs in rain-fed headwater streams. Larvae are significant l...
Microceratotermes Carton Termite
Microcerotermes crassus
A wood-feeding termite found across Southeast Asia and Australia that builds small arboreal carton nests on trees. Worke...
Miles' Longhorn
Cerambyx miles
A large dark brown longhorn found in old oak forests around the Mediterranean basin, often confused with C. cerdo but di...
Mindanao Broken Stick Insect
Baculofractum philippinicum
A stick insect from the Philippines with a distinctive bent or 'broken' appearance. It was the first record of the genus...
Mitchell's Diurnal Moth
Pollanisus viridipulverulenta
A small, metallic blue-green day-flying moth with a slow, fluttery flight. It is common in heathlands and open forests w...
Miyake Stag Beetle
Dorcus rectus
A medium-sized stag beetle found across Japan and Korea, known as 'ko-kuwagata.' More compact than other stag beetles wi...
Miyama Sawtooth Stag Beetle
Prosopocoilus dissimilis
An elegant stag beetle found in southern Japan with distinctive serrated mandibles. The species occurs in the subtropica...
Moellenkampi Beetle
Chalcosoma moellenkampi
A rare three-horned rhinoceros beetle from Borneo with a dark metallic sheen. Males are highly variable in horn length....
Mole Cricket Hunter Cricket
Luzara dealata
A small, dark cricket native to tropical Asia often found in leaf litter and loose soil. It is wingless and nocturnal, f...
Monkey Grasshopper
Paramastax nigra
A miniature grasshopper with bright metallic blue and orange coloration....
Montane Crane Fly
Tipula montana
A common crane fly in mountain forests and adjacent meadows. Larvae develop in damp forest soils rich in decaying leaves...
Montieth's Leaf Insect
Phyllium monteithi
A leaf insect from the tropical forests of Queensland, Australia. It is one of only a few Phylliidae species found on th...
Moon-Horned Dung Beetle
Oxysternon festivum
A large, dark metallic green or black tunneler with a distinctive crescent-shaped pronotal horn in males. The underside ...
Morpho Portis Butterfly
Morpho portis
An Atlantic Forest endemic Morpho butterfly with dark brown wings marked by a violet-blue iridescent band. It is restric...
Moss Bug
Peloridium hammoniorum
A tiny, flattened, living fossil found only in moist moss and liverwort beds in the Southern Hemisphere. The family date...
Mother-of-Pearl Butterfly
Protogoniomorpha parhassus
A large butterfly with shimmering pearly white wings that reflect iridescent blue and pink. It inhabits deep forest wher...
Mottled Goliath Beetle
Goliathus albosignatus
A southern African goliath beetle with white mottled markings on dark brown elytra. It is smaller than its West African ...
Mountain Bristletail
Trigoniophthalmus alternatus
A large bristletail found in forests and rocky habitats across central Europe. It has distinctive triangular compound ey...
Mountain Fungus Gnat
Boletina alpina
A delicate, long-legged gnat found in damp montane forests. Larvae develop in fungi and decaying wood at high elevations...
Mountain Pine Beetle
Dendroctonus ponderosae
A small dark brown bark beetle that bores into pine trees to lay eggs beneath the bark. Massive outbreaks have devastate...
Mydas Fly
Gauromydas heros
The largest fly in the world at up to 60 mm long with a 100 mm wingspan. A wasp mimic with black body and orange-red mar...
Naga Nawab Butterfly
Polyura nepenthes
A powerful fast-flying butterfly with green-washed wings and short tails on the hindwings. It is drawn to rotting fruit ...
Narrow-Winged Mantis
Tenodera angustipennis
A large East Asian mantis closely related to the Chinese mantis, with characteristically narrow forewings. It inhabits g...
Natterer's Longhorn Beetle
Heliconius nattereri
A rare heliconiine butterfly endemic to the Atlantic Forest of Brazil. One of the most threatened butterflies in the Ame...
Neavei Black Fly
Simulium neavei
A small black fly whose larvae uniquely attach to freshwater crabs rather than rocks or vegetation. It is a vector of ri...
Neohirasea Stick Insect
Neohirasea maerens
A small to medium winged stick insect commonly found across Vietnam. It has dark coloring with contrasting pale leg band...
Neon Trap-jaw Ant
Odontomachus coquereli
A large Malagasy trap-jaw ant with a distinctive reddish coloration found in Madagascar's dry forests. It has the charac...
Neotropical Atlas Moth
Arsenura armida
A large silkmoth with wavy brown and grey wings and distinctive scalloped wing margins. Its caterpillars are gregarious ...
Neotropical Firefly
Aspisoma lineatum
A soft-bodied beetle producing a continuous greenish glow from its abdominal lantern organs. It is common in South Ameri...
Neotropical Hunting Ant
Neoponera apicalis
A large black ponerine ant with reddish-brown appendages and a powerful sting. Workers are skilled solitary hunters that...
Neotropical Metallic Wood Borer
Euchroma gigantea
The largest jewel beetle in the Americas with iridescent green, red, and purple elytra. It is commonly found on dead or ...
Neotropical Pergid Sawfly
Acordulecera dorsalis
A small, dark pergid sawfly found across Central and South America. Adults have compact bodies with relatively short ant...
Neotropical Robber Fly
Ommatius orenoquensis
A slender tropical robber fly found in South American lowland forests. It hunts from leaf tips in the forest understory....
Neotropical Scarab Beetle
Coprophanaeus lancifer
The largest dung beetle in the Americas with a striking metallic blue-black body. Males bear a long curved horn on the h...
Neotropical Tiger Beetle
Pseudoxycheila tarsalis
A fast-running predatory beetle with metallic blue-green elytra and large sickle-shaped mandibles. It actively hunts sma...
New Caledonian Longhorn Beetle
Agrianome fairmairei
A large longhorn beetle endemic to New Caledonia, where its larvae develop in dead and decaying wood of native trees. It...
New Zealand Glow-Worm Firefly
Atyphella flammans
An Australasian firefly found in subtropical forests of eastern Australia. It produces a steady amber glow rather than a...
New Zealand Rove Beetle
Quedius antipodus
A medium-sized, shiny dark rove beetle native to New Zealand's native forests. It is one of the most commonly encountere...
Night-Stalking Tiger Beetle
Omus dejeanii
A flightless nocturnal tiger beetle from western North America with a matte black body. Unlike its diurnal relatives, it...
Nigidius Stag Beetle
Nigidius laticornis
A small, robust, dark brown to black stag beetle from sub-Saharan Africa. Males have short, broad mandibles. The body is...
Nocturnal Sweat Bee
Megalopta genalis
One of few bees adapted to forage in near-total darkness in tropical forests....
North American Eosentomid
Eosentomon vermiforme
A worm-like proturan found in forest soils of eastern North America. It has a slender elongate body and no trace of eyes...
Northern Black Fly
Simulium venustum
A common biting black fly of northern forests and boreal streams. Larvae form dense colonies on submerged rocks in cold ...
Northern Flower Longhorn
Pachyta lamed
A robust flower longhorn with black elytra bearing variable yellow-orange markings, found in boreal and montane conifer ...
Northern Snow Scorpionfly
Boreus westwoodi
A small, dark, flightless scorpionfly that appears on snow in late autumn and early winter. It is glossy black-brown wit...
Northern Taiga Ground Beetle
Pterostichus adstrictus
A medium-sized black ground beetle common across the boreal forests of the Northern Hemisphere. It is one of the most ab...
Northern Two-striped Walkingstick
Anisomorpha ferruginea
A tan to brown walkingstick found in the south-central United States. It is sometimes called the 'musk mare' for its che...
Northern White-faced Darter
Leucorrhinia rubicunda
A small dragonfly with a dark body, white face, and reddish markings on the abdomen. Males are more brightly colored tha...
Northern Wood Ant
Formica aquilonia
A medium-sized red and black ant that builds large thatch mounds in boreal forests. Colonies can contain hundreds of tho...
Nosek's Eosentomid
Eosentomon noseki
A small proturan described from central European soils named after prominent proturologist Josef Nosek. It prefers moist...
Notch-Tipped Flower Longhorn
Typocerus sinuatus
A yellow longhorn beetle with wavy dark bands across its elytra. It is a common flower visitor in eastern North American...
Numata Longwing
Heliconius numata
A remarkable butterfly that exists in over a dozen wing pattern forms, each mimicking a different species of toxic Melin...
Nymphidium mantus
Nymphidium mantus
White butterfly with dark wing edges resembling a tiny pierid. Caterpillars are tended by ants in a mutualistic relation...
Oahu Tree Snail Predator Beetle
Mecyclothorax oahuensis
A tiny ground beetle endemic to the montane forests of Oahu, Hawaii. It inhabits leaf litter and mossy substrates in nat...
Oberthur's Loepa Moth
Loepa oberthuri
A bright golden-yellow silk moth with distinctive violet-centered eyespots surrounded by rings of yellow and brown. It i...
Ocnophiloidea Walking Stick
Ocnophiloidea regularis
A small, robust walkingstick from Central and South America. It has a slightly roughened body surface for bark mimicry....
Okinawa Rail Stick Insect
Phraortes illepidus
A slender stick insect endemic to the subtropical forests of Okinawa, Japan. It feeds on native broadleaf trees in the Y...
Old World Screwworm
Chrysomya bezziana
An obligate wound parasite of mammals found across Africa and Asia. Larvae invade wounds and feed on living tissue causi...
Oncotophasma Stick Insect
Oncotophasma martini
A medium-sized stick insect with distinctive tubercles along its thorax. It is found in montane forests of Central Ameri...
Orange Assassin Bug
Platymeris rhadamanthus
A large black assassin bug with striking orange-red markings on the connexivum and legs. Found in East African forests w...
Orange Oakleaf Butterfly
Kallima inachus
A butterfly with bright orange upperwings but underwings that perfectly mimic a dead leaf....
Orange Twig Ant
Pseudomyrmex simplex
A bright orange pseudomyrmecine ant found in the Amazon basin that nests in small hollow twigs. It is a generalist preda...
Orange-spotted Cockroach
Eublaberus distanti
A large cockroach with distinctive orange spots on a dark body. It inhabits caves and forest floors in South America....
Orchid Bee
Euglossa imperialis
Dazzling metallic-colored bees that collect aromatic compounds from orchids. Males use collected scents to attract femal...
Orchid Mantis
Hymenopus coronatus
A stunning flower mimic with petal-shaped legs and pink-white coloring. Does not just hide among flowers — it is actuall...
Orizaba Silk Moth
Rothschildia orizaba
A magnificent New World silk moth with large reddish-brown wings bearing conspicuous triangular clear windows. It was hi...
Ornate Click Beetle
Semiotus distinctus
A brightly colored tropical click beetle with yellow elytra marked with bold black stripes or spots. It is frequently en...
Osumi Ground Beetle
Carabus osumensis
An endemic ground beetle from the Osumi Peninsula in southern Kyushu, Japan. Features a beautiful metallic green-gold co...
Pacific Brown Lacewing
Hemerobius pacificus
A brown lacewing native to western North America found in coniferous forests. Important natural enemy of hemlock and spr...
Pacific Dampwood Termite
Zootermopsis laticeps
A large termite with soldiers that have broad flattened heads and strong mandibles. It inhabits damp rotting wood in for...
Pacific Spiketail
Cordulegaster dorsalis
The only spiketail dragonfly on the Pacific coast of North America. It has a dark brown body with yellow dorsal spots an...
Painted Bat Moth
Alcidis zodiaca
A day-flying moth with iridescent blue-black wings marked with bands of brilliant orange and white patches. Its flight i...
Painted Jezebel
Delias hyparete
A brightly colored butterfly with white uppersides and strikingly colorful undersides featuring red, yellow, and black p...
Palamedes Swallowtail
Papilio palamedes
A large dark swallowtail of southern swamp forests with yellow bands and a distinctive yellow postmedial stripe on the h...
Palawan Stag Beetle
Dorcus titanus palawanicus
The largest subspecies of Dorcus titanus, endemic to Palawan Island. Males can reach exceptional sizes with massive mand...
Pale Bark Mantis
Amorphoscelis pallida
A pale-colored bark mantis from tropical Africa that hunts on light-colored tree bark. Its translucent wings and pale bo...
Pale Dead Leaf Mantis
Acanthops paraensis
A light-colored dead leaf mantis from the Para state of Brazil. Its paler coloring mimics sun-bleached dry leaves on the...
Pale-winged Barklouse
Peripsocus phaeopterus
A common European bark louse with smoky brown wings. It lives on tree trunks where it scrapes algae and lichen from the ...
Pallid Emperor Scorpionfly
Panorpa pallida
A delicate insect with a long beak-like rostrum and mottled wings. Males have a distinctive curved abdomen tip resemblin...
Papua New Guinea Jewel Beetle
Chrysochroa mniszechii
A spectacularly colourful jewel beetle found in Papua New Guinea, with an iridescent metallic body that shifts between g...
Papuan Firefly
Luciola papuana
A tropical firefly found in New Guinea's lowland forests and coastal areas. It produces rapid green flashes in dense tro...
Paradise Birdwing
Ornithoptera paradisea
A spectacular birdwing butterfly endemic to Papua New Guinea, notable for the elongated tails on the male's hindwings. M...
Parasipyloidea Stick Insect
Parasipyloidea sipylus
A slender winged stick insect closely related to Sipyloidea. It has translucent wings with faintly pink or yellowish tin...
Parasitic Acacia Ant
Pseudomyrmex nigropilosus
A cheater species that occupies acacia thorns but provides little defensive benefit to the host tree. Unlike mutualist a...
Paris Peacock
Papilio paris
A magnificent large swallowtail with velvety black wings bearing a large iridescent blue-green patch on each hindwing th...
Paroecus Flat-faced Longhorn
Batocera paroeca
A moderately large longhorn from the forests of New Guinea with cryptic bark-like patterning. Males have exceptionally l...
Paropsine Leaf Beetle
Paropsis atomaria
A moderately large, dome-shaped beetle with pale brown elytra covered with small dark spots. It is one of the most impor...
Passalid Beetle
Pharochilus dilatatus
A large, glossy black beetle that lives in family groups inside rotting logs. Adults and larvae communicate using squeak...
Peacock Katydid
Pterochroza ocellata
A large katydid that mimics dead leaves at rest but reveals huge eyespots on its hind wings when threatened. The eyespot...
Peanut-Head Bug
Fulgora laternaria
A large planthopper with a bizarre inflated head capsule resembling a peanut or an alligator. When threatened, it flashe...
Penthicodes Lanternfly
Penthicodes pulchella
A strikingly beautiful Southeast Asian lanternfly with iridescent blue-green forewings and contrasting red-orange hindwi...
Peppered Moth of New Zealand
Cleora scriptaria
An endemic New Zealand geometrid moth known as the kawakawa looper, whose caterpillars feed on kawakawa and other native...
Peruphasma Stick Insect
Peruphasma marmoratum
A marbled-looking stick insect from the high montane forests of the Venezuelan Andes. Its mottled coloring camouflages i...
Peruvian Bark Mantis
Liturgusa manausensis
A bark mantis originally described from the Manaus region of Brazil but also found in Peru. It has a dark brown body wit...
Peruvian Leaf Mantis
Pseudacanthops lobipes
A mantis that perfectly mimics a green leaf complete with a leaf-shaped abdomen and wing covers with vein patterns. Its ...
Peruvian Mantidfly
Anchieta fumosella
A South American mantidfly found in Andean cloud forests and tropical lowlands. A secretive species rarely encountered b...
Peruvian Net-winged Beetle
Calopteron bifasciatum
A medium-sized neotropical net-winged beetle with orange elytra bearing two broad dark transverse bands. The reticulated...
Peruvian Parasitoid Wasp
Capitojoppa amazonica
Described in 2023 as a new genus from the hyperdiverse Allpahuayo-Mishana National Reserve in Peru. Part of a wave of ne...
Philippine Birdwing
Troides rhadamantus
A large birdwing butterfly endemic to the Philippines with black forewings and bright golden-yellow hindwings. The body ...
Philippine Stick Mantis
Toxodera philippina
A slender stick mantis endemic to the Philippines found in primary forest habitats. It is rarely encountered and poorly ...
Picromerus Predatory Bug
Picromerus bidens
A dark brown predatory stink bug with two prominent pronotal spines found across Europe. It is an important natural enem...
Pindarus Christmas Beetle
Anoplognathus pindarus
A medium-sized brown Christmas beetle with a distinctly punctured thorax. It is found in coastal and hinterland forests ...
Pine Bark Longhorn
Asemum striatum
A flat, dark grey-brown spondylidine beetle with longitudinal ridges on the elytra. Common in conifer forests across the...
Pine Processionary
Thaumetopoea pityocampa
A grey moth whose caterpillars march in long nose-to-tail processions between their silk nests and feeding sites. The la...
Pine Sawyer Beetle
Monochamus galloprovincialis
A large brown longhorn beetle that breeds in dying or recently dead pine trees. It is a vector of the devastating pine w...
Pine-tree Lappet
Dendrolimus pini
A large moth that can be a devastating forest pest, with caterpillars capable of completely defoliating pine forests acr...
Pink Glasswing
Cithaerias pireta
A forest-floor butterfly with mostly transparent wings and delicate pink-tinted hind wing patches. It has a weak, flutte...
Pink-Winged Flying Stick Insect
Marmessoidea rosea
A slender winged stick insect with vivid pink hindwings used in flight. Males are strong fliers while females are heavie...
Platter Ant
Cataulacus intrudens
An arboreal African ant with a heavily armored, flattened body and sculptured cuticle. Workers have a broad, shield-like...
Pleasing Fungus Beetle
Gibbifer californicus
A brightly colored beetle that feeds exclusively on bracket fungi on dead trees. Its warning colors signal chemical defe...
PNG Giant Katydid
Siliquofera grandis
A very large katydid found in the rainforests of Papua New Guinea, with a body resembling a green leaf. Its leaf mimicry...
Police Car Swallowtail
Graphium policenes
A striking swallowtail butterfly with black wings covered in small pale green spots resembling a police car's livery. It...
Polka-dot Fruit Chafer
Cyprolais hornimani
A vivid green chafer beetle covered with small white spots across the elytra. It is found feeding on flowers and ripe fr...
Ponderosa Pine Bark Borer
Acanthocinus princeps
A grey-brown longhorn beetle with extremely long antennae that can be four times its body length. Males antennae are lon...
Poplar Admiral
Limenitis populi
Europe's largest nymphalid butterfly with broad dark wings bearing white bands and orange submarginal crescents. It is s...
Postman Butterfly
Heliconius melpomene
A slender long-winged butterfly with black wings and a bold red band across the forewings. It is a classic example of Mu...
Powdered Fungus Beetle of Azores
Tarphius floresensis
A tiny beetle endemic to Flores Island in the Azores. It inhabits decaying wood in remnant laurel forests....
Prairie Walkingstick
Diapheromera velii
A grassland-dwelling walkingstick found in the central United States. Unlike forest species, it lives among grasses and ...
Predatory Dung Beetle
Deltochilum valgum
An unusual roller dung beetle that has evolved predatory behavior, actively hunting and killing millipedes. It is dark b...
Primitive Silverfish
Tricholepidion gertschi
The most primitive living silverfish, restricted to old-growth forests of northern California. It retains compound eyes ...
Princely Flower Beetle
Stephanorrhina princeps
A large and robust flower beetle with deep metallic green coloration and pale yellow markings. Males have a small horn o...
Prionopelta Ant
Prionopelta amabilis
A tiny pale amblyoponine ant found in tropical forest soils across the Americas. Workers are essentially blind and rely ...
Processional Termite
Hospitalitermes medioflavus
An open-trail foraging termite found in Borneo's rainforests that travels in long exposed columns through the forest. Wo...
Pseudoparamenexenus Stick Insect
Pseudoparamenexenus guangxiensis
A small stick insect from Guangxi Province in China. It belongs to a genus whose phylogenetic relationships were recentl...
Puerto Rican Harlequin Butterfly
Atlantea tulita
A small endangered butterfly endemic to Puerto Rico with orange and black checkered wings. It inhabits moist limestone f...
Punched Metalmark
Adelotypa annulifera
Brown metalmark with distinctive pale-ringed dark spots giving a punched-hole appearance. Active in the forest understor...
Rainbow Stag Beetle
Phalacrognathus muelleri
Australias most spectacularly colored beetle, with iridescent green, red, gold, and purple metallic coloring. Males have...
Razor Grinder Cicada
Henicopsaltria eydouxii
A large cicada known for its distinctive high-pitched grinding call that sounds like metal being sharpened on a grindsto...
Red Helen
Papilio helenus
A large, elegant swallowtail butterfly with black wings marked by large creamy-white patches on the hindwings and red cr...
Red Tiger Beetle
Pogonostoma chalybaeum
A medium-sized tiger beetle with a deep steely blue body and reddish reflections. It has large prominent eyes and long, ...
Red Turpentine Beetle
Dendroctonus valens
The largest North American Dendroctonus species, it attacks the base of pine trees. It became highly invasive in China a...
Red-banded Jezebel
Delias mysis
A tropical butterfly with white upper wings and vivid red bands on the hindwing underside. It is found in the rainforest...
Red-shouldered Rove Beetle
Tachinus rufipes
A robust, medium-sized rove beetle with reddish-brown legs and a shiny dark body. It is one of the most ubiquitous Tachy...
Red-tipped Flower Longhorn
Stictoleptura rubra
A sexually dimorphic flower longhorn where males have tawny-yellow elytra and females are bright red. Common across Euro...
Redbay Ambrosia Beetle
Xyleborus glabratus
An invasive beetle from Southeast Asia that vectors laurel wilt disease in the Americas. It bores into healthy trees of ...
Reddish-Brown Stag Rove Beetle
Platydracus cinnamopterus
A robust rove beetle with cinnamon-brown elytra and a black head. It is commonly found under bark and in forest leaf lit...
Regent Skipper
Euschemon rafflesia
A large, strikingly colored skipper butterfly with black wings marked by bold yellow and blue patches. It is the only sk...
Reunion Flightless Weevil
Cratopus ovalis
A flightless weevil with fused elytra endemic to the island of Reunion. Its inability to fly has made it vulnerable to h...
Reuterella Barklouse
Reuterella helvimacula
A small barklouse with distinctive pale spots on dark wings found on tree bark. It is common in mixed forests throughout...
Rhetenor Blue Morpho
Morpho rhetenor
A strikingly vivid Morpho species known for its intensely saturated metallic blue coloring, considered by many to be the...
Rhinoceros Beetle
Dynastes neptunus
Males have enormous horns used in wrestling matches for territory and mates. Despite their fearsome appearance, they are...
Rhinoceros Dung Beetle
Heliocopris dominus
A large nocturnal dung beetle found in the forests of Southeast Asia. It constructs enormous brood balls from elephant d...
Rhinoceros Stag Beetle
Odontolabis gazella
A medium to large stag beetle with orange-brown elytra and a black head and thorax. Males exist in three distinct forms:...
Ribbed Pine Borer
Rhagium inquisitor
A longhorn beetle found across northern forests that develops under the bark of dead conifers. Adults are active in spri...
Richmond Birdwing
Ornithoptera richmondia
A large subtropical birdwing butterfly with green and black males and brown females. It is threatened by habitat loss an...
Rodrigues Giant Weevil
Cratopus adspersus
A large weevil endemic to Rodrigues Island in the Mascarene archipelago. It is one of the most threatened beetles in the...
Roeder's Dead Leaf Mantis
Acanthops roederiana
A dark brown dead leaf mantis from the Amazon basin named after entomologist Roeder. Its serrated pronotum edges mimic a...
Rolled-wing Beetle
Derodontus maculatus
A tiny beetle that feeds on slime molds on decaying logs in cool forests....
Rothschild's Achias
Achias rothschildi
A remarkable Papua New Guinean fly where males have enormously elongated eye stalks. Males use their extended eyes to si...
Rothschild's Jewel Beetle
Madecassia rothschildi
A magnificent jewel beetle with metallic green and copper elytra adorned with intricate patterns. It is one of the most ...
Rothschildia Silk Moth
Rothschildia lebeau
A spectacular large moth with rich brown wings featuring prominent triangular translucent windows. The wing shape and pa...
Rough Leafcutter Ant
Acromyrmex rugosus
A medium-sized leafcutter ant with a distinctly rugose (wrinkled) exoskeleton covered in short spines. It builds relativ...
Rough-collared Dung Beetle
Helictopleurus rudicollis
An exclusively forest-dwelling dung beetle with a rough, heavily punctured pronotum that gives it its name. It is dark b...
Round-bodied Scydmaenine
Scydmaenus tarsatus
A minute, convex rove beetle of the subfamily Scydmaeninae with a distinctively constricted waist between thorax and abd...
Round-Necked Burying Beetle
Nicrophorus orbicollis
A medium-sized burying beetle with orange-red markings and a distinctly rounded thorax. It is one of the most common Nic...
Rounded Metalmark
Calephelis perditalis
A small reddish-brown metalmark with distinctly rounded wing margins and two rows of metallic silvery spots. It is found...
Royal Goliath Beetle
Goliathus regius
A massive scarab beetle with bold white and brown markings on its elytra. Males have a forked horn used in combat with r...
Royal Walnut Moth
Citheronia sepulcralis
A rich brown moth with orange veins and small yellow spots. It is closely related to the regal moth but smaller and dark...
Ruddy Barklouse
Elipsocus hyalinus
A delicate bark louse with translucent wings found in European forests. It lives on lichens and algae growing on tree tr...
Rufous Bark Mantis
Amorphoscelis rufula
A reddish-brown bark mantis from Central Africa that blends with red-barked tropical trees. Its rufous coloring is disti...
Rustic Longhorn
Xylotrechus rusticus
A grey-brown cerambycid with wavy pale transverse bands on the elytra, found across Eurasia in birch and poplar forests....
Sabah Stick Insect
Aschiphasma annulipes
A unique stick insect that mimics a centipede rather than a twig. Its body is segmented and flattened with banded legs. ...
Samar Leaf Insect
Phyllium samarense
A leaf insect found on Samar Island in the eastern Philippines. It was described as part of ongoing surveys of Philippin...
Samoan Swallowtail
Papilio godeffroyi
A rare and beautiful swallowtail butterfly endemic to Samoa. It has dark wings with pale markings and is found in native...
Sankurensis Soil Termite
Cubitermes sankurensis
A soil-feeding termite found in the Congo Basin rainforests, building small mounds on the forest floor. Colonies are mod...
Saphirinus Dung Beetle
Coprophanaeus saphirinus
A stunning metallic sapphire-blue tunneling dung beetle with brilliant iridescence. Males have a prominent horn. It is o...
Sara Longwing
Heliconius sara
A striking longwing butterfly with velvety black wings marked by brilliant blue iridescent bands. It roosts communally i...
Sardinian Rosalia Longhorn
Rosalia alpina ssp.
A stunning blue-gray longhorn beetle with black spots found in old beech forests. Mediterranean island populations are g...
Satanas Dung Beetle
Dichotomius satanas
A large, pitch-black tunneling dung beetle with a deeply forked cephalic horn in males that gives it a devilish appearan...
Saw-backed Grouse Locust
Acridopeza reticulata
An Australian pygmy grasshopper with a distinctly serrated or saw-toothed pronotal keel. It is found in moist forest flo...
Scarlet Longhorn Beetle
Mastododera coccinea
A visually striking longhorn beetle with bright red elytra and a dark head and thorax. Its long, curved antennae often e...
Scarlet Net-Winged Beetle
Plateros brasiliensis
A bright red lycid beetle found in the Atlantic Forest region of Brazil. Its vivid coloration is part of a large mimicry...
Schaus Swallowtail
Heraclides aristodemus ponceanus
A dark swallowtail with yellow bands and rusty-brown hindwing patches restricted to hardwood hammocks of the Florida Key...
Screwworm Fly
Cochliomyia hominivorax
A devastating parasitic fly whose larvae feed on living tissue of warm-blooded animals. It was eradicated from North Ame...
Sculptured Pine Borer
Chalcophora virginiensis
A large North American jewel beetle with deeply sculptured elytra giving a textured appearance. Dark metallic bronze col...
Serrate-Winged Beetle
Ptilodactyla serricollis
A small, oval beetle with serrate antennae found in Japan's forested mountain areas. Larvae are semi-aquatic and develop...
Seychelles Giant Millipede
Seychelleptus seychellarum
The largest millipede in the Seychelles reaching up to 25 cm long. It is a slow-moving detritivore found in native fores...
Seychelles Stag Beetle
Didimus seychellensis
A stag beetle endemic to the granitic islands of the Seychelles. It lives in decaying wood in native palm forests....
Shadow Darner
Aeshna umbrosa
A large, dark darner that hunts in shaded forest edges during evening hours. It is widespread across North America in wo...
Shadowdamsel
Palaemnema paulicoba
A delicate damselfly that lives in deep shade along tropical forest streams....
Shining Flea Beetle
Asphaera lustrans
A relatively large, metallic blue-green flea beetle with reddish-orange femora. It is one of the larger and more colorfu...
Short-Faced Scorpionfly
Panorpodes paradoxus
An unusual scorpionfly with a shorter rostrum than typical Panorpa species, found in East Asian forests. It feeds primar...
Short-winged Spondylid
Spondylis buprestoides
A cylindrical, entirely black cerambycid that resembles a buprestid beetle more than a typical longhorn. Its antennae ar...
Siam Crown Moth
Attacus taprobanis
A large silk moth closely related to the Atlas moth with warm cinnamon-brown wings and distinctive angular wing tips. Th...
Sicardi's Dung Beetle
Helictopleurus sicardi
A compact forest dung beetle with a glossy black body and strongly punctured elytra. Males have a small but distinct cep...
Silenus Oxysternon
Oxysternon silenus
A large, robust dark green to black tunneling dung beetle with a broad thorax and powerful forelegs. Males bear a cephal...
Silk Moth
Bombyx mori
The fully domesticated moth used in sericulture for over 5,000 years. Completely dependent on humans — adults cannot fly...
Silky Lacewing
Psychopsis illidgei
A beautiful Australian lacewing with large, rounded wings covered in intricate patterns resembling tree bark. It rests w...
Silvestri Angel Insect
Zorotypus silvestrii
A tropical zorapteran found in Central American forests. It lives in small colonies under loose bark and feeds on fungal...
Silvestri's Acerentomid
Acerentomon affine
A minute proturan found across central European forest soils. It is among the earliest described proturan species....
Silvius Horse Fly
Silvius alpinus
A small brownish horse fly found in mountain forests and alpine meadows. It is one of the few horse flies adapted to hig...
Six-spined Engraver Beetle
Ips calligraphus
A pine-infesting bark beetle found across eastern North America. It is named for the six spine-like teeth on its rear wi...
Six-Spotted Tiger Beetle
Cicindela sexguttata
A brilliant metallic green beetle with six white spots on its elytra. It is an agile predator commonly seen on forest pa...
Small Postman
Heliconius erato
A neotropical butterfly with black wings and vivid red, yellow, or white bands depending on the geographic race. It is a...
Smoky Rubyspot
Hetaerina titia
A damselfly with dark smoky wings and amber-red basal patches in males. It is found along forested streams in the easter...
Snail Hunter Beetle
Cychrus caraboides
A specialized forest beetle with a narrow elongated head adapted for reaching into snail shells. It is strictly nocturna...
Snapping Amblyopone
Stigmatomma oregonense
A pale, blind subterranean ant of western North American forests that hunts centipedes and other soil arthropods. Like o...
Snapping Termite
Termes hospes
An African soil-feeding termite common in forest and savanna soils. Soldiers possess powerful snapping mandibles that ca...
Snout Moth
Vitessa suradeva
A large pyralid moth from Southeast Asia and New Guinea whose caterpillars spin webs on young leaves of poisonous shrubs...
Snow Pool Mosquito
Aedes communis
A cold-adapted mosquito of boreal forests that breeds in snowmelt pools and flooded stream margins. Larvae hatch synchro...
Snow Scorpionfly
Boreus hyemalis
A tiny wingless scorpionfly active in winter, walking on snow near mossy habitats. Its vestigial wings are reduced to ho...
Soil-feeding Cubitermes Termite
Cubitermes fungifaber
A soil-feeding termite that builds distinctive mushroom-shaped mounds. It processes large volumes of soil to extract org...
Soldier-heavy Termite
Pericapritermes nitobei
A soil-feeding termite found across Southeast Asia and the Pacific, notable for its snapping-mandible soldiers. Workers ...
South American Dead Leaf Mantis
Acanthops falcataria
A spectacular dead leaf mimic from South American forests with crumpled, leaf-shaped wings. Its brown, withered appearan...
South American Dung Beetle
Oxysternon conspicillatum
A metallic green and copper dung beetle common in Amazonian forests. Males have a distinctive curved horn on the head....
South American Flower Weevil
Cholus cinctus
A large, strikingly patterned weevil with a black body covered in brilliant turquoise and gold scale patterns. Its long,...
South American Horned Treefrog Fly
Richardia telescopica
A colorful signal fly with patterned wings that it displays in elaborate courtship rituals. Males wave their ornate wing...
South American Lanternfly
Enchophora sanguinea
A bright red and black fulgorid planthopper with a moderately elongated head process. It feeds on tree sap in tropical f...
South American Leaf Beetle
Doryphora reticulata
A colorful leaf beetle with a reticulated pattern of black lines over yellow-orange elytra. It feeds on nightshade famil...
South American Malaria Mosquito
Anopheles darlingi
A medium-sized mosquito that is the most important malaria vector in the Amazon Basin and Central America. It is highly ...
South American Tortoise Beetle
Stolas coalita
A moderately large tortoise beetle with a distinctive pattern of dark markings on a lighter background, with broadly exp...
South American Tree Termite
Nasutitermes similis
A common Neotropical nasute termite building carton nests on trees throughout South American forests. Colonies are moder...
South American Walking Stick
Ctenomorpha gargantua
An extremely long stick insect that can reach over 250 mm in body length, making it one of the longest insects in South ...
South American Walkingstick
Ocnophiloidea longipes
A long-legged tropical walkingstick from the forests of South America. Its elongated legs help it bridge gaps between br...
Southeast Asian Malaria Mosquito
Anopheles dirus
A forest-dwelling mosquito with dark wings and a strong preference for biting humans. It is the primary malaria vector i...
Southern Birdwing
Troides minos
India's largest butterfly, with a striking black and bright yellow color scheme. Males display velvety black forewings a...
Southern Oak Bush-Cricket
Meconema meridionale
A small, wingless relative of the oak bush-cricket that has rapidly spread northward across Europe, likely aided by acci...
Southern Pine Beetle
Dendroctonus frontalis
A tiny dark brown bark beetle that is the most destructive insect pest of southern pine forests. Infestations can kill t...
Spanish Copper
Carabus hispanus
A spectacular ground beetle with vivid coppery-red and green metallic colouring. It inhabits southern French and Iberian...
Speckled Cockroach
Periplaneta picea
A dark cockroach with a finely speckled pattern on its wings. It is found in tropical forests of Southeast Asia....
Speckled Wood
Pararge aegeria
Brown butterfly with cream or orange spots and small eyespots on hindwings. Males defend sunlit patches on the forest fl...
Sphaerotermes Mushroom-comb Termite
Sphaerotermes sphaerothorax
An African fungus-growing termite with a unique fungus cultivation strategy. Unlike other fungiculturists that grow Term...
Spined Bark Longhorn
Acanthocinus reticulatus
A small flattened longhorn with reticulate patterning on its elytra and long lateral spines on the pronotum. Found acros...
Spiny Ant
Polyrhachis dives
A distinctive Asian ant with paired spines on the petiole and propodeum. Workers are metallic dark brown and build nests...
Spiny Dead Leaf Mantis
Acanthops tuberculata
A heavily textured dead leaf mantis covered in bumps and tubercles from northern South America. The rough texture adds t...
Spiny Leaf Insect
Phyllium westwoodii
A large leaf insect with a bright green flat body edged with small teeth-like spines. The female body is virtually ident...
Splendid Clubtail
Gomphidia abbotti
A large, impressive Asian clubtail with bold yellow and black markings. It inhabits forested rivers in Southeast Asia an...
Splendid Ghost Moth
Aenetus ligniveren
A large, primitive moth with bright green and white patterned wings. Its larvae bore into tree trunks and live inside ga...
Splendid Jewel Beetle
Buprestis splendens
A spectacularly metallic green and gold jewel beetle found only in old-growth forests. Develops in ancient pine trees. O...
Spotted Brown Rove Beetle
Staphylinus fossor
A large, robust rove beetle with a brown body covered in patches of golden and dark setae. It is a ground-dwelling preda...
Spotted Lanternfly
Lycorma delicatula
A colorful invasive planthopper from China threatening vineyards, orchards, and hardwood forests in North America. Adult...
Spotted Springtail
Orchesella cincta
A large banded springtail found in leaf litter and under bark in European forests. It has distinctive dark and yellow ba...
Spotted-Winged Antlion
Dendroleon pantherinus
A large antlion with distinctive spotted wings found in old-growth forests. Its larvae hide in tree-hole detritus rather...
Spruce Beetle
Dendroctonus rufipennis
A dark brown to black bark beetle that is the primary killer of mature spruce trees in North America. Outbreaks are trig...
Spruce Budworm
Choristoneura fumiferana
A small mottled grey-brown moth that is the most destructive forest pest in North America. Outbreaks can kill millions o...
Spruce Budworm Parasite
Meteorus trachynotus
A small brown braconid wasp that is a key natural enemy of the spruce budworm in North American boreal forests. It suspe...
Sri Lankan Firefly
Luciola singalesa
A tropical firefly endemic to Sri Lanka found in lowland forests. It produces a bright yellow-green flash in the humid e...
Sri Lankan Relict Ant
Aneuretus simoni
The sole surviving member of its entire subfamily, known only from a few localities in Sri Lanka's rainforests. A true l...
Sri Lankan Relict Dragonfly
Lankanectes corrugatus
A rare clubtail dragonfly endemic to Sri Lanka's wet zone streams. It has declined sharply due to water pollution and de...
Stag Beetle of Rhodes
Dorcus rhodensis
A stag beetle endemic to the Greek island of Rhodes. Males have large mandibles used in combat over mates....
Stag-Horned Dung Beetle
Onthophagus rangifer
A small, dark brown tunneling dung beetle with spectacularly branched antler-like horns in major males. The branching ho...
Steelblue Jewel Beetle
Phaenops cyanea
A compact dark metallic blue-green beetle that attacks stressed pine trees. It has infrared sensors that detect forest f...
Stigmate Brown Lacewing
Hemerobius stigma
A brown lacewing with a distinctive dark spot on each forewing. Widespread in conifer-dominated forests of the Northern ...
Stilt-legged Fly
Rainieria antennaepes
A slender fly with banded legs that it waves to mimic parasitoid wasp antennae....
Stratocles Walkingstick
Stratocles multilineatus
A multi-lined walkingstick from South America with several faint longitudinal stripes. It is found in tropical forests o...
Stripe-winged Bark Mantis
Liturgusa algorei
A bark mantis named after Al Gore, found in the Amazonian forests of South America. It has distinctive striped wing patt...
Striped Click Beetle
Chalcolepidius striatus
A large neotropical click beetle with dark elytra bearing distinct white-scaled longitudinal stripes. The robust body an...
Striped Ladybird
Myzia oblongoguttata
A large distinctive ladybird with cream streaks on a brown background. It lives exclusively in conifer trees....
Striped Love Beetle
Eudicella smithi
A colorful African flower scarab with bold longitudinal stripes on the elytra. Commonly bred in captivity....
Stripey Longhorn Beetle
Zographus niveisparsus
A boldly patterned longhorn with white bands and patches on a dark background. It is found in tropical forests of Centra...
Strong Stick Insect
Anchiale briareus
One of the longest insects in Australia, with a slender body that can exceed 270 mm. Females are significantly larger th...
Subustus Longhorn Beetle
Toxitiades subustus
A dark-bodied longhorn beetle with singed-looking brownish elytra and moderately long antennae. It is endemic to Madagas...
Sulawesi Stick Mantis
Toxodera celebensis
A stick mantis endemic to the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia. It is part of the island's unique fauna shaped by million...
Sulkowsky's Morpho
Morpho sulkowskyi
A high-altitude Morpho butterfly with translucent, pearly-white wings that display a subtle blue iridescence. Unlike mos...
Sumatran Neon Jewel Beetle
Chrysochroa rajah
An extraordinarily vibrant jewel beetle with iridescent green elytra bearing a wide metallic golden-red stripe down each...
Sumatran Stick Mantis
Toxodera hauseri
A slender stick mantis found in the montane forests of Sumatra. It is one of the few Toxodera species adapted to cooler ...
Sunbeam Butterfly
Curetis thetis
Dark upper wings contrast with brilliant silvery-white undersides. Fast-flying and sun-loving, often found darting aroun...
Sunda Longhorn
Apriona swainsoni
A large olive-grey lamiin with a dense covering of fine pubescence, found in the islands of Indonesia and the Philippine...
Sunset Morpho
Morpho hecuba
The largest species in the morpho butterfly genus, with brownish-orange wings rather than the typical blue. Found in low...
Surinam Lanternfly
Fulgora surinamensis
A large Neotropical lanternfly with a broad head process and cryptically patterned forewings that reveal startling eyesp...
Swaine Jack Pine Sawfly
Neodiprion swainei
A pine sawfly with strongly pectinate male antennae and sawfly females that are stouter and paler. Larvae are olive gree...
Sweltsa Green Stonefly
Sweltsa borealis
A small northern green stonefly found in cold boreal and montane streams. Nymphs prey on early-instar chironomids and ot...
Swollen-thorn Acacia Ant
Pseudomyrmex peperi
An obligate acacia-ant mutualist that nests exclusively within the hollow thorns of Vachellia trees. Workers patrol the ...
Tahoe Timema
Timema tahoe
A small timema found near Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada mountains. It inhabits coniferous forests at moderate to high ...
Tanzanian Flower Mantis
Pseudocreobotra gratiosus
A graceful flower mantis from East African coastal forests. It has a predominantly white body with subtle green and pink...
Tasmanian Cave Cricket
Micropathus ditto
A recently described cave cricket from wet forests of Tasmania, Australia. It is a short-range endemic threatened by hab...
Taveuni Beetle
Mausoleopsis amicta
An impressive flightless weevil endemic to the island of Taveuni in Fiji. It is one of the larger weevils in the Pacific...
Tenerife Speckled Wood Butterfly
Pararge xiphioides
A brown butterfly with orange eyespot patches endemic to the western Canary Islands. It flies in shaded laurel forest cl...
Tessellated Bark Mantis
Liturgusa tessellata
A bark mantis with a tessellated mosaic-like pattern on its wings from the Amazon basin. The intricate pattern provides ...
Tessellated Stick Insect
Tessulata tessulata
A brown patterned stick insect covered in tessellated scale-like markings that resemble rough bark. Its legs are flatten...
Teucer Giant Owl
Caligo teucer
One of the largest owl butterflies with a prominent blue-purple sheen on the upper wings. Its underside displays a large...
Thalassine Green Longhorn
Chloridolum thalassinum
A beautiful sea-green longhorn beetle found in the forests of Borneo and Sumatra. Its coloration closely mimics lichen-c...
Thomson's Longhorn
Batocera thomsonii
A large and robust cerambycid from the Philippines with chocolate-brown elytra marked by irregular cream-colored patches...
Thorn-legged Stick Insect
Aretaon asperrimus
A heavily armored stick insect covered in sharp thorns and spines across its entire body. Its brown coloring and spiny t...
Three-veined Dragonfly
Neodythemis trinervulata
A small forest dragonfly with a characteristic three-veined wing pattern that distinguishes it from related species. Mal...
Tiger Moth of the Amazon
Idalus herois
A striking moth with bold black and white striped forewings and orange hind wings with black spots. The bright colors se...
Timberman Beetle
Acanthocinus aedilis
A mottled grey-brown longhorn beetle with antennae up to five times its body length in males. It breeds in recently dead...
Tiridates Charaxes
Charaxes tiridates
A spectacular large forest butterfly with vivid blue and black upperside and ornate brown and white underside markings. ...
Titan Beetle
Titanus giganteus
The largest beetle by body length in the world. Adults do not feed, surviving on fat reserves from the larval stage. The...
Titan Longhorn Beetle
Phoracantha tricuspis
A large longhorn beetle with brown coloring and three-pronged elytral spines at the tips. It attacks drought-stressed eu...
Tobelo Leaf Insect
Phyllium tobeloense
A leaf insect named after the Tobelo region of Halmahera Island in Indonesia. It closely mimics the local broadleaf vege...
Toe-winged Beetle
Ptilodactyla exotica
A soft-bodied beetle whose larvae are aquatic and breathe through anal gills....
Tongan Ground Beetle
Mecyclothorax tonganus
A small ground beetle endemic to Tonga found in native forest leaf litter. It is a fast-running nocturnal predator of sm...
Toothed Earwig
Spongovostox ghilianii
A large earwig with heavily toothed forceps found in southern European forests....
Trachyaretaon Stick Insect
Phryganistria heusii
A very large stick insect discovered in Vietnam, with females exceeding 30 cm in body length. It has rough, bark-like te...
Transparent Burnet Moth
Methona confusa
A delicate butterfly with almost entirely transparent wings bordered by dark brown and orange margins. It is part of a m...
Trap-Jaw Ant
Odontomachus bauri
Has the fastest-closing jaws in the animal kingdom — mandibles snap shut at 64 m/s (230 km/h) with force 300 times the a...
Tree-Nesting Nasute Termite
Nasutitermes corniger
A common arboreal termite in the Americas that builds large dark carton nests in trees. Covered foraging trails extend f...
Trinidad Bark Mantis
Liturgusa trinidadensis
A rare bark mantis known only from the island of Trinidad in the Caribbean. It is one of the few bark mantis species fou...
Trinidad Morpho Butterfly
Morpho achilles trinidadensis
A subspecies of morpho butterfly found in Trinidad with bright blue iridescent wings. It flies in forest clearings and a...
Tropical Bed Bug
Cimex hemipterus
A tropical relative of the common bed bug that also feeds on human blood. It is the dominant bed bug species in many par...
Tropical Flat Bark Tiger Beetle
Tricondyla aptera
A bizarre, ant-like tiger beetle with an extremely elongated body, narrow waist, and long legs. It hunts on tree bark in...
Tropical Mantidfly
Entanoneura gratiosa
A striking tropical mantidfly with patterned wings found in Asian rainforests. Its ornate wing markings are unusual amon...
Tropical Toed-Winged Beetle
Anchytarsus bicolor
A two-toned brown ptilodactylid beetle found in Central and South American cloud forests. Its larvae are riparian and de...
True Leaf Katydid
Pseudophyllus titan
A large katydid with broad green forewings that precisely mimic living leaves. The wing venation pattern is nearly ident...
Tschitscherine's Ground Beetle
Carabus schoenherri
A large ground beetle from the forests of European Russia and Siberia with heavily ridged elytra and dark bronze colorin...
Tsivoka Longhorn Beetle
Tsivoka villiersi
A member of an endemic Malagasy longhorn beetle genus recently revised taxonomically. It has a slender body with finely ...
Tulip-tree Silk Moth
Callosamia angulifera
A large silk moth similar to the promethea but with more angular wing shapes and richer coloring. It is closely associat...
Turneri Carton Termite
Microcerotermes turneri
An Australian arboreal termite that builds small, round carton nests on the trunks of eucalyptus trees. Colonies are sma...
Turtle Ant
Cephalotes atratus
A large, flat-bodied arboreal ant with a broad disc-shaped head used to block nest entrances in tree holes. Workers can ...
Tussar Moth
Antheraea mylitta
A large Indian silk moth with deep golden-brown wings and prominent eyespots bordered in black. It is one of the most co...
Twenty-spotted Leaf Beetle
Chrysomela vigintipunctata
A distinctive leaf beetle with reddish-brown elytra marked with twenty black spots arranged in rows. It feeds on willow ...
Twig Ant
Pseudomyrmex gracilis
A slender fast-moving ant that nests in hollow twigs and delivers a painful sting....
Two-banded Longhorn
Rhagium bifasciatum
A robust, short-antennated flower longhorn with two yellowish bands on dark elytra. Common across European forests, adul...
Two-colored Quedius
Quedius cruentus
A medium-sized rove beetle with a metallic dark head and pronotum contrasting with blood-red elytra. It inhabits montane...
Two-Horned Oxysternon
Oxysternon durum
A large, dark metallic green tunneling dung beetle with two prominent pronotal projections in males. The clypeus has a d...
Two-lined Chestnut Borer Leaf Beetle
Chrysomela mainensis
A convex beetle with metallic dark greenish-black elytra and fine punctation. It is found on alder and willow in boreal ...
Two-lined Leatherwing
Atalantycha bilineata
A slender soldier beetle with pale yellowish-brown elytra bearing two faint darker lines. It is an active predator found...
Uganda Giant Flower Beetle
Mecynorrhina ugandensis
A large and colorful cetoniine beetle with metallic green and yellow coloration. Males have a prominent forked horn on t...
Ugandan Frog Leafhopper
Batracomorphus ruthae
One of seven new frog-like leafhoppers discovered in Uganda's Kibale National Park in 2025. Named in honor of the descri...
Urussov's Sawyer
Monochamus urussovii
A large dark brown longhorn beetle with greyish pubescence, distributed across the taiga forests of Russia. It primarily...
Velvet Shore Rove Beetle
Heterothops praevius
A small, dark rove beetle found in leaf litter and decaying organic matter in European forests. It is a swift predator o...
Venezuelan Bark Mantis
Liturgusa fossetti
A small bark mantis from Venezuela described in the 2014 revision of the genus. It has subtle brown markings that match ...
Venezuelan Poodle Moth
Artace cribraria
A fuzzy white moth densely covered in hair-like scales giving it a woolly appearance. Its large black eyes and fluffy bo...
Verdant Hawk Moth
Tinostoma smaragditis
A vivid emerald-green hawk moth found in tropical Pacific islands....
Viennese Ground Beetle
Carabus fabricii
A large metallic ground beetle of mountain forests and alpine meadows. It is a powerful predator of earthworms and snail...
Vietnamese Firefly
Luciola curtithorax
A small Southeast Asian firefly with a compact dark body and a short, broad pronotum with pale margins. It produces rapi...
Vietnamese Walking Stick
Baculum extradentatum
A long, thin stick insect with small teeth along its middle legs. It is one of the most commonly kept pet phasmids world...
Violet Longhorn
Callidium violaceum
A compact, flat cerambycid with a striking metallic violet coloration across its entire body. Widespread in conifer fore...
Violet-legged Agapanthia
Agapanthia violacea
A slender longhorn beetle with a striking combination of violet-tinged legs and greenish-yellow pubescence on the body. ...
Violin Beetle
Mormolyce phyllodes
An extraordinarily flat beetle shaped like a violin. Its paper-thin body allows it to squeeze between bracket fungi and ...
Virginia Pine Sawfly
Neodiprion pratti pratti
A pine sawfly whose larvae are greenish-yellow with prominent dark stripes. It preferentially attacks Virginia pine and ...
Wahlberg Mantis
Polyspilota aeruginosa
A large robust mantis with spectacular spiral-patterned inner forewings....
Walker's Nasute Termite
Nasutitermes walkeri
An arboreal termite that builds round carton nests on tree trunks in eastern Australia. Its nests are made from chewed w...
Walking Leaf
Phyllium philippinicum
Perhaps the most remarkable camouflage in the insect world — an entire insect that looks exactly like a green leaf, comp...
Wallace's Longhorn
Batocera wallacei
A large longhorn beetle named after the naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace. Mottled brown and cream coloring provides exce...
Wallace's Longwing
Heliconius wallacei
A relatively rare Heliconius species with dark wings marked by a distinctive yellow band on the forewing and red patches...
Wallaces Golden Birdwing
Ornithoptera croesus
Named after Alfred Russel Wallace, who called it the finest specimen he ever captured. Males are brilliant orange-gold a...
Warrior Wasp
Synoeca septentrionalis
Rated 4.0 on the Schmidt Pain Index alongside the bullet ant and tarantula hawk. Paper nest builders that drum their bod...
Watanabe Dung Beetle
Onthophagus watanabei
A small, brown tunneling dung beetle from Southeast Asian forests with distinctively elongated curved horns in major mal...
Weaver Ant
Oecophylla smaragdina
Builds elaborate nests by weaving living leaves together using silk produced by their own larvae. Workers form living ch...
Web-spinning Barklouse
Archipsocus nomas
A bark louse known for spinning communal silk webs over tree bark in tropical and subtropical regions. Large colonies ca...
West African Driver Ant
Dorylus molestus
A large East African driver ant known for its painful bites that are difficult to remove once clamped. Columns can stret...
West African Lantern Bug
Zanna tenebrosa
A large planthopper with an elongated head process and colorful wings. The forewings are cryptically patterned while the...
Western Bushtail Caddisfly
Gumaga nigricula
A western North American caddisfly that constructs smooth cylindrical cases from fine sand. Larvae are leaf-shredders in...
Western Cedar Borer
Trachykele blondeli
A large, dark metallic jewel beetle that develops in western red cedar. Larvae create distinctive oval exit holes in tim...
Western Eyed Click Beetle
Alaus melanops
The western counterpart to the eyed click beetle, with smaller, solid black eyespots. Found in old-growth forests....
Western Pine Beetle
Dendroctonus brevicomis
A small dark brown bark beetle that attacks ponderosa pine trees. It is one of the most destructive bark beetles in west...
Westwood's Leaf Insect
Cryptophyllium westwoodii
A large leaf insect named after the entomologist John Obadiah Westwood. Females are broad and bright green, mimicking fr...
Weta Piki (Jumping Weta)
Hemiandrus pallitarsis
A small ground weta endemic to New Zealand, found in forest leaf litter. It is nocturnal and burrows into the soil durin...
White Pine Sawfly
Neodiprion pinetum
A defoliator primarily attacking eastern white pine in North America. Larvae feed in clusters, consuming entire needles....
White Witch Moth
Thysania agrippina
Holds the record for the widest wingspan of any moth or butterfly at up to 310 mm. A nocturnal neotropical species with ...
White-lined Goliath Beetle
Goliathus orientalis
A striking goliath beetle with bold white longitudinal stripes on a dark background. It inhabits forests of Central and ...
White-spotted Sawyer
Monochamus scutellatus
A large black longhorn beetle with a distinctive white spot at the base of the elytra. Males have antennae twice their b...
Wide Dead Leaf Mantis
Acanthops platycephala
A broad-headed dead leaf mantis from the Amazon basin with a distinctively flattened head. Its wide head profile adds to...
Winnow Ant
Aphaenogaster senilis
A large, dark Mediterranean ant that is an important seed disperser in scrubland ecosystems. Workers carry seeds with at...
Woodland Malaria Mosquito
Anopheles punctulatus
A major malaria vector in the southwest Pacific with spotted wings. It breeds in sunlit ground pools and temporary puddl...
Woodlouse Cockroach
Prosoplecta semperi
A tiny rounded cockroach that strongly resembles a ladybird beetle with its domed shape and red-orange coloring with bla...
Wrinkled Bark Beetle
Rhysodes sulcatus
An extremely rare and primitive beetle with deep longitudinal grooves on its elytra. Found only in virgin forests....
Xyelid Pine Bud Sawfly
Xyela minor
A tiny sawfly with the characteristic elongated third antennal segment of its ancient family. Adults emerge in early spr...
Xypete Euphaedra
Euphaedra xypete
A West African forest butterfly with striking green forewings and orange hindwings. The underside is paler with subtle s...
Yanbaru Long-armed Scarab
Cheirotonus jambar
An extremely rare scarab beetle endemic to the Yanbaru forests of Okinawa. Males have greatly elongated forelegs used in...
Yellow Fever Mosquito (Forest Form)
Aedes africanus
A dark forest mosquito that maintains the sylvatic cycle of yellow fever virus among monkeys in African tropical forests...
Yellow Glassy Tiger
Parantica aspasia
A delicate danainae butterfly with semi-transparent wings marked with black veins and margins and pale yellowish cells. ...
Yellow-faced Horntail
Sirex nitobei
A large woodwasp native to East Asia that occasionally appears as an invasive species. Females bore into larch and pine ...
Yellow-Horned Horntail
Urocerus flavicornis
A large wood wasp distinguished by its yellow antennae contrasting with a dark metallic blue-black body. Females bore in...
Yellow-Legged Horntail
Urocerus augur
A large, dark-bodied wood wasp with bright yellow legs that contrast sharply with its blue-black body. Found primarily i...
Yellow-shouldered Christmas Beetle
Anoplognathus chloropyrus
A medium-sized Christmas beetle recognisable by its yellowish-green pronotum contrasting with darker brown elytra. It is...
Yellow-spotted Tree Damselfly
Platycypha caligata
A colorful damselfly from African forest streams with males showing bright red and white leg flags. Males wave their col...
Zanna Lanternfly
Zanna nobilis
An African lanternfly with a distinctive upturned snout-like head process and brown cryptic forewings. The hindwings are...
Zodiac Moth
Alcides metaurus
A spectacular day-flying moth with iridescent green and black wings resembling a swallowtail butterfly. It migrates in l...