Reticulated net-winged beetle, Calopteron reticulatumWe visited Ecuador in November, 2019.
Reticulated net-winged beetle, Calopteron reticulatum
Plant bug, Prepops insitivus
Honey bee, <TBS>
Friot fly, <TBS>
Cork-head ant, Cephalotes sp.
Hoverfly, <TBS>
[unidentified]
Tachinid fly, Dexia vacua
Boatman fly, Pogonortalis doclea
Hoverfly, <TBS>
Disky-winged hoverfly, Ocyptamus fuscipennis
Potter wasp, <TBS>
Flesh fly, <TBS>
male red-faced dragonlet, Erythrodiplax fusca
Katydid nymph, <TBS>
Leaf-footed bug, Paryphes sp.
Wood cockroach, Parcoblatta sp.
Leaf-mimic katydid, <TBS>
unidentified katydid, <TBS>
sickle-bearing bush cricket, <TBS>
unidentified katydid, <TBS>
Rainforest tree katydid, Phricta spinosa
Oak bush-cricket nymph, Meconema thalassinum
Bush katydid, <TBS>
Spreadwing damselfly, Lestes sp.
Giant lobster katydid, <TBS>
Brown trig cricket, Anaxipha sp.
Scarlet-bordered assassin bug, Rhiginia cruciata)
Red-faced dragonlet, Erythrodiplax fusca
unidentified water strider, <TBS>
Pointed-head grasshopper (pyrgomorph), Atractomorpha sp.
Grasshoppers, Gesonula mundata
Leaf-footed bug, Phthia lunata
Conehead katydid, Bucrates sp.
Katydid, Mecopoda sp.
Brown katydid, <TBS>
Giant cockroach, <TBS>
Drumming (oak-bush) katydid, Meconema thalassinum
Grasshopper nymph, <TBS>
Spiny rainforest katydid, Phricta spinosa
Leaf-mimic katydid, <TBS>
unidentified katydid, <TBS>
long-horned grasshopper, <TBS>
Leaf-footed bug, Leptoscelis limbativentris
Paper wasp, <TBS>
Stilt-legged fly, Grallipeza nebulosa
Tropical house cricket (decorated cricket), Gryllodes sigillatus
Leaf-mimic katydid, <TBS>
unidentified cockroach, <TBS>
Spiny devil katydid, Panacanthus cuspidatus
Long-horned grasshopper, <TBS>
Assassin bug eating a katydid (species TBS)
Molting katydid, <TBS>
Nymph of a stink bug, <TBS>
Conspicuous ommatolampis, Ommatolampis perspicillata
Brown short-horned grasshopper, Abracris flavolineata
Lubber grasshopper, <TBS>
Amazonian stick insects, Oreophoetes peruana
Stick insect, <TBS>
Stick insect, <TBS>
Stick insect, <TBS>
Green stick insect, <TBS>
Butterflies and moths:
NOTE: We are not experts on these insects, and have not been able to positively identify a lot of them. If you can help, please contact us.
Thick-tipped greta (Morgane clearwing, rusty clearwing), Greta morgane
Saturniidae moth, Dirphia avia
Peacock silkmoth, Automeris sp.
Giant silk moth, Automeris postalbida
Pandora moth, Coloradia pandora
White moth, Hylesia umbrata
Maroonwing moth, Sideridis maryx
Green-banded urania, Urania leilus
Metalmark butterfly, Emesis sp.
Blue morpho, Morpho peleides
Forest giant owl, Caligo eurilochus
Euritides cf bellerophon
Thin-tailed kite swallowtail, Eurytides dolicaon
Saffron playboy moth, Xanthyris flaveolata
False zebra longwing (Atthis longwing), Heliconius atthis
White butterfly, Dismorphia crisia
Great Southern Whites, Ascia monuste
male Julia Heliconian butterfly, Dryas iulia
Skipper butterfly, Ebrietas infanda
Hawkmoth, <TBS>
Common bent-skipper, Ebrietas anacreon
Glittering sapphire (black-patch bluemark, Narses metalmark), Lasaia ageslias ageslias
Agathina emperor (purple emperor), Doxocopa agathina (male)
Ruddy dagger-wing butterfly, Marpesia petreus
Green-shouldered sootywing butterfly, Gorgopas trochilus
Orange-barred sulphur, Phoebis philea
Juliette, Eueides allphera
Brown peacock (scarlet peacock), Anartia amathea
Common emigrant butterfly, Catopsilia pomona
Doris longwing (Doreis), Heliconium doris
Harmonia tiger-wing (Harmonia tiger), Tithorea harmonia
Pavon emperor butterfly, Doxocopa pavon
Mylotes cattleheart (Arcas cattleheart, pink-checked cattleheart, true cattleheart), Parides arcas (Parides eurimedes)
Yellow-rimmed eighty-eight (texa eighty-eight), Callicore texa (Gramma texa)
Turquoise emperor (Cherubina emperor), Doxocopa laurenta (female)
Linda's emperor, Doxocopa linda
White satyr, Pareuptcha acirrhoe
Heliconius melpomene tomate
Ismenius tiger (tiger heliconian), Heliconius ismenius
Common postman, postman butterfly, postman (several morphs), Heliconius melpomene
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