Ecuador Photo Gallery: insects

We visited Ecuador in November, 2019.

Unidentified beetle

beetle

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insect

[unidentified]

bee

[unidentified]

bee

Cork-head ant, Cephalotes sp.

ant

[unidentified]

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[unidentified]

insect

[unidentified]

fly

[unidentified]

insect

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insect

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insect insect

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insect

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insect

unidentified dragonfly

dragonfly

[unidentified]

insect

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insect

[unidentified]

insect insect

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insect

unidentified damselfly

damselfly

[unidentified]

insect

[unidentified]

insect

[unidentified]

insect

Orthermis cf schmidti

dragonfly

unidentified water strider

water strider

[unidentified]

insect

[unidentified]

insects

[unidentified]

beetle

Conehead katydid, Bucrates sp.

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[unidentified]

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grasshopper

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beetle

[unidentified]

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cricket

[unidentified]

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insect

Spiny devil katydid, Panacanthus cuspidatus

katydid

[unidentified]

grasshopper

[unidentified]

molting insect

[unidentified]

molting insect

[unidentified]

insect

[unidentified]

grasshopper

[unidentified]

grasshopper

[unidentified]

grasshopper

[unidentified]

grasshopper

Unidentified stick insects:

stick insects

stick insect

stick insect

stick insect

stick insect

stick insect

Butterflies and moths:

NOTE: We are not experts on these insects, and have not been able to identify most of them. If you can help, please contact us.

Thick-tipped greta (Morgane clearwing, rusty clearwing),Greta morgane

glasswing

Moth

moth

Peacock moth, Automeris sp.

eyed butterfly

Peacock moth, Automeris sp.

moth

Pink moth

White moth

moth

Red moth

moth

Green-banded urania, Urania leilus

swallowtail

Brown butterfly

butterfly butterfly

Blue morpho, Morpho peleides

blue morpho blue morpho

Forest giant owl, Caligo eurilochus

owl butterfly

Euritides cf bellerophon

swallowtail

Yellow swallowtail

swallowtail

Black-and-yellow butterfly

butterfly

Black-and-yellow butterfly

butterfly

False zebra longwing (Atthis longwing), Heliconius atthis

White butterfly

White butterflies

Orange butterfly

Purple butterfly

purple butterfly

Brown butterfly

Brown-and-purple butterfly

Glittering sapphire (black-patch bluemark, Narses metalmark), Lasaia ageslias ageslias

Agathina emperor (purple emperor), Doxocopa agathina (male)

Orange swallowtail

Brown-and-green butterfly

Orange-barred sulphur, Phoebis philea

butterfly

Juliette, Eueides allphera

Brown peacock (scarlet peacock), Anartia amathea

Pale yellow butterfly

butterfly

Doris longwing (Doreis), Heliconium doris

Harmonia tiger-wing (Harmonia tiger), Tithorea harmonia

Purple-and-orange butterfly

butterfly butterfly

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

butterfly

Heliconius melpomene tomate

Ismenius tiger (tiger heliconian), Heliconius ismenius

Common postman, postman butterfly, postman (several morphs), Heliconius melpomene

butterfly butterfly butterfly


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