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Photos of insects in Madagascar [updated 2009-11-16]



Calendars


Chameleons of Madagascar - 12-month calendar



Herps of Madagascar - 12-month calendar



Lemurs of Madagascar - 12-month calendar



Madagascar - 18-month calendar



Madagascar Calendar - 12-month calendar



Madagascar Calendar II - 12 months by mongabay



Wildlife of Madagascar - 12-month calendar


Budget Calendars




Reduviidae (a true bug)



Phromnia rosea nymphs (Nosy Mangabe)



Cricket (Stenopelmatus?)



Black pill millipede



Whirligig beetles (Gyrinidae family); this insect has 4 eyes: two on each side of their head, one for above water and one for below.



Butterfly



Yellow and blue butterfly on ground



Green stick insect



Mantid purple antenna



Red millipede on log



Black, yellow, and blue caterpillar



Yellow leafhopper



black dragonfly (Manambolo)



Teal and black butterflies



Yellow scorpion (Manambolo)



Red clear-wing butterfly (Nymphalidae: Acraea lia)



Dung beetles (Isalo)



Brilliant green beetle [Tortoise beetle of the Chrysomelidae family]



Red-eyed fly in Madagascar



Giraffe-necked weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa)



Mantid Yellow



Urania riphaeus moth (now Chrysiridia rhipheus)



Longhorn Beetle (Cerambycidae)



Comet moth (Andasibe)



Flatid leaf bug nymphs; tree trunk (Tsingy de Bemaraha)



Crematogaster ant trail going up the trunk of a canopy tree



Insect



Green and brown Lycidae weevil ( Coleoptera)



Red Bug (immature nymph, which lacks full wings)



Black butterfly with turquoise spots



Caterpillar with blue and black spines



Beige Ground Mantis (Tarachodes sp)



Planthopper



Yellow and blue butterfly



Yellow and black grasshopper



Fly



Pink and green grasshopper at the petite tsingy



Orange and black Reduviidae juvenile bug, with the abdomen sticking up to look like a fierce mantis



Polybothris Jewel beetle (family Buprestidae)



Orange and black Reduviidae juvenile bug, with the abdomen sticking up to look like a fierce mantis



Black, yellow, and blue caterpillar



Insect



Mossy stick insects



Blue and yellow leafhopper



Stick Mantid (Ranomafana N.P.)



Black moth with orange and green spots



Nocturnal stick insect



Leaf-mimicking treehopper



Green walking stick insect



Stick insects mating



thorn spider (Kirindy)



Orange and white thorn spider (Nosy Mangabe)



Black butterfly with turquoise spots



Mating orange, red, and black bugs



Neon pink leafhopper



Green pill millipede on tree trunk



aquatic insect in hand (Nepidae, probably nepa) (Kirindy)



Stick insect



Orange and blue planthopper



Walking stick insect



Mating butterflies



Stick insect



Flatid leaf bug nymphs; tree trunk



Butterfly (Aterica rabena)



Brilliant green beetle [Tortoise beetle of the Chrysomelidae family]



Spider eating a red leafhopper



Stick insect in Masoala NP



Stick insect




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