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Insects of Suriname

Butterflies, beetles, ants, dragonflies, cicadas and thousands of other insects.

4,955 species · 934 profiles

Groups

Butterflies & moths1,877 speciesBeetles731 speciesAnts, bees & wasps519 speciesDragonflies & damselflies325 speciesGrasshoppers & crickets134 speciesTrue bugs, cicadas & leafhoppers663 speciesFlies & mosquitoes487 speciesMantises & stick insects38 speciesCockroaches & termites80 speciesOther insects101 species

Most observed in Suriname

Red PeacockRed PeacockAnartia amatheaWhite PeacockWhite PeacockAnartia jatrophaeRed PostmanRed PostmanHeliconius eratoGulf FritillaryGulf FritillaryDione vanillaeSpangled CupidSpangled CupidHelicopis cupidoBanded Orange HeliconianBanded Orange HeliconianDryadula phaetusaBand-winged DragonletBand-winged DragonletErythrodiplax umbrataTropical WoodskimmerTropical WoodskimmerUracis imbutaReddish DragonletReddish DragonletErythrodiplax famulaHermes SatyrHermes SatyrHermeuptychia hermesViolet-winged GrasshopperViolet-winged GrasshopperTropidacris collarisCarmine SkimmerCarmine SkimmerOrthemis discolorGreen-banded UraniaGreen-banded UraniaUrania leilusSouth American Tropical BuckeyeSouth American Tropical BuckeyeJunonia evareteBlack PondhawkBlack PondhawkErythemis attalaGreat PondhawkGreat PondhawkErythemis vesiculosaOculate DancerOculate DancerArgia oculataRed-faced DragonletRed-faced DragonletErythrodiplax fuscaMonarchMonarchDanaus plexippusJulia HeliconianJulia HeliconianDryas iuliaPin-tailed PondhawkPin-tailed PondhawkErythemis plebejaCommon Blue-eyeCommon Blue-eyeAnatya guttataActaeon BeetleActaeon BeetleMegasoma actaeonFlame-tailed PondhawkFlame-tailed PondhawkErythemis peruvianaMenelaus MorphoMenelaus MorphoMorpho menelausGaudy GrasshopperGaudy GrasshopperOmura congruaConspicuous OmmatolampisConspicuous OmmatolampisOmmatolampis perspicillataAntAntEctatomma tuberculatumPompeius SkipperPompeius SkipperPompeius pompeiusHanno BlueHanno BlueHemiargus hannoSilver-studded LeafwingSilver-studded LeafwingHypna clytemnestraWhite-tailed DragonletWhite-tailed DragonletErythrodiplax unimaculataMung Bean MothMung Bean MothMaruca vitrataMalachiteMalachiteSiproeta stelenesBlack WitchBlack WitchAscalapha odorataSynchlora gerulariaSynchlora gerulariaVariable CrackerVariable CrackerHamadryas feroniaRed-bordered Stink BugRed-bordered Stink BugEdessa rufomarginataCommon MorphoCommon MorphoMorpho helenorWalker's MothWalker's MothSosxetra grataDiastatops pullataDiastatops pullataGiant Turtle AntsGiant Turtle AntsCephalotes atratusWestern Honey BeeWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaEctatomma brunneumEctatomma brunneumSara LongwingSara LongwingHeliconius saraVariegated Paper WaspVariegated Paper WaspPolistes versicolorBlack-and-white TreehopperBlack-and-white TreehopperMembracis foliatafasciataScops Witch MothScops Witch MothFeigeria scops