Insect and Arachnid Paradise

It’s a paradise of insects and arachnids!!! This took me sooo long to make. I got permission from numerous artists to use their pictures in order to make this montage. The insects and arachnids here come from different parts of the world, so normally they would not appear in the same area, but I did this montage to show how diversified they can be. There are more than 1 million currently known species of insects in the world, but some scientists believe there may be as many as 10 million! In this montage, some insects and spiders are not to scale in order to show details. Here is a great website on insects and arthropods: [link]

Beautiful and/or funny insects and arachnids
Photomanipulation of a Golden silk orb weaver spider Nephila clavipes with a banana! [link]
Tiny baby Monarch caterpillar with much bigger and older Monarch caterpillar Danaus plexippus [link]
Tiny baby Monarch caterpillar crawling on a Monarch cocoon [link]

More beautiful insects and arachnids NOT in this montage:
Mexican orange moth Family Dalceridae Acraga coa [link]
Pink spotted flower moth Erythroecia suavis [link]
Pale tussock moth caterpillar Calliteara pudibunda [link]
Saddleback caterpillar Acharia stimulea [link]
Triangular spider Arkys lancearius [link]
Triangular spider Arkys cornutus [link]
Spiny orb weaver spider [link]
Hummingbird clearwing moth Hemaris thysbe [link]
Yellow-lined epeus jumping spider Epeus flavobilineatus [link]
Eupatorium borer moth or Dogwood borer moth (?) [link]
Plume moth Family Pterophoridae [link]
Camel spider Galeodes deserti [link]
Another camel spider Galeodes deserti [link]

Stock pictures in this montage:

Comma caterpillar Polygonia comma [link]
Vapourer tussock moth caterpillar Orgyia antique[link]
Walking leaf insect Phyllium Bioculatum [link]
Black and white jumping spider Salticus scenicus [link]
Lime hawk moth caterpillar Mimas tiliae [link]
Rhododendron leafhopper Graphocephala fennahi [link]
Privet hawkmoth caterpillar Sphinx ligustri [link]
Unknown tiny insect [link]
Sycamore lace bug Corythucha ciliate [link]
Pink stink bug [link]
Bumblebee Genus Bombus [link]


Violin mantis Gongylus gongylodes [link]
Orchid mantis Hymenopus coronatus [link]
Io moth Automeris Io [link]
Spiny flower mantis Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii [link]


Angle winged katydid Microcentrum rhombifolium [link]


Yellow angled-sulphur butterfly Anteos maerula [link]


Luna moth Actias luna [link]


Unknown colorful spider [link]
Unknown dragonfly with black and white wings [link]


Elephant hawk moth Deilephila porcellus [link]


White-lined sphinx moth Hyles lineate [link]


Elephant beetle Megasoma elephas [link]


White Virginian Tiger moth Spilosoma virginica [link]


An Australian grasshopper [link]


Ladybug [link]


Spotted tussock moth caterpillar Lophocampa maculata [link]


Green beetle [link]
Writing spider Argiope aurantia [link]


Common blue damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum [link]


Cocoons and comet moth (?) [link]
Grasshopper [link]


Unknown green and white moth [link]


Rosy maple moth Dryocampa rubicunda [link]


Unknown red spider [link]


Milkweed tussock moth caterpillar Euchaetes egle [link]


Purple orchids [link]


Lady slipper orchid Genus Cypripedium [link]


White and fuchsia orchid [link]


Pink orchids [link]

The following pictures are not stock, but I got permission from the following artists to use their pictures for this montage. Thank you for letting me use your pictures!!

Unknown caterpillar [link]
Purple emperor caterpillar Apatura iris[link]
Puss moth caterpillar Cerura vinula [link]
Devil’s flower mantis Idolomantis diabolica [link]
Macleays spectre stick insect Extatosoma tiaratum [link]
Wide-jawed jumping spider Viciria praemandibularis [link]


Cup moth caterpillar Doratifera vulnerans [link]


Colorful butterfly [link]
Tailed jay butterfly Graphium Agamemnon [link]
Green spider [link]
Ladybug larva [link]
Gulf fritillary butterfly Agraulis vanillae [link]
Flame lily Gloriosa superba [link]


Hymenoptera insect [link]
Jumping spider [link]


American lady butterfly Vanessa virginiensis [link]
Green lynx spider Peucetia viridans [link]
Green jumping spider [link]
House centipede Scutigera coleoptrata [link]


Orb weaving spider Micrathena sagittata [link]


Golden silk orb weaver spider Nephila clavipes [link]


Comet moth Argema mittrei [link]
Regal moth caterpillar Citheronia regalis [link]
Orange-tip butterfly Antocharis cardamines [link]


Oleander hawk moth Daphnis nerii [link]


Polyphemus moth caterpillar Antheraea polyphemus [link]