Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Arthropods

Gallery of Arthropoda (Arthropods) This page is a gallery of featured pictures that the community has chosen to be highlighted as some of the finest on Commons. Other galleries containing featured pictures of arthropods: Arachnida Diptera Hymenoptera Lepidoptera Odonata Other arthropods   Other galleries containing featured pictures of animals: Arthropods Fish Amphibians Reptiles Birds Mammals Other animals Bones and fossils Shells Animals in their habitats   Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Subregnum: Eumetazoa • Cladus: Bilateria • Superphylum: Protostomia • Cladus: Ecdysozoa • Phylum: Arthropoda Latreille, 1829 Class : Diplopoda (Millipedes) Julus and Polydesmus sp. Top Galleries   Class : Insecta (Insects) Order : Blattodea (Cockroaches and termites) Family : Blattellidae (Wood Cockroaches) Ectobius pallidus (Tawny Cockroach) Top See also: Blattellidae (category) Galleries   Family : Termitidae (Termites) Top See also: Termitidae (category) Galleries   Order : Coleoptera (Beetles) Family : Cantharidae (Soldier Beetles) Cantharis livida Cantharis livida Cantharis livida Top See also: Cantharidae (category) Galleries   Family : Carabidae (Ground Beetles) Cicindela hybrida (Northern Dune Tiger Beetle) Cicindela hybrida (Northern Dune Tiger Beetle) Cicindela hybrida (Northern Dune Tiger Beetle) Cicindela marginata Cicindela duponti Lophyra sp. Lophyra sp. Top See also: Carabidae (category) Galleries   Family : Cerambycidae (Longhorned Beetles) Stictoleptura fulva Agapanthia villosoviridescens (Golden-bloomed Grey Longhorn Beetle) ♀ Acrocinus longimanus (Harlequin Beetle) Agapanthia pustulifera ♀ Batus barbicornis ♂ Mionochroma aureotinctum Monochamus scutellatus subsp. oregonensis (White-spotted Sawyer) Saperda carcharias Purpuricenus budensis Eucomatocera vittata Gerania bosci bosci (longhorn beetle) Leptura quadrifasciata female - Keila Titanus giganteus MHNT Top See also: Cerambycidae (category) Galleries   Family : Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles) Exosoma lusitanicum (Daffodil Leaf Beetle) Aspidimorpha miliaris Scarlet lily beetles (Lilioceris lilii) mating Top See also: Chrysomelidae (category) Galleries   Family : Coccinellidae (Ladybugs) Coccinella septempunctata Coccinella septempunctata (Seven-spot Ladybird), with aphids Harmonia axyridis (Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis) and empty pupa) Oenopia lyncea3 Vibidia duodecimguttata - La Pairelle Siebenpunkt-Marienkäfer (Coccinella septempunctata) auf Blüte im FFH-Gebiet "Viernheimer Waldheide und angrenzende Flächen" Coccinella in Parc du Bois-de-Coulonge Личинка божкоровки Top See also: Coccinellidae (category) Galleries   Family : Curculionidae (Snout Beetles/Weevils) Curculio nucum or Curculio pellitus (Nut Weevil) Curculio occidentis (Filbert Weevil) Lixus angustatus Phyllobius glaucus Phyllobius sp. Polydrusus formosus Hypomeces squamosus Orthotomicus laricis Curculio nucum-20220808-RM-090446 Weevil (Cholus cinctus) Anton Valley Зеленый долгоносик Ips typographus (female) Top See also: Curculionidae (category) Galleries   Family : Geotrupidae (Earth-Boring Dung Beetles) Anoplotrupes stercorosus (Dor Beetle) Top See also: Geotrupidae (category) Galleries   Family : Lampyridae (Fireflies) Close-up view of a bioluminescent beetle Elateroidea Top See also: Lampyridae (category) Galleries   Family : Lucanidae (Stag Beetles) ♀ Lucanus cervus Dorcus parallelipipedus female (Lesser stag beetle) Bamberg Hain Hirschkäfer focus stacked-20240520-RM-103648 Top See also: Lucanidae (category) Galleries   Family : Lycidae (Net-winged Beetles) ♀ Lycidae sp. larva or larviform Top See also: Lycidae (category) Galleries   Family : Melyridae (Soft-winged Flower Beetles) Collops bipunctatus Top See also: Melyridae (category) Galleries   Family : Oedemeridae (False Blister Beetles) Anogcodes seladonius Top See also: Oedemeridae (category) Galleries   Family : Meloidae (Blister beetle) Berberomeloe majalis (Red-striped oil beetle) Top See also: Meloidae (category) Galleries   Family : Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles) Tropinota hirta Trichius fasciatus Cetonia aurata (Rose Chafer) Cetonia aurata (Rose Chafers) on thistle Cetonia aurata (Rose Chafer) Cetonia aurata (Rose Chafer) Dynastes hercules subsp. ecuatorianus (Hercules Beetle) Euchroea auripigmenta ♂ Oryctes nasicornis (European Rhinoceros Beetle) ♂ Oxysternon conspicillatum Protaetia cuprea ignicollis (Copper Chafer) Torynorrhina flammea subsp. chicheryi Oxythyrea funesta Lepidiota Xylotrupes socrates Top See also: Scarabaeidae (category) Galleries   Family : Tenebrionidae (Darkling beetles) Tenebrionidae Strongylium Top See also: Tenebrionidae (category) Galleries   Order : Ephemeroptera (Mayflies) Family : Heptageniidae (Stream Mayflies) ♀ Rhithrogena germanica (March Brown Mayfly) Top See also: Heptageniidae (category) Galleries   Order : Hemiptera (True Bugs) Family : Aleyrodidae (Whiteflies) Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Greenhouse Whitefly) Top See also: Aleyrodidae (category) Galleries   Family : Cercopidae (Froghoppers) Cercopis vulnerata (Black-and-red Froghopper) Cercopis vulnerata (Black-and-red Froghopper) Top See also: Cercopidae (category) Galleries   Family : Cicadidae (Cicadas) Cicada orni Aleeta curvicosta (Floury Baker) Lyristes plebejus Tibicen sp., animated gif Cicada exuvia Purana tigrina Purana tigrina Cicadidae with exuvia, immediately after moulting Cicadidae with exuvia, immediately after moulting, in Laos, front view Top See also: Cicadidae (category) Galleries   Family : Coreidae (Leaf-footed Bugs) Coreidae sp. Leptoglossus occidentalis-Amerikanische Kiefernwanze-Western conifer seed bug Top See also: Coreidae (category) Galleries   Family : Fulgoridae (Planthoppers, Lanternflies) ♂ Odontoptera carrenoi Phrictus quinquepartitus (Wart-headed Bug) on a Simarouba amara Pterodictya reticularis (Wax-tailed Planthopper) Kalidasa lanata Kalidasa lanata nymph Phromnia rosea (Flatid leaf bugs and nymphs) Pyrops connectens - Khao Sok National Park (41895867640) Lantern bug (Pyrops candelaria) Double Haven HK Top See also: Fulgoridae (category) Galleries   Family : Lygaeidae (Seed Bugs) Oncopeltus fasciatus (Large Milkweed Bug) Top See also: Lygaeidae (category) Galleries   Family : Membracidae (Treehoppers) Hemikyptha marginata Stictocephala bisonia (Buffalo Treehopper) Top See also: Membracidae (category) Galleries   Family : Miridae (Capsid Bugs) Calocoris affinis Megalocoerea recticornis Rhabdomiris striatellus Top See also: Miridae (category) Galleries   Family : Nepidae Ranatra linearis Top See also: Nepidae (category) Galleries   Family : Pentatomidae (Shield/stink bugs) Graphosoma lineatum syn. Graphosoma italicum Carpocoris purpureipennis Carpocoris pudicus or Carpocoris purpureipennis Graphosoma lineatum (Italian Striped Bug) Palomena prasina (Green Shield Bug) Pentatoma rufipes (Forest Bug) Pseudatelus sp. Fruchtwanze Carpocoris fuscispinus-20190718-RM-080107 Nezara viridula f. torquata MHNT Green shield bug (Palomena prasina) 3 Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/Carpocoris purpureipennis fifth instar nymph Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/Carpocoris purpureipennis fifth instar nymph Graphosoma italicum - Kulna Carpocoris purpureipennis - Kulna Top See also: Pentatomidae (category) Galleries   Family : Pyrrhocoridae (Red Bugs) Pyrrhocoris apterus (Firebug) Top See also: Pyrrhocoridae (category) Galleries   Family : Reduviidae (Assassin Bugs) Rhynocoris iracundus (Assassin bug with bee (Apis ssp) prey) Top See also: Pyrrhocoridae (category) Galleries   Family : Scutelleridae (Shield-backed Bugs) Eurygaster maura MHNT Top See also: Scutelleridae (category) Galleries   Others Unidentified Aphidoidea (Aphids) The Bug Peek Top Galleries   Order : Mantodea (Mantises) Family : Empusidae Empusa fasciata (Conehead Mantis) Top See also: Empusidae (category) Galleries   Family : Hymenopodidae (Flower Mantises) Ephestiasula sp. Hestiasula brunneriana Creobroter gemmatus (Jeweled flower mantis) Top See also: Hymenopodidae (category) Galleries   Family : Mantidae (Mantids) ♂ Angela guianensis ♂ Choeradodis stalii (Tropical Shield Mantis) Miomantis paykullii (Egyptian Praying Mantis) Rhombodera basalis ♂ ♀ Stagmatoptera supplicaria Tenodera sinensis (Chinese Mantis) Tenodera aridifolia (Japanese Giant Mantis) Tenodera aridifolia (Japanese Giant Mantis) Tenodera sinensis (Chinese Mantis) Mantis religiosa (European Mantis) European praying mantis (Mantis religiosa) green female Dobruja Mantis ootheca in Marine Park (91115) Top See also: Mantidae (category) Galleries   Family : Sibyllidae Sibylla pretiosa (Cryptic Mantis) Top See also: Sibyllidae (category) Galleries   Order : Mecoptera (Scorpionflies) Family : Panorpidae Panorpa cognata Panorpa communis Panorpa communis EL foto, Eimar Kull - PILT4427 Boreus Top See also: Panorpidae (category) Galleries   Order : Megaloptera (Alderflies, Dobsonflies and Fishflies) Family : Corydalidae (dobsonflies and fishflies) ♂ Corydalus cornutus (Eastern Dobsonfly) Top See also: Corydalidae (category) Galleries   Order : Neuroptera (Net-winged Insects) Family : Myrmeleontidae (Antlions and Owlflies) ♂ Ascalaphus sinister ♀ Ascalaphus sinister Owlfly (Libelloides macaronius) female Istria Top See also: Ascalaphinae (category) Galleries   Family : Chrysopidae (Common Lacewings and Green Lacewings) Chrysopa perla (Green Lacewing) Chrysopa sp. Глаз флерницы Top See also: Chrysopidae (category) Galleries   Family : Nemopteridae Nemoptera sinuata Top See also: Nemopteridae (category) Galleries   Order : Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets and Katydids) Family : Acrididae (Short-horned grasshoppers and locusts) Chorthippus brunneus (Common Field Grasshopper) female Anacridium aegyptium (Egyptian Locust) Anacridium aegyptium (Egyptian Locust) Gastrimargus musicus (Yellow-winged Grasshopper) ♀ ♂ Oxya yezoensis, mating ♀ Ramburiella hispanica Schistocerca americana (American grasshopper) Stethophyma grossum (Large Marsh Grasshopper) Xanthippus corallipes (Red-shanked Grasshopper) Acanthacris ruficornis (Garden Locust) ♀ Calliptamus italicus (Italian locust) Acrida ungarica (Cone-headed grasshopper) Buforania rufa 100835695 Egyptian grasshopper (Anacridium aegyptium) on crab apple (Malus sylvestris) Corfu Chocó grasshopper (Opaon varicolor) male Short-horned grasshoppers (Rhytidochrota risaraldae) mating Sphingonotus sp - Haddej - tunisie Top See also: Acrididae (category) Galleries   Family : Gryllotalpidae (Mole Crickets) Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa (European Mole Cricket) Top See also: Gryllotalpidae (category) Galleries   Family : Phaneropteridae Leptophyes punctatissima (Speckled Bush-Cricket) Leptophyes punctatissima -20200629-RM-083405 Top See also: Phaneropteridae (category) Galleries   Family : Pyrgomorphidae (Gaudy Grasshoppers) ♀ ♂ Atractomorpha lata, mating Atractomorpha crenulata (Tobacco Grasshopper) Neorthacris simulans Aularches miliaris (Coffee Locust) Neorthacris simulans Zonocerus variegatus (Variegated Grasshopper) Dictyophorus spumans (Koppie foam grasshopper) nymph Top See also: Pyrgomorphidae (category) Galleries   Family : Romaleidae (Lubber Grasshoppers) ♂ Aeolacris caternaulti Chromacris sp. Romalea guttata (Eastern Lubber Grasshopper) ♀ ♂ Romalea guttata (Eastern Lubber Grasshopper), mating ♂ Titanacris albipes ♂ Titanacris picticrus subsp. picticrus ♂ Tropidacris collaris (Blue-winged Grasshopper) Titanacris albipes Soldadinhos Pseudaristia oxycodia Antioquia Top See also: Romaleidae (category) Galleries   Family : Tettigoniidae (Katydids or Bush Crickets) ♀ Tettigonia viridissima (Great green bush-cricket) ♀ Ephippiger provincialis ♂ Metrioptera roeselii (Roesel's Bush-cricket) ♂ Metrioptera roeselii diluta (Roesel's bush-cricket) Pholidoptera aptera ♀ Pholidoptera griseoaptera (Dark Bush-cricket) ♀ Tettigonia viridissima (Great Green Bush-cricket) Tettigonia viridissima (Great Green Bush-cricket) Tettigonia viridissima (Great Green Bush-cricket) Tettigonia viridissima Tagetes-20190906-RM-130430 Grüne Heupferd (Tettigonia viridissima) bei der Häutung Top See also: Tettigoniidae (category) Galleries   Order : Phasmatodea (Walkingsticks) Family : Phasmatidae Extatosoma tiaratum - Karlsruhe Zoo 01 Top See also: Phasmatidae (category) Galleries   Order : Phthiraptera (Lice) Family : Pediculidae (Lice) Pediculus humanus subsp. capitis (Head Louse) Top See also: Pediculidae (category) Galleries   Order : Siphonaptera (Fleas) False colour scanning electron micrograph of an unidentified Siphonaptera (Flea) Top See also: Siphonaptera (category) Galleries   Order : Trichoptera Family : Limnephilidae Limnephilus rhombicus Top See also: Limnephilidae (category) Galleries   Class : Merostomata (Horseshoe Crabs) Order : Xiphosura Family : Limulidae (Horseshoe Crabs) Limulus polyphemus (Atlantic Horseshoe Crab) Top See also: Limulidae (category) Galleries   Class : Ostracoda (Ostracods) Ostracod3 SimoOstra.jpg/2 Karpvähiline0424 Magevee karpvähiline (Ostracoda) Top See also: Ostracoda (category) Galleries   Subphylum : Crustacea (Crustaceans) Class : Branchiopoda Order : Diplostraca Family : Daphniidae Rodząca dafnia Scapholeberis mucronata (tavaline sarvik) Ebakiivrik Daphnia.sp Simocephalus3 Mütsik Vesikirp perekonnast Kiivrik (Daphnia) Kiivrik (Daphnia) Top See also: Daphniidae (category) Galleries   Class : Malacostraca (Malacostracans) Order : Amphipoda (Amphipods) Family : Atylidae Nototropis falcatus Cangrejo verrugoso (Eriphia verrucosa), Setúbal, Portugal, 2020-08-01, DD 14 Top See also: Atylidae (category) Galleries   Family : Leucothoidae Top See also: Leucothoidae (category) Galleries   Order : Decapoda (Crabs, Shrimps and Relatives) Family : Cancridae Cancer bellianus (Toothed Rock Crab) Cangrejo porcelana (Neopetrolisthes maculatus) en una anémona alfombra de Mertens (Stichodactyla mertensii), Anilao, Filipinas, 2023-08-22, DD 223 Top See also: Cancridae (category) Galleries   Family : Carpiliidae Carpilius convexus Carpilius convexus Top See also: Carpiliidae (category) Galleries   Family : Diogenidae (Left-handed Hermit Crabs) Cangrejo ermitaño (Dardanus calidus), Cabo de Palos, España, 2022-07-15, DD 115 Cangrejo ermitaño (Dardanus calidus), Cabo de Palos, España, 2022-07-15, DD 117 Dardanus calidus Cangrejo hermitaño (Dardanus calidus), franja marina Teno-Rasca, Tenerife, España, 2022-01-09, DD 47 Cangrejo ermitaño (Dardanus gemmatus) con anémonas (Calliactis polypus), mar Rojo, Egipto, 2023-04-16, DD 64 Top See also: Diogenidae (category) Galleries   Family : Eriphiidae ♂ Eriphia verrucosa (Warty Crab) Top See also: Eriphiidae (category) Galleries   Family : Grapsidae (Marsh Crabs) ♀ Pachygrapsus marmoratus (Marbled Rock Crab) ♂ Pachygrapsus marmoratus (Marbled Rock Crab) Pachygrapsus marmoratus (Marbled Rock Crab) Pachygrapsus marmoratus (Marbled Rock Crab) Grapsus grapsus (Red Rock Crab) Grapsus grapsus (Red Rock Crab) Grapsus adscensionis Sally Lightfoot Crab 2019 Marbled crab (Pachygrapsus marmoratus) Butrint Top See also: Grapsidae (category) Galleries   Family : Ocypodidae (Ghost Crabs and Fiddler Crabs) Ocypode cursor (Tufted Ghost Crab) Ocypode ceratophthalmus Horned ghost crab - Krabi, Thailand Ocypode pallidula (Pallid ghost crab), Tamil Nadu, India Top See also: Ocypodidae (category) Galleries   Family : Palaemonidae (Palaemonids) Ancylomenes sarasvati Periclimenes imperator (Emperor Shrimp) Camarón (Dasycaris zanzibarica), Anilao, Filipinas, 2023-08-21, DD 73 Camarón (Ancylocaris brevicarpalis), Zanzíbar, Tanzania, 2024-05-30, DD 32 Top See also: Palaemonidae (category) Galleries   Family : Portunidae (Swimming Crabs) Liocarcinus marmoreus (Marbled Swimming Crab) Top See also: Portunidae (category) Galleries   Family : Sesarmidae (True Terrestrial Crabs) Geosesarma aurantium Perisesarma bidens (Red-clawed Crab) Top See also: Sesarmidae (category) Galleries   Family : Xanthidae (Mud Crabs) ♀ Xantho poressa (Jaguar Round Crab) Mosaic Boxer crab (Lybia tessellata) with eggs and only one boxing glove. (16057998770) Lybia tessellata Top See also: Xanthidae (category) Galleries   Order : Euphausiacea (Krill) Family : Euphausiidae Euphausia superba (Antarctic Krill) Top See also: Euphausiidae (category) Galleries   Order : Stomatopoda (Mantis Shrimp) Family : Odontodactylidae Odontodactylus scyllarus (Peacock Mantis Shrimp) Odontodactylus scyllarus (Peacock Mantis Shrimp) Top See also: Odontodactylidae (category) Galleries   Class : Maxillopoda (Barnacles, Copepods and a Number of Related) Order : Pedunculata (Goose Barnacles) Family : Lepadidae Lepas anserifera Aerjalgne Top See also: Lepadidae (category) Galleries   Order : Sessilia (Acorn Barnacles) Family : Balanidae Megabalanus coccopoma Top See also: Balanidae (category) Galleries   Unsorted The FPCBot will place images here, they can manually be sorted into more specific sections. When moving away images do not remove the gallery itself and let this section be the last on the page.