Free Butterfly and Insect Pictures: 32 Photos of Butterflies, Bugs, Spiders and Snails
32 free butterfly and insect pictures from the BigFoto library: Rajah Brooke’s birdwings, paper kite, owl and red lacewing butterflies, a hummingbird hawk moth at a flower, a green rose chafer, grasshoppers, ants on a twig, garden and wasp spiders in their webs, dewy spider webs, snails on a path and a twig, and the bee houses and insect hotels people build for them.
How to download: click a photo to see it large, then use Download. The originals are about 1200 × 800 pixels: right for blog posts, slides, social media, school projects and video call backgrounds.
Butterflies and moths
Tropical butterflies on leaves and fruit: birdwings, owl butterflies, a paper kite, an orange butterfly, a red lacewing and a black and white swallowtail, a butterfly on pink flowers, a hummingbird hawk moth, and a moth on a wall.
Beetles and grasshoppers
A green rose chafer on a finger, a ground beetle, grasshoppers, a lace-winged insect, ants on a twig and a cocoon on wood.
Spiders and webs
A garden spider, a wasp spider and a spider at night in their webs, and spider webs covered in dew on flowers, leaves and rock.
Snails
A snail crossing a path, a snail on a twig and an empty snail shell on stone.
Bees and insect homes
Colourful hive boxes in a bee house, a bees’ nest hanging from a branch and an insect hotel.
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Questions about these butterfly and insect photos
Can I use these butterfly and insect pictures for free?
Yes, for personal and commercial projects. All we ask is a link back to BigFoto.com; the box at the top of the page has a credit link you can copy.
Which butterflies are in this collection?
Rajah Brooke’s birdwing and other birdwings, owl butterflies, the paper kite, the red lacewing, an orange butterfly and a black and white swallowtail, several of them photographed in Malaysia, plus a hummingbird hawk moth at a flower.
