License high-quality photos of insects from all over the world. Explore a curated library of bugs of all kinds: ants hard at work, bees in their hive, colorful butterflies, and more.

Insects

Rebecca Newman

Bernal

Mexico

Querétaro

Beetles crawling on flower buds and plants

Wesley Verhoeve

Vancouver

Canada

British Columbia

A detailed black and white close-up of a fuzzy bumblebee resting on the petals of a large, blooming flower.

Philippe Degroote

Sant Elm

Spain

Balearic Islands

A detailed macro photograph captures a delicate moth resting on a dark, textured surface.

Elena Kulikova

A butterfly with its wings stretched rests on the flower.

Omar Eltahan

Cairo

Egypt

Cairo Governorate

A delicate white plant seed is caught in the intricate threads of a dark spider web.

A low-angle, soft-focus shot captures the delicate white petals of a flower bouquet against a warm, wooden background.

Melbourne

Australia

Victoria

Bee sitting on the honeycomb of a bee hive

Shin Miura

A vibrant orange butterfly rests on a dark, weathered log, its wings catching a soft light in a dim forest.

Robin Maeter

A butterfly perched on an exotic flower in shades of orange and red.

Lee Morton

Costa Rica

A group of bees on honeycombs in a bee farm in costa rica

Ankhurr Chawaak

Georgia

A close-up shot of a bee collecting pollen from a vibrant orange marigold flower amidst a field of green leaves.

TRU COLLECTIVE

Close-up of a butterfly’s wing, with intricate patterns and vibrant colors in shades of yellow, green, and black.

Yves Daniel

Trégastel

France

Brittany

An overhead shot captures numerous honey bees crawling on the white protective suit of a beekeeper surrounded by green foliage.

Alison Scarpulla

A detailed macro photograph captures a green bush cricket resting on a lush leaf.

Three butterflies on a flower against a red background.

Felipe Neves

New South Wales

Several beehives in an orchard.

ThreeSevensStudio

Marbella

Andalusia

A brown praying mantis stands on a white surface while touching a silver tube with its front legs.

Anastasia Mihaylova

skin adorned with several small, iridescent green beetles.

a green beetle is on someone's skin

a spider on a web

close-up of a monarch butterfly on a flower

Lucía Silva

Madrid

Community of Madrid

A small brown insect crawls across a cracked and stained concrete wall.

A close-up, black and white photograph of a large cluster of white daisies blooming in the sunlight.

Allegra D'Agostini

A butterfly sits on top of a purple wildflower in a mountain meadow on a summer day.

A high-angle view of a bustling honey bee colony inside an open wooden beehive surrounded by green foliage.

Megan Rogers

United States

Washington

A spider web on a plant twig in a natural setting

Nathan Cyprys

Toronto

Ontario

Bee crawls on the peeled citrus fruit at the center of a pile of a variety  of citrus fruits.

Llucmajor

A detailed macro photograph captures the beautiful spiral pattern of a snail shell resting on a dried plant.

Esther Galvan

A woman with creative, colorful makeup featuring yellow eyeshadow and pink mascara poses with a matching butterfly on her hand.

Abdullahi Santuraki

Nigeria

Federal Capital Territory

A close-up, selective focus shot of a vibrant green and black cricket insect perched on the end of a branch.

Reed Schick

Key West

Florida

A brown butterfly with folded wings rests on the damp, variegated green leaves of a plant in the darkness.

GS & Co

A beekeeper stands outside looking at hives as smoke fills the air with mountains in the distance

Newly emerged butterfly hanging from its chrysalis beneath colorful flowers.

Florian Maas

Berlin

Germany

Spider silk covering branches and twigs with strands stretching between

a wasp insect on a yellow surface

Lina Baradinskaite

Zermatt

Switzerland

Valais

Two dark brown butterflies with bright orange spots perch on a single purple wildflower in a soft-focus meadow.

Charlie Harris

London

United Kingdom

England

Tiny droplets of morning dew cling to the intricate threads of a spiderweb suspended amidst out-of-focus natural foliage.

Chris Schmid

Tanzania

Mara Region

A close-up profile shot of a cheetah's head and neck as it gazes intently into the distance in a grassy, sunlit field.

omar belattar

A bug outdoors on a yellow surface

Leandro Crespi

Barcelona

Catalonia

An elegant still life of a handbag, perfume bottle, pear, and red vase arranged on a cinder block and rock.

Honey bees crawl over the multiple beehive panels sitting on a ground scattered with fallen leaves.

Matthew Beedle

A butterfly with black and yellow wings perched on a slice of orange, casting a shadow on a light surface.

Extreme close up of honey bees on a honeycomb

A small bee is sitting on a flower collecting pollen from the middle of it

Zachary Hertzman

A scorpion is encased in clear rectangular Lucite

Close up of a beetle insect.

Tolleric

Illes Balears

A macro, top-down view of a pinkish-orange millipede crawling on a rough, grey concrete surface.

Sarah Fassold

Schöckl

Austria

Steiermark

A white cow with a tag on its ear rests in a grassy pasture while looking at the camera, with other cattle in the background in this black and white photo.

Leah Whitty

Merzouga

Morocco

Drâa-Tafilalet

A lone beetle makes its way across a vast orange sand dune, leaving a trail of footprints behind it.

A beekeeper inspects a hive as smoke fills the air with mountains in the distance

Jericho Patrick

Lake Arrowhead

California

A large cluster of ladybugs, their red shells and black spots clearly visible, huddle together on pieces of wood and the surrounding ground

Tiffany Newman

A close-up shot of a vibrant blue butterfly with black-edged wings resting on a large green leaf.

A beekeeper holding onto a honey panel

Butterfly silhouette hanging from a leaf against a green background.

Chandler Borries

Dikwella

Sri Lanka

Southern Province

Someone holding a large insect.

Meghan Kiernan

A Red Admiral butterfly rests on a pink purple coneflower in a garden with its wings partially open.

A snail with a brown shell is slowly crawling across a large, green leaf.

Catherine Marois

A bee flies over a sunflower in a field

Tessa Burris

A hand delicately holding a yellow butterfly.

Cecilia Bilton

Paris

Île-de-France

A vibrant red butterfly rests gracefully on top of a ripe, red heirloom tomato against a stark white background.

A green caterpillar on a twig.

A person removes honey from a beehive outdoors as bees cling to the honey.

A soft-focus, extreme close-up macro shot of a green praying mantis against a plain white background.

A Red Admiral butterfly with its orange and black wings perches on the vibrant purple petals of an artichoke flower.

A close up on a bug's thorax

Wyatt Clough

Big Sur

A close-up of an intricate spider web covered in glistening droplets of morning dew in a garden.

A detailed macro photograph captures a black ant climbing over a small pebble on the rocky, brown ground.

A macro shot captures a fuzzy bumblebee dusted with pollen as it navigates the vibrant purple florets of a blooming flower.

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