Here are some of the world's top 10 most valuable insects, prized for their rarity, beauty, or special uses:
Price's Birdwing: This butterfly is native to Papua New Guinea and is one of the largest butterflies in the world. Its wings have a unique metallic sheen.
Golden Dragonfly: Found in Myanmar, this insect has a gleaming body and a golden glow.
Ebony Jewelwing: This beetle is worth a lot of money on the market because its body is considered an extremely rare and precious material.
Rosy Maple Moth: This beautiful moth is a common insect in North America with pink and yellow stripes on its wings.
Lesbos Stick Insect: This insect commands a relatively high price on the market because it is difficult to find in the wild.
Towara Elephant Beetle: This weevil is native to Japan. It is huge and has a strange appearance, so it has a high value in the insect collection market.
Pearl Turtle Beetle: This insect is widely collected in Japan because of the unique pearly luster on its carapace.
Golden Orb Weaver: Found in tropical areas of Africa and Asia, this spider has a web made of golden silk threads.
Egyptian Moon Moth: This moth is found in tropical areas of Africa and Asia and has beautiful star-shaped markings on its wings.
Jewel Beetle: This beetle is found all over the world. Its wings come in a variety of shiny colors, making it popular in the insect collection market.
These insects are valued and collected by people because of their rarity, beauty or use as materials, and therefore have a high value in the insect collection market.
animal tags: hexapod