Insects, Bugs & Creepy Crawlies

This is one of several pages of vintage images for the image category Insects, Bugs & Creepy Crawlies.

Ant Illustrations


Vintage ant illustrations from encyclopedias and natural history texts.

Beetle Pictures


From the cute and teeny to the large and militant, this collection of beetle images has something for everyone.

Copyright Free Bug Images

Tactocenmis dragonfly drawing
Not all bugs are created equal and they don\'t enjoy the same coverage in old printed works. This group of artful insects simply don\'t have a category of their own; yet.

Copyright Free Vintage Butterfly Drawings

Pair of butterflies, a black and white engraving from 1867.
Copyright free, vintage butterfly drawings. Includes moths, butterflies and caterpillers in both black and white and full-color.

Free Bee Images

A pair of bee visiting a flower stalk.
Making honey, hunting pollen or just flying around. Drawings of everything we love about bees.

Free Fly Images

blow fly drawing
Fanciful and realistic drawings of one of those somewhat harmless bugs we all love to hate - the fly. From the common housefly to exotic species from around the world.

Grasshopper Images


They jump, leap and sometimes fly but they sure get around fast. Act fast before these grasshopper drawings hop away.

Public Domain Spider Pictures


Often associated with Halloween, spiders are truly fascinating creatures. Don\'t you just wanna take a peek at our spider collection?

Scorpion Images


The safest scorpions in the world, unless you get a paper cut after printing one of these fantastic vintage drawings.