BugFiles, your bug and insect identification database.

Welcome to BugFiles, a database designed to help gardeners identify the insects, spiders, and butterflies in their gardens. BugFiles continues to grow through the collaborative efforts of 918 gardeners from around the world. Any registered user may add new insects, images, comments, and ZIP codes.

There are 5,001 bugs listed, with 6,191 images and 1,408 comments in our database.

You may search for entries by common or scientific name, or browse through an entire order of bugs to find what you're looking for. If you would like to add your own photo, description, or other details to a particular insect or bug, you will find the links to do just that under the current information within each entry.

If you know of a bug that is not yet in our database we invite you to add it. (You must be a registered member of Dave's Garden to create new entries, or add information and photos to our database. Membership is free, click here for instructions.)

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Order Order Common Name Image Acari Mites and Ticks Amphipoda Amphipods Araneae Spiders Architaenioglossa Apple Snails Basommatophora Coleoptera Beetles Collembola Springtails Cydnidae Burrowing Bugs Decapoda Crabs and Crayfish Dermaptera Earwigs Dictyoptera (part 1) Cockroaches Dictyoptera (part 2) Mantids Diptera Flies Ephemeroptera Mayflies Haplotaxida Earthworms Hemiptera True Bugs Homoptera Cicadas, Hoppers and Aphids Hymenoptera (part 1) Ants Hymenoptera (part 2) Bees Hymenoptera (part 3) Wasps Isopoda Isopods, Slaters and Woodlice Isoptera Termites Julida Julid Millipedes Lepidoptera (part 1) Butterflies Lepidoptera (part 2) Moths Lithobiomorpha Stone Centipedes Mecoptera Scorpion-flies Neuroptera Lacewings Odonata (part 1) Damselflies Odonata (part 2) Dragonflies Opiliones Harvestmen Orthoptera Grasshoppers and Crickets Phasmatodea Stick Insects and Walking Sticks Plecoptera Stoneflies Polydesmida Polydesmid Millipedes Psocoptera Book Lice, Bark Lice Pulmonata Slugs and Snails Scolopendromorpha Scolopendromorph Centipedes Scorpiones Scorpions Scutigeromorpha House Centipedes Spirobolida Spirobolid Millipedes Systellommatophora Land Slugs Trichoptera Caddis-flies Tricladida Flatworms, Land Planarians Uropygi Tailed Whip-scorpions Zygentoma Silverfish

The latest images:

Bug Member Thumbnail Cassius Blue (Leptotes cassius) mellielong Giant Crane Fly (Tipula abdominalis) aspenbooboo41 Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle (Labidomera clivicollis) sallyg Mole Cricket, Northern Mole cricket (Gryllotalpa hexadactyla) mygardens Southern Pink Moth (Pyrausta inornatalis) wsmith42 Seven-spotted Lady Beetle, Ladybug, Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) langbr Seven-spotted Lady Beetle, Ladybug, Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) langbr Cassius Blue (Leptotes cassius) mellielong Moth, Brown Panopoda Moth (Panopoda carneicosta) Elphaba Moth, Brown Panopoda Moth (Panopoda carneicosta) Elphaba Bag Worm (Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis) micromeraviglie Comma Butterfly (Polygonia c-album) aggscott Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) aggscott Orange-Barred Sulphur, Orange Barred Sulphur (Phoebis philea) mellielong Orange-Barred Sulphur, Orange Barred Sulphur (Phoebis philea) mellielong Orange-Barred Sulphur, Orange Barred Sulphur (Phoebis philea) mellielong Orange-Barred Sulphur, Orange Barred Sulphur (Phoebis philea) mellielong Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes) mellielong Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes) mellielong Palamedes Swallowtail (Papilio palamedes) mellielong Palamedes Swallowtail (Papilio palamedes) mellielong Eyed Elator, Eyed Click Beetle (Alaus oculatus) orlando32803 Walnut Sphinx Moth (Amorpha juglandis) chicochi3 Blacktailed Red Sheetweaver (Florinda coccinea) Elphaba Dark Flower Scarab (Euphoria sepulcralis) fleurone

The latest comments:

Bug Member Rating Type Weevil (Odontocorynus scutellumalbum) dicentra63 Negative Hollyhock Weevil (Apion longirostre) dicentra63 Negative Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle (Labidomera clivicollis) sallyg Neutral Mole Cricket, Northern Mole cricket (Gryllotalpa hexadactyla) mygardens Negative Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) twopuppies Positive Eastern Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) twopuppies Positive Zebra Swallowtail (Eurytides marcellus) twopuppies Positive Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor) twopuppies Positive Monarch (Danaus plexippus) twopuppies Positive Elephant Stag Beetle, American Stag Beetle (Lucanus elaphus) twopuppies Neutral Reddish-brown Stag Beetle (Pseudolucanus capreolus) twopuppies Positive Linear Earwig (Doru lineare) bamboolover Negative Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) aggscott Positive Meadow Fritillary (Boloria bellona) aggscott Positive Eastern Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa virginica) CaptMicha Neutral Spinyback Orb Weaver Spider (Gasteracantha cancriformis) Judy85 Neutral Pillbug, Sowbug, roly-poly (Armadillidium vulgare) phalvorson Positive Blistered Pyrgomorph (Monistria pustulifera) Menk Positive American Tent Caterpillar (Malacosoma americanum) aggscott Negative Linear Earwig (Doru lineare) lauragene Positive Giant Vinegarone (Mastigoproctus giganteus) batfetty Neutral American Tent Caterpillar (Malacosoma americanum) raudenbush Negative Spider Mite (Tetranychus urticae) chironex Positive Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) CharlieLittle Positive Tersa Sphinx Moth (Xylophanes tersa) debnes_dfw_tx Positive

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