BugFiles - Identify Bugs & Insects with Pictures - Dave's Garden

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 2,988 gardeners from around the world. Any registered user may add new insects, images, comments, and ZIP codes. Learn more about BugFiles in our BugFiles FAQ

There are 7,324 bugs listed, with 16,823 images and 3,119 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 Blattodea Cockroaches Cephalostigmata Pseudocentipedes, Symphyla Coleoptera Beetles Collembola Springtails Decapoda Crabs and Crayfish Dermaptera Earwigs Dictyoptera Mantids Diptera Flies Embiidina Webspinners Ephemeroptera Mayflies Geophilomorpha Soil Centipedes 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 Megaloptera Alderflies, Dobsonflies 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 Psocodea Book Lice, Bark Lice Pulmonata Slugs and Snails Scolopendromorpha Scolopendromorph Centipedes Scorpiones Scorpions Scutigeromorpha House Centipedes Solifugae Windscorpions Spirobolida Spirobolid Millipedes Systellommatophora Land Slugs Thysanoptera Thrips Trichoptera Caddis-flies Tricladida Flatworms, Land Planarians Uropygi Tailed Whip-scorpions Zygentoma Silverfish

The latest images:

Bug Member Thumbnail Great Golden Digger Wasp (Sphex ichneumoneus) Papa2Girls Great Golden Digger Wasp (Sphex ichneumoneus) Papa2Girls Hammerhead Worm (land planarian) (Bipalium kewense) TakoPo Robber Fly (Lampria rubriventris) C_A_Ivy Milbert's Tortoiseshell (Aglais milberti) weedsfree Moth, Bent-line Gray Moth (Iridopsis larvaria) C_A_Ivy European Corn Borer (Ostrinia nubilalis) C_A_Ivy Meske's Skipper (Hesperia meskei) C_A_Ivy Black-dotted Hemeroplanis moth (Hemeroplanis habitalis) C_A_Ivy Black-banded Owlet moth (Phalaenostola larentioides) C_A_Ivy Black-banded Owlet moth (Phalaenostola larentioides) C_A_Ivy Spring Cankerworm, Inchworm (Paleacrita vernata) C_A_Ivy Damselfly, Blue-tipped Dancer (Argia tibialis) C_A_Ivy Pale Delicate (Poecilasthena pellucida) kennedyh Fasciated Porela (Porela subfasciata) kennedyh Fasciated Porela (Porela subfasciata) kennedyh Fasciated Porela (Porela subfasciata) kennedyh Fasciated Porela (Porela subfasciata) kennedyh Clover Casebearer (Coleophora alcyonipennella) kennedyh Ragwort Crown-boring Moth, Black-headed Conch (Cochylis atricapitana) kennedyh Ragwort Crown-boring Moth, Black-headed Conch (Cochylis atricapitana) kennedyh Ragwort Crown-boring Moth, Black-headed Conch (Cochylis atricapitana) kennedyh (Sapromyza mallochiana) kennedyh Many-lined Angle moth (Macaria multilineata) C_A_Ivy Dusty Lined Matigramma (Matigramma pulverilinea) C_A_Ivy

The latest comments:

Bug Member Rating Type Great Golden Digger Wasp (Sphex ichneumoneus) Papa2Girls Positive Fall Webworm, Tiger Moth (Hyphantria cunea) Chillybean Positive Milbert's Tortoiseshell (Aglais milberti) weedsfree Neutral Cabbage White (Pieris rapae) Chillybean Negative Clover Casebearer (Coleophora alcyonipennella) kennedyh Neutral Ragwort Crown-boring Moth, Black-headed Conch (Cochylis atricapitana) kennedyh Neutral Periodical Cicada, Seventeen Year Cicada (Magicicada septendecim) Chillybean Positive Monarch (Danaus plexippus) nan7valleys Positive Red Damselfly, Red Coat Damselfly (Xanthocnemis zealandica) RosinaBloom Positive Pennsylvania Leatherwing, Goldenrod Soldier Beetle, Soldier Beetle (Chauliognathus pensylvanicus) Chillybean Positive Asian Longhorned Beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) coriaceous Negative Viburnum Leaf Beetle (Pyrrhalta viburni) coriaceous Negative Winter Moth (Operophtera brumata) coriaceous Negative Turbulent phosphila (Phosphila turbulenta) Cremona Neutral Florida White, Tropical White (Appias drusilla) TexasPuddyPrint Positive Blue Metalmark (Lasaia sula) TexasPuddyPrint Positive Curve-winged Metalmark (Emesis emesia) TexasPuddyPrint Positive Red-bordered Metalmark (Caria ino) TexasPuddyPrint Positive Common Snout Nosed Butterfly, American Snout (Libytheana bachmanii) TexasPuddyPrint Neutral Cassius Blue (Leptotes cassius) TexasPuddyPrint Positive Western Pygmy Blue (Brephidium exile) TexasPuddyPrint Positive Venerable Dart (Agrotis venerabilis) C_A_Ivy Neutral Hammerhead Worm (land planarian) (Bipalium kewense) Blaurel Neutral Giant Redheaded Centipede (Scolopendra heros) peejay12 Positive Robber Fly (Diogmites platypterus) C_A_Ivy Neutral

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