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There are 7,305 bugs listed, with 16,778 images and 3,110 comments in our database.

Specific details
BUG ORDERS
Acari
Mites and Ticks
Amphipoda
Amphipods
Araneae
Spiders
Architaenioglossa
Apple Snails
Basommatophora
Pond snail
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
Recent Comments
negative hamptons 4 weeks ago
Pillbug, Sowbug, roly-poly
Armadillidium

Pill bugs & sow bugs are not the same bugs. Pill bugs are roly polys; sow bugs are not. Pill bugs are relatively harmless. Sow ...read more

negative wtbbab 4 weeks ago
Plant Hopper, Leaf Hopper
Acanalonia

They do indeed bite. Quite a hurtful bite for something so small and meek looking.

positive 4wolf43 4 weeks ago
Pillbug, Sowbug, roly-poly
Armadillidium

I have never had a negative relation with the pill bug. I am 75 years of age and have always seen them on the Delmarva Peninsula.

neutral arries 4 weeks ago
Pillbug, Sowbug, roly-poly
Armadillidium

I used to go out at night to collect snails. I’ve never observed those pillbugs climbing up the plants and making holes in the leaves. I...read more

positive SimpleSue 5 weeks ago
Spotted Leopard Slug, Giant Leopard Slug
Limax

I am pleased to find so many other gardeners had positive reactions to the Leopard Slugs, and appreciated their beauty and enjoyed their ...read more

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