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Bug Files

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 2,985 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 7,305 bugs listed, with 16,778 images and 3,110 comments in our database.

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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 millergal10 2 days ago
Lone Star Tick
Amblyomma

The Lone Star Tick is also the main vector of Bobcat Fever. Cytauxzoon felis, aka Bobcat Fever, is spread to bobcats (the natural host) a...read more

positive RosinaBloom 2 weeks ago
Apache cicada
Diceroprotea

My Photos are of Chorus Cicada (Amphipsalta zelandica) Not THIS FILE of Apache cicada (Diceroprotea apache)

neutral Dieman74 2 weeks ago
Hammerhead Worm (land planarian)
Bipalium

Found 5 so far in 3 locations near my raised planter beds. I’ve lived in Torrance, Ca. for most of my life and had never encountered thes...read more

positive RobAllen46 3 weeks ago
Ground beetle
Abacetus

The term ground beetle is broad. There are over 60 species of ground beetles. In Kansas and Missouri they spread like roaches. When we co...read more

positive Sharongavin last month
Beautiful Wood Nymph Moth
Eudryas

I saw a Wood Nymph Moth lounging on my chair last week in Waddy, Kentucky. Lovely.

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