Herbivores
889 species with this diet
Acacia Ant
Pseudomyrmex ferruginea
A slender orange-brown ant that lives inside the swollen thorns of bullhorn acacia trees in a classic mutualistic relati...
Acanaloniid Planthopper
Acanalonia conica
A small bright green planthopper with broad leaf-shaped wings that provide excellent camouflage among foliage. Its round...
African Cassava Leaf Beetle
Mesoplatys ochroptera
A small, yellowish-brown beetle that is a significant pest of cassava in sub-Saharan Africa. Both adults and larvae feed...
African Citrus Psyllid
Trioza erytreae
A small brownish psyllid that causes distinctive pit galls on citrus leaves. It vectors the African form of citrus green...
African Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle
Oryctes monoceros
A robust, dark chestnut-brown beetle with a single curved horn on the male's head. It is a significant pest of coconut a...
African Giant Stick Insect
Palophus centaurus
One of the largest stick insects in East Africa, with females reaching over 20 cm in length. It has thorny legs and body...
African Harvester Termite
Microhodotermes viator
A harvester termite found in the fynbos and semi-arid regions of the Western Cape in South Africa. Workers have pigmente...
African Leaf Beetle
Polyclada bohemani
A medium-sized, brightly metallic leaf beetle with iridescent green, blue, and copper hues. It feeds openly on foliage, ...
African Map Butterfly
Cyrestis camillus
A delicate white butterfly with fine dark lines across its wings resembling a map or circuit board. It rests with wings ...
African Twig Stick Insect
Clonopsis maroccana
A slender stick insect that mimics dry twigs with remarkable accuracy. It reproduces parthenogenetically, with females p...
African Weaver Ant
Oecophylla longinoda
An arboreal ant that constructs leaf nests by weaving living leaves together using larval silk. Colonies can span multip...
African Wild Silk Moth
Gonometa postica
A medium-sized brown moth whose caterpillars spin tough, golden silk cocoons on Acacia branches. It has been investigate...
Agave Snout Weevil
Scyphophorus acupunctatus
A large, black weevil that attacks agave and yucca plants by boring into the base. It can destroy entire agave plantatio...
Agonum Marsh Ground Beetle
Agonum marginatum
A medium-sized metallic green ground beetle with pale-margined elytra found exclusively in wetland habitats. It runs rap...
Alder Leaf Beetle
Agelastica alni
A metallic dark violet-blue beetle that feeds on alder trees. Heavy infestations can completely defoliate alder trees al...
Alfalfa Leafcutter Bee
Megachile rotundata
A small solitary bee that cuts precise circular pieces from leaves to construct nest cells. It is the most important man...
Alpine Dark Bush-cricket
Pholidoptera aptera
A large, dark bush-cricket found in alpine and subalpine scrublands. It is completely flightless with only vestigial win...
Alpine Grasshopper
Kosciuscola tristis
A striking color-changing grasshopper found in the Australian Alps above the snowline. Males turn from dark black-brown ...
Alpine Weevil
Otiorhynchus morio
A large, black flightless weevil of alpine and subalpine zones. It feeds on roots and leaves of low-growing mountain pla...
Amazonian Giant Stick Insect
Bacteria ferula
A very long stick insect reaching over 200 mm, with an extremely thin body that closely mimics dead twigs. Females are l...
Amber Rove Beetle
Mycetoporus lepidus
A tiny, elongate rove beetle with an amber-brown coloration and fine pubescence. It lives in the humus layer of forests ...
Ambulyx Hawk Moth
Ambulyx substrigilis
A large tropical hawk moth with brown and buff-patterned forewings that resemble dead leaves. It is found in the forests...
American Moth-Butterfly
Macrosoma heliconiaria
Pale greenish-gray moth-like butterfly with rounded wings and nocturnal habits. Represents the evolutionary link between...
Anangu Leaf Insect
Pulchriphyllium anangu
A leaf insect from southwestern India, one of the few Phylliidae known from the Indian subcontinent. It has broad, leaf-...
Andropromachus Stick Insect
Andropromachus scutatus
A winged stick insect from Yunnan Province in China with a shield-like thoracic plate. Males are capable of sustained fl...
Angle Shades
Phlogophora meticulosa
A moth with uniquely crumpled wings in olive, pink, and brown that perfectly resemble a dead leaf. It can be found in ev...
Angular Brown Lacewing
Wesmaelius nervosus
A widespread brown lacewing with strong wing venation patterns. Found across much of the Northern Hemisphere in varied h...
Apple Leaf Miner
Lyonetia clerkella
A tiny moth whose serpentine leaf mines are visible on apple and cherry leaves. The mine appears as a winding white trai...
Aquatic Pygmy Grasshopper
Scelimena producta
A remarkable semi-aquatic pygmy grasshopper with paddle-like hind legs used for swimming. It dives and swims underwater ...
Arabian Darkling Beetle
Trachyderma hispida
A hairy, broad-bodied darkling beetle found in Arabian and North African deserts. Fine hairs on its body help trap a lay...
Arctic Aphid
Acyrthosiphon svalbardicum
A small, pale green aphid that is one of the most northerly herbivorous insects on Earth. It feeds on the sap of Dryas o...
Arctic Click Beetle
Hypnoidus riparius
A small, brown click beetle with a distinctive snapping mechanism that allows it to flip itself upright when overturned....
Arctic Flower Fly
Platycheirus melanopsis
A small hover fly with a dark body and distinctive pale facial markings. It is an important pollinator of Arctic wildflo...
Arctic Ground Beetle
Amara alpina
A small, dark bronze ground beetle found on Arctic and alpine tundra. It has a broad, flattened body ideal for shelterin...
Arctic Parasitic Wasp
Hyposoter horticola
A slender parasitic wasp with a black body, orange legs, and long antennae. Females search for caterpillar hosts on tund...
Arctic Sawfly
Amauronematus abnormis
A small, dark sawfly associated with willows in Arctic and subarctic regions. Females use their saw-like ovipositor to c...
Arctic Tiger Moth
Grammia quenseli
A striking moth with black and cream striped forewings and orange-red hindwings with black spots. The hairy caterpillar ...
Arctic Woolly Bear Caterpillar Moth
Gynaephora rossii
A close relative of the Greenland woolly bear, this moth has pale gray wings and a densely furred body. The caterpillar ...
Argent and Sable Moth
Rheumaptera hastata
A strikingly patterned black and white day-flying moth. Found on moorland and in birch woodland. Has declined severely i...
Arizonan Walking Stick
Diapheromera arizonensis
A walkingstick found in the mountains and canyons of Arizona. It is typically brown or tan to blend with desert vegetati...
Asian Comma Butterfly
Polygonia c-aureum
Known as 'ki-tataha' in Japanese, this butterfly has distinctively jagged wing edges that provide excellent camouflage a...
Asparagus Beetle
Crioceris asparagi
A colorful blue-black beetle with cream spots and a red thorax that feeds exclusively on asparagus. Both adults and larv...
Atlas Blue Butterfly
Polyommatus atlanticus
A small blue butterfly restricted to high-altitude cedar forests in Morocco....
Atlas Moth
Attacus atlas
One of the largest moths in the world by wing area. Adults have no mouths and do not eat, living only 1-2 weeks on store...
August Thorn
Ennomos quercinaria
A thorn moth flying in late summer with warm yellow-brown wings. Rests with wings spread flat. Larvae feed on oak and ot...
Australian Giant Earwig
Titanolabis colossea
The largest living earwig species, reaching up to 50 mm long. It is a burrowing, wingless species found in eastern Austr...
Australian Giant Mayfly
Atalophlebia australis
One of the largest Australian mayflies, found in clean streams of southeastern Australia. Nymphs have feathery gills alo...
Australian Lace Bug
Froggattia olivinia
A small sap-sucking bug that infests eucalyptus trees, producing unsightly black sooty mould on leaves. It has intricate...
Australian March Fly
Bibio imitator
A robust black bibionid fly that appears in large numbers during the Australian autumn. It has a hairy body and is a slu...
Australian Plague Locust
Chortoicetes terminifera
Australia's most economically damaging locust species. It has a distinctive dark spot at the tip of each hindwing....
Australian Satin Sawfly
Perga lewisi
A large Australian sawfly with a satiny dark blue-black body. Larvae are robust and feed in clusters on eucalyptus folia...
Australian Scorpionfly
Harpobittacus australis
An Australian hangingfly that suspends itself from vegetation and catches prey with its raptorial hind legs. Males prese...
Australian Stiletto Fly
Anabarhynchus bilineatus
A slender gray stiletto fly with two pale longitudinal stripes on the thorax and a distinctly tapered abdomen. It is com...
Austrocarausius Stick Insect
Austrocarausius mercurius
A small, cryptic stick insect found in remnant rainforest patches of Queensland. It is part of a genus with several rece...
Autumnal Moth
Epirrita autumnata
A grayish-brown moth with faint wavy crosslines on the forewings. It flies in autumn in subarctic birch forests. Periodi...
Azalea Lace Bug
Stephanitis pyrioides
A tiny lace bug with beautifully ornate, net-veined wings that is a major pest of azaleas and rhododendrons. Native to E...
Balearic Green Lizard Beetle
Timarcha balearica
A large flightless leaf beetle endemic to the Balearic Islands. It is black with a bluish-purple sheen and exudes red he...
Bamboo Longhorn
Chloridolum alcmene
A vivid metallic green longhorn beetle with a slender body and long antennae. It breeds exclusively in bamboo stems....
Bamboo Powderpost Beetle
Dinoderus minutus
A pantropical beetle that bores into dried bamboo and other starchy materials. It is a major pest of bamboo products and...
Banana Moth
Opogona sacchari
A small tropical moth whose larvae bore into banana stems and stored tubers....
Banded Alder Borer
Rosalia funebris
A striking longhorn beetle with bold black and white banding and long banded antennae. It breeds in dead alder and other...
Banded Blackfly
Simulium ornatum
A widespread European black fly species complex found in diverse stream types. Larvae filter-feed from silken pads attac...
Banded Greenhouse Thrips
Hercinothrips femoralis
A large thrips species with banded wings that infests banana, avocado, and ornamental plants. Originally from Africa, it...
Banded Peacock
Papilio crino
A stunning swallowtail with emerald green bands on velvety black wings. The hindwings have red and blue markings near th...
Banks Peninsula Tree Weta
Hemideina ricta
The rarest tree weta in New Zealand, restricted to Banks Peninsula near Christchurch. It was not described as a distinct...
Baronia Swallowtail
Baronia brevicornis
The most primitive living swallowtail butterfly, restricted to a small area of southwestern Mexico. A true living fossil...
Bartman's Timema
Timema bartmani
A small, green timema from the mountains of southern California. It was described relatively recently from a restricted ...
Bearded Robber Fly
Machimus atricapillus
A common European robber fly with a prominent mystax (facial beard) of bristles that protect its face during prey captur...
Bee Killer Robber Fly
Mallophora bomboides
A large fuzzy robber fly that closely resembles a bumble bee in both appearance and buzzing flight. It perches on vegeta...
Beet Armyworm
Spodoptera exigua
A small grayish-brown moth whose green caterpillars attack a wide range of vegetable and field crops. Larvae often skele...
Bella Moth
Utetheisa ornatrix
A brightly colored moth with pink-orange forewings covered in white and black spots. It sequesters toxic pyrrolizidine a...
Bhaskara's Leaf Insect
Pulchriphyllium bhaskarai
A leaf insect endemic to Java, Indonesia, recently separated from closely related species. It has distinctly rounded abd...
Big-headed Fly
Pipunculus campestris
A small fly with an enormously enlarged, almost entirely eye-covered spherical head. It hovers in vegetation searching f...
Birch Leaf Beetle
Chrysomela collaris
A handsome beetle with dark metallic blue-black elytra and a contrasting bright red pronotum. It is found on birch trees...
Birch Leaf-Roller Sawfly
Pamphilius betulae
A flat-bodied sawfly with long, thread-like antennae and a broad abdomen. Larvae roll birch leaves into tubes using silk...
Birch Leafminer
Fenusa pusilla
An invasive European sawfly that mines inside birch leaves in North America. Heavy infestations cause extensive browning...
Birch Sawfly
Cimbex femoratus
One of the largest European sawflies, with a stout body, clubbed antennae, and variable coloring from black to yellowish...
Bizarre Caddisfly
Lepidostoma togatum
A North American case-building caddisfly with square-sectioned cases made of leaf bits. Adults have a distinctive hairy ...
Black Alpine Weevil
Otiorhynchus niger
A robust, dark weevil commonly found under stones in alpine environments. Adults are nocturnal and feed on plant foliage...
Black Headed Birch Sawfly
Craesus alniastri
A medium-sized sawfly with a dark head and orange body. Larvae are greenish-blue with black heads and feed communally on...
Black Leafcutter Ant
Acromyrmex lobicornis
A cold-tolerant leafcutter ant that builds conspicuous mound nests from vegetation debris. Workers are dark brown to bla...
Black Periplaneta Cockroach
Periplaneta atra
A dark black cockroach from tropical Africa with a shiny exoskeleton. It is less commonly encountered than its cosmopoli...
Black-Headed Ash Sawfly
Tethida barda
A small sawfly whose larvae have distinctive black heads and whitish-green bodies. They feed on the underside of ash lea...
Black-waved Flannel Moth
Megalopyge crispata
A fluffy white to yellowish moth with wavy dark lines across the forewings. Like its relative the puss moth, its caterpi...
Blackberry Leaf Miner
Metallus pumilus
A tiny, dark metallic sawfly whose larvae create blotch mines in blackberry and raspberry leaves. Mined areas turn brown...
Bladder Grasshopper
Bullacris membracioides
A grasshopper with an inflated balloon-like abdomen used as a resonating chamber....
Blatchley's Walkingstick
Manomera blatchleyi
A slender, brown walkingstick found in the southeastern United States. It is named after the American entomologist Willi...
Blue Doctor Butterfly
Rhetus periander
A large metalmark butterfly with brilliant metallic blue upperwings and distinctive red-spotted underwings with long tai...
Blue Flea Beetle
Altica lythri
A small metallic blue-green flea beetle that feeds on willowherb and evening primrose. Has enlarged hind femora enabling...
Blue Leaf Beetle
Colaspidema atrum
A small, oval, dark blue to black beetle with a slight metallic luster. It can be a pest of lucerne (alfalfa) and other ...
Blue Milkweed Beetle
Chrysochus cobaltinus
A stunningly beautiful beetle with a deep cobalt blue metallic sheen across its rounded body. It feeds on milkweed and d...
Blue Mint Beetle
Chrysolina coerulans
A small, deep metallic blue leaf beetle found exclusively on mint plants. Both adults and larvae feed on mint foliage....
Blue Net-Winged Beetle
Metriorrhynchus rhipidius
An Australian net-winged beetle with dark blue-black elytra and elaborate feathery antennae in males. It is commonly fou...
Blue Rove Beetle
Paederus fuscipes
A small, slender beetle with metallic blue elytra and an orange abdomen. It is an important biological control agent in ...
Blue Shieldbug
Zicrona caerulea
A metallic blue-green predatory stink bug found across Europe and Asia. It specializes in hunting flea beetles and other...
Blue Stick Insect
Achrioptera manga
A spectacular stick insect where males are electric blue with bright orange wings. Females are much larger and brown wit...
Blue Striped Nettle Grub
Parasa lepida
A small moth with vivid green forewings edged in dark chocolate brown. The caterpillar is bright green with blue longitu...
Blue Willow Beetle
Phratora vulgatissima
A small, metallic dark blue to blue-green beetle commonly found on willow trees. It can cause significant defoliation in...
Bogong Moth
Agrotis infusa
A migratory moth that aestivates in alpine caves in enormous aggregations....
Boll Weevil
Anthonomus grandis
A small grayish-brown weevil with a long curved snout used to bore into cotton bolls. It devastated the American cotton ...
Bordered Rose Sawfly
Arge cyanocrocea
A compact sawfly with a striking combination of an orange body and metallic blue-black wings. Larvae are green with oran...
Bornean Monkey Grasshopper
Erianthus versicolor
A vividly multicolored monkey grasshopper from Borneo's montane forests with blue, green, red, and yellow markings. It m...
Bornean Peacock Beetle
Lamprosoma bicolor
A small, dome-shaped leaf beetle with spectacular iridescent elytra that shift from purple to green to gold. The body is...
Borneo Leaf Mantis
Amorphoscelis borneana
A small leaf-mimicking mantis from the forests of Borneo. It rests on dead leaves in the understory where its brown colo...
Borneo Stick Mantis
Toxodera integrifolia
A large stick mantis endemic to Borneo with leaf-like wing expansions. Its wings resemble dried leaves and add to its tw...
Box Sucker
Psylla buxi
A tiny jumping plant louse that causes cupping and distortion of box leaves. Nymphs produce waxy secretions. Can cause s...
Brazilian Eucalyptus Sawfly
Deuteronomus amoenus
A medium-sized pergid sawfly that attacks eucalyptus plantations in South America. Larvae are gregarious and can cause s...
Brazilian Jewel Scarab
Chrysina cupreomarginata
A dazzling scarab beetle with a brilliant golden-green metallic sheen. Its compact oval body reflects light like polishe...
Brazilian Pergid Sawfly
Perreyia flavipes
A medium-sized pergid sawfly with dark coloring and yellowish legs. Larvae are gregarious and feed on various plant spec...
Bright-line Brown-eye Moth
Lacanobia oleracea
A reddish-brown moth with a prominent white-edged kidney mark and bright white subterminal line. It is a common garden m...
Brine Fly
Ephydra hians
A fly that thrives in the extremely alkaline waters of Mono Lake....
Broad-backed Grouse Locust
Nomotettix cristatus
A pygmy grasshopper with a high crested pronotum that gives it a broad-backed appearance. It inhabits dry forest floors ...
Broad-shouldered Leaf Beetle
Chrysomela tremula
A robust, convex beetle with dark metallic greenish-black to bronze elytra and irregular rows of punctures. It is closel...
Bronze Flea Beetle
Altica ambiens
A metallic bronze to greenish flea beetle with prominent hind leg development. It feeds on alder leaves in wetland habit...
Bronze Leaf Beetle
Colaphellus sophiae
A small, bronze to dark coppery beetle with a convex, oval body. It feeds on various cruciferous plants and can occasion...
Brown House Moth
Hofmannophila pseudospretella
A dull bronze-brown moth with darker flecks that is a widespread household pest. Unlike clothes moths, it feeds on a vas...
Brown Leaf Weevil
Phyllobius oblongus
A brown-scaled weevil commonly found on hawthorn and other hedgerow shrubs. Less colorful than its green relatives but v...
Brown Willow Beetle
Galerucella lineola
A small brown beetle that feeds on willow leaves and can cause significant defoliation. Has been used as a biological co...
Brunner Stick Insect
Bruneria borealis
A small thin brown stick insect and one of the few phasmids native to cold temperate North America. It is wingless and m...
Bud-wing Stick Insect
Phaenopharos khaoyaiensis
A medium-sized brown stick insect with tiny bud-like wings. It has knobby projections on its body mimicking tree buds. I...
Buff Ermine Moth
Spilosoma lutea
A creamy-buff moth with scattered dark spots and a distinctive dark streak along the forewing costa. It closely resemble...
Buff-tip
Phalera bucephala
A moth that mimics a broken birch twig with remarkable precision when at rest. Its silvery-grey wings end in a buff-colo...
Burnet Companion
Euclidia glyphica
A small day-flying brown and orange moth often seen flying alongside burnet moths on flower-rich grasslands....
Burnished Brass
Diachrysia chrysitis
A moth with brilliant metallic gold and bronze patches on its forewings that gleam like polished metal. It is a common v...
Cabbage Moth
Mamestra brassicae
A mottled grey-brown moth with kidney-shaped and circular stigmata on the forewings. Its caterpillar is a serious pest o...
Cabbage Stem Weevil
Ceutorhynchus pallidactylus
A grey weevil that mines inside brassica stems. Larvae tunnel through stems causing weakening. One of several Ceutorhync...
Caddisfly
Limnephilus rhombicus
Moth-like adults with hairy wings held tent-like over the body. Aquatic larvae are famous architects that build portable...
Cairns Birdwing
Ornithoptera euphorion
Australias largest endemic butterfly with males displaying vivid green and black wings. Females are larger and brown wit...
Calico Pennant
Celithemis elisa
A small dragonfly with triangular red or yellow wing spots creating a calico pattern. Males have red body and wing marki...
California Red Scale
Aonidiella aurantii
A circular reddish-brown armored scale insect that infests citrus bark, leaves, and fruit. Heavy infestations can kill b...
California Timema
Timema californicum
A small green walking stick endemic to California. It is one of the most widespread Timema species on the Pacific coast....
Cambridge's Striped Stick Insect
Pseudophasma cambridgei
A Brazilian stick insect only recently redescribed with its female and egg first identified. It has a slender, brown bod...
Canary Islands Blue Butterfly
Cyclyrius webbianus
A small endemic blue butterfly found on the Canary Islands. Males have bright violet-blue upperwings and females are bro...
Canary Islands Brimstone Butterfly
Gonepteryx cleobule
A bright yellow butterfly endemic to the Canary Islands, larger than its European relatives. It is found in laurel fores...
Canary Islands Large White Butterfly
Pieris cheiranthi
A large white butterfly endemic to the Canary Islands with prominent dark wing markings. It is found in laurel forests o...
Cape Mountain Cockroach
Aptera fusca
A large, wingless cockroach endemic to the mountains of South Africa. It lives in fynbos vegetation and rocky outcrops....
Caribbean Calligrapha Beetle
Calligrapha cubana
A leaf beetle found in Cuba with intricate dark patterns on a pale background. Each individual has a unique pattern on i...
Carmelae's Thorny Stick Insect
Trachyaretaon carmelae
A robust, thorny stick insect from the Philippines reaching up to 13.5 cm. It has rough, bark-like texture on its body s...
Carolina Grasshopper
Dissosteira carolina
A large band-winged grasshopper with black hindwings bordered by a pale yellow margin. It is commonly seen flying along ...
Carolina Walkingstick
Diapheromera carolina
A walkingstick found in the southeastern United States, closely related to the northern walkingstick. It prefers warmer,...
Carpet Beetle
Attagenus pellio
A small dark beetle with a single white spot on each elytron. Larvae damage woolen textiles and natural fabrics....
Case-bearing Leaf Beetle
Cryptocephalus sericeus
A brilliant metallic green to golden beetle with a cylindrical body shape typical of case-bearing chrysomelids. Adults a...
Cecropia Moth
Hyalophora cecropia
The largest native moth in North America with reddish-brown wings bearing white comma-shaped marks and crescent eyespots...
Celebes Leaf Insect
Phyllium celebicum
A leaf insect from Sulawesi with remarkably detailed leaf venation on its wings and body. Color ranges from bright green...
Central African Mantis
Sphodromantis centralis
A robust mantis native to Central African forests with green or brownish coloration. Females are noticeably bulkier than...
Central American Locust
Schistocerca piceifrons
A significant agricultural pest locust in Mexico and Central America. It periodically swarms and can devastate corn, bea...
Cereal Leaf Miner Parasite
Dacnusa sibirica
A small dark braconid wasp used commercially to control leaf miner flies in greenhouses. It locates host larvae by detec...
Chalk Hill Blue
Polyommatus coridon
A large blue butterfly with silvery-blue males and brown females. Restricted to chalk and limestone grasslands....
Chans Megastick
Phobaeticus chani
The longest insect in the world at 567 mm (with legs extended). Discovered in Borneo in 1989. Only six specimens have ev...
Chestnut Gall Wasp
Dryocosmus kuriphilus
An invasive gall wasp from China that is the most damaging pest of chestnut trees worldwide. It induces galls on buds an...
Children's Stick Insect
Tropidoderus childrenii
A large Australian leaf insect with broad flattened body and legs. Females are vivid green and resemble eucalyptus leave...
Chilli Thrips
Scirtothrips dorsalis
A tiny pale yellow thrips that is an invasive pest of peppers, strawberries, and ornamental plants. It causes severe sca...
Chinese Rose Beetle
Adoretus sinicus
A small nocturnal scarab that is a major agricultural pest in Hawaii. It skeletonizes the leaves of over 250 host plant ...
Chinese Stick Insect
Ramulus irregulariterdentatus
A long, slender stick insect with subtle irregular teeth along the edges of its body. It inhabits subtropical forests of...
Chinese Tussar Moth
Antheraea frithi
A large wild silk moth with rich brown wings bearing four prominent transparent eyespots. It produces durable wild silk ...
Chinese Windmill
Atrophaneura alcinous
A dark swallowtail butterfly with crimson patches on the hindwings and a slow fluttering flight. The body is red indicat...
Chrysanthemum Lace Bug
Corythucha marmorata
A small lace bug with mottled brown and white lace-patterned wings that feeds on chrysanthemums, goldenrod, and asters. ...
Chrysomelid Leaf Beetle
Chrysolina staphylaea
A small, strongly convex beetle with dark reddish-brown to almost black coloration and a smooth, shiny surface. It is on...
Cistus Forester
Adscita statices
A small, metallic green day-flying moth found on chalk grassland and damp meadows. Males have feathery antennae. Larvae ...
Citrus Whitefly
Dialeurodes citri
A small white-winged whitefly that is a common pest of citrus trees. Adults gather on the undersides of leaves, and heav...
Cixiid Planthopper
Cixius nervosus
A small brownish planthopper with prominently veined transparent wings. Nymphs develop underground feeding on roots, whi...
Clara's Satin Moth
Thalaina clara
An Australian moth with satiny white wings marked with orange bands. Found in eastern Australia and Tasmania. Caterpilla...
Cleopatra Butterfly
Gonepteryx cleopatra
A large butterfly with deep orange forewings in males and pale greenish wings in females. Common in Mediterranean areas....
Clifden Nonpareil Moth
Catocala fraxini
A large underwing moth with spectacular blue-black hindwings concealed at rest....
Cloaked Groundhopper
Tetrix ceperoi
A small pygmy grasshopper of bare, damp ground on heathlands and coastal salt pans in western Europe. It is distinguishe...
Clouded Buff Moth
Diacrisia sannio
A medium-sized moth where males are golden-buff and females are pinkish with darker wing borders. Males fly actively in ...
Clouded Yellow
Colias croceus
A fast-flying bright orange-yellow butterfly with black wing borders. A pale female form called helice has greenish-whit...
Cloudforest Jewel Scarab
Chrysina chrysargyrea
A stunning scarab beetle with a body that appears to be made of burnished silver and gold. It is found only in Central A...
Club-horned Sawfly
Abia sericea
A striking metallic green sawfly found across Europe. Adults visit flowers while larvae feed on honeysuckle and scabious...
Cobalt Milkweed Beetle
Chrysochus cobaltinus auratus
A subspecies of the cobalt blue milkweed beetle with slightly more golden-green coloring....
Coconut Hispine Beetle
Brontispa longissima
An elongate, flattened beetle with a dark head and thorax and paler brown elytra. It is a serious pest of coconut palms ...
Colorado Leaf Beetle
Leptinotarsa juncta
A close relative of the Colorado potato beetle with similar striped elytra but alternating dark and light brown stripes ...
Colorado Potato Beetle
Leptinotarsa decemlineata
A major agricultural pest with yellow-orange elytra bearing ten black longitudinal stripes. Has developed resistance to ...
Colorado Three-lined Leaf Beetle
Lema trivittata
A small, elongated beetle with an orange-yellow body and three dark longitudinal stripes on the elytra. It feeds on toma...
Colorado Walking Stick
Parabacillus coloradus
A small, slender walkingstick found in arid regions of the western United States. It is well adapted to desert scrubland...
Colorful Stick Insect
Achrioptera maroloko
A newly described giant stick insect with brilliantly colored males showing iridescent blue bodies and orange-red limbs....
Columbine Sawfly
Pristiphora aquilegiae
A small, dark sawfly whose pale green larvae feed on the leaves of columbine plants. Larvae can cause significant damage...
Comet Moth
Argema mittrei
One of the worlds largest silk moths, with brilliant yellow wings and tail spans reaching 20 cm. Endemic to Madagascar. ...
Common American Walking Stick
Diapheromera femorata
The most common stick insect in North America, with a slender brown or green body. During outbreak years it can defoliat...
Common Birdwing
Troides helena
A large birdwing butterfly with velvety black forewings and bright golden-yellow hindwings in males. Females are larger ...
Common Clubtail Dragonfly
Ictinogomphus ferox
A large, boldly marked black and yellow dragonfly with a distinctly clubbed abdomen tip. It is a powerful flier that per...
Common Field Grasshopper
Chorthippus brunneus
An abundant European grasshopper with highly variable coloration ranging from green to brown. It produces a distinctive ...
Common Green Capsid
Lygocoris pabulinus
A bright green mirid bug that is a common pest of fruit trees and currants in Europe. It causes russeting and distortion...
Common Nawab
Polyura athamas
A large butterfly with pale green-white wings edged in black with two prominent hindwing tails. It has a powerful fast f...
Common Quaker
Orthosia cerasi
A drab but very common spring moth attracted to sallow blossom. Variable brown coloring. Named 'quaker' for its plain, m...
Common Rustic
Mesapamea secalis
A highly variable common moth that forms a species complex with the Lesser Common Rustic. External appearance is unrelia...
Common Stiletto Fly
Thereva nobilitata
A slender, densely hairy fly with a pointed abdomen and silvery-white body hairs. Adults bask on sunlit leaves and bare ...
Compass Termite
Amitermes laurensis
A termite that builds wedge-shaped mounds oriented east-west, exposing the broad face to the morning and evening sun. Th...
Congo Basin Katydid
Enyaliopsis petersi
A large, armored katydid with a heavily spined pronotum and legs. It produces loud stridulating calls at night. Despite ...
Congo Jewel Beetle
Sternocera castanea
A large, brilliantly metallic jewel beetle with copper and green iridescent elytra. Adults are found on trees where they...
Conle's Stick Insect
Conlephasma enigma
A rare and enigmatic stick insect from the Philippines, unusual for a typically neotropical family. Its discovery was ta...
Corn Flea Beetle
Chaetocnema pulicaria
A very small, shiny black to bronze flea beetle with a compact, oval body. It vectors Stewart's wilt bacterium, making i...
Crawling Water Beetle
Haliplus ruficollis
A tiny, oval water beetle with a yellowish body covered in rows of dark punctures. Unlike diving beetles, it crawls slow...
Cream Wave
Scopula floslactata
A delicate cream-white moth with subtle cross-lines. Found in deciduous woodland and hedgerows. Larvae feed on dead leav...
Cream-spot Tiger Moth
Arctia villica
A striking black moth with cream-white spots and orange hindwings with dark patches....
Creosote Bush Grasshopper Bug
Bootettix argentatus
A tiny plant bug exclusively associated with creosote bush in North American deserts. Its silvery-green coloring blends ...
Creosote Bush Walkingstick
Diapheromera covilleae
A desert-adapted walkingstick that feeds on creosote bush in the American Southwest. It matches the gray-green color of ...
Creosote Lace Bug
Corythucha morrilli
A tiny lace bug with delicate, ornately patterned wings found on creosote bushes. It feeds in groups on the underside of...
Creoxylus Stick Insect
Creoxylus spinosus
A spiny neotropical stick insect with bright warning coloration. It has short, colorful wings used for startle displays....
Cretan Tiger Moth
Euplagia quadripunctaria rhodosensis
A colorful tiger moth found on Mediterranean islands including Crete and Rhodes. It has black-and-white striped forewing...
Crimson Marsh Glider
Trithemis aurora
A dazzling dragonfly where males are vivid crimson-pink with rose-tinted wing bases. Females are olive-brown. It perches...
Crimson Rose
Pachliopta hector
A striking black swallowtail with bright crimson patches on the hindwings and a red body. It is a model species for mimi...
Crimson Speckled Moth
Utetheisa pulchella
A small stunning moth with white forewings densely spotted with black and red marks. It is a strong migrant found across...
Cristina's Timema
Timema cristinae
A small, stout walking stick from California that comes in green, striped, and melanistic forms. It is a major model spe...
Cromwell Chafer Beetle
Prodontria lewisii
A small chafer beetle endemic to a tiny area near Cromwell in Central Otago, New Zealand. Adults are nocturnal and feed ...
Crowned Stick Insect
Onchestus rentzi
An Australian stick insect with distinctive crown-like structures on its head. It inhabits rainforests in tropical Queen...
Crucifer Flea Beetle
Phyllotreta cruciferae
A shiny black jumping beetle that causes shothole damage on canola and mustard seedlings. It is one of the most serious ...
Cuban Burrowing Cockroach
Byrsotria fumigata
A stocky burrowing cockroach native to Cuba. It spends most of its life underground in tropical soils....
Cuban Clear-winged Moth
Carmenta bassiformis
A wasp-mimicking moth found in Cuba with transparent wings. Its narrow body and buzzing flight closely resemble a small ...
Cuban Dagger Moth
Acronicta oblinita
A moth found in Cuba and North America whose caterpillars bear dense tufts of hair. Adults are grayish with subtle dagge...
Cuban Laurel Thrips
Gynaikothrips ficorum
A large dark thrips that causes leaf rolling on Ficus species. Colonies live inside the rolled leaves they create....
Cypress Sawfly
Monoctenus juniperi
A small sawfly with pectinate antennae in males whose green larvae feed on juniper and cypress foliage. Heavy infestatio...
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
Xanthorhoe ferrugata
A common but variable carpet moth found in gardens and hedgerows. Wing pattern ranges from pale to very dark. Larvae fee...
Death Head Hawk Moth
Acherontia lachesis
An Asian death head moth that squeaks loudly and raids bee hives for honey....
Death Head Hawkmoth
Acherontia atropos
Famous for the skull-like pattern on its thorax. Can emit a loud squeak when disturbed. Raids beehives by mimicking bee ...
Delhi Sands Flower-loving Fly
Rhaphiomidas terminatus abdominalis
A large flower fly endemic to the Delhi Sands area of San Bernardino County, California. It was the first fly to be list...
Delisle's Leaf Insect
Pulchriphyllium delislei
A leaf insect from Borneo described in recent taxonomic revisions. Females display rich green coloration with subtle bro...
Desert Blister Beetle
Epicauta puncticollis
A soft-bodied beetle that produces cantharidin, a blistering toxin, in its hemolymph. It feeds on desert wildflowers aft...
Desert Clicker Grasshopper
Ligurotettix coquilletti
A small, slender grasshopper found exclusively on creosote bushes in the Sonoran and Mojave deserts. Males produce rapid...
Desert Leaf-Cutter Ant
Acromyrmex versicolor
The only leaf-cutter ant adapted to true desert habitats in North America. It harvests leaves and flower petals to grow ...
Desert Locust
Schistocerca gregaria
Forms enormous swarms of billions that devastate crops across Africa and Asia. A single swarm can cover 1,200 square km ...
Desert Praying Mantis
Stagmomantis limbata
A medium-sized mantis common in desert and arid scrub habitats of western North America. Its coloring varies from green ...
Desert Spider Beetle
Cysteodemus armatus
A bizarre inflated blister beetle with a bulbous, metallic blue-black abdomen. It waddles slowly through the Mojave and ...
Diamondback Moth
Plutella xylostella
A tiny grayish moth with a diamond-shaped pattern along its back when wings are folded. It is the most destructive pest ...
Differential Grasshopper
Melanoplus differentialis
A large spur-throated grasshopper recognized by the herringbone pattern on its hind femora. It is a significant agricult...
Dobson's Stick Insect
Clitarchus hookeri
New Zealand's most common stick insect, found in gardens and native bush throughout the country. It ranges from bright g...
Dock Sawfly
Ametastegia glabrata
A small, shiny dark green to black sawfly with pale legs. Larvae are pale green caterpillar-like grubs that feed on dock...
Dogbane Beetle
Chrysochus auratus
An iridescent beetle displaying blue, green, copper, and crimson colors. It feeds on toxic dogbane plants and sequesters...
Douglas-fir Timema
Timema douglasi
A parthenogenetic timema that feeds on old-growth Douglas fir. All-female populations can occasionally cause noticeable ...
Downlooker Fly
Rhagio tringarius
A slender predatory fly with spotted wings that perches head-downward on vegetation waiting for prey....
Downy Leatherwing
Podabrus tomentosus
A North American soldier beetle covered in fine pubescence, found on flowers and foliage in summer. It is an effective p...
Dragon Mantis
Toxodera denticulata
A rare and bizarre-looking mantis from pristine Southeast Asian rainforests. Its elongated body and twig-like limbs make...
Dragon-Headed Katydid
Lesina intermedia
A Southeast Asian katydid with elaborate head projections resembling a dragon. Its bizarre head shape helps break up its...
Drinker Moth
Euthrix potatoria
A large golden-brown moth named because its caterpillar was observed drinking drops of dew from grass blades....
Duke of Burgundy
Hamearis lucina
A small, chequered brown and orange butterfly and Europe's only member of the metalmark family. It has declined signific...
Dusky Birch Sawfly
Croesus latitarsus
A medium-sized sawfly with an orange abdomen and black head and thorax. Larvae are yellowish-green with dark spots and f...
Dusky Cockroach
Periplaneta nigra
A dark-colored cockroach closely related to the American cockroach. It inhabits tropical forests across Africa....
Dusky-winged Fritillary
Boloria natazhati
A small fritillary butterfly with dark brown wings bearing orange spots and complex underside markings. It flies in remo...
Dwarf Thorny Stick Insect
Haaniella parva
The smallest member of the genus Haaniella, with males reaching only about 3 cm. Despite its small size, it retains the ...
Ear Moth
Amphipoea oculea
A small brown moth whose larvae bore inside grass and rush stems. Very variable in appearance. Part of a species complex...
Early Thorn
Selenia dentaria
A moth that resembles a dead leaf when at rest, with twig-like resting posture. The spring generation is larger and dark...
East African Oil Beetle
Meloe angusticollis
A large, dark blue-black beetle with a soft, swollen abdomen and short wing covers. It oozes oily orange hemolymph conta...
East African Stick Insect
Clonaria conformans
A slender, elongated stick insect with smooth green or brown body perfectly mimicking a thin twig. It sways gently when ...
Eastern Hanging Scorpionfly
Bittacus strigosus
A North American hangingfly that hunts small insects while dangling from vegetation. Females assess male quality based o...
Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth
Malacosoma americanum
A common moth whose caterpillars build conspicuous silk tents in the forks of cherry and apple trees. Colonies cooperate...
Eggplant Flea Beetle
Epitrix fuscula
A small dark beetle that creates dense shothole feeding damage on eggplant and potato leaves. Heavy infestations can stu...
Egyptian Desert Cockroach
Polyphaga aegyptiaca
A round, heavily armored cockroach found in North African and Middle Eastern deserts. It rolls into a ball when threaten...
Egyptian Grasshopper
Anacridium aegyptium
One of the largest European grasshoppers with distinctive striped eyes. It has grey-brown coloring with subtle patternin...
Eighty-eight Butterfly
Diaethria clymena
A small butterfly with striking black and white markings on its underwings that clearly spell out the number 88 or 89....
Elegant Bush Cricket
Euconocephalus nasutus
A large cone-headed katydid with bright green coloring and a sharply pointed head. It is attracted to lights at night an...
Elm Cimbicid Sawfly
Cimbex luteus
A large, pale yellowish sawfly with conspicuous knobbed antennae. It is associated with elm trees where the large green ...
Elm Leaf Beetle
Xanthogaleruca luteola
A yellowish-green beetle with dark stripes along its elytra. Both adults and larvae feed on elm leaves, sometimes causin...
Elm Leafminer
Fenusa ulmi
A sawfly whose larvae mine between the upper and lower surfaces of elm leaves. Mines appear as blotchy brown patches on ...
Elm Zigzag Sawfly
Aproceros leucopoda
A small, pale green sawfly of East Asian origin that has become invasive in Europe. Larvae create distinctive zigzag fee...
Emerald Eupholus Weevil
Eupholus cuvieri
A spectacular weevil with brilliant turquoise and black bands across its elytra. It is found only in the rainforests of ...
Engrailed Moth
Ectropis crepuscularia
A cryptic grey-brown moth with jagged crosslines and excellent bark-mimicking camouflage. It rests flat against tree tru...
Eri Silk Moth
Samia ricini
A large domesticated silk moth with chocolate-brown wings bearing crescent-shaped eyespots. It produces a durable white ...
Ericoriai Leaf Insect
Phyllium ericoriai
A Philippine leaf insect described relatively recently from Mindanao. It has notably wide abdominal lobes for its size....
Eucalyptus Psyllid
Blastopsylla occidentalis
An Australian psyllid that has become invasive in eucalyptus plantations worldwide. Nymphs produce distinctive white ler...
Eucalyptus Tortoise Beetle
Paropsis charybdis
A pale yellowish-brown beetle with dark spots on the elytra and a characteristic domed tortoise-like shape. It is a majo...
European Corn Borer
Ostrinia nubilalis
A small yellowish-brown moth that is one of the most destructive crop pests in the world. Larvae bore into corn stalks, ...
European Corn Borer Egg Parasitoid
Trichogramma ostriniae
A tiny egg parasitoid wasp native to Asia and introduced to North America for corn borer control. It searches corn leave...
European Pine Sawfly
Neodiprion sertifer
A common defoliator of pines in Europe and an invasive pest in North America. Larvae feed gregariously on older needles ...
European Seedcorn Ground Beetle
Zabrus tenebrioides
An unusual ground beetle that is herbivorous as an adult, feeding on cereal crops. Larvae are predatory and live in soil...
Evergreen Bagworm Moth
Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis
A North American bagworm whose larvae construct spindle-shaped bags covered in bits of leaves and twigs. Heavy infestati...
Excavated Rove Beetle
Omalium excavatum
A small, brownish omaline rove beetle with distinctive excavations on the pronotum. It frequents decaying vegetation and...
Fall Webworm
Hyphantria cunea
A native North American moth whose caterpillars build communal silk webs on tree branches. It has become invasive in Eur...
Fan-foot Moth
Zanclognatha tarsipennalis
A subtle brown moth with fan-shaped palps and delicate wing markings. Found in woodland where dead leaves accumulate. La...
Feathered Thorn
Colotois pennaria
An autumn-flying moth with warm orange-brown wings and males bearing dramatically feathered antennae. It flies late in t...
Fenshuiling Stick Insect
Neohirasea fenshuilingensis
A recently described stick insect from the Fenshuiling Nature Reserve in China. It has dark brown coloring and a slender...
Field Cockroach
Blattella vaga
A small cockroach similar to the German cockroach but with a dark face. It lives outdoors in irrigated areas of the sout...
Fig Wasp
Ceratosolen fusciceps
A tiny wasp that pollinates a single species of fig in an obligate mutualism....
Figwort Weevil
Cionus scrophulariae
A globular weevil with checkerboard black and white patterning found on figwort and mullein. Larvae feed externally on l...
Fiji Swallowtail
Papilio schmeltzi
A swallowtail butterfly endemic to the Fiji Islands in the South Pacific. It inhabits native forest edges and clearings ...
Firethorn Leaf Miner
Phyllonorycter leucographella
A tiny moth whose larvae create blister mines on pyracantha leaves. Originally from southern Europe, it has spread rapid...
Five-spotted Burnet
Zygaena trifolii
A small day-flying moth with glossy blue-black forewings bearing five red spots and entirely red hindwings. It is found ...
Flame Carpet Moth
Xanthorhoe designata
A small, attractive geometer moth with pinkish-brown and dark banding creating a flame-like pattern. Associated with cru...
Flat-headed Mayfly
Epeorus assimilis
A stream-dwelling mayfly nymph with a flattened body for clinging to rocks in rapids....
Flat-tailed Leaf-cutter Bee
Megachile mendica
A medium-sized leaf-cutter bee with pale abdominal hair bands. It provisions its nest cells with carefully cut pieces of...
Flea Beetle
Altica oleracea
Tiny jumping beetles with enlarged hind femora for leaping. Named for their flea-like jumping ability. Many species are ...
Fleabane Tortoise Beetle
Cassida murraea
A striking red-brown and black tortoise beetle associated with fleabane plants. Has characteristic dark markings on the ...
Foam Grasshopper
Dictyophorus spumans
A large black and red grasshopper that produces a foul-smelling toxic foam when disturbed. It is one of Africa's most re...
Forest Barklouse
Caecilius fuscopterus
A common bark louse found on the bark and foliage of trees across Europe. It has distinctive dark-bordered wings....
Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth
Malacosoma disstria
A widespread North American moth whose caterpillars defoliate vast areas of hardwood forest. Despite the name, they form...
Formosan Green Lacewing
Chrysopa formosa
A widespread Asian lacewing often found in lowland habitats. Recognized by dark markings on the face and vertex....
Fox Moth
Macrothylacia rubi
A richly colored russet-brown moth. The large hairy black caterpillar is commonly seen crossing paths in autumn....
Foxglove Pug
Eupithecia pulchellata
A small moth whose larvae feed exclusively inside foxglove flowers. Well-camouflaged with subtle brown markings. Found w...
Freyi Dead Leaf Mantis
Brancsikia freyi
A recently described dead leaf mantis closely related to B. aeroplana but distinguished by subtle differences in wing ve...
Frit Fly
Oscinella frit
A tiny fly that is a major pest of oat crops and ryegrass. Larvae bore into plant stems causing 'dead heart'. Named from...
Fulvous Forest Skimmer
Neurothemis fulvia
A beautiful dragonfly showing dramatic sexual dimorphism. Males have rich amber-orange wings with dark tips, while femal...
Fulvous Wood Cockroach
Parcoblatta fulvescens
A small tawny-colored wood cockroach from the southeastern United States. It is typically found in pine forests and sand...
Fuscipes Tsetse Fly
Glossina fuscipes
A small riverine tsetse fly that is the major vector of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense in Central and East Africa. It inha...
Galapagos Flightless Katydid
Nesoecia cooksoni
A large flightless katydid endemic to the Galapagos Islands. Part of the archipelagos remarkable pattern where 74% of en...
Garden Bumblebee
Bombus hortorum
A long-tongued bumblebee with three yellow bands and a white tail. Specializes in deep tubular flowers....
Garden Carpet
Xanthorhoe fluctuata
A very common garden moth with variable grey and white patterning. Double-brooded with adults flying from April to Octob...
Garden Tiger Moth
Arctia caja
A boldly patterned moth with chocolate-and-white forewings and red-spotted hindwings....
Giant Amazonian Katydid
Stilpnochlora couloniana
A very large bright green katydid with wings shaped like a broad tropical leaf. It is one of the largest katydids in Sou...
Giant Bornean Walking Stick
Tirachoidea jianfenglingensis
A very large, robust stick insect with a heavily textured green or brown body covered in small tubercles. Females are bu...
Giant Burrowing Cockroach
Macropanesthia rhinoceros
The worlds heaviest cockroach species at up to 35 grams and 80 mm long. Native to Australia, it digs permanent burrows u...
Giant Caddisfly
Phryganea grandis
The largest European caddisfly with mottled brown-and-cream wings spanning up to 60 mm. Its larvae build portable cases ...
Giant Grasshopper
Valanga irregularis
The largest grasshopper in Australia, with females reaching impressive sizes. It is a strong flier that sometimes causes...
Giant Leaf Insect
Phyllium giganteum
One of the largest leaf insects in the world, with a spectacularly flattened body that perfectly mimics a green leaf com...
Giant Long-Legged Katydid
Macrolyristes corporalis
One of the largest katydids in the world with a leg span exceeding 25 cm. Found in the rainforests of Malaysia, it is no...
Giant Prickly Stick Insect
Extatosoma tiaratum
Large Australian stick insect with lobed legs resembling leaves. Females drop eggs that mimic seeds — ants carry them un...
Giant Red-winged Grasshopper
Tropidacris cristata
One of the largest grasshoppers in the world, with a wingspan exceeding 20 cm. Its hindwings are vivid red with a dark b...
Giant Spiny Stick Insect
Haaniella dehaanii
A massive dark brown stick insect with prominent spines and a thick cylindrical body. Females are exceptionally heavy-bo...
Giant Stag Beetle of Chile
Chiasognathus grantii
A spectacular stag beetle with enormous mandibles found in temperate Valdivian forests. Males use their long jaws to wre...
Giant Stick Insect
Phobaeticus kirbyi
A very large stick insect from Borneo with extremely elongated legs. Males are slender and capable of flight with their ...
Giant Stonefly
Pteronarcys californica
Large aquatic insects whose nymphs require pristine, cold, oxygen-rich streams. Adults are poor fliers and stay near wat...
Giant Swamp Leaf Beetle
Donacia provostii
One of the larger species of reed beetle, with a metallic golden-green to coppery body and distinctive long antennae. Ad...
Giant Walkingstick
Megaphasma denticrus
The longest insect native to North America at up to 180 mm. Completely wingless and nocturnal. Named for small spines un...
Gila Monster Beetle
Cysteodemus wislizeni
A round, metallic purple-blue blister beetle of the Chihuahuan Desert. It produces cantharidin as a powerful chemical de...
Giraffe Weevil
Trachelophorus giraffa
Named for its extraordinary elongated neck, which is 2-3 times longer in males. Found only in Madagascar. Males use thei...
Gladiolus Thrips
Thrips simplex
A specialist pest of gladiolus and related plants, causing silvery streaking on leaves and flower damage. It can survive...
Glanville Fritillary
Melitaea cinxia
An orange and black chequered butterfly confined in Britain to the Isle of Wight's coastal cliffs. It was named after La...
Globular Springtail
Sminthurus viridis
A round-bodied green springtail found in grasslands and agricultural fields. It can become a pest of clover and alfalfa ...
Glorious Beetle
Chrysina gloriosa
A spectacular scarab beetle with brilliant metallic green body and silver stripes on the elytra. It is found in juniper ...
Golden Carpenter Ant
Camponotus sericeiventris
A striking large ant with dense golden or silvery pubescence covering its gaster, giving it a metallic sheen. Workers ar...
Golden Christmas Beetle
Anoplognathus aureus
A brilliant golden-coloured scarab beetle that emerges in large numbers during the Australian summer. Adults feed on euc...
Golden Emperor
Loepa megacore
A bright golden-yellow silk moth with maroon eyespots ringed in black on each wing. It has a fluffy golden body and feat...
Golden Pergid Sawfly
Perga gravenhorstii
A large Australian sawfly with distinctive golden-orange coloring and dark wing venation. Larvae are gregarious spitfire...
Golden Reed Beetle
Donacia vulgaris
A slender, metallic beetle with golden to coppery-green coloration and elongated antennae. It is commonly found resting ...
Golden Target Tortoise Beetle
Aspidomorpha miliaris
A beautiful golden tortoise beetle with concentric dark markings on the elytra resembling a target or bullseye pattern. ...
Golden Tortoise Beetle
Charidotella sexpunctata
Looks like a tiny golden jewel. Can change color from gold to reddish-brown by controlling moisture in microscopic layer...
Golden-backed Snipe Fly
Chrysopilus thoracicus
A striking fly with golden thoracic hairs and dark wings that rests head-down on foliage. Larvae are predators in soil a...
Goliath Stick Insect
Eurycnema goliath
Australias largest stick insect at up to 250 mm. Females are vivid green with small red wings they flash in threat displ...
Gooseberry Sawfly
Nematus ribesii
The most destructive insect pest of gooseberry and red currant bushes in Europe. Larvae can strip bushes completely of l...
Gothic Moth
Naenia typica
A dark brown moth with intricate pale crosslines and markings resembling Gothic architecture. It is increasingly scarce ...
Grain Aphid
Sitobion avenae
A major pest of cereal crops in Europe and other temperate regions. It feeds on ears and leaves, reducing grain quality ...
Grain Thrips
Limothrips cerealium
A widespread pest of cereal crops including wheat, barley, and oats. Adults are dark brown and migrate in swarms during ...
Granulated Pygmy Grasshopper
Tetrix arenosa
A granular-textured pygmy grasshopper found on sandy and gravelly substrates in North America. Its rough body surface en...
Grape Flea Beetle
Altica chalybea
A small, metallic dark blue beetle with enlarged jumping legs that feeds on grape buds and young foliage. It can cause s...
Grapevine Beetle
Pelidnota punctata
A handsome tan-colored scarab with dark spots on its elytra, found in eastern North America. Adults feed on grapevine fo...
Grass Sawfly
Pachynematus clitellatus
A small, inconspicuous greenish sawfly associated with grasses. Larvae are smooth, pale green and feed on various meadow...
Gray Bird Grasshopper
Schistocerca nitens
A large, strong-flying grasshopper of arid western North America. It is closely related to the desert locust but does no...
Gray's Thorny Stick Insect
Haaniella grayii
A large thorny stick insect named after the zoologist John Edward Gray. It inhabits the dense rainforests of Borneo....
Great Eggfly
Hypolimnas bolina
A striking tropical butterfly in which males are jet black with large iridescent white-blue spots. Females are variable ...
Great Mormon
Papilio memnon
A large swallowtail butterfly where females come in multiple dramatically different forms mimicking various toxic butter...
Great Mullein Weevil
Cionus thapsus
A small rounded weevil found exclusively on great mullein plants. Similar to the figwort weevil but associated with diff...
Great Orange Tip
Hebomoia glaucippe
The largest pierid butterfly in the world with white wings bearing brilliant orange tips. It has a fast powerful flight....
Great Red Sedge
Phryganea striata
A large cinnamon-colored caddisfly with distinctive striped wings, well known to European anglers. It hatches in early s...
Great Yellow Bumblebee
Bombus distinguendus
A large strikingly yellow bumblebee with a band of darker hair. One of the rarest bumblebees in Britain....
Green Alder Sawfly
Monsoma pulveratum
A pale green sawfly that blends well with alder foliage. Larvae are translucent green and feed on the undersides of alde...
Green Bean Stick Insect
Diapherodes gigantea
A large, thick-bodied bright green stick insect from the Caribbean. Females are heavy and wingless while males are slend...
Green Cockroach
Panchlora viridis
A small, bright green cockroach found in tropical forests of northern Australia and the Pacific. Its vivid coloring prov...
Green Dock Beetle
Gastrophysa viridula
A small, brilliant metallic green beetle that feeds on dock and sorrel plants. Gravid females have enormously swollen ab...
Green Flatid Planthopper
Flatormenis proxima
A delicate bright green planthopper with broad, leaf-like wings held tent-like over the body. When grouped on a stem, mu...
Green Hairstreak
Callophrys rubi
A small butterfly with plain brown uppersides but stunning iridescent green undersides. It always rests with wings close...
Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil
Polydrusus formosus
A small, brilliant metallic green beetle covered in tiny iridescent scales that produce its striking coloration. It is n...
Green Milkweed Leaf Beetle
Labidomera clivicollis
A large, handsome beetle with blue-black elytra marked with orange to cream-colored spots and a blue-black pronotum. It ...
Green Nettle Weevil
Phyllobius pomaceus
A bright metallic green weevil covered in iridescent scales, commonly found on nettles. The green scales wear off with a...
Green Oak Tortrix
Tortrix viridana
A small bright green moth with pale hindwings that is the most important oak defoliator in Europe. Outbreak years can tu...
Green Tortoise Beetle
Cassida viridis
A broadly oval, flattened beetle that is bright green in life, with transparent margins around the pronotum and elytra. ...
Green-legged Sawfly
Perga dorsalis
An Australian pergid whose larvae feed gregariously on eucalyptus foliage. Heavy defoliation can stress and weaken young...
Greenhouse Thrips
Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis
A dark-bodied thrips that feeds on a wide range of ornamental and subtropical fruit plants. It produces distinctive dark...
Gum Leaf Skeletoniser
Uraba lugens
A small moth whose caterpillars are known for retaining their shed head capsules stacked on top of each other, forming a...
Gum-Tree Pergid Sawfly
Perga polita
A robust Australian sawfly with a dark, polished body. Its gregarious larvae cluster on eucalyptus branches and produce ...
Gumleaf Grasshopper
Goniaea australasiae
A well-camouflaged grasshopper whose flattened body and brown coloring perfectly mimic a dead eucalyptus leaf. It remain...
Gypsy Moth
Lymantria dispar
A sexually dimorphic moth where males are brown and can fly, while females are white with dark markings and are flightle...
Hadda Beetle
Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata
A herbivorous ladybug with a pale orange body bearing 28 black spots, unlike most ladybugs which are predatory. It is a ...
Hainan Stick Insect
Ramulus hainanense
A slender green stick insect found on Hainan Island in southern China. It feeds on tropical broadleaf vegetation....
Hairy Panther Ant
Neoponera obscuricornis
A medium-sized ponerine ant with dense body pubescence and a powerful sting. Workers are solitary predators that hunt on...
Halloween Pennant
Celithemis eponina
A distinctive dragonfly with boldly patterned orange and brown bands across its wings. It perches at the tips of vegetat...
Hanging Thief Robber Fly
Diogmites platypterus
A slender, elongate robber fly that hangs from vegetation by its front legs while feeding. It has long dangling legs and...
Harlequin Bug Leaf Beetle
Platyphora ligata
A striking Neotropical leaf beetle with metallic blue-black elytra bordered with bright orange-red markings. It is found...
Hastatus Mound Termite
Tumulitermes hastilis
An Australian nasute termite that builds small, spire-shaped mounds in northern tropical regions. Colonies are moderate-...
Hausleitner's Leaf Insect
Cryptophyllium limogesi
A recently described leaf insect from Vietnam placed in the new genus Cryptophyllium. It has a distinctly angular thorax...
Hawaiian Tree Snail Predator Beetle
Oodemas laysanensis
A small leaf beetle endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. It feeds on native vegetation in dry shrubland habitats....
Hazel Leaf-Roller Weevil
Apoderus coryli
A small red and black weevil that rolls hazel leaves into neat cigar-shaped tubes for its eggs. The rolled leaf provides...
Hazel Sawfly
Croesus septentrionalis
A medium-sized sawfly with an orange abdomen and dark thorax. The bluish-green larvae with black heads feed gregariously...
Heath Grasshopper
Chorthippus vagans
A small brown grasshopper confined to heathland. One of the rarest grasshoppers in Britain....
Hebrew Character
Orthosia gothica
A spring-flying moth with a distinctive black C-shaped marking on each forewing that resembles a Hebrew letter. It is on...
Helena Gum Moth
Opodiphthera helena
A beautiful saturniid moth with pinkish-brown wings marked with bold eyespots. It is found in eucalyptus forests of sout...
Hemiandrus Ground Weta
Hemiandrus maculifrons
A New Zealand ground weta that is one of the very few orthopterans showing maternal care. Females guard their eggs and n...
Heracles Leaf Insect
Pulchriphyllium heracles
A recently described leaf insect from Vietnam named for the Greek hero Heracles. It is a large species with striking ven...
Herald Moth
Scoliopteryx libatrix
A distinctive moth with scalloped wing edges and orange patches that hibernates in caves, cellars, and outbuildings. One...
Hercules Moth of South America
Copaxa multifenestrata
A large silk moth with brown wings bearing multiple translucent windows that give it its species name. The wing margins ...
Hickory Horned Devil
Citheronia regalis
The largest caterpillar in North America at up to 150 mm, with dramatic curved horns and fearsome appearance. Despite lo...
Hispine Rolled-leaf Beetle
Cephaloleia vagelineata
A flattened, elongate beetle adapted to living inside rolled-up young leaves of Heliconia plants. Its body is dorsoventr...
Honeysuckle Sawfly
Zaraea fasciata
A moderately large sawfly with clubbed antennae and a dark body with pale markings. It is closely associated with honeys...
Hooded Leaf Katydid
Phyllophorella queenslandica
An Australian katydid with a dramatically expanded pronotum that covers its head like a hood. The entire body mimics a c...
Hop Flea Beetle
Psylliodes attenuata
A small bronze flea beetle that feeds on hops and hemp. Can cause economic damage to hop gardens. Adults create characte...
Horned Treehopper
Centrotus cornutus
A European treehopper with two prominent lateral horns projecting from the pronotum. Its dark brown body and horn-like p...
Horse Chestnut Leaf-miner
Cameraria ohridella
A tiny moth that has devastated horse chestnut trees across Europe since its discovery in 1985. Larvae mine inside leave...
Horse-head Grasshopper
Pseudoproscopia scabra
An extremely elongated grasshopper with a head shaped like a miniature horse head....
Hujiayao's Stick Insect
Neohirasea hujiayaoi
A small stick insect from the subtropical forests of China. It is distinguished from related species by subtle differenc...
Ilex Hairstreak
Satyrium ilicis
A small dark brown butterfly with an orange band on the underside of its hindwings and a tiny tail projection. It is str...
Indian Moon Moth
Actias selene
A large, elegant moth with pale green wings, long hindwing tails, and maroon-bordered eyespots. It is closely related to...
Indian Stick Insect
Carausius morosus
One of the most commonly kept stick insects in the world, originating from southern India. It reproduces almost entirely...
Indian Tussock Moth
Euproctis lunata
A yellow-brown moth with a distinctive dark crescent marking on the forewings. Its brightly colored, hairy caterpillars ...
Indian Walking Leaf
Pulchriphyllium bioculatum
An extraordinary leaf-mimicking insect with a broad, flattened green body that closely resembles a leaf complete with ve...
Iris Sawfly
Rhadinoceraea micans
A small, metallic blue-black sawfly whose grayish larvae with dark heads feed along the edges of iris leaves, producing ...
Irregular Weevil
Otiorhynchus sensitivus
A flightless alpine weevil found on exposed mountain slopes. Adults emerge in summer to feed on low-growing alpine cushi...
Isabella Tiger Moth
Pyrrharctia isabella
A plain orange-yellow moth with scattered black spots. Its caterpillar is the famous woolly bear a fuzzy black and brown...
Island Marble Butterfly
Euchloe ausonides insulanus
A small white butterfly with green marbled undersides found only on San Juan Island, Washington. It was presumed extinct...
Italian Locust
Calliptamus italicus
A medium-sized locust with pink hindwings found across southern Europe and Central Asia. It favors dry, warm habitats an...
Italian Stick Insect
Bacillus atticus
A small Mediterranean stick insect found in southern Europe. It is notable for its complex reproductive biology involvin...
Japanese Bagworm Moth
Eumeta variegata
Known as 'minomushi' in Japanese, the caterpillar builds a distinctive portable case from silk, twigs, and leaves. Adult...
Japanese Beetle
Popillia japonica
An iridescent green and copper beetle that skeletonizes leaves of over 300 plant species. Larvae are white grubs that da...
Japanese Bell Cricket
Meloimorpha japonica
A small brown cricket revered in Japanese culture for its beautiful tinkling bell-like song. It has been bred and sold a...
Japanese Earwig
Anechura harmandi
A montane earwig found in the mountains of Japan, known for extreme maternal care. Females guard eggs and first-instar n...
Japanese Leaf Beetle
Lilioceris merdigera
A small, bright red beetle similar in appearance to the scarlet lily beetle but with red legs instead of black. It is co...
Japanese Luehdorfia
Luehdorfia japonica
A rare spring-flying swallowtail butterfly endemic to Japan. Named 'spring goddess' in Japanese. Has declined severely d...
Japanese Luna Moth
Actias gnoma
A smaller Japanese moon moth known as 'o-mizuao-ga,' with elegant pale green wings and long tail streamers. Found in mou...
Japanese Lunar Moth
Actias aliena
A beautiful pale green moon moth found in Japan, known as 'o-mizuao.' Features long, elegant tail streamers on the hindw...
Japanese Maple Sawfly
Megalodontes cephalotes
A colorful web-spinning sawfly with a large head, bright orange body, and distinctive long antennae. It is associated wi...
Japanese Moon Moth
Actias artemis
A delicate pale green moon moth with elegant hindwing tails found only in Japan. It flies during the brief early summer ...
Japanese Pine Cricket
Xenogryllus marmoratus
Known as 'matsumushi' in Japanese, this cricket produces a distinctive high-pitched chirp. Along with the bell cricket, ...
Japanese Silk Moth
Antheraea yamamai
A large wild silk moth native to Japan with striking yellow-brown wings bearing prominent eyespots. Its silk was histori...
Japanese Stick Insect
Ramulus mikado
Known as 'nanafushi' in Japanese, meaning 'seven-jointed.' An elongated, twig-mimicking insect that is nearly invisible ...
Javanese Leaf Insect
Phyllium bioculatum
A remarkable leaf mimic with a broad, flat green body, complete with realistic leaf veins, midrib, and even fake bite ma...
Jersey Tiger
Euplagia quadripunctaria
A day-flying moth with striking black and white striped forewings and bright orange hindwings. It gathers in massive agg...
Jewel Frog Beetle
Sagra longicollis
A spectacular metallic beetle with colors ranging from deep red to purple and green. Males have greatly enlarged hind fe...
Jewelled Frog Beetle
Sagra buqueti
A brilliantly metallic leaf beetle with enlarged hind legs resembling a frog's. Males use their powerful legs in combat ...
Jungle Nymph
Heteropteryx dilatata
One of the heaviest stick insects, with females weighing up to 65 grams. Females are bright green with small wings; male...
Juniper Hairstreak
Callophrys gryneus
A small green hairstreak butterfly with intricate white line patterns on its hindwing underside. Its bright green unders...
Kaikoura Giant Weta
Deinacrida parva
One of the smaller species of giant weta, endemic to the Seaward Kaikoura Range in the South Island of New Zealand. Desp...
Katanga Squeaker
Brachytrupes membranaceus
A very large burrowing cricket with a broad head and powerful jaws. It digs deep vertical burrows up to 50cm deep. Males...
Kauai Flightless Stag Beetle
Apterocyclus honoluluensis
A flightless stag beetle endemic to the island of Kauai in Hawaii. Larvae develop in rotting logs of native trees....
Kentish Glory Moth
Endromis versicolora
A day-flying moth once widespread in England but now extinct there....
Kenyan Stick Insect
Bactrododema tiaratum
A large, robust stick insect with a spiny, bark-like body and short wings. Males are much smaller and more slender than ...
Klamath Weed Beetle
Chrysolina quadrigemina
A dark bronze to coppery-brown beetle with a convex, heavily punctured body. It was introduced to control the invasive K...
Knotgrass Leaf Beetle
Chrysolina hyperici
A rounded, metallic bronze to coppery-green beetle that was introduced to control St. John's wort. It has a smooth, conv...
Lace Bug
Corythucha ciliata
A tiny bug with extraordinary lace-like transparent wing covers that resemble intricate stained glass windows. It feeds ...
Lackey Moth
Malacosoma neustria
A pale tawny moth whose colorful striped caterpillars spin communal silk tents on trees....
Lana'i Sandalwood Moth
Iliahia pahulu
A critically endangered moth discovered in 2026, known only from a small grove of roughly 30 sandalwood trees on the isl...
Lange's Metalmark Butterfly
Apodemia mormo langei
A small metalmark butterfly found only at Antioch Dunes in California. Its larvae feed exclusively on naked-stemmed buck...
Lappet Moth
Gastropacha quercifolia
A moth that rests with wings layered to perfectly resemble a cluster of dead leaves....
Large Alderfly
Sialis nigripes
A relatively large alderfly with dark wings and black legs found near rivers in eastern North America. Adults rest on st...
Large Birch Cimbicid
Cimbex connatus
A very large sawfly, closely related to C. femoratus, with a massive body and distinctly clubbed antennae. Adults vary i...
Large Bloody-nosed Beetle
Timarcha goettingensis
A somewhat smaller relative of Timarcha tenebricosa, with a similarly rounded, convex, black body and fused wing cases. ...
Large Case Moth
Metura elongatus
A bagworm moth whose larva builds a distinctive silk case covered in sticks and leaves. The wingless female never leaves...
Large Emerald
Geometra papilionaria
A beautiful bright green moth with delicate white wavy lines across both wings. Its green color fades to whitish after d...
Large Fruit-tree Tortrix
Archips podana
A relatively large tortricid with reddish-brown males and paler females. It is a common pest in orchards where larvae we...
Large Oak Cynipid
Cynips quercusfolii
A gall wasp that induces cherry-sized galls on the undersides of oak leaves. The galls turn from green to red as they ma...
Large Rose Sawfly
Arge pagana
A conspicuous sawfly whose larvae skeletonize rose leaves in gardens and parks. Adults are stout and black with an orang...
Larger Elm Leaf Beetle
Monocesta coryli
A robust, bright yellowish-orange beetle with darker wing tips that feeds on a variety of deciduous trees. When handled,...
Leaf-rolling Cricket
Gryllacris sigillata
A large nocturnal cricket that silks together leaves to create a daytime retreat....
Leaf-Rolling Rose Sawfly
Blennocampa phyllocolpa
A tiny black sawfly that causes rose leaflets to roll downward into tight cylinders. The larva feeds inside the rolled l...
Leaf-rolling Weevil
Attelabus nitens
A small bright red weevil that cuts and rolls oak leaves into barrel-shaped cradles for its eggs with geometric precisio...
Lepidostoma Leaf Caddis
Lepidostoma quercinum
A caddisfly named for its association with oak-leaf-rich streams. Larvae build tidy rectangular cases from leaf squares....
Lesser Yellow Underwing
Noctua comes
Similar to the Large Yellow Underwing but smaller with more orange-yellow hindwings. Very common in gardens and attracte...
Letiranti's Leaf Insect
Phyllium letiranti
A leaf insect found in the Maluku Islands of Indonesia. It has subtly serrated leaf margins on its abdominal lobes....
Lichen Katydid
Dysonia sp. (Dysonia magdalenae)
A Central American katydid with a mottled gray-green body that perfectly mimics lichen on bark. It is nearly invisible w...
Lichen Moth of New Zealand
Declana floccosa
A beautifully camouflaged moth endemic to New Zealand that resembles a patch of lichen when resting on bark. Both the wi...
Lichen-Bark Katydid
Markia hystrix
A Neotropical katydid covered in spine-like projections that mimic lichen or moss. Its body is green with textured growt...
Lichen-mimicking Stick Insect
Pseudodiacantha macklottii
A large stick insect with a rough textured body covered in small outgrowths that mimic lichen. Its greenish-gray colorin...
Light Brown Apple Moth
Epiphyas postvittana
A small variable brown moth native to Australia that has invaded several continents. It feeds on over 500 plant species,...
Lily Beetle
Lilioceris lilii
A bright scarlet beetle that is a destructive pest of lilies and fritillaries. Larvae camouflage themselves by covering ...
Lime Hawk-moth
Mimas tiliae
A beautifully scalloped hawk-moth with variable pink-green to brown colouration and dark central wing bands. Adults do n...
Lime-speck Pug
Eupithecia centaureata
A small whitish moth with a distinctive dark spot on each forewing. One of the most widespread pug moths. Larvae feed on...
Lined Tiger Moth
Grammia virgo
A boldly patterned moth with black forewings bearing thin cream stripes and bright pinkish-red hindwings with black patc...
Lipothrix Springtail
Lipothrix lubbocki
A tiny globular springtail found on vegetation and leaf litter surfaces. It has a compact round body typical of the fami...
Lobster Moth
Stauropus fagi
A moth whose young caterpillar mimics an ant and mature caterpillar resembles a lobster....
Long-legged Fly
Dolichopus ungulatus
A small, slender fly with a brilliant metallic green body and long, thin legs. Males have modified leg structures used i...
Long-winged Barklouse
Ectopsocus briggsi
A widespread bark louse found on tree trunks and dead leaves across Europe and introduced to other continents. It has lo...
Longipes Termite
Longipeditermes longipes
A Southeast Asian soil-feeding termite notable for its exceptionally long legs relative to body size. Workers forage in ...
Lopaphus Stick Insect
Lopaphus sphalerus
A medium-sized stick insect from Southeast Asia with small wings. It has a smooth body and relatively long antennae....
Lord Howe Island Beetle
Anoplognathus macleayi
A scarab beetle endemic to Lord Howe Island with metallic green coloring. It has suffered severe decline due to introduc...
Lord Howe Island Stick Insect
Dryococelus australis
Once thought extinct after rats were introduced in 1918, a tiny population was rediscovered in 2001 on Balls Pyramid, a ...
Lotis Blue Butterfly
Lycaeides argyrognomon lotis
A small blue butterfly historically found in sphagnum bog habitats in coastal Mendocino County, California. It has not b...
Luminous Click Beetle
Pyrearinus candelarius
A bioluminescent click beetle from South American tropical forests. Its larvae often inhabit termite mounds where their ...
Macedonian Grayling
Pseudochazara cingovskii
A rare grayling butterfly found only on a few limestone hillsides in North Macedonia. It flies low over rocky ground in ...
Macleay's Spectre
Extatosoma popa
A large, leaf-mimicking phasmid closely related to the giant prickly stick insect. Its body is covered in lobed projecti...
Macrosoma conifera
Macrosoma conifera
Small grayish-white moth-butterfly with narrow pointed wings. Inhabits forest understory and is active only at night....
Macrosoma hyacinthina
Macrosoma hyacinthina
Small moth-butterfly with a subtle blue-violet sheen on fresh specimens. Named for the hyacinth-like coloring visible in...
Madagascan Bent-toed Gecko Mantis
Brancsikia aeroplana
A rare and unusual mantis endemic to Madagascar with flattened lobes on its legs. It closely mimics dried leaves on the ...
Madagascan Giant Pill Bug
Zoosphaerium blandum
A giant pill millipede from Madagascar that rolls into a smooth, hard ball when disturbed. They play an important role i...
Madagascan Green Lynx Spider Beetle
Trachelophorus cornutus
A close relative of the giraffe weevil found in Madagascar with a shorter neck. Males use their elongated necks in comba...
Madagascan Marbled Mantis
Polyspilota griffinii
A large mantis with marbled green and brown wing covers. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its mottled coloring provides exce...
Madagascan Moon Moth
Argema mittrei male form
The male form has exceptionally long tail streamers that can exceed 15 cm. These tails spin in flight, confusing bat ech...
Madagascan Tiger Moth
Radiarctia rhodesiana
A colorful tiger moth found in Madagascar with orange and black wing patterns. It advertises its toxicity through bright...
Madagascar Tortoise Beetle
Aspidimorpha furcata
A rounded, dome-shaped beetle with transparent margins around the elytra that make it look like a tiny tortoise shell. T...
Madeiran Large White
Pieris brassicae wollastoni
A subspecies of the large white butterfly that was endemic to Madeira. It has not been reliably recorded since the 1970s...
Mahoenui Giant Weta
Deinacrida mahoenui
A critically threatened giant weta originally surviving in a single patch of introduced gorse scrub. It is brown with li...
Malabar Large White
Pieris brassicae mahometana
A rare subspecies of the Large White butterfly endemic to the Western Ghats of India. Found only in high-altitude forest...
Malabar Monkey Grasshopper
Eumastax nalandensis
A small, colorful grasshopper found in the Western Ghats of India, associated with monsoon forest habitats. It has chara...
Malachite Butterfly
Siproeta stelenes
A large butterfly with striking black and brilliant malachite green patterning on both wing surfaces. It has a slow grac...
Malacomorpha Walkingstick
Malacomorpha cylindrica
A cylindrical, smooth-bodied walkingstick from the Caribbean and Central America. It has a distinctive elongated shape w...
Malagasy Atlas Moth
Epiphora bauhiniae
A large silk moth with rich chestnut and cream wings bearing translucent triangular windows. The wings have scalloped ma...
Malagasy Ghost Mantis
Phyllocrania illudens
A small mantis with elaborate leaf-like extensions on its head, thorax, and legs that make it nearly invisible among dea...
Malagasy Leaf Beetle
Chrysomela madagascariensis
A small, rounded beetle with a brilliant metallic green to golden body. It feeds on foliage and can be found in aggregat...
Malagasy Litterhopper
Valalyllum folium
A recently described pygmy grasshopper from Madagascar known only from the Belanono forest. Its flattened body perfectly...
Malagasy Paper Wasp
Polistes olivaceus
A slender wasp with an olive-brown body, long dangling legs, and narrow waist. It builds small, exposed paper nests from...
Malagasy Praying Stick Insect
Achrioptera punctipes
A large stick insect with spotted legs and a green to brown body covered in small spiny tubercles. Females are considera...
Malagasy Processionary Moth
Anaphe madagascariensis
A pale silky white moth whose caterpillars march in long head-to-tail processions through the forest. The larvae are cov...
Malagasy Spiny Leaf Insect
Phyllium malagassum
A remarkable leaf insect with a broad, flat green body that exactly mimics a living leaf, complete with mid-ribs, veins,...
Malagasy Walking Stick
Achrioptera impennis
A large, wingless stick insect with a robust green body covered in small tubercles and spiny projections. Females can re...
Malayan Stick Insect
Phobaeticus serratipes
An extremely long stick insect with serrated legs that was once the longest known insect. Females can reach over 300 mm ...
Malaysian Katydid
Ancylecha fenestrata
A large bright green katydid with a distinctive transparent window in each forewing. It is commonly found in tropical ga...
Malaysian Moon Moth
Actias maenas
A large, pale green silk moth with long, twisted tails on the hindwings. The wings are adorned with translucent eyespots...
Malaysian Orchid Mantis
Helvia cardinalis
A vividly colored mantis found in Malaysian rainforests with red and green coloration. It blends in among tropical flowe...
Maldives Coconut Moth
Opisina arenosella
A small moth whose larvae feed on coconut palm leaves across the Indian Ocean. It is a significant pest in the Maldives ...
Maltese Freshwater Crab Spider Beetle
Akis spinosa
A spiny darkling beetle found on Malta and other Mediterranean islands. It has prominent ridges and spines along its ely...
Mantidfly
Mantispa styriaca
A remarkable insect with raptorial forelegs strikingly similar to a praying mantis, a textbook example of convergent evo...
Mariana Eight-spot Butterfly
Hypolimnas octocula marianensis
A butterfly subspecies endemic to the Mariana Islands in the western Pacific. It has suffered from habitat destruction a...
Marsh Damsel Bug
Nabis limbatus
A small, slender predatory bug found in damp grassland and marshy areas. Ambushes prey on vegetation. Both nymphs and ad...
Marsh Treader
Hydrometra stagnorum
An extremely slender, stick-like bug with a greatly elongated head. It walks slowly across floating vegetation and water...
Mascarene Spreadwing
Lestes auripennis
A rare damselfly endemic to Mauritius and Reunion in the Mascarene Islands. It breeds in slow-flowing streams with overh...
Matchstick Grasshopper
Eumastax vittata
A tiny colorful grasshopper with an extremely slender body resembling a matchstick....
Mauritius Blue Pigeon Beetle
Cratopus sumptuosus
A colorful weevil endemic to Mauritius covered in metallic green and blue scales. It feeds on the leaves of native and i...
Mauritius Fody Beetle
Cratopus exquisitus
An ornately scaled weevil endemic to Mauritius with iridescent green and copper markings. It is found primarily in uplan...
Mauritius Lowland Forest Day Moth
Agarista agricola
A day-flying moth with black wings marked by white and orange patches. Found on Mauritius and neighboring Indian Ocean i...
Meadow Brown
Maniola jurtina
The most abundant butterfly in Britain, a brown species with a single eyespot on each forewing....
Meadow Quedius
Quedius curtipennis
A common rove beetle of grasslands and meadows with shortened wing cases exposing the flexible abdomen. Found in grass t...
Mediterranean Stick Insect
Bacillus rossius
A slender brown or green stick insect common around the Mediterranean. It is one of the few stick insects native to Euro...
Mediterranean Webspinner
Haploembia solieri
A small, brown webspinner native to the Mediterranean region. It constructs silk tunnels on rocks and walls, and reprodu...
Melon Thrips
Thrips palmi
A pale yellow thrips and serious pest of cucurbits and solanaceous crops. It is a quarantine pest in many countries....
Merveille du Jour
Griposia aprilina
A strikingly camouflaged moth with green and black lichen-like patterning on its forewings. It rests on oak bark where i...
Metallic Eumolpine Beetle
Chrysochus asclepiadeus
A brilliant metallic dark blue to violet beetle closely related to the North American dogbane beetles. It is found on vi...
Metallic Green Leaf Beetle
Plagiodera versicolora
A small, rounded beetle with shiny metallic blue-green to dark green elytra. It is one of the most common willow-feeding...
Metallic Leaf Beetle
Chrysolina polita
A medium-sized beetle with richly burnished copper-red to bronze elytra and a metallic green to blue pronotum. The contr...
Metriophasma Stick Insect
Metriophasma diocles
A medium-sized neotropical stick insect studied for its neural locomotion systems. It has been a model organism in neuro...
Mexican Bean Beetle
Epilachna varivestis
One of the few plant-feeding ladybird beetles, recognized by its copper color and eight black spots per wing cover. Both...
Mexican Striped Walkingstick
Anisomorpha paromalus
A striped walkingstick native to Mexico, closely related to the North American Anisomorpha species. It has faint longitu...
Mexican Walkingstick
Pseudosermyle straminea
A straw-colored walkingstick found across Mexico and the southwestern United States. It is commonly encountered on mesqu...
Miami Blue
Cyclargus thomasi bethunebakeri
A small blue butterfly once common throughout coastal South Florida. It is now restricted to a few islands in the Florid...
Micro Caddisfly
Lepidostoma pluviale
A small western caddisfly that builds neat cases from leaf discs in rain-fed headwater streams. Larvae are significant l...
Migratory Locust
Locusta migratoria
The most widespread locust species in the world, found across Africa, Asia, and Oceania. It exhibits dramatic phase poly...
Mindanao Broken Stick Insect
Baculofractum philippinicum
A stick insect from the Philippines with a distinctive bent or 'broken' appearance. It was the first record of the genus...
Mindoro Leaf Insect
Phyllium iyadaon
A leaf insect endemic to Mindoro Island in the Philippines. Its name comes from a local word meaning 'leaf.'...
Mint Leaf Beetle
Chrysolina herbacea
A brilliant metallic green beetle that feeds exclusively on mint plants. Its coppery-green sheen makes it one of the mos...
Mitchell's Diurnal Cockroach
Polyzosteria mitchelli
A large, flightless cockroach with a shiny dark blue-black body found in arid Australia. Unlike most cockroaches, it is ...
Mitchell's Satyr Butterfly
Neonympha mitchellii mitchellii
A small brown butterfly with distinctive eyespots found in calcareous fens of the Great Lakes region. Fewer than 20 popu...
Monkey Grasshopper
Paramastax nigra
A miniature grasshopper with bright metallic blue and orange coloration....
Montane Crane Fly
Tipula montana
A common crane fly in mountain forests and adjacent meadows. Larvae develop in damp forest soils rich in decaying leaves...
Montieth's Leaf Insect
Phyllium monteithi
A leaf insect from the tropical forests of Queensland, Australia. It is one of only a few Phylliidae species found on th...
Mopane Worm
Gonimbrasia belina
The most economically important edible insect in southern Africa. The caterpillar of an emperor moth, harvested, dried, ...
Moss Katydid
Haemodiasma tessellata
A katydid with a body covered in textured bumps and green-brown coloring that mimics moss and bark. It is virtually invi...
Moss Mimic Stick Insect
Trychopeplus laciniatus
A stick insect covered in elaborate green lobed projections that make it look like a piece of moss-covered twig. Its cam...
Mother of Pearl Moth
Patania ruralis
A large crambid moth with translucent pearlescent wings bearing subtle brown markings. It is one of the larger and more ...
Mother-of-Pearl Caddis
Glyphotaelius pellucidus
A large European caddisfly with translucent wings that shimmer with iridescence. Larvae construct flat cases from pieces...
Mottled Grasshopper
Myrmeleotettix maculatus
A small variable grasshopper with distinctively clubbed antennae in males. Colors range from green to brown to purple....
Mottled Tortoise Beetle
Deloyala guttata
A small tortoise beetle with variable coloration, often gold with irregular black spots on the elytra. Like its relative...
Mottled Umber Moth
Erannis defoliaria
A variably patterned brown moth where males range from pale to almost black. Females are completely wingless and resembl...
Mount Cook Giant Weta
Deinacrida pluvialis
A rare alpine giant weta restricted to high-altitude zones in the western ranges of the South Island. It inhabits subalp...
Mount Hermon June Beetle
Polyphylla barbata
A scarab beetle endemic to sandhills in Santa Cruz County, California. Adults emerge in summer and are attracted to ligh...
Mount Kosciuszko Grasshopper
Kosciuscola cognatus
A small alpine grasshopper found only in the highest parts of the Australian Alps. It is closely related to the color-ch...
Mountain Ash Sawfly
Pristiphora geniculata
A small blackish sawfly with pale legs whose green larvae can completely defoliate mountain ash (rowan) trees. Larvae ha...
Mountain Midge
Deuterophlebia coloradensis
A tiny midge whose larvae cling to rocks in fast-flowing alpine streams with suction discs....
Mountain Stone Weta
Hemideina maori
A freeze-tolerant weta found in alpine regions of New Zealand. It shelters under rocks and can survive being frozen soli...
Mountain Stonefly
Protonemura montana
A small brown stonefly common along mountain brooks and streams. Nymphs feed on fallen leaves in cold, well-oxygenated w...
Mueller's Thorny Stick Insect
Haaniella muelleri
A robust Bornean thorny stick insect with strong sexual dimorphism. It is one of five recently revised Haaniella species...
Muga Silk Moth
Antheraea assamensis
A semi-domesticated wild silk moth producing a naturally golden silk unique to Assam, India. Its shimmering golden threa...
Muslin Moth
Diaphora mendica
A sexually dimorphic moth where males are dark smoky grey and females are pure white with black spots. The contrast betw...
Mustard Beetle
Phaedon cochleariae
A small metallic blue-black beetle that feeds on watercress, mustard and other crucifers. Both adults and larvae damage ...
Nanling Stick Insect
Neohirasea nanlingensis
A stick insect recently described from the Nanling Mountains of Guangdong, China. It is closely related to other Chinese...
Natterer's Longhorn Beetle
Heliconius nattereri
A rare heliconiine butterfly endemic to the Atlantic Forest of Brazil. One of the most threatened butterflies in the Ame...
Neavei Black Fly
Simulium neavei
A small black fly whose larvae uniquely attach to freshwater crabs rather than rocks or vegetation. It is a vector of ri...
Needle Stonefly
Leuctra fusca
A small slender stonefly that rolls its wings tightly around its body at rest, giving it a needle-like appearance. Commo...
Nelson Alpine Weta
Deinacrida tibiospina
An alpine weta endemic to the mountains of the Nelson/Marlborough region in New Zealand's South Island. It shelters unde...
Neohirasea Stick Insect
Neohirasea maerens
A small to medium winged stick insect commonly found across Vietnam. It has dark coloring with contrasting pale leg band...
Neotropical Pergid Sawfly
Acordulecera dorsalis
A small, dark pergid sawfly found across Central and South America. Adults have compact bodies with relatively short ant...
Nettle Root Weevil
Phyllobius virideaeris
A bright green-scaled weevil found on nettles and other vegetation in spring. Extremely common but the scales wear off w...
Nettle-tree Butterfly
Libythea celtis
A medium butterfly with angular wings and an extremely long snout formed by elongated palps. Its wings are dark brown wi...
New Caledonian Giant Gecko Weevil
Cyphus norfolcensis
A distinctive weevil from the New Caledonia region with a textured, knobby exoskeleton. New Caledonia is a global hotspo...
New Caledonian Giant Stick Insect
Clitarchus hookeri caledonicus
A large stick insect found in New Caledonia that mimics twigs and branches. Females can reproduce parthenogenetically wi...
New Guinea Spiny Stick Insect
Eurycantha horrida
A robust, dark-colored stick insect densely covered in sharp tubercles and spines. It is nocturnal and hides in communal...
New Zealand Stonefly
Zelandoperla decorata
An endemic New Zealand stonefly found in clean, fast-flowing streams. The aquatic nymphs are important indicators of wat...
Nippon Green Lacewing
Chrysoperla nipponensis
An East Asian member of the carnea species group found in Japan and Korea. Studied extensively for rice paddy pest manag...
Nisotra Flea Beetle
Nisotra uniformis
A small, yellowish-brown flea beetle that is the most important pest of jute in South Asia. Adults create shot-holes in ...
Noisy Tachinid
Tachina fera
A large tawny-orange tachinid fly commonly found basking on vegetation in late summer. It parasitizes noctuid moth cater...
North American Brown Lacewing
Hemerobius ovalis
A common brown lacewing of North American deciduous forests. Frequently encountered on foliage in eastern woodlands duri...
North American Pygmy Mole Cricket
Neotridactylus apicialis
A minute mole cricket found on sandy shores of rivers and ponds in North America. It burrows just beneath the wet sand s...
North American Water Scorpion
Ranatra fusca
A stick-like aquatic predator found in ponds and marshes across eastern North America. It walks slowly on submerged vege...
Northern Ladybird
Coccinella trifasciata
A small ladybird with orange-red elytra bearing three distinct black crossbands. It is cold-adapted and found further no...
Northern Stonefly
Nemoura arctica
A small, dark brown stonefly with two long cerci at the tip of the abdomen. Adults hold their wings flat over the body. ...
Nuttall Blister Beetle
Lytta nuttalli
A brilliant metallic purple-blue blister beetle found in the prairies and grasslands of western North America. Adults co...
Oak Leaf Roller Moth
Archips xylosteana
A medium-sized tortrix with brown patterned forewings showing darker oblique bands. Larvae roll oak leaves into tight tu...
Oak Processionary Moth
Thaumetopoea processionea
A moth whose caterpillars march nose-to-tail in long processions along tree branches....
Oak Slug Sawfly
Caliroa quercuscoccineae
A slug-like sawfly larva that skeletonizes oak leaves in North America. Severe infestations cause browning of the canopy...
Ocnophiloidea Walking Stick
Ocnophiloidea regularis
A small, robust walkingstick from Central and South America. It has a slightly roughened body surface for bark mimicry....
October Caddis
Dicosmoecus gilvipes
A large orange-bodied caddisfly that hatches in autumn on western North American rivers. It is one of the most important...
Okinawa Rail Stick Insect
Phraortes illepidus
A slender stick insect endemic to the subtropical forests of Okinawa, Japan. It feeds on native broadleaf trees in the Y...
Oleander Hawkmoth
Daphnis nerii
A large hawkmoth with beautiful camouflage patterns in shades of green and pink that perfectly match oleander leaves. It...
Oncotophasma Stick Insect
Oncotophasma martini
A medium-sized stick insect with distinctive tubercles along its thorax. It is found in montane forests of Central Ameri...
Onion Thrips
Thrips tabaci
A cosmopolitan pest of onions, garlic, and many other crops. It can reproduce both sexually and parthenogenetically and ...
Orange-barred Sulphur
Phoebis philea
A large bright yellow butterfly with orange bar markings on the upper forewings. Females are more muted with reddish mar...
Oregon Silverspot Butterfly
Speyeria zerene hippolyta
A medium-sized fritillary butterfly with bright silver spots on its hindwing undersides. It inhabits coastal grasslands ...
Ornate Soldier Fly
Odontomyia ornata
A medium-sized soldier fly with a green and black patterned abdomen and a somewhat flattened body. Adults are sluggish f...
Ortiz's Leaf Insect
Phyllium ortizi
A recently described leaf insect from Mindanao in the southern Philippines. It is distinguished by the shape of its thor...
Owl Butterfly
Caligo memnon
A very large tropical butterfly with enormous owl-eye patterns on the underside of its hindwings. The uppersides are dee...
Owl Moth
Brahmaea wallichii
A large moth with intricate swirling wing patterns resembling owl feathers....
Painted Soldier Fly
Sargus cuprarius
A brilliantly metallic coppery-green soldier fly with a slender body and clear wings. It basks on sunlit vegetation and ...
Pale Dead Leaf Mantis
Acanthops paraensis
A light-colored dead leaf mantis from the Para state of Brazil. Its paler coloring mimics sun-bleached dry leaves on the...
Pale-bordered Field Cockroach
Pseudomops septentrionalis
A small outdoor cockroach with a distinctive pale border around its dark pronotum. It is an active daytime flier unlike ...
Pale-Footed Birch Sawfly
Profenusa thomsoni
A tiny black sawfly whose larvae create distinctive blotch mines within birch leaves. Mined leaves develop brown, papery...
Pallid Emperor Moth
Cirina forda
A medium-sized saturniid moth with pale brownish-grey wings. The caterpillars, known as shea worms, feed on shea butter ...
Pallid-Winged Grasshopper
Trimerotropis pallidipennis
A well-camouflaged band-winged grasshopper with pale translucent hindwings. It is one of the most common grasshoppers in...
Palmetto Leaf Beetle
Colaspis calosa
A small, oblong beetle with a bronze to golden-green metallic sheen and regular rows of punctures on the elytra. It feed...
Palmetto Tortoise Beetle
Hemisphaerota cyanea
A round, blue-black tortoise beetle found on palm fronds in the southeastern United States. It can grip surfaces with ex...
Palos Verdes Blue
Glaucopsyche lygdamus palosverdesensis
A tiny blue butterfly endemic to the Palos Verdes Peninsula in Los Angeles County. It was thought extinct in 1983 before...
Papuan Firefly
Luciola papuana
A tropical firefly found in New Guinea's lowland forests and coastal areas. It produces rapid green flashes in dense tro...
Papuan Synchronous Firefly
Pteroptyx cribellata
A tropical firefly with a soft brownish body and prominent light organs. Found in New Guinea, it forms large synchronous...
Parabacillus Walking Stick
Parabacillus hesperus
A western North American walkingstick found in California's chaparral regions. It is a small species well camouflaged am...
Parasipyloidea Stick Insect
Parasipyloidea sipylus
A slender winged stick insect closely related to Sipyloidea. It has translucent wings with faintly pink or yellowish tin...
Parasitic Acacia Ant
Pseudomyrmex nigropilosus
A cheater species that occupies acacia thorns but provides little defensive benefit to the host tree. Unlike mutualist a...
Paris Peacock
Papilio paris
A magnificent large swallowtail with velvety black wings bearing a large iridescent blue-green patch on each hindwing th...
Paropsine Leaf Beetle
Paropsis atomaria
A moderately large, dome-shaped beetle with pale brown elytra covered with small dark spots. It is one of the most impor...
Patchwork Leafcutter Bee
Megachile centuncularis
A solitary bee that neatly cuts oval pieces from rose and other leaves to line its nest cells. The characteristic semici...
Pea Moth
Cydia nigricana
A small tortrix moth whose larvae feed inside pea pods. A significant pest of commercial and garden peas. Adults fly in ...
Peacock Katydid
Pterochroza ocellata
A large katydid that mimics dead leaves at rest but reveals huge eyespots on its hind wings when threatened. The eyespot...
Pear Leaf-curling Midge
Dasineura pyri
A minute gall midge whose larvae cause pear leaves to roll tightly inward along their margins. Multiple generations can ...
Pear Slug Sawfly
Caliroa cerasi
A cosmopolitan sawfly whose slimy, slug-like larvae skeletonize leaves of cherry, pear, and plum. Heavy infestations cau...
Pear Thrips
Taeniothrips inconsequens
A dark brown thrips that damages pear and cherry blossoms in spring. Adults emerge from the soil to feed on opening buds...
Pedician Crane Fly
Pedicia rivosa
A large, mottled-winged crane fly whose predatory larvae hunt invertebrates in wet mud and stream margins. Adults are of...
Pepe Tuna (Bag Moth)
Liothula omnivora
A native New Zealand bag moth whose caterpillars construct elaborate portable cases covered with twigs and leaf fragment...
Peppered Moth
Biston betularia
The classic textbook example of natural selection in action. During the Industrial Revolution, dark (melanic) forms beca...
Peppered Moth Dark Form
Biston betularia f. carbonaria
The dark melanic form of the famous peppered moth, a textbook example of natural selection. Became dominant during indus...
Peppered Moth of New Zealand
Cleora scriptaria
An endemic New Zealand geometrid moth known as the kawakawa looper, whose caterpillars feed on kawakawa and other native...
Pergid Leaf Miner
Phylacteophaga froggatti
A small sawfly whose larvae create blister-like mines in eucalyptus leaves. Adults are small and brownish with clear win...
Pergid Sawfly
Perga affinis
An Australian sawfly whose larvae form dense defensive clusters called spitfires on eucalyptus trees. When threatened, l...
Peruphasma Stick Insect
Peruphasma marmoratum
A marbled-looking stick insect from the high montane forests of the Venezuelan Andes. Its mottled coloring camouflages i...
Peruvian Fern Stick Insect
Oreophoetes peruana
A striking stick insect with a black body and contrasting red or orange wings. Males are more brightly colored than fema...
Peruvian Leaf Mantis
Pseudacanthops lobipes
A mantis that perfectly mimics a green leaf complete with a leaf-shaped abdomen and wing covers with vein patterns. Its ...
Philippine Atlas Moth
Attacus lemairei
A giant silk moth endemic to the Philippines with rich chestnut-brown wings and large transparent triangular windows nea...
Philippine Flower Mantis
Creobroter nebulosa
A small, cloudy-winged flower mantis native to the Philippines and nearby islands. Its mottled wings provide camouflage ...
Picture-Winged Fly
Delphinia picta
A small fly with beautifully patterned wings that it waves in display like tiny semaphore flags. The wing patterns may s...
Pindarus Christmas Beetle
Anoplognathus pindarus
A medium-sized brown Christmas beetle with a distinctly punctured thorax. It is found in coastal and hinterland forests ...
Pine-tree Lappet
Dendrolimus pini
A large moth that can be a devastating forest pest, with caterpillars capable of completely defoliating pine forests acr...
Pink Underwing Katydid
Amblycorypha oblongifolia
A North American katydid with bright green leaf-like forewings. Rare pink morphs occur naturally and are highly sought b...
Pink Wax Scale Whitefly
Aleurocanthus woglumi
Known as the citrus blackfly, this whitefly has dark sooty-colored pupae that distinguish it from other whitefly species...
Pink-Winged Flying Stick Insect
Marmessoidea rosea
A slender winged stick insect with vivid pink hindwings used in flight. Males are strong fliers while females are heavie...
Pink-Winged Stick Insect
Sipyloidea sipylus
A slender stick insect with small pink hindwings that are flashed when threatened. It reproduces readily by parthenogene...
Pitted Darkling Beetle
Adesmia cancellata
A large darkling beetle with deeply pitted elytra found in North African deserts. It is primarily nocturnal, sheltering ...
Plain Tiger
Danaus chrysippus
An orange butterfly with black borders and white spots that is extremely widespread across Africa and Asia. It is toxic ...
Planthopper
Flatida rosea
A delicate, pinkish-white planthopper that closely resembles a flower petal when resting on vegetation. Nymphs produce w...
Platter Ant
Cataulacus intrudens
An arboreal African ant with a heavily armored, flattened body and sculptured cuticle. Workers have a broad, shield-like...
PNG Giant Katydid
Siliquofera grandis
A very large katydid found in the rainforests of Papua New Guinea, with a body resembling a green leaf. Its leaf mimicry...
Poinsettia Thrips
Echinothrips americanus
A dark brown thrips originally from eastern North America now invasive in European greenhouses. It feeds on a wide range...
Polar Rove Beetle
Atheta graminicola
A tiny, elongate rove beetle with short wing covers and a flexible abdomen. It is dark brown to black and very agile. It...
Polydrusus Weevil
Polydrusus sericeus
A small weevil covered in brilliant green scales that sparkle in sunlight. It is commonly found on birch and hazel trees...
Polyphemus Moth
Antheraea polyphemus
A large tan moth with prominent purple-ringed eyespots on its hindwings. It is named after the cyclops Polyphemus from G...
Poplar Kitten Moth
Furcula bifida
A small relative of the puss moth with a caterpillar that also has tail whips....
Poplar Sawfly
Trichiocampus viminalis
A small sawfly with a yellow-orange body and black head. Its brightly colored yellow-and-black larvae feed on poplar and...
Postman Butterfly
Heliconius melpomene
A slender long-winged butterfly with black wings and a bold red band across the forewings. It is a classic example of Mu...
Potato Leafhopper
Empoasca fabae
A small bright green leafhopper that causes hopperburn on potato, bean, and alfalfa leaves. It migrates northward each s...
Prairie Walkingstick
Diapheromera velii
A grassland-dwelling walkingstick found in the central United States. Unlike forest species, it lives among grasses and ...
Privet Thrips
Dendrothrips ornatus
A small pale thrips that feeds on privet hedges causing silvery leaf damage. It has an unusual jumping ability for a thr...
Processionary Caterpillar Moth
Ochrogaster lunifer
A moth whose caterpillars are famous for travelling in long, nose-to-tail processions through the Australian bush. The l...
Promethea Moth
Callosamia promethea
A large silk moth with strong sexual dimorphism. Males are dark with tan margins while females are reddish-brown with li...
Proscopiid Stick Grasshopper
Proscopia scabra
An extremely elongated, wingless grasshopper that closely resembles a stick insect. Its thread-thin body and swaying wal...
Provencal Burnet
Zygaena occitanica
A small day-flying moth with dark blue-green metallic forewings bearing red spots and bright red hindwings. It contains ...
Pseudoparamenexenus Stick Insect
Pseudoparamenexenus guangxiensis
A small stick insect from Guangxi Province in China. It belongs to a genus whose phylogenetic relationships were recentl...
Puerto Rican Harlequin Butterfly
Atlantea tulita
A small endangered butterfly endemic to Puerto Rico with orange and black checkered wings. It inhabits moist limestone f...
Purple Dun
Paraleptophlebia adoptiva
A small dark mayfly with purplish-gray wings found in eastern streams. Nymphs crawl among submerged leaf packs in modera...
Purple Loosestrife Beetle
Galerucella calmariensis
A small, yellowish-brown beetle deliberately introduced as a biocontrol agent against invasive purple loosestrife. Adult...
Puss Moth
Cerura vinula
A furry white moth whose caterpillar has whip-like tail filaments and sprays formic acid....
Queen Butterfly
Danaus gilippus
A close relative of the Monarch butterfly with similar orange coloring but darker. Found across the Americas. Like the M...
Ragweed Leaf Beetle
Zygogramma suturalis
A brown beetle with dark longitudinal stripes on the elytra, introduced to several countries as a biocontrol agent again...
Rainbow Grasshopper
Dactylotum variegatum
A small short-winged grasshopper brightly patterned in red, orange, blue, and black. Despite its vivid warning colors, i...
Rainbow Leaf Beetle
Chrysolina fastuosa
A metallic multicolored beetle with iridescent green, blue, and purple stripes....
Rajah Brooke's Birdwing
Trogonoptera brookiana
A striking birdwing butterfly with jet black wings crossed by brilliant electric green tooth-shaped markings. It is the ...
Raphael s Stick Insect
Achrioptera fallax
A large stick insect from Madagascar where males have brilliant blue and orange coloring with small spiny wings. Females...
Raspy Cricket
Cooraboorama canberrae
A nocturnal wingless cricket that builds silk-lined shelters from folded leaves....
Red Assassin Bug
Rhynocoris iracundus
A striking red and black assassin bug common in European meadows and grasslands. It is a generalist predator that hunts ...
Red Harvester Ant
Pogonomyrmex barbatus
A large red ant that builds conspicuous mound nests cleared of vegetation in arid terrain. Workers collect seeds and sto...
Red Leaf Insect
Phyllium rubrum
A stunning leaf insect that can display deep red, orange, or pink coloring. It is found in Borneo and is highly sought a...
Red Mushroom Beetle
Oxyporus rufus
A striking red and black rove beetle that lives in and feeds on fresh mushroom caps. Has large, powerful mandibles for c...
Red Palm Weevil
Rhynchophorus ferrugineus
A large rusty-red weevil with a long curved rostrum and dark spots on the thorax. Its larvae bore deep into the trunks o...
Red Poplar Leaf Beetle
Chrysomela populi
A shiny red-orange beetle with a black head, commonly found on poplar and willow trees. Larvae release a pungent salicyl...
Red Underwing
Catocala nupta
A large moth with bark-like grey forewings and vivid red and black banded hindwings flashed as a startle defense....
Red-eyed Damselfly
Erythromma najas
A stocky blue damselfly with distinctive dark red eyes. It spends most of its time perched on floating lily pads rather ...
Red-footed Robber Fly
Dioctria rufipes
A slender, metallic-dark robber fly with conspicuous orange-red legs found in European woodlands. It specializes in ambu...
Red-Legged Earwig
Euborellia stali
A dark wingless earwig with distinctly reddish legs, native to tropical Asia. It is commonly found in gardens, nurseries...
Redheaded Pine Sawfly
Neodiprion lecontei
The most widely distributed pine sawfly in eastern North America. Larvae can completely defoliate young pines, sometimes...
Rentz's Stick Insect
Ctenomorpha marginipennis
An extremely long Australian stick insect that can reach over 20cm in body length. It is bright green with a smooth cyli...
Reunion Day Gecko Beetle
Cratopus murinus
A drab brownish weevil endemic to Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean. It is a common herbivore found on both native and ...
Reunion Flightless Weevil
Cratopus ovalis
A flightless weevil with fused elytra endemic to the island of Reunion. Its inability to fly has made it vulnerable to h...
Rhododendron Lace Bug
Stephanitis rhododendri
A tiny lace bug with transparent, reticulate wings that infests rhododendron leaves. Native to North America, it causes ...
Riband Wave Moth
Idaea aversata
A small greyish moth occurring in both banded and plain forms. The banded form has a conspicuous dark central band acros...
Rice Water Weevil
Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus
A small, grey-brown weevil that feeds on rice roots as a larva and on rice leaves as an adult. Adults create distinctive...
Ring-Legged Earwig
Euborellia annulipes
A wingless earwig identified by the pale bands on its dark legs. It is a cosmopolitan species often found in greenhouses...
Ringed China-mark Moth
Parapoynx stratiotata
A pretty white moth with brown ringed markings, closely associated with aquatic habitats. Its caterpillars are fully aqu...
Ringlet
Aphantopus hyperantus
A dark chocolate-brown butterfly with small ringed eyespots on the underwings. Flies in shady grasslands....
Rodrigues Giant Weevil
Cratopus adspersus
A large weevil endemic to Rodrigues Island in the Mascarene archipelago. It is one of the most threatened beetles in the...
Rolled-Wing Stonefly
Leuctra geniculata
A small autumn-emerging stonefly with wings rolled around the body. It is one of the few stoneflies that hatches in late...
Rose Leafhopper
Edwardsiana rosae
A tiny pale leafhopper that feeds on rose leaves, causing characteristic pale stippling. One of the most common leafhopp...
Rose Sawfly
Arge ochropus
A yellow and black sawfly whose larvae skeletonize rose leaves. Adults are commonly found on rose bushes in gardens thro...
Rose Slug Sawfly
Endelomyia aethiops
A small, dark sawfly whose slug-like larvae skeletonize rose leaves by feeding on the upper leaf surface. Larvae are pal...
Rosemary Beetle
Chrysolina americana
A small oval beetle with metallic green and purple stripes on its elytra. Despite its name, it originates from southern ...
Rossi's Alpine Grasshopper
Podisma pedestris
A flightless brown grasshopper of alpine and subalpine meadows across Europe. It walks rather than flies through dense m...
Rosy Maple Moth
Dryocampa rubicunda
A small fluffy moth with striking pink and yellow coloring that resembles cotton candy. Adults emerge in spring and are ...
Rothschild's Silkmoth
Rothschildia jacobaeae
A large silkmoth with reddish-brown wings featuring bold triangular translucent patches. Each wing also bears a crescent...
Rough Leafcutter Ant
Acromyrmex rugosus
A medium-sized leafcutter ant with a distinctly rugose (wrinkled) exoskeleton covered in short spines. It builds relativ...
Ruby Tiger Moth
Phragmatobia fuliginosa
A small tiger moth with dark brownish-red forewings and rosy-red hindwings spotted with black. It is common across the n...
Rufous Grasshopper
Gomphocerippus rufus
A medium-sized grasshopper with distinctive white-tipped, club-shaped antennae. Males have reddish-brown coloring while ...
Rugged Oil Beetle
Meloe rugosus
A rare, dark and heavily wrinkled oil beetle that appears in autumn unlike its spring-emerging relatives. It is one of B...
Rush Veneer Moth
Nomophila noctuella
A migratory snout moth with warm brown forewings and pale hindwings. It is a strong flier that regularly migrates northw...
Sabah Stick Insect
Aschiphasma annulipes
A unique stick insect that mimics a centipede rather than a twig. Its body is segmented and flattened with banded legs. ...
Sabah Thorny Stick Insect
Haaniella echinata
A stocky Bornean phasmid densely covered in sharp spines. Its dark coloration and spiny texture make it resemble a piece...
Sage Leafhopper
Eupteryx melissae
A small, attractively marked leafhopper found on sage and other labiates in gardens. Feeding causes pale stippling on le...
Saharan Harvester Termite
Anacanthotermes ochraceus
A desert-adapted harvester termite found across the Saharan and Arabian desert margins. Workers forage at the surface fo...
Sallow
Xanthia icteritia
A pretty golden-yellow moth found in autumn, associated with sallow trees. Adults can be attracted to sugar or wine rope...
Sallow Kitten
Furcula furcula
A small, fluffy white moth with delicate grey markings. Named for its resemblance to a small cat. Larvae have tail filam...
Samar Leaf Insect
Phyllium samarense
A leaf insect found on Samar Island in the eastern Philippines. It was described as part of ongoing surveys of Philippin...
Sand Treader Cricket
Ammobaenetes phrixocnemoides
A pale, wingless cricket highly adapted to life on desert sand dunes. Its oversized hind legs have paddle-like spines fo...
Sand-Case Caddisfly
Sericostoma personatum
A caddisfly whose larvae build smooth, curved cases entirely from fine sand grains cemented with silk. Adults are dark w...
Sandstone Squeaker Cicada
Pauropsalta annulata
A small Australian cicada that produces a high-pitched squeaking call. It is commonly found on sandstone rock faces and ...
Sart's Ground Longhorn
Dorcadion sartum
A flightless ground-dwelling cerambycid from the steppes of Central Asia. Its elytra are fused and covered in dense brow...
Saunders' Case Moth
Metura saundersi
A smaller relative of the large case moth that constructs a tapering case of silk and plant debris. Males are dark, shor...
Saw-backed Grouse Locust
Acridopeza reticulata
An Australian pygmy grasshopper with a distinctly serrated or saw-toothed pronotal keel. It is found in moist forest flo...
Scarce Chaser
Libellula fulva
A medium-sized dragonfly where mature males develop a powdery blue abdomen. It is associated with clean, slow-flowing ri...
Scarce Swallowtail
Iphiclides podalirius
A pale yellow swallowtail butterfly with bold black tiger stripes and long tailed hindwings tipped with blue. It soars e...
Scarce Umber Moth
Agriopis aurantiaria
An autumn-flying moth with warm orange-brown wings marked with darker speckles. Females are wingless and crawl up tree t...
Scarlet Pergid Sawfly
Pergagrapta polita
A brightly colored Australian sawfly with a polished dark body and reddish highlights. Larvae feed on eucalyptus and are...
Scarlet-Bodied Pergid Sawfly
Perga kirbyi
A large, robustly built Australian sawfly with a bright scarlet to red-orange abdomen and dark head and thorax. Its spit...
Scree Weta
Deinacrida connectens
An alpine giant weta that lives among rocky scree fields at elevations above 1200 meters. It is remarkably cold-tolerant...
Selika Dropwing
Trithemis selika
A robust dragonfly with crimson to dark red coloration in mature males and brown in females. It perches conspicuously on...
Sermyle Walkingstick
Sermyle mexicana
A medium-sized walkingstick native to Mexico and Central America. It is found in tropical dry forests and woodland habit...
Setaceous Hebrew Character
Xestia c-nigrum
A grey-brown moth with a dark mark on the forewing resembling a Hebrew letter. It is a migratory species that regularly ...
Shining Flea Beetle
Asphaera lustrans
A relatively large, metallic blue-green flea beetle with reddish-orange femora. It is one of the larger and more colorfu...
Short-horned Grasshopper
Phymateus morbillosus
A toxic foam grasshopper that sequesters milkweed poisons and displays bright warning colors....
Short-Winged Blister Beetle
Meloe violaceus
A blue-violet oil beetle found across Europe, often seen walking on paths and open ground in spring. Like other oil beet...
Short-winged Firefly
Lucidota atra
A dark-bodied, day-active firefly that has lost the ability to produce light as an adult. It has a black body with a red...
Short-winged Green Stick Insect
Acanthoxyla inermis
A smooth bright green stick insect native to New Zealand. All known individuals are female. It has tiny vestigial wings ...
Siam Crown Moth
Attacus taprobanis
A large silk moth closely related to the Atlas moth with warm cinnamon-brown wings and distinctive angular wing tips. Th...
Siberian Ice Crawler
Grylloblattina djakonovi
A rare ice crawler found in the Russian Far East. It inhabits mossy rock fields and emerges at night during near-freezin...
Siberian Rock Crawler
Grylloblatta djakonovi
A rare rock crawler discovered in the mountains of Siberia. It inhabits deep rock crevices and is active on the surface ...
Sidewalk Darkling Beetle
Eleodes hispilabris
A common flightless darkling beetle seen walking desert trails at dusk. Its smooth black exoskeleton helps minimize wate...
Silk Moth
Bombyx mori
The fully domesticated moth used in sericulture for over 5,000 years. Completely dependent on humans — adults cannot fly...
Silver Birch Web-Spinning Sawfly
Pamphilius sylvaticus
A flat-bodied sawfly with long filiform antennae and a broad head. Larvae roll or fold birch leaves with silk and feed w...
Silver-green Leaf Weevil
Phyllobius argentatus
A beautiful green and gold weevil found on the foliage of deciduous trees and shrubs. Covered in round iridescent scales...
Silver-ground Carpet
Xanthorhoe montanata
A common and attractive geometer moth frequently disturbed from vegetation during daytime walks. White with grey-brown c...
Sinai Baton Blue
Pseudophilotes sinaicus
The smallest butterfly in the world by wingspan, found only in the Sinai Peninsula. It depends on a single plant species...
Sipyloidea Tuberculata Stick Insect
Sipyloidea tuberculata
A winged stick insect from southern China with small tubercles along its thorax. It was recently described from specimen...
Slant-faced Grasshopper
Acrida ungarica
A striking grasshopper with an elongated, cone-shaped head and long antennae. It can be green or brown depending on habi...
Small Brown Lacewing
Micromus angulatus
A tiny brown lacewing native to southern Europe and North Africa. Found in low herbaceous vegetation and grassy areas....
Small Brown Stonefly
Nemoura cinerea
A very common small brown stonefly found in a wide range of freshwater habitats across Europe. It is one of the most tol...
Small Fan-footed Wave
Idaea biselata
A small, delicate moth with pale buff wings and fine dark cross-lines. Common in deciduous woodland. Larvae feed on dead...
Small Magpie Moth
Anania hortulata
A pretty white moth with black spots and a yellow head. Despite its name, it is a crambid rather than a geometrid like t...
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary
Boloria selene
A small orange fritillary with silver and rufous pearl spots on the hindwing underside....
Small Red Damselfly
Ceriagrion tenellum
A delicate damselfly where males are almost entirely red, a rare color for damselflies. Females come in several color fo...
Small Rivulet
Perizoma alchemillata
A delicate small moth found in damp habitats where hemp agrimony grows. The larvae feed inside the flowers. Has subtle g...
Small Tortoiseshell
Aglais urticae
A familiar orange butterfly with black and yellow markings and a row of blue crescents along the wing margins. It hibern...
Smoky Wainscot
Mythimna impura
A dull brownish wainscot moth extremely common in grasslands. Larvae feed on various grass species. Often confused with ...
Snout Moth
Vitessa suradeva
A large pyralid moth from Southeast Asia and New Guinea whose caterpillars spin webs on young leaves of poisonous shrubs...
Snouted Harvester Termite
Trinervitermes geminatus
A nasute termite common in West African savannas that harvests dry grass in large foraging columns. Soldiers defend the ...
Socotra Island Blue Butterfly
Azanus socotranus
A small blue butterfly endemic to Socotra Island in the Indian Ocean. Males have bright blue upperwings while females ar...
Solomon's Seal Sawfly
Phymatocera aterrima
A small, entirely black sawfly whose grayish-white larvae with black heads are highly destructive to Solomon's seal plan...
South African Argid Sawfly
Arge capensis
A medium-sized dark sawfly found in the fynbos and bushveld regions of South Africa. Adults have robust bodies and simpl...
South American Eucalyptus Sawfly
Lophyrotoma zonalis
A dark-bodied pergid sawfly that has become a significant pest of eucalyptus plantations in South America. Larvae are gr...
South American Leaf Beetle
Doryphora reticulata
A colorful leaf beetle with a reticulated pattern of black lines over yellow-orange elytra. It feeds on nightshade famil...
South American Locust
Schistocerca cancellata
A major swarming locust of South America closely related to the desert locust. It periodically forms devastating swarms ...
South American Luna Moth
Copaxa lavendera
A silkmoth with soft lavender-brown wings and prominent rounded eyespots. Its feathery antennae can detect female pherom...
South American Tortoise Beetle
Stolas coalita
A moderately large tortoise beetle with a distinctive pattern of dark markings on a lighter background, with broadly exp...
South American Walking Stick
Ctenomorpha gargantua
An extremely long stick insect that can reach over 250 mm in body length, making it one of the longest insects in South ...
South American Walkingstick
Ocnophiloidea longipes
A long-legged tropical walkingstick from the forests of South America. Its elongated legs help it bridge gaps between br...
South American Wattle Sawfly
Arge pullata
A shiny black argid sawfly that feeds on wattle (Acacia) trees. Larvae are green with dark dorsal markings and can cause...
Southern Festoon
Zerynthia polyxena
A strikingly patterned butterfly with yellow wings marked with black zigzags and red spots. It is one of Europe's earlie...
Southern Long-legged Fly
Chrysotus gramineus
A tiny, brilliantly metallic green long-legged fly commonly found on vegetation near water. It runs rapidly across leaf ...
Southern Oak Bush-Cricket
Meconema meridionale
A small, wingless relative of the oak bush-cricket that has rapidly spread northward across Europe, likely aided by acci...
Southern Snout Butterfly
Libytheana carinenta
A medium-sized butterfly with an extremely elongated snout formed by its labial palps, giving it a unique beak-like prof...
Southwestern Corn Borer
Diatraea grandiosella
A pale moth whose larvae bore into corn stalks and girdle stems from the inside, causing extensive lodging. It is a majo...
Spangle Gall Wasp
Neuroterus quercusbaccarum
A tiny gall wasp that produces flat, disc-shaped spangle galls on the undersides of oak leaves. It alternates between tw...
Spanish Fly
Lytta vesicatoria
A slender, metallic green blister beetle with soft elytra. It produces cantharidin, a potent blistering agent, as a chem...
Spanish Fly Beetle
Berberomeloe majalis
A huge wingless blister beetle with a massively swollen red and black banded abdomen. The largest European meloid....
Spanish Moon Moth
Graellsia isabellae
A striking green moth with long hindwing tails found only in Spain and France....
Spanish Stick Insect
Leptynia hispanica
A small, slender European stick insect found across the Iberian Peninsula. It is one of the few phasmids native to Europ...
Specious Leaf Beetle
Oreina speciosa
A metallic green or coppery leaf beetle of mountain pastures. It feeds on various alpine composites and is common in the...
Speckled Bush-Cricket
Leptophyes punctatissima
A small, bright green bush-cricket covered in tiny dark speckles found across Europe. Its song is almost entirely inaudi...
Spicebush Swallowtail
Papilio troilus
A dark swallowtail butterfly with blue-green hindwing scaling and orange spots. Its caterpillar has large false eyespots...
Spine-Tailed Earwig
Doru aculeatum
A slender earwig found in cornfields and grassy habitats across eastern North America. It shelters in the leaf whorls of...
Spinifex Termite
Nasutitermes longipennis
A mound-building termite common across the dry interior of Australia. Its hard earthen mounds dot the landscape of arid ...
Spiny Leaf Insect
Phyllium westwoodii
A large leaf insect with a bright green flat body edged with small teeth-like spines. The female body is virtually ident...
Splendid Ochre
Trapezites petalia
A moderately large skipper butterfly with bright orange uppersides and mottled brown undersides. Males perch conspicuous...
Spotted Asparagus Beetle
Crioceris duodecimpunctata
A reddish-orange beetle with twelve black spots on its elytra. It is a pest of asparagus, with larvae feeding inside the...
Spotted Stem Borer
Chilo partellus
A straw-colored moth whose larvae bore into stems of maize and sorghum in Africa and Asia. It can cause total crop failu...
Spotted Willow Leaf Beetle
Chrysomela knabi
A dark metallic blue-black beetle with an oval body found on willows in western North America. Adults and larvae feed on...
Spring Click Beetle
Denticollis linearis
A bicoloured click beetle with tawny-brown elytra and a dark thorax, common in spring. It is frequently found on flowers...
Stag Beetle of Rhodes
Dorcus rhodensis
A stag beetle endemic to the Greek island of Rhodes. Males have large mandibles used in combat over mates....
Steelblue Jewel Leaf Beetle
Lamprolina aeneipennis
A large, robust Australian leaf beetle with brilliant metallic steely-blue to purple elytra and a dark green pronotum. I...
Stinking Longhorn
Aromia moschata ambrosiaca
A subspecies of the musk beetle with even more intense metallic coloring and a slightly different fragrance....
Stone Grasshopper
Prionotropis hystrix
A heavy-bodied flightless grasshopper that resembles a lichen-covered pebble....
Stratocles Walkingstick
Stratocles multilineatus
A multi-lined walkingstick from South America with several faint longitudinal stripes. It is found in tropical forests o...
Stripe-winged Grasshopper
Stenobothrus lineatus
A colorful grasshopper with a distinctive white stripe along its forewing. Males perform elaborate courtship dances invo...
Striped Alder Sawfly
Hemichroa crocea
A brightly colored sawfly with an orange body and black markings on the thorax. Larvae are pale yellowish-green with dar...
Striped Cockroach
Blatta lateralis
A medium-sized cockroach with distinct lateral stripes along its body. Males have wings while females are wingless with ...
Striped Crawling Water Beetle
Haliplus lineaticollis
A small yellowish-brown beetle with distinctive dark longitudinal stripes on the pronotum. It is commonly found in weedy...
Striped Flea Beetle
Phyllotreta striolata
A tiny jumping beetle that riddles cruciferous crop leaves with small round holes. Adults overwinter in soil and leaf li...
Striped Hawkmoth
Hyles livornica
A streamlined hawk-moth with olive-brown forewings crossed by pale veins and pink-banded hindwings. It is a strong migra...
Striped Turnip Flea Beetle
Phyllotreta undulata
A tiny flea beetle with sinuous yellow stripes that is a significant pest of brassica seedlings. Shothole damage to leav...
Strong Stick Insect
Anchiale briareus
One of the longest insects in Australia, with a slender body that can exceed 270 mm. Females are significantly larger th...
Subarctic Crane Fly
Prionocera turcica
A medium-sized crane fly with distinctive patterned wings and long, slender legs. Larvae develop in wet peatland soils. ...
Subarctic Dart Moth
Agrotis gelida
A medium-sized moth with dark grayish-brown forewings marked with kidney and orbicular spots. It flies in midsummer acro...
Sugarcane Woolly Aphid
Ceratovacuna lanigera
A small aphid covered in white woolly wax secretions that forms dense colonies on the undersides of sugarcane leaves. He...
Sumac Flea Beetle
Blepharida rhois
A relatively large flea beetle with a mottled brown and tan pattern providing excellent camouflage on sumac bark. Despit...
Sun Moth Stick Insect
Epidares nolimetangere
A chunky dark brown stick insect covered in dense spines and thorns from Borneo. Females are wingless while males have s...
Sunda Colugo Stick Insect
Asceles tanarata
A very slender, elongated stick insect found in the highlands of Southeast Asia. It is bright green with extremely long ...
Sunflower Leaf Beetle
Zygogramma exclamationis
A pale yellowish-brown beetle with dark brown elytral stripes that curve to form an exclamation-mark-like pattern. It fe...
Sunny Stick Insect
Sungaya inexpectata
A small, chunky stick insect covered in short spines and tubercles, native to the Philippines. It is popular in captivit...
Swallow Prominent
Pheosia tremula
A pale grey-white moth with a distinctive dark wedge-shaped mark along the inner edge of each forewing. It has a deeply ...
Sweet Potato Flea Beetle
Chaetocnema confinis
A minute, shiny bronze-black flea beetle with enlarged hind legs for jumping. It creates linear feeding tracks in sweet ...
Sycamore Moth
Acronicta aceris
A plain grey moth whose caterpillar is spectacular with white tufts and bright orange and yellow hair patches....
Table Mountain Ghost Frog Assassin Bug
Reduvius tabulensis
A rare assassin bug found only on Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa. It preys on small invertebrates among the f...
Tahoe Timema
Timema tahoe
A small timema found near Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada mountains. It inhabits coniferous forests at moderate to high ...
Tailed Jay
Graphium agamemnon
A fast-flying black swallowtail butterfly covered with spots of green or blue-green. It rarely settles and is constantly...
Tansy Beetle
Chrysolina graminis
A stunning metallic green and copper beetle covered in tiny pits. It is one of the rarest beetles in Britain....
Tanzanian Ground Mantis
Galepsus sp.
A small, dark-colored ground-dwelling mantis found in East African grasslands. It hunts by running along the ground rath...
Tau Emperor Moth
Aglia tau
A day-flying silk moth with a distinctive T-shaped mark on each wing....
Taveuni Beetle
Mausoleopsis amicta
An impressive flightless weevil endemic to the island of Taveuni in Fiji. It is one of the larger weevils in the Pacific...
Tawny Cockroach
Ectobius pallidus
A small outdoor cockroach native to Europe that lives in leaf litter and low vegetation. It is harmless and does not inf...
Tawny Earwig
Labidura truncata
A large Australian earwig with a tawny coloration and powerful forceps. It is a common garden species across much of Aus...
Tessellated Stick Insect
Tessulata tessulata
A brown patterned stick insect covered in tessellated scale-like markings that resemble rough bark. Its legs are flatten...
Tethered Walkingstick
Manomera tenuescens
A very thin, elongated walkingstick from the eastern United States. It is among the most slender of all North American p...
Texan Walkingstick
Diapheromera texana
A walkingstick found in sandy habitats of western Texas and New Mexico. It is well adapted to arid, open environments....
Thistle Lace Bug
Tingis cardui
A small, beautifully structured lace bug found on creeping thistle. Wings have an intricate latticed pattern. Causes yel...
Thistle Tortoise Beetle
Cassida rubiginosa
A pale green to yellowish-brown tortoise beetle with a somewhat flattened, circular body. It has been used as a biocontr...
Thorn-legged Stick Insect
Aretaon asperrimus
A heavily armored stick insect covered in sharp thorns and spines across its entire body. Its brown coloring and spiny t...
Thorny Devil Stick Insect
Eurycantha calcarata
A massive, heavily armored stick insect from New Guinea with powerful spiny hind legs. Males have a large curved spine o...
Three-Lined Potato Beetle
Lema daturaphila
A yellow-orange leaf beetle with three black stripes, resembling a smaller Colorado potato beetle. It feeds on tomatillo...
Tiger Crane Fly
Nephrotoma flavescens
A striking yellow crane fly with bold black stripes on the thorax. Adults are commonly found basking on sunny foliage in...
Titan Stick Insect
Acrophylla titan
One of the longest stick insects in Australia and among the longest insects in the world. Females can reach over 250 mm ...
Toadflax Stem Weevil
Mecinus janthinus
A dark metallic blue-purple weevil that feeds on toadflax species. Successfully used as a biological control agent for i...
Tobacco Flea Beetle
Epitrix hirtipennis
A tiny brownish beetle that creates small round holes in tobacco and other solanaceous crop leaves. Larval feeding on ro...
Tobelo Leaf Insect
Phyllium tobeloense
A leaf insect named after the Tobelo region of Halmahera Island in Indonesia. It closely mimics the local broadleaf vege...
Tomato Leafminer
Tuta absoluta
A devastating South American moth that mines through tomato leaves, stems, and fruits. Since 2006, it has rapidly invade...
Tortoise Beetle
Aspidimorpha sanctaecrucis
A spectacular Asian tortoise beetle with a translucent golden shell margin that reveals internal structures. Can change ...
Trachyaretaon Stick Insect
Phryganistria heusii
A very large stick insect discovered in Vietnam, with females exceeding 30 cm in body length. It has rough, bark-like te...
Tree Bumblebee
Bombus hypnorum
A distinctive bumblebee with a brown thorax, black abdomen and white tail. Often nests in bird boxes....
Tree Locust
Anacridium melanorhodon
A large grey-brown locust with distinctive vertical stripes on its eyes and a rough thorax crest. It roosts in trees and...
Trichiosoma Hawthorn Sawfly
Trichiosoma lucorum
A large, very hairy sawfly with clubbed antennae and a dense covering of golden-brown hairs. It resembles a large bumble...
Trinervitermes Nasute Termite
Trinervitermes trinervoides
A grass-harvesting nasute termite of southern Africa that builds small dome-shaped mounds in grasslands. Soldiers have p...
True Leaf Katydid
Pseudophyllus titan
A large katydid with broad green forewings that precisely mimic living leaves. The wing venation pattern is nearly ident...
Tundra Leaf Beetle
Chrysomela lapponica
A rounded, metallic reddish-brown leaf beetle with variable dark markings. Adults and larvae feed on willows in subarcti...
Tundra Robber Fly
Rhadiurgus variabilis
A medium-sized robber fly with a dark body and distinctive bristly face. It is an aerial predator that ambushes other fl...
Turnip Sawfly
Athalia rosae
A small orange and black sawfly whose larvae defoliate brassica crops....
Twenty-spotted Leaf Beetle
Chrysomela vigintipunctata
A distinctive leaf beetle with reddish-brown elytra marked with twenty black spots arranged in rows. It feeds on willow ...
Two-lined Chestnut Borer Leaf Beetle
Chrysomela mainensis
A convex beetle with metallic dark greenish-black elytra and fine punctation. It is found on alder and willow in boreal ...
Two-lined Leatherwing
Atalantycha bilineata
A slender soldier beetle with pale yellowish-brown elytra bearing two faint darker lines. It is an active predator found...
Two-spotted Case-bearer
Cryptocephalus bipunctatus
A cylindrical beetle with red to orange elytra each bearing a single black spot, and a dark head and pronotum. It feeds ...
Two-spotted Grouse Locust
Paratettix mexicanus
A tiny pygmy grasshopper commonly found at the muddy margins of ponds and streams across the Americas. It often has two ...
Two-Striped Walking Stick
Anisomorpha buprestoides
A stout stick insect with two bold stripes running down its body, common in the southeastern United States. It is freque...
Unarmed Stick Insect
Clitarchus tepaki
A smooth-bodied stick insect endemic to the far north of New Zealand. It is slimmer than its relative Clitarchus hookeri...
Uncompahgre Fritillary Butterfly
Boloria acrocnema
A small alpine butterfly found only above 3900 m in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. It was not discovered until 1978...
Valenzuela Barklouse
Valenzuela flavidus
A common yellowish barklouse found on a wide range of trees and shrubs. It is one of the most abundant psocids in temper...
Vapourer Moth
Orgyia antiqua
A moth in which males are russet-brown day-fliers while females are completely wingless and never leave their cocoon. Fe...
Variegated Grasshopper
Zonocerus variegatus
A brightly colored grasshopper with striking patterns of yellow, green, black, and orange. It feeds on toxic plants and ...
Velvet Stick Insect
Peruphasma schultei
A jet-black velvety stick insect with bright red vestigial wings found in one small area....
Venezuelan Poodle Moth
Artace cribraria
A fuzzy white moth densely covered in hair-like scales giving it a woolly appearance. Its large black eyes and fluffy bo...
Venezuelan Tepui Katydid
Teleutias pellucida
A translucent pale green katydid endemic to the tepui highlands of Venezuela. Its semi-transparent wings allow sunlight ...
Verdant Hawk Moth
Tinostoma smaragditis
A vivid emerald-green hawk moth found in tropical Pacific islands....
Versine Stick Insect
Eurycnema versirubra
A large, bright green Australian stick insect with red coloring at the base of its wings. It is frequently encountered i...
Viburnum Leaf Beetle
Pyrrhalta viburni
A small, brownish-yellow beetle with dense pubescence that has become a serious invasive pest of ornamental viburnum shr...
Vietnamese Stick Insect
Medauroidea extradentata
A large, smooth-bodied stick insect commonly kept as a pet and used in school biology classes. It reproduces readily thr...
Vietnamese Walking Stick
Baculum extradentatum
A long, thin stick insect with small teeth along its middle legs. It is one of the most commonly kept pet phasmids world...
Violin Mantis
Gongylus gongylodes
Named for its elongated prothorax resembling a violin neck. Has leaf-like lobes on all legs and a distinctive crown on i...
Walking Leaf
Phyllium philippinicum
Perhaps the most remarkable camouflage in the insect world — an entire insect that looks exactly like a green leaf, comp...
Wall Brown
Lasiommata megera
An orange-brown butterfly with eyespots that basks with wings open on walls, rocks and bare ground....
Wangpeng's Stick Insect
Neohirasea wangpengi
A recently described stick insect from China named after the entomologist Wang Peng. It has a dark body with pale leg ba...
Water Boatman
Corixa punctata
A small, oval aquatic bug with oar-like hind legs fringed with swimming hairs. Unlike most aquatic bugs, water boatmen a...
Water Scavenger Beetle
Hydrophilus piceus
One of the largest European water beetles, with a glossy black, boat-shaped body. Despite its name, it is largely herbiv...
Water Treader
Mesovelia mulsanti
A tiny, bright green semi-aquatic bug that walks on the surface of still waters among floating vegetation. It is widespr...
Water Veneer Moth
Acentria ephemerella
A unique aquatic moth whose larvae live entirely underwater in freshwater lakes. Females are often wingless and spend th...
Water-lily Reed Beetle
Donacia simplex
A metallic coppery-bronze aquatic beetle with longitudinal ridges on the elytra. Adults sit on floating leaves of pondwe...
Waterlily Borer Moth
Elophila gyralis
A small pale brown moth with wavy dark lines across its wings. Its larvae are aquatic, living underwater in cases made f...
Waterlily Leaf Beetle
Galerucella nymphaeae
A small, brown leaf beetle that feeds on the upper surfaces of waterlily pads. It creates distinctive feeding grooves ac...
Waved Umber
Menophra abruptaria
A brown geometrid moth with distinctive wavy cross-lines. A common urban moth often found on walls and fences....
Wax Moth
Galleria mellonella
A moth whose larvae feed on beeswax in bee hives, causing major damage to comb. Also famous in science as a model organi...
Weaver Ant
Oecophylla smaragdina
Builds elaborate nests by weaving living leaves together using silk produced by their own larvae. Workers form living ch...
Wesmael's Brown Lacewing
Wesmaelius subnebulosus
A medium-sized brown lacewing with subtly patterned wings found across Europe. Frequent in gardens and deciduous woodlan...
West African Firefly
Luciola lusitanica
A small soft-bodied beetle that produces bioluminescent flashes to attract mates. Males fly and flash while females resp...
Western Harvester Ant
Pogonomyrmex occidentalis
A large red ant that constructs conspicuous gravel-topped mound nests in western grasslands. It clears all vegetation fr...
Westwood's Leaf Insect
Cryptophyllium westwoodii
A large leaf insect named after the entomologist John Obadiah Westwood. Females are broad and bright green, mimicking fr...
Whip-scorpion Rove Beetle
Paederus amazonicus
A brightly colored Amazonian rove beetle with orange and metallic blue markings typical of the Paederus genus. It thrive...
White Ermine
Spilosoma lubricipeda
A pure white moth peppered with variable black dots, resembling ermine fur. The number of spots varies greatly between i...
White Plume Moth
Pterophorus pentadactyla
A delicate pure white moth with deeply divided wings that split into feather-like plumes. Often seen resting on walls at...
White-spotted Sawyer
Monochamus scutellatus
A large black longhorn beetle with a distinctive white spot at the base of the elytra. Males have antennae twice their b...
White-tailed Bumblebee
Bombus lucorum
A common bumblebee with two yellow bands and a white tail. Part of a complex of similar-looking species....
Widefooted Treehopper
Campylenchia latipes
A North American treehopper with a distinctly angular pronotum and flattened tibiae. It is commonly found on herbaceous ...
Willow Bean-Gall Sawfly
Pontania proxima
A tiny sawfly that induces distinctive bean-shaped galls on the leaves of various willow species. Each gall contains a s...
Willow Calligrapha
Calligrapha multipunctata bigsbyana
A subspecies of Calligrapha with pale elytra marked with elongated dark spots and dashes. It is associated with willow t...
Willow Sawfly
Nematus salicis
A defoliator of willows across Europe found in wetlands and riparian areas. Larvae feed gregariously on willow leaves fr...
Winged Stick Insect
Megacrania batesii
A large bright green stick insect with well-developed wings that can fly short distances. It feeds on pandanus palms alo...
Wingless Grasshopper
Phaulacridium vittatum
A small, common grasshopper found across Australia and New Zealand with reduced or absent wings. It can become a signifi...
Winter Moth
Operophtera brumata
A cold-hardy moth whose tiny green inchworm caterpillars defoliate fruit and shade trees in early spring. Females are vi...
Woodland Grasshopper
Omocestus rufipes
A small dark grasshopper with a distinctive red-tipped abdomen in both sexes. Found in warm sheltered spots....
Woolly Alder Sawfly
Eriocampa ovata
A small, dark sawfly whose larvae are covered in a white, woolly, waxy secretion. The larvae feed on the underside of al...
Wooly Darkling Beetle
Eleodes osculans
A stout black beetle common in southwestern US deserts. It raises its abdomen in a defensive headstand posture when dist...
Xya Pygmy Mole Cricket
Xya pfaendleri
A minute European pygmy mole cricket typically found on bare sandy ground near rivers. It is so small it is often confus...
Yellow Mantidfly
Leptomantispa pulchella
A delicate yellow mantidfly found in tropical Central and South America. Its slender build and pale coloring provide cam...
Yellow-Banded Cimbicid
Trichiosoma tibiale
A large, hairy sawfly with a banded abdomen and prominent clubbed antennae. The body is covered in dense yellowish hairs...
Yellow-shouldered Slug Sawfly
Arge berberidis
A sawfly pest of barberry and mahonia shrubs, skeletonizing leaves in gardens. Larvae are slug-like and pale green with ...
Yemeni Desert Mantis
Eremiaphila zetterstedti
A small, agile desert mantis found in the Arabian Peninsula. It is adapted to extremely arid habitats with minimal veget...
Yucca Plant Bug
Halticotoma valida
A dark metallic blue plant bug that feeds on yucca plants in the arid Southwest. Heavy infestations can cause yellowing ...
Zanzibar Blue Butterfly
Uranothauma crawshayi
A delicate blue butterfly found on Zanzibar and coastal East Africa. Males have shimmering blue upperwings while females...
Zayante Band-winged Grasshopper
Trimerotropis infantilis
A small grasshopper found only in sand parkland habitats in Santa Cruz County, California. It is superbly camouflaged ag...
Zegris eupheme
Zegris eupheme
A white butterfly with orange wingtip patches found in steppe grasslands from Spain to Central Asia. European population...
Zhao Stick Insect
Phryganistria chinensis
The longest insect ever measured at 64 cm with legs extended. Discovered in 2014 in Guangxi, China. A captive-bred speci...