Omnivores
842 species with this diet
Abbott's Pine Sawfly
Neodiprion abbotii
A pine sawfly whose distinctively marked larvae have black heads and grayish-green bodies with dark stripes. It feeds on...
Abedus Giant Water Bug
Abedus herberti
A medium-sized, broad-bodied giant water bug found in streams and springs of the American Southwest. Males are well know...
Acorn Moth
Blastobasis glandulella
A small moth whose larvae bore into and consume the contents of acorns on the forest floor. It is common in oak woodland...
African Armyworm
Spodoptera exempta
A migratory pest moth whose caterpillars march in vast armies across cereal crops and grasslands in Africa. Outbreaks fo...
African Blue Emperor
Anax speratus
A large, powerful dragonfly widespread across sub-Saharan Africa. Males have a bright blue abdomen and green thorax simi...
African Bombardier Beetle
Stenaptinus insignis
A large, brightly colored bombardier beetle found across sub-Saharan Africa. Its yellow and dark-blue markings serve as ...
African Devil Mantis
Idolomantis lobiceps
A large, lobed mantis from the dry forests of central East Africa. It has pronounced lobes on its head and legs that cre...
African Diving Beetle
Cybister tripunctatus
A large diving beetle widespread across Africa and southern Asia. It is one of the most common large aquatic beetles in ...
African Driver Ant
Dorylus wilverthi
A notorious army ant species that forms massive raiding columns through the forest floor. Colonies can contain over 20 m...
African Emperor Moth
Bunaea caffraria
A large African saturniid with warm brown wings bearing conspicuous eyespots edged in pink and black. Its massive spiny ...
African Grass Mantis
Pyrgomantis nasuta
An extremely slender mantis shaped like a grass stem with an elongated head and thorax. It sways gently in the wind to m...
African Green Lacewing
Chrysoperla congrua
A widespread African lacewing found in sub-Saharan savannas and farmland. Plays an important role in natural pest suppre...
African Migratory Locust
Locusta migratoria migratorioides
A widespread African subspecies of the migratory locust that can form devastating swarms. Solitary individuals are green...
African Myrmecophile Rove Beetle
Dorylomimus kohli
A rove beetle that lives with army ant colonies in tropical Africa, mimicking the ants in body shape. It travels with th...
African Pink Flower Mantis
Chloroharpax modesta
A delicate green mantis from tropical Africa that develops pink highlights when near flowers. It is small and slender wi...
African Sugarcane Borer
Eldana saccharina
The most important pest of sugarcane in sub-Saharan Africa. Larvae bore into sugarcane stalks, reducing sugar content an...
African Twig Mantis
Popa spurca crassa
A subspecies of twig mantis with an even rougher bark-like texture. Its flattened body and ragged edges mimic a broken-o...
African Whirligig Beetle
Dineutus aereus
A bronze-colored whirligig beetle common across sub-Saharan African freshwater habitats. It swims rapidly in circles on ...
Agabus Arctic Diving Beetle
Agabus arcticus
A cold-adapted diving beetle found in northern and alpine regions across the Holarctic. It thrives in frigid mountain st...
Aldabra Giant Dragonfly
Hemianax ephippiger
A powerful migratory dragonfly found on Aldabra Atoll and across the Indian Ocean region. It undertakes long-distance fl...
Algerian Desert Mantis
Eremiaphila denticornis
A robust desert mantis with toothed antennae found in the rocky deserts of Algeria. It is among the larger species in th...
Alpine Acerentomid
Acerentomon alpestre
A minute proturan found in alpine and subalpine forest soils in the European mountains. It tolerates cold conditions at ...
Alpine Cave Springtail
Onychiuroides alpinus
A recently described blind springtail from caves in the Italian Alps. It lacks eyes, pigment, and a jumping furca....
Alpine Long-horned Grasshopper
Anonconotus alpinus
A small, flightless bush-cricket of high alpine meadows. Its green and brown coloring provides camouflage among mountain...
Amazonian Ground Beetle
Agra sasquatch
A slender, elongated carabid beetle with an unusually hairy body for its genus. It was described from tropical lowland f...
American Cockroach
Periplaneta americana
Despite its name, native to Africa. One of the largest common cockroaches. Can run at 5.4 km/h — proportionally, one of ...
American Grannom
Brachycentrus americanus
A case-building caddisfly whose larvae attach their cases to rocks in fast current and filter-feed. Cases are chimney-sh...
American Rubyspot
Hetaerina americana
A graceful damselfly with brilliant ruby-red patches at the base of the wings in males. Its metallic red-bronze body gle...
American Sand Mayfly
Dolania americana
Holds the record for the shortest adult lifespan of any insect — females live less than five minutes as adults, just lon...
American Slave-Maker Ant
Polyergus lucidus
A North American slave-making ant that conducts well-organized raids on Formica colonies. New queens infiltrate host col...
Andean Giant Weta Relative
Cratomelus armatus
A large, heavily built cricket relative found in Andean forests and grasslands. It has a robust body, strong legs, and l...
Ant-Nest Rove Beetle
Atemeles emarginatus
A small, amber-brown rove beetle that parasitizes two different ant species during its life cycle. Larvae develop in For...
Apicotermes Nest-builder
Apicotermes arquieri
A subterranean soil-feeding termite found in African forests, renowned for building the most architecturally complex nes...
Apollo Butterfly
Parnassius apollo
A large white butterfly with translucent wings bearing red and black eyespots, found on mountain slopes. It is one of Eu...
Apple Caddis
Brachycentrus appalachia
A caddisfly of Appalachian streams that builds tapered square cases from plant material. Larvae orient their cases facin...
Aquatic Crane Fly
Antocha saxicola
A small crane fly whose larvae build silken cases on submerged rocks in fast-flowing streams. Larvae are true aquatic in...
Arabian Desert Grasshopper
Sphingonotus rubescens
A small, sandy-colored band-winged grasshopper found across North Africa and the Middle East. Its blue hindwings are vis...
Arctic Caddisfly
Apatania zonella
A small, hairy-winged caddisfly with dark brown wings held tent-like over the body. Larvae build portable cases from san...
Arctic Grayling
Oeneis bore
A pale grayish-brown butterfly with a translucent, papery wing quality and subtle darker striations. Its cryptic appeara...
Arctic Mayfly
Baetis bundyae
A small, delicate mayfly with transparent wings and two long tail filaments. Nymphs are agile swimmers in cold Arctic st...
Arctic Springtail
Megaphorura arctica
A white, eyeless springtail that lives in soil and under stones in the High Arctic. It lacks a furcula and cannot jump. ...
Arctic Tussock Moth
Dicallomera fascelina
A medium-sized moth with pale grayish-white wings in males and larger, more robust females. The caterpillar is strikingl...
Arctic Woolly Bear Moth
Gynaephora groenlandica
A medium-sized moth whose caterpillar is famous for its extremely long development. Adults are gray-brown with hairy bod...
Argentine Ant
Linepithema humile
Forms massive supercolonies spanning thousands of kilometers. One supercolony stretches 6,000 km along the Mediterranean...
Arizona Unicorn Mantis
Pseudovates arizonae
A bark-mimicking mantis found in desert scrublands of the American Southwest. A small horn on its head gives it its comm...
Armoured Ground Cricket
Acanthoplus longipes
A robust flightless katydid covered in sharp spines across its thorax and legs. It is an omnivorous insect found in arid...
Army Ant
Eciton burchellii
Nomadic ants that do not build permanent nests. Raids of up to 200,000 workers sweep through the forest floor consuming ...
Army Ant Rove Beetle
Ecitomorpha arachnoides
An extraordinary myrmecophilous rove beetle whose body remarkably mimics the shape of its host army ants. It lives exclu...
Arrowhead Spiketail
Cordulegaster obliqua
A large spiketail dragonfly with arrowhead-shaped yellow markings along its dark abdomen. It is found along seepage-fed ...
Asian Army Ant
Aenictus laeviceps
A small, pale yellow army ant widespread across tropical Asia. Colonies raid nests of other ants and termites in organiz...
Asian Clubtail
Asiagomphus melaenops
A medium-sized clubtail dragonfly found in clean streams across East Asia. Males have distinctive yellow and black body ...
Asian Cockroach
Blattella asahinai
Nearly identical in appearance to the German cockroach but with very different behavior, as it lives outdoors and is str...
Asian Lady Beetle (Harlequin)
Harmonia yedoensis
A large ladybug native to Japan, closely related to the invasive Asian lady beetle. Found in forest canopies where it fe...
Asian Marauder Army Ant
Dorylus laevigatus
A subterranean army ant of Southeast Asian forests that raids termite nests through underground tunnels. It is one of th...
Asian Multicolored Lady Beetle
Harmonia axyridis
A highly variable ladybird ranging from orange with many spots to solid black. Originally released for biocontrol, it is...
Asian Needle Ant
Brachyponera chinensis
An invasive East Asian ant spreading through the southeastern US. Its sting causes anaphylaxis more frequently than nati...
Asian Proceratium
Proceratium japonicum
A small cryptic ant found in Japanese and East Asian forests with the characteristic forward-curving gaster. It is rarel...
Asiatic Rice Borer
Chilo suppressalis
A major pest of rice across Asia, where larvae bore into tillers and stems. Heavy infestations cause whiteheads and sign...
Aspinose Campodeid
Metriocampa aspinosa
A soil-dwelling dipluran lacking the typical dorsal spines found in related species. It inhabits deep soil layers in tem...
Australian Antlion
Myrmeleon acer
A medium-sized antlion common in sandy habitats across Australia. Its larvae construct classic conical pit traps in shel...
Australian Diving Beetle
Cybister godeffroyi
A large olive-green diving beetle found in freshwater habitats across Australia. It is one of the most commonly encounte...
Australian Tiger Beetle
Cicindela hudsoni
The fastest running insect on Earth, clocked at 2.5 meters per second (9 km/h). At 125 body lengths per second, it moves...
Austrophasma caledonense
Austrophasma caledonense
A heelwalker from the Caledon district of South Africa. Females are larger than males and deposit eggs in sandy soil whe...
Balkan Goldenring
Cordulegaster heros
The largest dragonfly in Europe, reaching nearly 100 mm in length. It is restricted to clean forest streams in southeast...
Balsam Fir Sawfly
Neodiprion abietis
A boreal sawfly whose dark green larvae with lighter stripes feed on balsam fir needles. Periodic outbreaks can cause si...
Banded Flower Mantis
Theopropus elegans
A striking Southeast Asian mantis with bands of green, white, and dark markings across its body. It rests among flowers ...
Banded Groundling
Brachythemis leucosticta
A small, dark African dragonfly with distinctive banded wings. Males develop a pruinose black body while females retain ...
Barbados Cane Weevil
Metamasius hemipterus
A large weevil with variable striped patterns, originally from the Caribbean. It is a significant pest of sugarcane and ...
Barred Red Moth
Hylaea fasciaria
A reddish-brown moth with a broad darker band across the forewings. It is closely associated with coniferous forests thr...
Bat Earwig
Arixenia esau
A remarkable wingless earwig that lives exclusively in bat caves, clinging to the bodies and roosting areas of naked bul...
Bath White
Pontia daplidice
A white butterfly with bold green marbling on the underside of its hindwings. It is a rare migrant to northern Europe, a...
Bazaar Fly
Musca sorbens
A tropical fly that feeds on eye and wound secretions, spreading trachoma. It is a major public health concern in develo...
Bean Aphid Parasite
Lysiphlebus fabarum
A minute braconid wasp that parasitizes black bean aphids and related species. Some populations reproduce asexually, con...
Bearded Stick Mantis
Toxodera beieri
A rare stick mantis from Borneo with small lobes along its body resembling bark fragments. It was named after the famous...
Beautiful Snout
Hypena crassalis
A moth with long palps forming a snout-like projection and warm purple-brown wings crossed by pale lines. It is associat...
Belostoma Giant Water Bug
Belostoma flumineum
A medium-sized, oval giant water bug found across North America. Males carry eggs cemented to their backs by females unt...
Benderman's Cave Beetle
Pseudanophthalmus bendermani
A tiny blind ground beetle restricted to a single cave system in Virginia. It is federally listed as endangered in the U...
Big Dipper Firefly
Photinus consimilis
A common North American firefly that produces a slow, arching flash resembling the Big Dipper constellation pattern. It ...
Big Sand Tiger Beetle
Cicindela formosa
A large and colorful tiger beetle found in sandy habitats across North America. Its color varies from bright red to dark...
Black Arches
Lymantria monacha
A striking moth with white wings boldly marked with black zigzag lines and a pink-flushed abdomen. It can occasionally e...
Black Carpet Beetle
Attagenus unicolor
A small, oval, dark brown to black beetle that is a major pest of textiles and natural fibers. Larvae are covered in lon...
Black Cocktail-Ant Rove Beetle
Lomechusa pubicollis
A myrmecophilous rove beetle that lives inside ant nests. It secretes chemicals that trick ants into feeding and caring ...
Black Corsair
Melanolestes picipes
A shiny black, robust assassin bug found across North America. It is nocturnal and commonly attracted to lights near bui...
Black Forest Ground Beetle
Pterostichus niger
A large jet-black ground beetle common in European forests and damp woodlands. It is one of the largest Pterostichus spe...
Black Garden Ant
Lasius niger
The most common ant in Europe, dark brown to black with a slightly pubescent body. Colonies are monogynous and can persi...
Black Mayfly
Ephemera danica var. nigra
A dark color variant of the common Green Drake mayfly found in some European populations. The dark form is more prevalen...
Black Mound Termite
Amitermes evuncifer
A soil-feeding termite that builds small dark mounds in West African savannas. Workers process soil organic matter and p...
Black Saddlebags
Tramea lacerata
A large migratory dragonfly with conspicuous black patches at the base of its hindwings. It flies for extended periods a...
Black Sedge
Silo nigricornis
A caddisfly whose larvae build heavy cases from sand grains cemented with silk. Found in clean, stony streams. Cases hav...
Black Soldier Fly
Hermetia illucens
A large, wasp-like fly with a shiny black body and translucent areas on the abdomen. Its larvae are extraordinarily effi...
Black-shouldered Spinyleg
Dromogomphus spinosus
A large, elegant clubtail with distinctive spiny hind legs and black shoulder stripes. It perches conspicuously on rocks...
Black-tailed Skimmer
Orthetrum cancellatum
A robust dragonfly with a powder-blue abdomen tipped with black in mature males. It basks flat on bare ground and gravel...
Blackburn's Damselfly
Megalagrion blackburni
A Hawaiian endemic damselfly historically found on multiple islands but now restricted to a few locations. It breeds in ...
Blind Cave Leiodid Beetle
Glacicavicola bathyscioides
A tiny eyeless beetle found in ice caves of the western United States. It survives in near-freezing temperatures on cave...
Blinded Sphinx Moth
Paonias excaecata
A bark-patterned hawk moth with brown forewings and blue hindwing eyespots that lack the central pupil found in related ...
Blister Beetle
Epicauta vittata
A striped black and yellow beetle that releases cantharidin, a chemical causing painful skin blisters. It is a pest of t...
Blood-vein Moth
Timandra comae
A delicate pinkish-cream moth with a distinctive reddish-pink diagonal line crossing each wing. It rests with wings spre...
Bloody-Nosed Beetle
Timarcha tenebricosa
A large, flightless, domed black beetle that oozes red fluid from its mouth when threatened. The secretion contains dist...
Blue Ghost Firefly
Phausis reticulata
A firefly producing a steady pale blue-white glow rather than flashing. Females are larviform and wingless, glowing soft...
Blue Metalmark
Lasaia sula
A tiny butterfly with vivid metallic blue upper wings that flash brilliantly in sunlight. It perches on rocks and gravel...
Blue-fronted Dancer
Argia apicalis
A robust damselfly with vivid blue coloring found in eastern North America. It prefers streams and rivers rather than st...
Blue-Winged Olive
Baetis tricaudatus
A small olive-colored mayfly with distinctive bluish-gray wings, abundant in clean streams across North America. It prod...
Blue-winged Olive Mayfly
Serratella ignita
A common mayfly of clean rivers and streams with distinctive blue-grey wings. One of the most important mayflies for fly...
Bog Bush-cricket
Metrioptera brachyptera
A dark-colored bush-cricket with short wings and pale lateral stripes on the pronotum. It favors wet heathlands and bogs...
Bolivian Dead Leaf Mantis
Acanthops boliviana
A dead leaf mantis from Bolivia's Yungas forests with exceptionally convincing leaf mimicry. Its wings show veins and sp...
Bombardier Beetle
Brachinus crepitans
Defends itself with a boiling-hot chemical spray ejected from its abdomen at over 100°C. The reaction involves mixing hy...
Bombay Locust
Nomadacris succincta
A large yellow and brown locust that can form swarms in South and Southeast Asia. Solitary adults are pale brown but gre...
Bordered Great Diving Beetle
Dytiscus circumflexus
A large British diving beetle similar to D. marginalis but with expanded yellow margins. It prefers larger, more permane...
Bordered White
Bupalus piniaria
A sexually dimorphic moth where males are white with brown borders and females are orange-brown. It is one of the most i...
Borneo Pulsing Firefly
Pteroptyx tener
A synchronous firefly of Southeast Asian mangroves that produces green flashes in unison with thousands of others. Massi...
Botany Bay Diamond Weevil
Chrysolopus spectabilis
A large weevil covered in brilliant pale green scales with black diamond-shaped patches. It was one of the first Austral...
Brazilian Angel Insect
Zorotypus brasiliensis
A zorapteran from the Atlantic Forest region of Brazil. It forms colonies of up to 120 individuals under the bark of fal...
Brazilian Antlion
Myrmeleon brasiliensis
A common South American antlion found in sandy cerrado and caatinga habitats. Its larval pit traps dot the sandy floors ...
Brazilian Meinertellid
Machilinus rupestris
A bristletail found in rocky habitats in the Mediterranean. It is smaller than most machilids and frequents dry, warm en...
Brazilian Railroad Worm
Phrixothrix viviani
A tropical glowworm beetle with the remarkable ability to produce both green lateral lights and a red cephalic light. Th...
Brimstone Moth
Opisthograptis luteolata
A bright yellow moth with chestnut-brown blotches along the leading edge of each wing. It is a common and cheerful visit...
Broad-bodied Chaser
Libellula depressa
A stocky dragonfly with a distinctly flattened, broad abdomen that is powder-blue in males and golden-brown in females. ...
Broad-shouldered Diving Beetle
Dytiscus latissimus
The largest European diving beetle and one of the largest aquatic beetles in the world. It inhabits clean, fish-poor lak...
Broad-Shouldered Water Strider
Microvelia americana
A tiny water strider relative that walks on the surface of ponds and puddles. It is widespread across the Americas on st...
Brown Cockroach
Periplaneta brunnea
A glossy reddish-brown cockroach often confused with the American cockroach. It is slightly smaller with a more uniform ...
Brown Drake Mayfly
Ephemera simulans
A large brownish mayfly with mottled wings that produces dramatic evening hatches on trout streams. Nymphs burrow in san...
Brown Hairstreak
Thecla betulae
A secretive butterfly with rich brown wings and an orange flash on the female's forewings. Adults spend most of their ti...
Brown Hawker
Aeshna grandis
A large dragonfly entirely brown with amber-tinted wings, unique among European hawkers. Its warm brown coloring makes i...
Brown Locust
Locustana pardalina
A medium-sized brown locust endemic to southern Africa that periodically swarms in the Karoo region. Nymphs are known as...
Brown-Banded Cockroach
Supella longipalpa
A small cockroach with two distinctive light brown bands across its wings and abdomen. Unlike most cockroach pests, it p...
Brushleg Mayfly
Isonychia bicolor
A large, fast-swimming mayfly with forelegs fringed with bristles for filter feeding. Nymphs inhabit swift riffles of la...
Buck Moth
Hemileuca maia
A day-flying black and white moth with a red-tipped abdomen that appears in autumn. Its spiny caterpillar delivers a pai...
Buff Arches
Habrosyne pyritoides
A moth with intricate grey, white, and buff patterns creating a complex marbled effect on its forewings. It is closely r...
Burmese Flower Mantis
Creobroter urbanus
A small, adaptable flower mantis found in Myanmar and neighboring regions. It is one of the few Creobroter species that ...
Burrowing Mayfly
Hexagenia limbata
Creates massive synchronized emergences so dense they appear on weather radar. Billions emerge simultaneously from lake ...
Bush Giant Dragonfly
Uropetala carovei
New Zealand's largest dragonfly and one of the most ancient dragonfly lineages in the world. Its larvae live in burrows ...
Cabbage Looper
Trichoplusia ni
A pale green caterpillar that moves in a distinctive looping motion and feeds on brassica crops. The adult moth has a si...
Cabbage Tree Emperor Moth
Bunaea alcinoe
A large emperor moth with reddish-brown wings bearing prominent eyespots. Larvae are gregarious and covered in branching...
Cactoblastis Moth
Cactoblastis cactorum
Originally from South America, this moth was introduced to Australia in 1926 as a biological control agent against invas...
Calleta Silk Moth
Eupackardia calleta
A dark brown silk moth with striking white crescent markings and a broad white postmedial band on each wing. It is nativ...
Canada Darner
Aeshna canadensis
A common large darner of northeastern North America with blue and green markings. Its notched thoracic stripes help dist...
Canary Islands Dipluran
Plusiocampa solenla
A cave-adapted dipluran endemic to volcanic caves in the Canary Islands. It has elongated appendages and depigmented bod...
Canary-shouldered Thorn
Ennomos alniaria
An autumn moth with bright canary-yellow fur on its thorax and warm orange-yellow wings. When at rest with wings raised,...
Caribou Bot Fly
Cephenemyia jellisoni
A robust, furry fly that parasitizes caribou and deer in North America. Like its Eurasian relative, it deposits larvae n...
Carolina Metallic Tiger Beetle
Tetracha carolina
A large nocturnal tiger beetle with dark metallic green elytra and a bright green thorax. It is most active on warm summ...
Cascade Ice Crawler
Grylloblatta chirurgica
A North American ice crawler found in the Cascade Range of Washington and Oregon. It lives in volcanic talus slopes near...
Cascade Rock Crawler
Grylloblatta sculleni
A rare, eyeless rock crawler found in lava tube caves in the Cascade Range. It is adapted to permanent darkness and cold...
Casemaking Clothes Moth
Tinea pellionella
A small silvery-brown moth whose larva constructs a portable silken case that it drags along as it feeds. It is a signif...
Cat-Eye Mantis
Pseudempusa pinnapavonis
A rare Southeast Asian mantis with striking peacock-like eyespots on its inner forearms. It uses these markings in drama...
Cattle Biting Louse
Bovicola bovis
A chewing louse that infests cattle worldwide, causing irritation and economic losses in livestock. Infestations worsen ...
Ceylon Angel Insect
Zorotypus ceylonicus
An Asian zorapteran discovered in Sri Lanka inhabiting rotting wood in humid forests. Wingless individuals lack eyes and...
Cheese Skipper
Piophila casei
A small fly whose larvae infest stored cheese, cured meats, and other protein-rich foods. Larvae can leap up to 15 cm by...
Chequered Skipper
Carterocephalus palaemon
A small dark butterfly with bold orange-yellow chequered spots, once found in English woodlands but now confined to west...
Chilean Green Lacewing
Chrysoperla externa
The most common green lacewing in South America with a broad distribution. Extensively used for biological control in Br...
Chinese Antlion
Euroleon sinicus
An East Asian antlion found in sandy habitats across China and neighboring countries. Its larvae construct pit traps in ...
Chinese Aquatic Firefly
Aquatica ficta
A firefly with fully aquatic larvae found in streams across southern China. It was the first species placed in the genus...
Chinese Character Moth
Cilix glaucata
A tiny moth whose resting posture perfectly mimics a bird dropping on a leaf. Its white wings bear a central brown blotc...
Chinese Dobsonfly
Neoneuromus ignobilis
A large dark-colored dobsonfly found in streams across China and Southeast Asia. It is less well known than its North Am...
Chinese Firefly
Pyrocoelia rufa
A large Asian firefly with a bright orange-red thorax and powerful bioluminescent glow. It is commonly seen near streams...
Chinese Giant Tiger Beetle
Chaetodera laetescripta
A large tiger beetle from subtropical China with elaborate cream-colored markings on dark elytra. It inhabits riverbanks...
Chinese Ground Beetle
Carabus lafossei
A striking ground beetle with deeply sculpted elytra and purple-bronze colouring. It inhabits mountainous forests of sou...
Chinese Moon Moth
Actias dubernardi
A rare and exquisitely beautiful moon moth with pink-tinged green wings and extraordinarily long, curling hindwing tails...
Chinese Oak Silk Moth
Antheraea pernyi
A large tawny-brown silk moth with prominent translucent eyespots on each wing. It has been cultivated for thousands of ...
Chinese Water Penny Beetle
Eubrianax pellucidus
A water penny beetle found in southern China whose translucent larval margins allow gas exchange with the water. Adults ...
Chocolate-tip Moth
Clostera curtula
A small greyish moth with a rich chocolate-brown patch at the tip of each forewing. It rests with its wings wrapped tigh...
Christmas Island Blue Crab Fly
Paramyia nitens
A tiny fly found on Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean associated with red crab migrations. It lays eggs on injured or...
Churchyard Beetle
Blaps mucronata
A large, slow-moving, flightless black beetle often found in cellars and old buildings. It emits a foul odor when distur...
Cigarette Beetle
Lasioderma serricorne
A tiny, reddish-brown beetle that infests stored tobacco, spices, and dried foods. It is one of the most widespread stor...
Cinnabar Moth
Tyria jacobaeae
A day-flying moth with charcoal-black wings marked with crimson-red stripes and spots. It has been deliberately introduc...
Clavigerite Ant Beetle
Claviger testaceus
A tiny, blind, wingless rove beetle that is an obligate guest of Lasius ant colonies. It has lost its eyes and developed...
Cobra Clubtail
Gomphus vastus
A large North American clubtail with a dramatically flared abdomen tip and bold yellow markings. It patrols large rivers...
Coconut Ant
Tapinoma melanocephalum
A tiny bicolored ant with a dark head and pale translucent body, also called the ghost ant. It is a major household pest...
Coffee Berry Borer
Hypothenemus hampei
A tiny, dark brown beetle that bores into coffee berries and is the most damaging pest of coffee worldwide. Females tunn...
Coffin Fly
Conicera tibialis
A tiny humpbacked fly capable of burrowing through soil to reach buried remains. It is of forensic importance as it can ...
Columbia Silk Moth
Hyalophora columbia
A large reddish-brown silk moth closely related to the cecropia moth but found in northern bog habitats. Its cocoon is s...
Colymbetes Diving Beetle
Colymbetes fuscus
A medium-sized diving beetle with finely lined yellowish-brown elytra found across Europe. It inhabits a wide range of s...
Common Acerentomid
Acerentomon doderoi
A tiny eyeless proturan found in forest soils across Europe. It walks on only four legs, holding its forelegs forward as...
Common Blue Damselfly
Enallagma cyathigerum
One of the most widespread damselflies. Males are sky blue with black markings. Forms mating wheels — a unique heart-sha...
Common Bluetail
Ischnura elegans
A small damselfly with a distinctive blue tail-light on segment eight of the abdomen. Females occur in multiple color fo...
Common Brown Lacewing
Hemerobius humulinus
A small brownish lacewing with mottled wings commonly found on deciduous trees. Adults and larvae both feed on aphids an...
Common Carpet Moth
Epirrhoe alternata
A small moth with distinctive dark and light banded forewings creating a chequered pattern. It is double-brooded and fli...
Common Darter
Sympetrum striolatum
Europe's most abundant dragonfly, with mature males turning bright orange-red. It is often the last dragonfly flying in ...
Common Earwig
Forficula auricularia
Nocturnal omnivore with distinctive forceps-shaped cerci. One of the few non-social insects to show maternal care — fema...
Common Footman Moth
Eilema lurideola
A narrow-winged grey moth with a distinctive yellow-orange leading edge on the forewing. It rests with wings wrapped tig...
Common Green Grasshopper
Omocestus viridulus
A small grasshopper varying from bright green to brown with a characteristic buzzing song that accelerates to a crescend...
Common Hawker
Aeshna juncea
A large, dark brown hawker dragonfly with blue and yellow spots. It favors upland and moorland habitats across the North...
Common House Fly
Musca domestica
One of the most widely distributed insects on Earth. Can taste with their feet, which have chemoreceptors. Capable of ra...
Common Jumping Bristletail
Petrobius maritimus
A coastal bristletail found on rocky shores throughout Europe. It has a distinctive arched body shape and large compound...
Common Silverfish
Lepisma saccharina
The most well-known silverfish species, found in homes and buildings worldwide. It has a silvery, torpedo-shaped body co...
Common Spotted Ladybird
Harmonia conformis
Australia's most common native ladybird, with a variable orange body covered in numerous black spots. It is an important...
Common Wainscot Moth
Mythimna pallens
A plain straw-colored moth with a white hindwing and few distinguishing marks. It is abundant in grasslands and regularl...
Common Water Penny
Psephenus herricki
A small aquatic beetle whose larvae are flattened and round like a copper penny, clinging to rocks in fast streams. Adul...
Common Water Strider
Aquarius remigis
A slender dark brown insect that skates across the surface of streams and ponds using water surface tension. Its long mi...
Comstock's Net-Winged Midge
Agathon comstocki
A western North American net-winged midge found on waterfall-splashed rocks. Larvae have a unique caterpillar-like body ...
Cone-Head Katydid
Copiphora rhinoceros
A Neotropical katydid with a long horn-like projection from its head. It is an omnivorous species active at night in tro...
Conehead Proturan
Acerentomon microrhinus
A minute proturan with a characteristically pointed head capsule found in European soils. It lacks antennae, using its f...
Congo Basin Dragonfly
Palpopleura lucia
A small but strikingly colored dragonfly with a broad, flattened abdomen. Males are bright blue with black wing markings...
Congo Moth
Dactyloceras lucina
A large brown emperor moth with distinctive serrated wing margins and large eyespots. Males have broadly feathered anten...
Convergent Lady Beetle
Hippodamia convergens
A North American ladybird with orange-red elytra and up to 13 black spots. It is the most commonly sold ladybird for bio...
Corsair Assassin Bug
Rasahus hamatus
A nocturnal assassin bug found across the Americas that is attracted to lights. Its painful bite is often mistaken for a...
Corsican Swallowtail
Papilio hospiton
A large swallowtail endemic to the Mediterranean islands of Corsica and Sardinia with heavily patterned black and yellow...
Costa Rican Dead Leaf Mantis
Acanthops centralis
The only Acanthops species found in Central America, extending the genus's range northward. It inhabits lowland wet fore...
Coxcomb Prominent Moth
Ptilodon capucina
A variably colored prominent moth ranging from pale brown to deep chestnut. A raised crest of scales on the forewing tra...
Cream-Streaked Ladybird
Harmonia quadripunctata
A European ladybird associated primarily with conifer trees. It has cream or pale yellow elytra with variable dark marki...
Crimson Saltflat Tiger Beetle
Cicindela theatina
A rare tiger beetle endemic to the salt flats of southern Colorado. It has a distinctive dark reddish-brown coloration w...
Cuban Pygmy Blue Butterfly
Brephidium exilis thompsoni
One of the smallest butterflies in the world, found in Cuba and the Caribbean. Its wingspan barely exceeds 15 mm....
Cumberland Plateau Cave Cricket
Hadenoecus cumberlandicus
A cave cricket restricted to caves in the Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee and Kentucky. It has smaller eyes than surface...
Currant Clearwing
Synanthedon tipuliformis
A small wasp-mimicking moth with transparent wings and a black body banded with yellow. Its larvae bore into the stems o...
Currant Stem Girdler
Janus integer
A slender black stem sawfly that attacks currant and gooseberry bushes. Females girdle the stem tips with their oviposit...
Cynthia Moth
Samia cynthia
An olive and brown silk moth with distinctive white crescent marks and lilac shading on the wing margins. Originally fro...
Dalmatian Spongillafly
Sisyra dalii
A rare spongillafly described from the eastern Mediterranean region. Associated with clean freshwater habitats harboring...
Dark Bush-cricket
Pholidoptera griseoaptera
A robust dark brown bush-cricket with vestigial wings. It is common in hedgerows and woodland edges across Europe. Males...
Dark Rover Ant
Brachymyrmex patagonicus
A tiny dark brown ant that has rapidly spread across the southern United States as an invasive species. It is attracted ...
Dark Spongillafly
Sisyra nigra
A small blackish lacewing found near European freshwater habitats. Adults are nocturnal and attracted to lights near wat...
Dead Leaf Mantis
Deroplatys desiccata
Extraordinary camouflage that makes it look exactly like a dried, curled leaf — complete with brown coloring, leaf veins...
Delta-spotted Spiketail
Cordulegaster diastatops
A large spiketail of eastern North America with distinctive triangular yellow spots along its dark abdomen. It patrols f...
Dermestid Beetle
Dermestes maculatus
A small dark beetle with white undersides used by museums and taxidermists to clean skeletons. Larvae are covered in bri...
Desert Firetail Damselfly
Telebasis salva
A bright red damselfly found at ponds and streams in the arid American Southwest. Males are vivid crimson while females ...
Desert Navigator Ant
Cataglyphis fortis
A heat-tolerant Saharan ant famous for its extraordinary navigation abilities. It uses a built-in pedometer and polarize...
Desert Sand Beetle
Erodius carinatus
A small, round, heavily armored darkling beetle of North African sandy deserts. It burrows into sand during the hottest ...
Desert Threadtail Damselfly
Protoneuridae sp.
A tiny, thread-thin damselfly found near desert springs and oases. It has one of the most restricted habitats of any dra...
Devil's Coach Horse
Ocypus olens
A large, matt-black rove beetle that raises its tail like a scorpion when threatened. It has powerful jaws and emits a f...
Devils Flower Mantis
Idolomantis diabolica
One of the largest and most spectacular flower mantises. When threatened, it produces a dramatic deimatic display, sprea...
Dicromantispa Mantidfly
Dicromantispa sayi
A brown mantidfly found across eastern North America in forested habitats. Named after the eminent entomologist Thomas S...
Dinaric Cave Diving Beetle
Spelaeodytes mirabilis
A remarkable cave ground beetle from the Dinaric karst, with spider-like elongated legs. It was first collected in Herze...
Dingy Arctic Fritillary
Boloria improba
One of the smallest Arctic fritillaries with dull orange-brown wings and dark markings. The underside is mottled brown a...
Dingy Skipper
Erynnis tages
A small, moth-like butterfly with mottled grey-brown wings that rests with wings spread flat. It is easily overlooked du...
Dinosaur Ant
Nothomyrmecia macrops
Considered the most primitive living ant, often called a living fossil. Discovered in 1931 and then lost for 46 years un...
Discothyrea Ant
Discothyrea testacea
An extremely small and rarely seen ant with only a single-segmented antennal club, unique among ants. It nests deep in s...
Dobsonfly
Corydalus cornutus
Large insects with intimidating mandibles in males that are actually too large to bite effectively. Aquatic hellgrammite...
Dog Biting Louse
Trichodectes canis
A chewing louse that infests domestic dogs, feeding on skin debris and secretions. It can serve as an intermediate host ...
Douglas-fir Tussock Moth
Orgyia pseudotsugata
A defoliator of Douglas-fir and true firs in western North America. Outbreaks cause severe defoliation and tree mortalit...
Dracula Ant
Mystrium camillae
Has the fastest known animal movement — mandibles snap shut at 90 m/s (320 km/h), 5,000 times faster than a blink. Also ...
Dragon Swallowtail
Sericinus montela
A delicate white swallowtail with black veins and red spots, bearing long spatulate tails. It has a weak fluttering flig...
Dry Fork Valley Cave Beetle
Pseudanophthalmus montanus
A cave-obligate beetle from the Dry Fork Valley region of West Virginia. Like all members of its genus, it is completely...
East African Snouted Termite
Trinervitermes bettonianus
A grass-feeding nasute termite common in East African grasslands and savannas, building small to medium earthen mounds. ...
Easter Island Cave Springtail
Pseudosinella hahoteana
A cave-adapted springtail endemic to lava tubes on Easter Island (Rapa Nui). It is one of very few invertebrates endemic...
Eastern Forktail
Ischnura verticalis
A small damselfly where males are green and black with a blue tail tip. Young females are bright orange but turn olive-g...
Eastern Toe-biter
Benacus griseus
A very large, flattened brown water bug found in eastern North America. Males carry eggs on their backs until they hatch...
Eastern Weighted Casemaker
Goera stylata
A caddisfly of clean European streams that builds mineral cases with large lateral ballast stones. Larvae scrape algae f...
Ebony Jewelwing
Calopteryx maculata
A stunning damselfly with entirely jet-black wings (males) or smoky wings with white spots (females). Males perform a co...
Ecuadorian Dead Leaf Mantis
Acanthops elegans
An elegant dead leaf mantis from the western Amazon basin of Ecuador. It has refined leaf mimicry with smooth, curved wi...
Edwards' Atlas Moth
Attacus edwardsii
A massive Himalayan silk moth rivaling the atlas moth in size, with rich brown wings and large translucent fenestrae. It...
Egyptian Conehead Mantis
Empusa egena
A slender pale mantis found in arid regions of northeastern Africa and the Middle East. Its body coloring matches the dr...
Elegant Bark Mantis
Amorphoscelis elegans
A delicate bark mantis from West Africa with fine, elegant body proportions. It is one of the more gracefully built spec...
Elongate Leaf Beetle
Oreina elongata
A slender metallic beetle that feeds on alpine dock and sorrel. It is found in moist mountain meadows throughout the Alp...
Emerald Cockroach
Pseudoglomeris magnifica
A stunning cockroach with brilliant metallic emerald-green coloring. It is one of the most beautiful cockroach species i...
Emerald Driver Ant
Dorylus emeryi
A medium-sized driver ant with dark brown to black coloration found in West African forests. Colonies conduct raiding pa...
Emerald-spotted Flatwing Damselfly
Phaon iridipennis
A stunning damselfly with metallic green and blue body and broad, iridescent wings with emerald spots. Males display by ...
Emperor Dragonfly
Anax imperator
One of the largest dragonflies in Europe. Powerful flier that patrols territories along waterways. Can fly at speeds up ...
Emperor Moth
Saturnia pavonia
Europe's only native member of the giant silk moth family, with prominent eyespots on all four wings. Males are colourfu...
Essex Skipper
Thymelicus lineola
A small orange-brown skipper so similar to the small skipper that it was not recognised as a separate British species un...
European Cherry Fruit Fly
Rhagoletis cerasi
A small black fly with distinctive wing banding that infests sweet and sour cherries. Larvae feed inside cherries, causi...
European Glowworm
Lampyris noctiluca
A well-known European firefly where only the wingless female produces a steady green glow. Males are winged but produce ...
European Grape Berry Moth
Eupoecilia ambiguella
A small cream-colored moth with a dark diagonal band across the forewings. It is one of the two most damaging moth pests...
European Ground Beetle
Carabus nemoralis
A common bronze-colored ground beetle that thrives in forests and gardens across Europe. It has become established in No...
European Japygid
Japyx solifugus
The type species of the family Japygidae, found in soils across southern Europe. It is one of the largest diplurans in E...
European Spruce Sawfly
Gilpinia hercyniae
A moderately sized sawfly with dark brown to black coloring and pectinate antennae in males. Larvae are green with white...
European Wheat Stem Sawfly
Cephus pygmeus
A stem-boring sawfly pest of wheat and other cereals throughout Europe and western Asia. It has also established in part...
Exploding Termite
Neocapritermes taracua
A soil-feeding termite from French Guiana known for workers that carry backpack-like pouches of toxic crystals. When att...
Eyed Elater Glowworm
Phengodes fusciceps
A railroad worm beetle whose larviform females emit light from paired organs along the body. Males are short-lived, wing...
Face Fly
Musca autumnalis
A non-biting muscid fly that feeds on secretions around the eyes and nose of cattle. It is a mechanical vector of the ca...
Fall Armyworm
Spodoptera frugiperda
A highly destructive migratory moth whose caterpillars can devastate entire corn and cereal fields in days. It has recen...
False Garden Mantis
Pseudomantis albofimbriata
A small green mantis native to Australia with white-fringed forewings. It is the most commonly encountered mantis specie...
False Ringlet
Coenonympha oedippus
A small, drab brown butterfly with a row of striking silver-centred eyespots on the hindwing underside. It is one of the...
Familiar Bluet
Enallagma civile
One of the most common and widespread bluet damselflies in North America. Males are bright blue with black markings on t...
Feather-Legged Assassin Bug
Ptilocnemus lemur
An Australian assassin bug with bizarre feathery hind legs used to lure ant prey. It waves its feathered legs near ant t...
Fifteen-Spotted Lady Beetle
Anatis labiculata
One of the largest North American ladybirds with white or grey elytra bearing fifteen dark spots. It is a canopy-dwellin...
Figure of Eight Moth
Diloba caeruleocephala
Named for the figure-of-eight marking on its grey forewing, this autumn-flying moth is often found at ivy blossom. Its c...
Filigreed Stick Mantis
Toxodera fimbriata
A stick mantis from Southeast Asia with fringed edges along its thorax and legs. The fringes break up its body outline a...
Fimble Brown Lacewing
Hemerobius fenestratus
A small brown lacewing with fenestrate wing markings found in boreal forests. Associated with spruce and birch in northe...
Finger-net Caddisfly
Philopotamus montanus
A medium caddisfly with golden-brown wings. Larvae spin finger-shaped silken nets in fast-flowing water to capture ultra...
Firebrat
Thermobia domestica
A heat-loving relative of the silverfish that thrives at temperatures of 37-39C. Found near furnaces, boilers, and baker...
Florida Carpenter Ant
Camponotus floridanus
A bicolored carpenter ant with a reddish-orange head and thorax and black abdomen. It is the most common structural pest...
Fluted Cape Stag Beetle
Colophon primosi
A small, flightless, dark brown stag beetle restricted to a single mountain in the Cape region of South Africa. Males ha...
Flying Earwig Hawaiian Damselfly
Megalagrion nesiotes
An endemic Hawaiian damselfly found in wet forests, notable for breeding in water-filled leaf axils of native plants rat...
Formidable Pygmy Grasshopper
Notocerus formidabilis
An extremely rare Madagascan grasshopper not observed since its original description in 1974. Its true coloration was on...
Four-spotted Footman Moth
Lithosia quadra
A large footman moth with strong sexual dimorphism; males are grey with two forewing spots, females yellow with four lar...
Freeze-Tolerant Cockroach
Periplaneta japonica
An invasive cockroach from Asia first found in New York City in 2012. Unlike other cockroach species, it can survive out...
Freija Fritillary
Boloria freija
A medium-small fritillary with bright orange wings bearing black zigzag markings. The hindwing underside features a dist...
Frog-legged Leaf Beetle
Sagra femorata
A large, metallic beetle with spectacular iridescent coloring ranging from deep blue to green, red, and purple. Males po...
Fulvus Driver Ant
Dorylus fulvus
A predominantly subterranean driver ant species with yellowish-brown coloration. Unlike some congeners, it rarely forms ...
Gambian Conehead Mantis
Empusa guttula
A West African conehead mantis with spotted markings on its wings and body. It is found in savanna habitats where it per...
Garden Mantis
Orthodera ministralis
A small to medium-sized bright green praying mantis commonly found in Australian gardens. It has distinctive blue-purple...
Geranium Bronze
Cacyreus marshalli
A small dull brown butterfly with a distinctive white fringe and thin tail that has become a major pest of cultivated ge...
German Cockroach
Blattella germanica
The most common indoor cockroach worldwide. A single pair can produce over 300,000 offspring in one year. Has developed ...
Giant African Mantis
Sphodromantis gastrica
One of Africa's largest mantis species with a robust green or brown body. It can catch prey as large as small lizards an...
Giant Blue Swallowtail
Papilio zalmoxis
One of the largest and most spectacular butterflies in Africa, with a wingspan exceeding 150 mm. The wings are brilliant...
Giant Bull Ant
Myrmecia brevinoda
Among the largest bull ants in Australia, workers can exceed 30 mm in length. They are solitary foragers with remarkably...
Giant Case-Builder Caddis
Phryganea bipunctata
A large caddisfly with spotted wings found in northern and central Europe. Larvae construct conspicuous helical cases fr...
Giant Devil's Flower Mantis
Idolomantis serrula
A close relative of the devil's flower mantis found in the dry forests of East Africa. It has serrated leg lobes that en...
Giant Lacewing
Polystoechotes punctata
Once widespread across North America, it vanished from the eastern US by the 1950s. A single specimen was rediscovered i...
Giant Ladybird
Anatis ocellata
The largest European ladybird, with orange elytra bearing black spots each encircled by a pale ring. It is a conifer spe...
Giant Malaysian Leaf Mantis
Deroplatys truncata
The largest dead leaf mantis species with a broad, flat body that mimics a curled brown leaf. Its enormous thoracic shie...
Giant Net-Winged Midge
Bibiocephala grandis
The largest net-winged midge in North America, found in powerful western mountain torrents. Larvae have six robust sucti...
Giant Pedunculate Ground Beetle
Anthia thoracica
A very large southern African ground beetle with bold white markings on a black body. It is one of the largest carabids ...
Giant Petaltail Dragonfly
Petalura ingentissima
Australias largest dragonfly and one of the most primitive living species, belonging to a family dating back to the Jura...
Giant Silk Moth
Hyalophora euryalus
A large western North American silk moth with reddish-brown wings featuring bold white crescent markings and a red-and-w...
Giant Trap-jaw Ant
Odontomachus hastatus
One of the largest trap-jaw ant species, building arboreal carton nests in tropical forests. Its elongated mandibles are...
Giant Water Strider
Gigantometra gigas
The largest water strider in the world, found in Southeast Asian streams. Its leg span can reach over 25 cm across the w...
Glacier Beetle
Nebria castanea
A chestnut-brown ground beetle inhabiting the edges of glaciers and permanent snowfields. It feeds on wind-blown insects...
Globe Skimmer
Pantala flavescens
Holds the record for the longest insect migration — crossing the Indian Ocean from India to East Africa, a journey of ov...
Glover's Silk Moth
Hyalophora columbia gloveri
A large silk moth from the western Rocky Mountain region with reddish-brown wings and white crescent-shaped spots. It is...
Glowworm Beetle
Phengodes plumosa
A soft-bodied beetle whose larviform females glow with paired green lanterns along their body. Males are winged but do n...
Goat Biting Louse
Bovicola caprae
A chewing louse infesting domestic goats worldwide. It feeds on skin flakes and causes intense itching and coat damage....
Gracile Acerentomid
Acerentomon nemorale
A delicate proturan found in European deciduous forest soils, particularly in beech and oak stands. It requires consiste...
Granulated Ground Beetle
Carabus granulatus
A widespread dark bronze ground beetle with distinctly ridged and granulated wing cases. It thrives in damp habitats nea...
Grass Webworm Moth
Herpetogramma licarsisalis
A small brownish moth with faint wavy lines across the forewings. Its larvae spin silk webs over grass and can cause ser...
Gray Silverfish
Ctenolepisma longicaudatum
An invasive silverfish species spreading rapidly through northern Europe. It is larger and more uniformly gray than the ...
Great Banded Grayling
Brintesia circe
A large brown butterfly with a prominent white band across the hindwing underside, resembling a tree-trunk fragment. It ...
Great Grey Sedge
Arctopsyche grandis
One of the largest net-spinning caddisflies in North America with a wingspan over 40 mm. Larvae build robust catch-nets ...
Green Carpet Moth
Colostygia pectinataria
A small moth with bright green forewings crossed by darker green bands. The green color fades to yellowish in older or w...
Green Chironomid
Tanytarsus pallidicornis
A small greenish midge common in clean flowing water habitats. Larvae build portable silk tubes attached to stone surfac...
Green Drake Mayfly
Ephemera guttulata
A large and strikingly beautiful mayfly with mottled wings that emerges in late spring. Its hatches on eastern North Ame...
Green Lacewing Firefly
Photinus scintillans
A small firefly with a bright green flash and a dark body with yellowish pronotal borders. Males produce a brief twinkli...
Green Shield Mantis
Chlidonoptera lestoni
A flat-bodied mantis from West Africa with a wide, shield-shaped pronotum. Its flattened body helps it press tightly aga...
Green Silver-lines
Pseudoips prasinana
A vivid bright-green moth with three diagonal white or silver lines across each forewing. It is one of the most beautifu...
Green-eyed Hooktail
Paragomphus genei
An African clubtail with bright green eyes and hooked male appendages. It is found along rivers and streams throughout s...
Green-striped Darner
Aeshna verticalis
A large darner of eastern North America with prominent green thoracic stripes. It flies late in the season and is often ...
Greenhouse Camel Cricket
Diestrammena asynamora
A humpbacked, wingless cricket with extremely long antennae and legs. It is light brown with dark mottling. Originally f...
Greenhouse Stone Cricket
Tachycines asynamorus
A pale brown cave cricket with enormously long antennae and hind legs. It is wingless with a humped thorax. Originally f...
Grizzled Skipper
Pyrgus malvae
A tiny butterfly with dark brown wings chequered with white spots, resembling a small moth. It basks with wings spread f...
Ground Skimmer
Diplacodes trivialis
A small dragonfly that becomes powder-blue with age in males. It is one of the most common dragonflies in tropical Asia....
Guizhou Cave Ground Beetle
Sinaphaenops mirabilissimus
A spectacular cave beetle from southern China with enormously elongated head and appendages. It is one of the most extre...
Hairy Whirligig Beetle
Orectochilus villosus
A nocturnal whirligig beetle covered in fine golden hairs that trap air underwater. Unlike other whirligigs it hides und...
Harlequin Cockroach
Neostylopyga rhombifolia
A strikingly patterned cockroach with dark brown and yellow markings on its body. It is a peridomestic species found in ...
Harris's Diving Beetle
Dytiscus harrisii
A large North American diving beetle found in cold, clear lakes and bog ponds. It is one of the largest diving beetles o...
Hawaiian Cave Spider
Adelocosa anops
A completely eyeless wolf spider found only in lava tube caves on Kauai. It is the first known blind wolf spider ever di...
Hawaiian Damselfly
Megalagrion hawaiiense
An endemic Hawaiian damselfly with red or orange coloring found near streams. It breeds in flowing water in native fores...
Hawaiian Happy-face Spider
Theridion grallator
A tiny Hawaiian spider with markings on its abdomen that resemble a smiling face. It is endemic to the rainforests of fo...
Heike Firefly
Luciola lateralis
A Japanese firefly associated with rice paddies, smaller than the Genji firefly. It flashes more rapidly and is found in...
Helvetian Ground Beetle
Oreonebria castanea
A cold-adapted ground beetle of high-altitude scree and moraines. It is active during short alpine summers near snowmelt...
Hemiandrus Earwig
Hemimerus talpoides
A blind, wingless earwig that lives exclusively as a commensal on giant pouched rats. Its cerci are modified into short,...
Henshaw's Brown Silk Moth
Caligula japonica
A large Japanese silk moth with rich brown wings featuring distinctive zigzag postmedial lines and clear ocelli. It is o...
Hercules Moth
Coscinocera hercules
Has the largest wing area of any moth — up to 300 square centimeters. Named after Hercules for its great size. Adults li...
Hieroglyphic Ladybird
Coccinella hieroglyphica
A European ladybird with extraordinarily variable elytral patterns resembling hieroglyphs. It is primarily found on heat...
High-altitude Midge
Diamesa latitarsis
A small, dark midge whose larvae inhabit the coldest alpine streams. It has unusually broad tarsi adapted for walking on...
Hildebrand's Dragonfly
Neodythemis hildebrandti
A forest-dwelling dragonfly with a dark metallic body and hyaline wings. Males have distinctive blue pruinescence on the...
Himalayan Ground Beetle
Carabus caschmirensis
A high-altitude ground beetle found in the western Himalayas. It has dark bronze elytra with fine longitudinal ridges....
Hoary Edge Skipper
Achalarus lyciades
A dark brown spread-wing skipper with a frosted white patch along the outer margin of the hindwing underside. Its fast d...
Homerus Swallowtail
Papilio homerus
The largest butterfly in the Americas, with a wingspan reaching 150 mm and bold black and yellow patterning. It is endem...
Hooded Mantis
Choeradodis rhombicollis
A Central American mantis with an enormously expanded, leaf-shaped prothorax. Its green, shield-like hood provides excel...
Hooked Army Ant
Eciton hamatum
A column-raiding army ant that forms narrow trails rather than broad swarm fronts. It specializes in raiding the nests o...
Horse Stomach Bot Fly
Gasterophilus intestinalis
A bee-like fly that glues eggs to horse leg hairs where they are ingested during grooming. Larvae attach to the stomach ...
Hubbards Angel Insect
Zorotypus hubbardi
A member of one of the most obscure insect orders with only about 40 known species worldwide. Tiny, gregarious, and foun...
Hubricht's Cave Beetle
Pseudanophthalmus hubrichti
A small eyeless cave beetle endemic to caves in West Virginia. It belongs to the most species-rich genus of cave beetles...
Hyacinth Glider
Miathyria marcella
A delicate dragonfly with a violet-tinted thorax and a slender banded abdomen. It is common in the Americas from the sou...
Iberian Snakefly
Harraphidia laufferi
A snakefly endemic to the Iberian Peninsula, found in cork oak and pine woodlands. It is one of several snakefly species...
Imperial Moth
Eacles imperialis
A large moth with bright yellow wings variably marked with purple-brown spots and patches. It is one of the most recogni...
Imported Cabbageworm
Pieris rapae
A common white butterfly whose velvety green caterpillars are among the most familiar vegetable garden pests. Adults are...
Indian Antlion
Myrmecaelurus trigrammus
A medium-sized antlion widespread across southern Asia and the Middle East. Often encountered in sandy soils near human ...
Indian Common Firefly
Luciola gorhami
A widespread firefly across the Indian subcontinent, common in rural areas and villages. It produces rapid greenish flas...
Indian Domino Cockroach
Therea regularis
A striking wingless cockroach with bold white spots on a jet-black body resembling domino tiles. Nymphs burrow in soil w...
Indian Jewelwing
Vestalis gracilis
A large, shimmering emerald-green damselfly found in the rainforests of South and Southeast Asia. Both sexes have irides...
Indian Olive Mayfly
Baetis conservatus
A small olive-colored mayfly found in Himalayan streams and foothill rivers. Nymphs are agile swimmers adapted to modera...
Indian Stick Mantis
Toxodera maculata
A spotted stick mantis found in the forests of southern India and Sri Lanka. It has dark spots scattered along its body ...
Indonesian Antlion
Myrmeleon bore
A tropical antlion found across Southeast Asia and the Indo-Malayan archipelago. Its larvae create pit traps in sandy so...
Insignia Goldenring
Cordulegaster insignis
A large goldenring dragonfly of Turkey and the Near East with bold yellow markings. It patrols mountain streams in the e...
Introduced Pine Sawfly
Diprion similis
A European sawfly introduced to North America that feeds on white pine and other five-needled pines. Larvae feed gregari...
Iranian Conehead Mantis
Empusa hedenborgii
A Middle Eastern conehead mantis adapted to arid mountain valleys and steppe habitats. It has a tall head crest and long...
Iron Blue Dun
Baetis muticus
A small dark mayfly that hatches prolifically on cool overcast days. Nymphs are found clinging to stones in moderate to ...
Iron Cross Blister Beetle
Tegrodera aloga
A striking beetle with bright yellow and black cross-shaped markings on its elytra. It contains cantharidin, a potent bl...
Iron Prominent Moth
Notodonta dromedarius
A richly colored moth with rusty-brown forewings marked with yellow and dark patches. Its caterpillar sports a dramatic ...
Isabella's Dipluran
Parajapyx isabellae
A soil-dwelling japygid dipluran found in temperate forests. It has small but functional forceps used for prey capture....
Italian Acerentomid
Acerentomon italicum
A small proturan originally described from Italian soils. It is typical of Mediterranean forest floor environments....
Italian Cave Cricket
Dolichopoda geniculata
A cave cricket endemic to caves in central Italy. It forms genetically distinct populations in different cave systems....
Italian Tree Cricket
Oecanthus pellucens
A delicate pale green cricket with translucent wings. Males sing a melodious continuous trill on warm evenings. The rate...
Jack Pine Sawfly
Neodiprion pratti banksianae
A serious defoliator of jack pine in the Great Lakes region. Periodic outbreaks can strip thousands of hectares of jack ...
Japanese Antlion
Hagenomyia micans
A large East Asian antlion with glossy wings and a robust body. A familiar summer insect across Japan attracted to artif...
Japanese Burrowing Mayfly
Ephemera japonica
A large burrowing mayfly native to Japanese rivers and streams. It emerges in large numbers during early summer evenings...
Japanese Carpenter Ant
Camponotus japonicus
A large black carpenter ant common throughout East Asia and a popular species in ant keeping. Colonies can grow very lar...
Japanese Diving Beetle
Cybister japonicus
A large diving beetle native to Japan, once common but now increasingly rare. It has suffered severe declines due to hab...
Japanese Genji Firefly
Luciola cruciata
An aquatic-larval firefly revered in Japanese culture, found near clean streams. It is one of the few fireflies whose la...
Japanese Giant Mantis
Tenodera aridifolia
A large brown or green mantis widespread throughout Japan and eastern Asia. It is commonly seen in autumn perching on wa...
Japanese Giant Silkmoth
Saturnia japonica
A large reddish-brown moth with prominent eyespots on all four wings. It is endemic to Japan and closely related to the ...
Japanese Goldenring
Anotogaster sieboldii
One of the largest dragonflies in East Asia with bold black and yellow body rings. It is widespread along mountain strea...
Japanese Ground Beetle
Carabus insulicola
A large, dark beetle with coppery-bronze elytra found in Japanese mountain forests. It is flightless and shows considera...
Japanese Hotaruko Firefly
Pyrocoelia fumosa
A large terrestrial firefly with a dark brown body and bright reddish pronotum. The wingless, larviform females produce ...
Japanese Katydid
Gampsocleis buergeri
A large green katydid with a robust body and powerful jaws found across Japan. Its loud evening chirping song is one of ...
Japanese Mantidfly
Mantispa japonica
An East Asian mantidfly found in woodlands across Japan and Korea. Recognized by its amber-tinted wings and stout raptor...
Japanese Narrow-Winged Damselfly
Mnais costalis
A beautiful damselfly endemic to Japan, known as 'niko-nico-kawatombou.' Males come in two forms: orange-winged territor...
Japanese Red Dragonfly
Sympetrum frequens
Known as 'akane' or 'aka-tonbo' in Japanese, this red dragonfly is one of the most iconic insects in Japanese culture. M...
Japanese Tiger Beetle
Cicindela japonica
A common and widespread tiger beetle across Japan with variable coloring from green to coppery brown. It frequents sunny...
Japanese Water Penny
Eubrianax granicollis
An East Asian water penny beetle found in swift forest streams of Japan. Adults are dark and robust with a granular pron...
Japanese Whirligig Beetle
Gyrinus japonicus
A common whirligig beetle in East Asia found on still and slow-flowing water surfaces. It forms large social groups espe...
Javan Stick Mantis
Toxodera maxima
One of the longest stick mantises, reaching over 12 cm from Java, Indonesia. Its extremely thin body makes it nearly imp...
Jewel Ground Beetle
Carabus auronitens
A strikingly beautiful ground beetle with bright gold and green metallic coloring. It inhabits mountain forests across c...
Jokisch's Ground Beetle
Nebria jokischii
A high-altitude ground beetle found near permanent snow patches in the Alps. It is adapted to cold, wet conditions on ro...
Julia Skimmer
Orthetrum julia
A slender African dragonfly where mature males develop a striking black and white pattern. It is found throughout sub-Sa...
Kaempfer's Sawyer Cricket
Prophalangopsis obscura
A living fossil cricket from the mountains of northern India. Its family dates back to the Jurassic and has only eight s...
Karner Blue
Plebejus samuelis
A tiny bright blue butterfly with orange crescents on the hindwing underside that depends entirely on wild lupine. It is...
Kentucky Cave Beetle
Darlingtonea kentuckensis
A troglobitic ground beetle found in caves along Kentucky's Cumberland Plateau. It is eyeless with elongated appendages ...
Kenyan Conehead Mantis
Empusa capensis
A southern and eastern African conehead mantis found in dry bushveld and savanna. It has a prominent head cone and feath...
Kenyan Montane Tiger Beetle
Lophyra flexuosa
A colorful tiger beetle found across eastern and southern Africa. It displays green, copper, and cream markings on its e...
Kidney-Spot Ladybird
Chilocorus renipustulatus
A small black ladybird with two red kidney-shaped spots, found across Europe. It specializes in feeding on scale insects...
Kirby's Dropwing
Trithemis kirbyi
A bright orange-red dragonfly widespread across Africa and into southern Asia. Males have distinctive orange wing bases ...
Korean Ground Beetle
Carabus jankowskii
A large, ornate ground beetle found in the forests of the Korean Peninsula and adjacent regions. Its elytra show vivid g...
Kudzu Bug
Megacopta cribraria
A small, olive-green, globular beetle that feeds on kudzu and soybeans. It was first detected in North America in 2009....
Labrador Minnow Mayfly
Baetis labradoriensis
A small mayfly found in cold northern streams with rapid currents. Nymphs cling to submerged stones and feed on periphyt...
Lamani Spiral-nest Termite
Apicotermes lamani
A subterranean soil-feeding termite known for its remarkably structured underground nests in Central African forests. Th...
Lance-tipped Darner
Aeshna constricta
A large brown darner with blue spots common in eastern North America. It is a late-season flier, active well into autumn...
Lancet Clubtail
Phanogomphus exilis
A small, slender clubtail dragonfly of eastern North America with greenish-yellow markings. It frequents small streams a...
Lapland Ringlet
Erebia embla
A dark brown butterfly with prominent yellow-ringed black eyespots on both wings. The flight is slow and bobbing close t...
Larch Ladybird
Aphidecta obliterata
A small brown ladybird that specializes on larch-feeding aphids in European conifer forests. Its cryptic coloration help...
Larch Sawfly
Pristiphora erichsonii
The most important defoliator of larch in North America. Periodic outbreaks can last for years and cause significant gro...
Larder Beetle
Dermestes lardarius
A dark brown beetle with a pale band across its elytra, commonly found in stored food products. Larvae are covered in br...
Large Alpine Stonefly
Perla grandis
One of the largest European stoneflies, found in clean mountain rivers. Its nymphs take several years to develop in cold...
Large Blue
Phengaris arion
A blue butterfly with distinctive black spots that has one of the most complex life cycles in the insect world. It was d...
Large Brown Lacewing
Drepanepteryx phalaenoides
The largest European brown lacewing with distinctively hooked wing tips. Resembles a dead leaf when at rest on branches....
Large Dark Olive Mayfly
Baetis rhodani
The most common European mayfly, emerging year-round in many rivers. It is a small olive-brown species that serves as a ...
Large Elm Beetle
Oulimnius tuberculatus
A small, robust riffle beetle found throughout European streams. Adults have a distinctive tuberculate surface texture o...
Large Larch Sawfly
Nematus erichsonii
A gregarious defoliator of larch in European forests. Larvae feed in groups and can rapidly strip branches of needles....
Large Marsh Grasshopper
Stethophyma grossum
Europe's largest grasshopper, with bold red, yellow, and green colouring and bright red hindleg tibiae. It requires very...
Large Mountain Grasshopper
Stauroderus scalaris
A medium-sized grasshopper common in European mountain meadows. Males produce a distinctive rapid clicking song....
Large Pale Clothes Moth
Tinea pallescentella
A pale straw-colored clothes moth that is larger than the common webbing clothes moth. Its larvae prefer coarser animal ...
Large Tortoiseshell
Nymphalis polychloros
A large orange butterfly with dark spots resembling a scaled-up small tortoiseshell, once widespread in Britain but now ...
Large Turkey Louse
Chelopistes meleagridis
The largest louse found on domestic turkeys, feeding on feather material. It prefers the breast and thigh feathers of it...
Large Whirligig Beetle
Dineutus americanus
The largest North American whirligig beetle, found on the surface of streams and rivers. It produces defensive chemicals...
Larger Grain Borer
Prostephanus truncatus
A devastating pest of stored maize and dried cassava in Africa. It can cause grain weight losses exceeding 30% in untrea...
Legionary Ant
Neivamyrmex nigrescens
The most common army ant species in the United States, conducting nocturnal column raids on other ant nests. Workers are...
Lesser Earwig
Labia minor
The smallest European earwig and one of the few that readily flies. It is often found in compost heaps and manure piles ...
Lesser Emperor
Anax parthenope
A large dragonfly with a brownish thorax and distinctive blue saddle at the base of its abdomen. It is a strong migrant ...
Lesser Purple Emperor
Apatura ilia
Similar to the Purple Emperor but smaller, with an ocellus on the forewing and more strongly marked underside. It occurs...
Lesser Swallow Prominent Moth
Pheosia gnoma
A white moth very similar to the Swallow Prominent but with a thinner dark wedge mark and a clear white hindwing. It is ...
Libyan Conehead Mantis
Empusa decorata
A decorated conehead mantis from the dry regions of North Africa. Its body has ornate markings that provide camouflage a...
Libyan Ground Mantis
Eremiaphila barbara
A stout desert mantis found across Libya and neighboring Saharan regions. It is nocturnal and shelters under rocks durin...
Light Cahill Mayfly
Heptagenia solitaria
A pale-colored mayfly highly prized by fly fishers for imitating hatches. Nymphs prefer moderate current over gravel sub...
Light Emerald
Campaea margaritaria
A delicate pale green moth with fine white cross-lines that fades to white as it ages. It is one of the most commonly en...
Lily Thrips
Liothrips vaneeckei
A dark, stout thrips that damages lily bulbs in storage and in the field. It feeds between bulb scales causing brown sun...
Limnephiloid Snail Caddis
Helicopsyche limnella
A tiny caddisfly that builds a perfectly spiraled case from fine sand grains cemented with silk. Larvae scrape algae fro...
Little Black Caddis
Chimarra obscura
A small, dark caddisfly that builds finger-shaped silk nets in stream crevices. It is widespread in warm-water streams a...
Little Fire Ant
Wasmannia auropunctata
A tiny golden-brown ant with a painful sting far out of proportion to its size. It is one of the most destructive invasi...
Little Sister Sedge
Cheumatopsyche campyla
A small net-spinning caddisfly widespread in warm-water streams. Larvae tolerate moderate enrichment better than most Hy...
Little Tan Short-Horn Sedge
Glossosoma nigrior
A small, abundant caddisfly of eastern North American streams. Larvae build tortoise-shell-shaped cases of fine gravel a...
Loblolly Pine Sawfly
Neodiprion taedae linearis
A pine sawfly from the southeastern United States whose yellowish-green larvae feed on the needles of loblolly and other...
Long-cerci Dipluran
Litocampa henroti
A troglophilic dipluran known from caves in western Europe. It has remarkably long cerci used for detecting vibrations i...
Long-horned Ant-loving Beetle
Claviger longicornis
A minute, blind pselaphine rove beetle with elongate antennae relative to its body size. Like its congeners, it is an ob...
Long-Necked Antlion
Palpares libelluloides
One of the largest European antlions with a wingspan exceeding 100 mm and boldly patterned wings. Adults are strong flie...
Long-Tailed Mayfly
Palingenia longicauda
The largest European mayfly with body and cerci reaching over 120 mm. Its spectacular mass hatches on the Tisza River ar...
Long-tailed Skipper
Urbanus proteus
A striking skipper with iridescent blue-green body and wing bases and long tail-like projections on the hindwings. It is...
Long-Toed Water Beetle
Stenelmis crenata
A small riffle beetle with elongated tarsal claws for gripping rocks in fast currents. Both adults and larvae are entire...
Longhorn Crazy Ant
Paratrechina longicornis
A small dark brown ant with extremely long antennae and legs that moves in rapid, jerky patterns. It is one of the most ...
Longhorned Coconut Beetle
Olethrius tyrannus
A large prionine beetle from the Indo-Pacific region that attacks coconut palms and other palms. Adults are dark brown w...
Lucasian Green Lacewing
Chrysopa lucasina
A European green lacewing common in Mediterranean olive groves. Important natural enemy of the olive moth and olive psyl...
Lucifugous Springtail
Megalothorax minimus
One of the smallest known hexapods, found in deep soil and cave environments. It is nearly transparent and extremely dif...
Luna Moth
Actias luna
A stunning lime-green moth with long trailing hindwing tails. Adults live only about one week. The long tails confuse ba...
Lunar Hornet Moth
Sesia bembeciformis
A large clearwing moth that mimics a hornet and bores into willow and sallow trunks. Adults emerge in midsummer and are ...
Luzon Peacock Swallowtail
Papilio chikae
An extremely rare Philippine endemic with dark wings bearing brilliant green bands and large red-centered hindwing eyesp...
Macrosoma lucivittata
Macrosoma lucivittata
Moth-butterfly with pale wings bearing a translucent vitreous stripe. One of the more distinctive hedylid species....
Madagascan Emperor Moth
Antherina suraka
A large silk moth with brownish wings and prominent eyespots. Endemic to Madagascar and commonly used in wild silk produ...
Madagascar Stick Mantis
Idolomorpha madagascariensis
A large, slender praying mantis reaching 7-9 cm with a body that closely resembles a twig. Adults have purplish-yellow w...
Madeira Cockroach
Leucophaea maderae
A large pale brown cockroach that emits a foul-smelling liquid when disturbed. It cannot climb smooth surfaces. Original...
Madeiran Brimstone Butterfly
Gonepteryx maderensis
A yellow butterfly endemic to the island of Madeira in the Atlantic. It is closely related to Canary Island brimstones b...
Magnetic Termite
Amitermes meridionalis
Builds tall wedge-shaped mounds precisely oriented on a north-south axis to regulate internal temperature. The flat side...
Magpie Moth
Abraxas grossulariata
A conspicuous white moth with bold black spots and an orange-yellow band across the wings. It played a historic role in ...
Mahogany Dun
Isonychia harperi
A large reddish-brown mayfly with impressive filter-feeding forelegs. Nymphs prefer moderate to fast riffles with clean ...
Malabar Flower Mantis
Creobroter meleagris
A beautifully marked flower mantis from southern India with speckled wings. It is commonly found in the Western Ghats bi...
Malagasy Ant Lion
Palpares lenticularis
A large neuropteran with broad, spotted wings that resemble those of a dragonfly. Adults are nocturnal and attracted to ...
Malagasy Dracula Ant
Mystrium voeltzkowi
An enigmatic Dracula ant endemic to Madagascar with pale yellow coloring and reduced eyes. Workers live deep underground...
Malagasy Flatwing
Platycnemis malgassica
A slender damselfly with expanded white tibiae on the middle and hind legs, used in courtship displays. Males have a pal...
Malagasy Moon Moth
Ceranchia apollina
An elegant silk moth with soft white wings bearing delicate eyespots and fine dark scaling. It is smaller than the comet...
Malagasy Pill Millipede Assassin Bug
Physorhynchus crux
A dark-bodied assassin bug with a characteristic cross-shaped marking on its thorax. It has robust forelegs adapted for ...
Malagasy Sprite
Pseudagrion malgassicum
A delicate damselfly with a slender blue and black body. It is one of the most widespread and adaptable endemic odonates...
Malagasy Trap-jaw Ant
Mystrium oberthueri
A pale yellow to amber ant with elongated mandibles that can snap shut at extreme speeds. It is closely related to M. ca...
Malayan Stick Mantis
Toxodera gracilis
A graceful, slender stick mantis from the Malay Peninsula. Its elongated prothorax and thin limbs create an exceptionall...
Malaysian Jewel Leaf Beetle
Chrysolina coerulescens
A brilliantly metallic blue to blue-green beetle with a smooth, highly reflective surface. It is found on aromatic plant...
Mammoth Cave Beetle
Xenotrechus condei
A rare troglobitic ground beetle known from caves in the Ozark region of Missouri. It is eyeless with greatly elongated ...
Map Butterfly
Araschnia levana
A small butterfly that produces two dramatically different seasonal forms within the same year. Spring adults are orange...
Marbled Sedge
Hydropsyche contubernalis
A net-spinning caddisfly with distinctly marbled wing patterns. It is common in larger European rivers and is tolerant o...
Marbled White
Melanargia galathea
A distinctive butterfly with bold black and white chequered wings that resembles no other European species. Despite its ...
March Brown Mayfly
Rhithrogena germanica
A spring-emerging mayfly with a brownish body and two tails, historically important to European fly fishing. Its flat ny...
Maritime Earwig
Anisolabis maritima
A wingless earwig found in coastal habitats, living under driftwood and seaweed on beaches. It is dark brown to black wi...
Mascarene Island Dragonfly
Thalassothemis marchali
A skimmer dragonfly endemic to Mauritius and Reunion in the Mascarene Islands. It patrols ponds and streams in remaining...
Matabele Ant
Megaponera analis
A large black ant that specializes in raiding termite mounds in organized military-style columns. Workers are among the ...
Meadow Grasshopper
Pseudochorthippus parallelus
A common European grasshopper with shortened wings that render it flightless. It produces a regular, ticking song from d...
Mealybug Destroyer
Cryptolaemus montrouzieri
A dark-colored Australian ladybird with an orange head, widely used as a biocontrol agent. Its larvae are covered in whi...
Mediterranean Firefly
Luciola italica
A common Southern European firefly that flies through warm summer nights producing a continuous greenish glow. It is wid...
Mediterranean Scoliid Wasp
Scolia hirta
A black hairy wasp with two prominent yellow abdominal spots common across Mediterranean regions. It parasitizes rose ch...
Melissa Arctic
Oeneis melissa
A gray-brown butterfly with subtle orange patches and small blind eyespots. The hindwing underside features dark, bark-l...
Mexican Zorapteran
Zorotypus manni
A tiny colonial insect from Mexican tropical forests. It is found under bark in small family groups and like other zorap...
Microcaddisfly
Hydroptila sparsa
One of the smallest caddisflies, with adults only 3-4 mm long. Larvae build tiny purse-shaped cases from silk and algae ...
Miyako Firefly
Luciola filiformis
A small Japanese firefly found on Miyako Island with a slender body and greenish-yellow luminescence. It has a limited d...
Moorland Clouded Yellow
Colias palaeno
A lemon-yellow butterfly with dark wing borders found in northern bogs and mountain moors. It is a glacial relict specie...
Moroccan Desert Mantis
Eremiaphila moroccana
A small mantis endemic to the stony deserts of Morocco. Its reddish-brown body matches the iron-rich desert soils of its...
Moroccan Locust
Dociostaurus maroccanus
A small but destructive locust found in dry habitats across the Mediterranean and Central Asia. It forms dense hopper ba...
Moss Grasshopper
Batrachideinae sp. (Coscineuta coxalis)
A tiny pygmy grasshopper with an elongated pronotum covered in moss-like textures. It is practically invisible on moss-c...
Mother Shipton
Euclidia mi
A day-flying moth whose forewing markings resemble the profile of a witch's face. It is named after the famous English p...
Mountain Demoiselle
Calopteryx exul
A rare North African demoiselle restricted to mountain streams in Algeria and Tunisia. Males have dark blue-tinted wings...
Mountain Flathead Mayfly
Cinygmula ramaleyi
An alpine mayfly restricted to high-elevation cold streams in the Rocky Mountains. Nymphs feed on diatom films on boulde...
Mountain Long-legged Fly
Dolichopus alpinus
A metallic green fly with long legs found in damp alpine meadows. Males perform elaborate courtship displays using their...
Mountain Net-Winged Midge
Blepharicera capitata
A large net-winged midge of Appalachian mountain streams. Larvae require extremely clean, well-oxygenated water flowing ...
Mountain Prosimulium
Prosimulium mixtum
An early-season black fly of cold mountain streams in North America. Larvae develop in small headwater streams during la...
Mountain Ringlet
Erebia epiphron
A small dark brown butterfly with orange-ringed eyespots found only at high altitudes. In Britain it is the only truly a...
Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth
Hemaris tityus
A bumblebee mimic with largely transparent wings and a furry olive-and-brown body. It flies by day, hovering at flowers ...
Narrow-bordered Bombardier
Brachinus sclopeta
A Mediterranean bombardier beetle with a narrow body and orange-brown coloring. It shelters communally under stones in d...
Narrow-headed Ant
Formica exsecta
A bicolored red and black wood ant with a distinctly notched head. It builds low thatched mounds in open heathland and i...
Narrow-Necked Cave Beetle
Leptodirus hochenwartii
The first cave-dwelling animal ever scientifically described, in 1832. Completely eyeless and unpigmented, with an elong...
Navel Orangeworm
Amyelois transitella
The most damaging pest of almonds, walnuts, and pistachios in California. Larvae bore into nuts and contaminate them wit...
Nebria Streamside Beetle
Nebria brevicollis
A very common European ground beetle often found near streams and in damp habitats. It is active year-round including du...
Nebrioporus Water Beetle
Nebrioporus nipponicus
A small diving beetle endemic to Japan found in clean mountain streams. Part of a genus that prefers running water over ...
Neon Skimmer
Libellula croceipennis
A brilliantly red dragonfly of the American Southwest with amber-tinted wings. Males are an intense fluorescent red that...
Neon Trap-jaw Ant
Odontomachus coquereli
A large Malagasy trap-jaw ant with a distinctive reddish coloration found in Madagascar's dry forests. It has the charac...
Neotropical Army Ant Guest
Ecitomorpha nevermanni
A remarkable myrmecophilous rove beetle that lives with Eciton army ants in Central America. Its body closely mimics the...
Neotropical Atlas Moth
Arsenura armida
A large silkmoth with wavy brown and grey wings and distinctive scalloped wing margins. Its caterpillars are gregarious ...
Neotropical Backswimmer
Buenoa antigone
A small aquatic bug that swims upside-down using its long oar-like hind legs. Its pale ventral surface provides camoufla...
Neotropical Bee Assassin
Apiomerus pictipes
A stout, colorful assassin bug that specializes in capturing bees and wasps visiting flowers. Its bright red, orange, an...
New Zealand Blue Damselfly
Austrolestes colensonis
New Zealand's most common damselfly, with striking blue and black colouration in males. It is found near ponds, lakes, a...
New Zealand Caddisfly
Olinga feredayi
A stony-cased caddisfly endemic to New Zealand streams. Larvae are important grazers found in virtually all clean New Ze...
New Zealand Katipo Spider
Latrodectus katipo
New Zealand's most venomous spider, found only on coastal sand dunes. Although an arachnid, it is one of New Zealand's m...
New Zealand Praying Mantis
Orthodera novaezealandiae
New Zealand's only native praying mantis, a small bright green species found throughout the country. It is now threatene...
Nigerian Snouted Termite
Trinervitermes oeconomus
A grass-harvesting nasute termite found across West African savannas, building small dome-shaped mounds. Colonies play a...
Norfolk Damselfly
Coenagrion armatum
A critically rare damselfly once found in the Norfolk Broads of England, now extinct in Britain. Small populations persi...
Norse Grayling
Oeneis norna
A medium-sized grayish-brown butterfly with subtle orange patches and small eyespots. The wings have a semi-translucent ...
North African Bombardier Beetle
Brachinus humeralis
A bombardier beetle found in North Africa and the Mediterranean basin. It has a reddish-brown head and thorax with dark ...
North American Eosentomid
Eosentomon vermiforme
A worm-like proturan found in forest soils of eastern North America. It has a slender elongate body and no trace of eyes...
North American Snow Scorpionfly
Boreus californicus
A small dark wingless scorpionfly found in mountainous regions of western North America. It is active during winter mont...
North American Spongillafly
Climacia areolaris
A small spongillafly found across eastern North America near fresh water. Its larvae feed on freshwater sponges attached...
Northern Black Fly
Simulium venustum
A common biting black fly of northern forests and boreal streams. Larvae form dense colonies on submerged rocks in cold ...
Northern Damselfly
Coenagrion johanssoni
A delicate blue and black damselfly with narrow wings held together above the body at rest. Males have a distinctive blu...
Northern Rock Crawler
Grylloblatta campodeiformis
A rare ice-dwelling insect that lives on glaciers and snowfields at near-freezing temperatures. Handling one with bare h...
Northern Snow Scorpionfly
Boreus westwoodi
A small, dark, flightless scorpionfly that appears on snow in late autumn and early winter. It is glossy black-brown wit...
Nose Bot Fly of Horses
Gasterophilus haemorrhoidalis
A dark-bodied bot fly that deposits reddish-black eggs around the lips of horses. Larvae penetrate the lip mucosa and mi...
Noterus Diving Beetle
Noterus clavicornis
A small, oval, yellowish-brown diving beetle with distinctively thickened antennae. It is widespread across Europe in st...
Nut Weevil
Curculio nucum
A small weevil with a slender, downward-curved snout used to bore into hazelnuts. The larva feeds inside the nut before ...
Oak Eggar
Lasiocampa quercus
A robust moth with rich brown wings and a distinctive white spot on each forewing. Males are active fast fliers during t...
Oak Pinhole Borer
Platypus cylindrus
A tiny ambrosia beetle that bores into oak trees and cultivates fungal gardens inside its tunnels. The only European spe...
Oberthur's Grizzled Skipper
Pyrgus armoricanus
A small greyish-brown skipper with white spots, very similar to related species but with distinct underside markings. It...
Oberthur's Loepa Moth
Loepa oberthuri
A bright golden-yellow silk moth with distinctive violet-centered eyespots surrounded by rings of yellow and brown. It i...
Ocean Strider
Halobates micans
A remarkable open-ocean water strider that spends its entire life on the surface of tropical seas. It is one of the very...
Ocellated Flower Mantis
Pseudocreobotra ocellata
A small African flower mantis closely related to the spiny flower mantis. It has a prominent spiral marking on its wings...
Odorous House Ant
Tapinoma sessile
A small dark brown ant that emits a distinctive rotten coconut smell when crushed. It is one of the most common househol...
Oil Beetle
Meloe proscarabaeus
A large, flightless beetle with shortened elytra and a swollen abdomen. It secretes an oily, blistering compound called ...
Okinawan Firefly
Luciola owadai
A subtropical firefly endemic to the Ryukyu Islands with a small dark body and rapid greenish flash. It is one of severa...
Old Lady Moth
Mormo maura
A large, sombre dark-brown moth whose wing pattern was thought to resemble a shawl worn by elderly women. It hides in da...
Orchid Mantis
Hymenopus coronatus
A stunning flower mimic with petal-shaped legs and pink-white coloring. Does not just hide among flowers — it is actuall...
Oregon Tiger Beetle
Cicindela oregona
A variable-colored tiger beetle found in open sandy and gravelly habitats across western North America. Coloring ranges ...
Oriental Cockroach
Blatta orientalis
A dark brown to black cockroach with a shiny body, often called a waterbug. It prefers cool, damp environments and is le...
Oriental Demoiselle
Calopteryx cornelia
A Japanese demoiselle with shimmering blue-black wings and a metallic green body. It is endemic to Japan's clean mountai...
Orizaba Silk Moth
Rothschildia orizaba
A magnificent New World silk moth with large reddish-brown wings bearing conspicuous triangular clear windows. It was hi...
Ornate Pygmy Grasshopper
Tetrix ornata
A tiny, intricately patterned groundhopper found on bare sandy soils in North American prairies and open woodlands. Its ...
Ornate Tiger Moth
Arctia flavia
A rare alpine tiger moth with cream forewings bearing irregular brown markings and orange-yellow hindwings with dark spo...
Overlooked Cave Beetle
Pseudanophthalmus praetermissus
A rare troglobitic beetle that was long confused with related species before being formally described. It is known from ...
Owl Midge
Clogmia albipunctata
A small fuzzy moth-like fly found in bathrooms and drains worldwide. Its larvae feed on gelatinous films of bacteria ins...
Pacific Spiketail
Cordulegaster dorsalis
The only spiketail dragonfly on the Pacific coast of North America. It has a dark brown body with yellow dorsal spots an...
Paddle-tailed Darner
Aeshna palmata
A large, boldly marked darner of western North America with distinctive paddle-shaped cerci. Males have bright blue and ...
Painted Hickory Borer
Megacyllene caryae
A handsome cerambycid with white zigzag markings on dark brown elytra, breeding in dead hickory and oak in eastern North...
Painted Skimmer
Libellula semifasciata
An attractive dragonfly with amber-tinted wings marked by brown bands and spots. It is an early-season flier in eastern ...
Palamedes Swallowtail
Papilio palamedes
A large dark swallowtail of southern swamp forests with yellow bands and a distinctive yellow postmedial stripe on the h...
Pale Evening Dun
Heptagenia adaequata
A flat-bodied mayfly whose nymphs press tightly against rocks in swift currents. Adults emerge at dusk during summer mon...
Pale Tussock
Calliteara pudibunda
A fluffy grey-white moth with distinctively feathered legs held forward at rest. Its caterpillar is spectacular, with de...
Palmetto Weevil
Rhynchophorus cruentatus
The largest weevil in North America, with variable black and red coloring. It attacks stressed cabbage palms and other p...
Pandora Sphinx Moth
Eumorpha pandorus
A large sphinx moth with olive-green forewings marked with darker patches and pink hindwings. Its caterpillar has a larg...
Paroster Subterranean Beetle
Paroster macrosturtensis
A blind subterranean diving beetle from groundwater calcretes in the Western Australian arid zone. It is completely depi...
Pea Weevil
Bruchus pisorum
A small brownish beetle that lays eggs on developing pea pods. The larva eats its way into a single pea and develops ent...
Peach Blossom
Thyatira batis
A charming moth with olive-brown forewings adorned with pink and white spots that resemble peach blossoms. Fresh specime...
Peafowl Feather Louse
Goniodes pavonis
A large chewing louse found on peafowl and pheasants. It feeds on feather material and can damage the ornamental plumage...
Pebble Prominent Moth
Notodonta ziczac
A grey-brown moth with a tuft of scales on the trailing edge of each forewing that creates a prominent bump. Its caterpi...
Pennsylvania Ground Beetle
Harpalus pensylvanicus
One of the most common ground beetles in North American croplands. It is an omnivorous species that feeds on both seeds ...
Peruvian Antlion
Ameromyia lineata
A neotropical antlion found in dry inter-Andean valleys and coastal deserts. Adapted to extremely arid conditions....
Peruvian Mantidfly
Anchieta fumosella
A South American mantidfly found in Andean cloud forests and tropical lowlands. A secretive species rarely encountered b...
Petroleum Fly
Helaeomyia petrolei
The only insect whose larvae develop in crude petroleum. Found in natural oil seeps in California, including the La Brea...
Pharaoh Ant
Monomorium pharaonis
A tiny tropical ant that has become a major indoor pest in heated buildings worldwide. Colonies reproduce by budding, ma...
Philippine Stick Mantis
Toxodera philippina
A slender stick mantis endemic to the Philippines found in primary forest habitats. It is rarely encountered and poorly ...
Pine Emperor Moth
Imbrasia cytherea
A large South African emperor moth with brown and cream banded wings. Its caterpillars can become significant defoliator...
Pine False Webworm
Acantholyda erythrocephala
An invasive European sawfly that defoliates pines in North America. Unlike typical sawflies, larvae are solitary and spi...
Pine Hawk-moth
Sphinx pinastri
A sleek grey hawk-moth with dark streaks that provide perfect camouflage against pine bark. It is strongly associated wi...
Pine Processionary
Thaumetopoea pityocampa
A grey moth whose caterpillars march in long nose-to-tail processions between their silk nests and feeding sites. The la...
Pine Shoot Moth
Rhyacionia buoliana
A small bright orange moth with silver-grey crosslines on the forewings. Its larvae bore into the terminal shoots of you...
Pine Webspinning Sawfly
Cephalcia arvensis
A flat-bodied sawfly with long antennae and dark coloring. Larvae live communally in silk webs spun among spruce needles...
Pink Lady Mayfly
Epeorus vitreus
A pale pinkish mayfly of eastern North American streams with a distinctly two-tailed nymph. Adults have translucent wing...
Pipevine Swallowtail
Battus philenor
A dark swallowtail with brilliant iridescent blue hindwings and an orange-spotted underside. Its toxicity from Aristoloc...
Pond Olive Mayfly
Cloeon dipterum
One of the few mayflies that breeds in still water including garden ponds and rain barrels. Unusually for a mayfly, fema...
Poplar Hawk-moth
Laothoe populi
A large grey-brown hawk-moth that holds its hindwings forward of the forewings at rest, creating an unusual silhouette. ...
Prionopelta Ant
Prionopelta amabilis
A tiny pale amblyoponine ant found in tropical forest soils across the Americas. Workers are essentially blind and rely ...
Privet Hawk-moth
Sphinx ligustri
Britain's largest resident moth, with a massive body bearing pink and black abdominal stripes. Its horn-tipped caterpill...
Processional Termite
Hospitalitermes medioflavus
An open-trail foraging termite found in Borneo's rainforests that travels in long exposed columns through the forest. Wo...
Provence Short-tailed Blue
Cupido alcetas
One of Europe's smallest butterflies with violet-blue males and dark brown females. It lacks the tail projection of its ...
Punctured Tiger Beetle
Cicindela punctulata
A small dark bronze to greenish tiger beetle with fine punctures on its elytra. It is one of the most adaptable tiger be...
Puriri Moth
Aenetus virescens
New Zealand's largest moth, with a wingspan up to 150 mm. The caterpillars bore into the trunks of native trees, particu...
Purple Hairstreak
Favonius quercus
A small dark butterfly with a purple-blue sheen visible only at certain angles, living almost exclusively in oak canopie...
Purple-winged Mantis
Tenodera australasiae
A large Australian mantis with distinctive purple-tinged wings that are displayed in flight. It is one of the more consp...
Pyrenean Ground Beetle
Nebria lafresnayei
An endemic ground beetle restricted to high elevations in the Pyrenees. It inhabits cold, damp scree slopes and glacier ...
Pyrenean Mountain Grasshopper
Cophopodisma pyrenaea
An endemic flightless grasshopper restricted to high elevations in the Pyrenees. It has a compact body adapted to its ex...
Queen of Spain Fritillary
Issoria lathonia
A powerful-flying fritillary with large, brilliant silver spots covering the underside of its hindwings. It is a restles...
Queenless Ponerine Ant
Diacamma rugosum
A large black ponerine ant found across South and Southeast Asia that lacks a morphological queen caste. Instead, a sing...
Question Mark Cockroach
Therea olegrandjeani
A close relative of the domino cockroach with white markings that form a question-mark-like pattern on its black body. I...
Quill Gordon Mayfly
Epeorus pleuralis
A medium-sized flat-bodied mayfly that clings to rocks in fast Appalachian streams. It is one of the first major mayfly ...
Railroad Worm
Phrixothrix hirtus
A beetle larva with 11 pairs of green-glowing lateral organs and a red-glowing headlamp — the only land animal that prod...
Rambur's Forktail
Ischnura ramburii
A widespread New World damselfly where males are green and black with a blue tail tip. Females come in orange, olive, an...
Red and Black Rove Beetle
Paederus riparius
A small but notorious rove beetle with a red thorax and abdomen and blue-black elytra. Its hemolymph contains pederin, a...
Red Helen
Papilio helenus
A large, elegant swallowtail butterfly with black wings marked by large creamy-white patches on the hindwings and red cr...
Red Locust
Nomadacris septemfasciata
A large brown and red locust that swarms periodically from outbreak areas in Central and Southern Africa. It has distinc...
Red Tiger Beetle
Pogonostoma chalybaeum
A medium-sized tiger beetle with a deep steely blue body and reddish reflections. It has large prominent eyes and long, ...
Red-bordered Metalmark
Caria ino
A dark metalmark butterfly with bright red-orange borders along the wing edges and metallic blue-green scaling at the wi...
Red-faced Skimmer
Orthetrum testaceum
A robust Asian dragonfly where mature males develop a vivid red face and body. Females are brownish-yellow with subtle m...
Red-legged Pimpla
Pimpla rufipes
A robust black ichneumon wasp with distinctive reddish-orange legs. It parasitizes a wide range of moth and butterfly pu...
Redcoat Damselfly
Xanthocnemis zealandica
A small endemic damselfly found throughout New Zealand, named for the bright red body of the male. It is one of the most...
Reed Leopard Moth
Phragmataecia castaneae
A cossid moth whose larvae bore into the stems of common reed and bulrush. It is widespread across European wetlands and...
Reindeer Nose Bot Fly
Cephenemyia trompe
A large, hairy, bee-like fly that squirts live larvae into the nostrils of reindeer. The larvae develop in the nasal pas...
Reindeer Warble Fly
Hypoderma tarandi
A stout, furry fly that parasitizes reindeer and caribou. Females dart at reindeer to lay eggs on their legs. Larvae bur...
Reuterella Barklouse
Reuterella helvimacula
A small barklouse with distinctive pale spots on dark wings found on tree bark. It is common in mixed forests throughout...
Ribbed Pine Borer
Rhagium inquisitor
A longhorn beetle found across northern forests that develops under the bark of dead conifers. Adults are active in spri...
River Jewelwing
Calopteryx aequabilis
A North American damselfly with narrow dark wing tips in males and a metallic green body. It prefers faster-flowing rive...
River Midge
Rheotanytarsus exiguus
A small filter-feeding midge that builds silken nets on submerged stones in flowing water. Larvae are among the most abu...
Rock Ant
Temnothorax rugatulus
A tiny dark ant that nests in rock crevices at high elevations in western North America. Colonies contain about 200 work...
Rock Bristletail
Petrobius brevistylis
A coastal bristletail found on rocky shores from Scandinavia to the Mediterranean. It has shorter cerci than the related...
Rock Caddisfly
Goera calcarata
A caddisfly of limestone streams whose cases incorporate calcareous sand grains and pebble ballast. Larvae scrape algae ...
Roeder's Dead Leaf Mantis
Acanthops roederiana
A dark brown dead leaf mantis from the Amazon basin named after entomologist Roeder. Its serrated pronotum edges mimic a...
Ross's Alpine
Erebia rossii
A dark brown butterfly with small reddish-orange eye spots on the forewings. Its cryptic coloration allows it to blend w...
Rosy Footman Moth
Miltochrista miniata
A beautiful small moth with orange-pink forewings crossed by delicate yellow lines. It is one of the most colorful footm...
Rothschildia Silk Moth
Rothschildia lebeau
A spectacular large moth with rich brown wings featuring prominent triangular translucent windows. The wing shape and pa...
Rough-Skinned Diving Beetle
Dytiscus lapponicus
A large diving beetle of northern and alpine regions across Europe and Asia. Both sexes have finely sculptured elytra, d...
Round-winged Muslin Moth
Thumatha senex
A tiny moth with rounded translucent whitish wings marked with faint grey spots. It is among the smallest of the footman...
Rounded Metalmark
Calephelis perditalis
A small reddish-brown metalmark with distinctly rounded wing margins and two rows of metallic silvery spots. It is found...
Royal Walnut Moth
Citheronia sepulcralis
A rich brown moth with orange veins and small yellow spots. It is closely related to the regal moth but smaller and dark...
Russet-tipped Clubtail
Stylurus plagiatus
A handsome clubtail with orange-brown wingtips and a distinctly widened club-shaped abdomen. It flies late in the season...
Rusty Sedge
Hydropsyche saxonica
A net-spinning caddisfly of clean upland European streams sensitive to organic pollution. Larvae construct fine-meshed c...
Sachem Skipper
Atalopedes campestris
A small tawny-orange skipper with a distinctive large dark patch on the male's forewing. Females are darker with more mo...
Saddle-backed Bush-cricket
Ephippiger ephippiger
A robust bush-cricket named for its saddle-shaped pronotum. It has vestigial wings used only for sound production. Both ...
Saddle-Case Caddisfly
Glossosoma conformis
A small caddisfly whose larvae build distinctive saddle-shaped cases from tiny stones. When it pupates, it cuts the case...
Saddleback Caterpillar Moth
Acharia stimulea
A dark brown moth best known for its extraordinary caterpillar, which is bright green with a brown saddle-shaped marking...
Saharan Antlion
Neuroleon nemausiensis
A slender antlion found across the Mediterranean and North Africa. Adults fly at dusk and are attracted to lights in ari...
Saharan Desert Mantis
Eremiaphila braueri
A ground-dwelling mantis adapted to the harsh Saharan environment. It is nearly wingless and relies on speed rather than...
Saharan Sand Grasshopper
Sphingonotus octofasciatus
A pale sandy grasshopper well adapted to life on Saharan sand dunes. It has elongated hind legs for powerful jumps acros...
Saint Helena Earwig
Labidura herculeana
Was the worlds largest earwig at 78 mm. Endemic to Saint Helena island. Not seen since 1967 and declared extinct in 2014...
Salt and Pepper Microcaddis
Agraylea multipunctata
A very small caddisfly with speckled wings found in algae-rich ponds and lakes across North America. Larvae build tiny p...
Salt Flat Tiger Beetle
Eunota togata
A pale whitish tiger beetle adapted to saline environments in western North America. Its light coloring provides camoufl...
Sand Field Cricket
Gryllus firmus
A large cricket occurring in two wing forms: long-winged fliers and short-winged non-fliers. This wing dimorphism involv...
Sand Fly Caddis
Glossosoma intermedium
A small caddisfly whose larvae build distinctive tortoise-shell-shaped stone cases. They are important grazers on algae-...
Sand Treader Camel Cricket
Macrobaenetes valgum
A pale, wingless cricket adapted to life on desert sand dunes in the American Southwest. It has broadened feet for walki...
Sankurensis Soil Termite
Cubitermes sankurensis
A soil-feeding termite found in the Congo Basin rainforests, building small mounds on the forest floor. Colonies are mod...
Sapphire Jewelwing
Vestalis luctuosa
A large Southeast Asian damselfly with a dark metallic blue body and dark-tipped wings. Males shimmer with deep sapphire...
Sardinian Cave Beetle
Speomolops sardous
A blind cave beetle endemic to a single cave system in Sardinia. It has no eyes, no pigment, and elongated legs and ante...
Satin Moth
Leucoma salicis
A pure white moth with a satin-like sheen and strikingly chequered black-and-white legs. It can become a serious defolia...
Savanna Driver Ant
Dorylus gribodoi
A subterranean driver ant of African savannas that rarely surfaces, conducting most raids through underground tunnels. C...
Say's Firefly
Pyractomena angulata
An early-season firefly with amber-orange flashes seen in spring across eastern North America. It is among the first fir...
Scalloped Hook-tip
Falcaria lacertinaria
A small moth with strongly curved wingtips and scalloped wing margins that rests resembling a dead leaf. Its mottled bro...
Scalloped Oak Moth
Crocallis elinguaria
A warm ochre-yellow moth with a distinctive dark brown band across the forewings. It rests with wings pressed tightly to...
Scaly Cricket
Pseudomogoplistes vicentae
A tiny wingless cricket covered in iridescent scales. It lives on shingle beaches above the high-tide line. It is extrem...
Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly
Ischnura pumilio
One of Europe's smallest damselflies, with a black body and a single blue segment near the tail tip. Females come in a r...
Scarce Copper
Lycaena virgaureae
A brilliant fiery-orange butterfly with black-spotted forewings, the male being one of the most intensely coloured Europ...
Scarites Ground Beetle
Scarites subterraneus
A large, jet-black burrowing ground beetle found across eastern North America. Its powerful mandibles and flattened body...
Scarlet Tiger Moth
Callimorpha dominula
A striking day-flying moth with black forewings spotted with white and yellow, and brilliant scarlet hindwings. It playe...
Scheltopusik Cave Cricket
Dolichopoda schiavazzii
A cave-dwelling cricket found in limestone caves of central Italy. It has extremely long antennae and reduced eyes adapt...
Scotch Argus
Erebia aethiops
A dark brown butterfly with russet-orange bands containing eyespots, found in northern grasslands and light woodland. It...
Sculptured Pine Borer
Chalcophora virginiensis
A large North American jewel beetle with deeply sculptured elytra giving a textured appearance. Dark metallic bronze col...
Seashore Springtail
Anurida maritima
A dark blue-black springtail found in dense clusters on rocky seashores at low tide. It survives tidal submersion by tra...
Semaphore Fly
Poecilobothrus nobilitatus
A tiny metallic green fly where males have conspicuous white-tipped wings used in semaphore-like courtship displays. It ...
Senegalese Grasshopper
Oedaleus senegalensis
A small to medium grasshopper with an X-shaped marking on the pronotum and blue hindwings. It is an important crop pest ...
Seven-Spotted Lady Beetle
Coccinella magnifica
A scarce ladybird that lives exclusively in and around wood ant nests. It closely resembles the common seven-spot ladybi...
Severini's Rover Ant
Tetramorium severini
A small leaf-litter ant with a finely striate head and propodeal spines of moderate length. It belongs to the T. severin...
Seychelles Palm Spider
Nephila inaurata
A large golden orb-weaver spider found in the Seychelles with strong yellow silk. Females can have a leg span exceeding ...
Shaft Louse
Menopon gallinae
A fast-moving louse found on the feather shafts of chickens and other poultry. It feeds primarily on feather barbs and c...
Shore Earwig
Anisolabis littorea
A large wingless earwig native to New Zealand, found under stones and driftwood on rocky coasts. It has a shiny black bo...
Shoreline Rove Beetle
Bledius spectabilis
A burrowing rove beetle that constructs vertical tunnels in salt marsh mud. It feeds on algae scraped from wet sediment ...
Sieber's Mountain Grasshopper
Miramella alpina
A green alpine grasshopper with short wings, common in European mountain meadows. It is one of the most characteristic i...
Signate Green Lacewing
Mallada signatus
An Australian native lacewing commercially available for garden pest control. One of few lacewings sold in hardware stor...
Silky Lacewing
Psychopsis illidgei
A beautiful Australian lacewing with large, rounded wings covered in intricate patterns resembling tree bark. It rests w...
Silver-spotted Skipper
Hesperia comma
A small golden-brown butterfly with distinctive silvery spots on the green underside of its hindwings. It is restricted ...
Silverfish
Lepisma saccharinum
A primitive wingless insect with a silvery scaled body and three tail filaments. A common household inhabitant....
Silvery Blue
Glaucopsyche lygdamus
A small silvery-blue butterfly with a neat row of round black spots ringed in white on the grey underside. It is one of ...
Silvestri Angel Insect
Zorotypus silvestrii
A tropical zorapteran found in Central American forests. It lives in small colonies under loose bark and feeds on fungal...
Simplon Beetle
Nebria cordicollis
A heart-shaped-thorax ground beetle native to high passes in the western Alps. It inhabits cold, exposed rocky habitats....
Sinai Desert Mantis
Eremiaphila rotundipennis
A pale yellow desert mantis from the Sinai Peninsula with rounded wing remnants. It is one of the better-studied Eremiap...
Singing Water Boatman
Micronecta scholtzi
The loudest animal relative to body size on Earth. This 2 mm aquatic bug produces mating calls reaching 99.2 decibels by...
Sinuate-winged Damselfly
Tatocnemis sinuatipennis
An endemic damselfly with distinctively sinuate or wavy-edged wings, a feature unique among Malagasy odonates. Males hav...
Skin Moth
Monopis laevigella
A small dark brown moth with a pale spot on each forewing that breeds in bird nests and animal remains. It is one of nat...
Slaty Skimmer
Libellula incesta
A dark, slate-blue dragonfly of eastern North America. Mature males are uniformly dark blue-black, making them distincti...
Slave-Maker Ant
Temnothorax americanus
A tiny North American slave-making ant that raids colonies of closely related Temnothorax species. Workers have saber-li...
Slave-Making Ant
Formica sanguinea
A facultative slave-making ant that raids colonies of other Formica species to steal pupae. The stolen brood hatches and...
Slender Pigeon Louse
Columbicola columbae
A long slender louse found between the barbs of wing and tail feathers of pigeons and doves. It is one of the most studi...
Small Amber Spinner
Caenis macrura
A tiny mayfly whose amber-colored spinners fall to the water in dense clouds. Nymphs live among fine sediments in slow-f...
Small Ballast Caddisfly
Silo pallipes
A small caddisfly that cements large pebbles to its mineral case for ballast in fast water. Found exclusively in clean c...
Small Desert Mantis
Eremiaphila typhon
A tiny, wingless mantis found in the Sahara Desert that runs across open sand to catch prey. Its pale body color matches...
Small Emerald Moth
Hemistola chrysoprasaria
A small, delicate moth with uniformly pale green wings and fine white fringe. It is one of the daintiest European emeral...
Small Goldenring
Cordulegaster trinacriae
A Mediterranean goldenring dragonfly found in Italy and nearby regions. It is smaller than most goldenrings and inhabits...
Small Ranunculus
Hecatera dysodea
A subtly attractive moth with pale grey-green wings marked with intricate darker patterns. It was once rare in Britain b...
Small Square-Gilled Mayfly
Caenis luctuosa
A minute mayfly with distinctive square-shaped gills on its nymphs. Adults swarm in enormous numbers near water at twili...
Small-eyed Sphinx Moth
Paonias myops
A pinkish-brown sphinx moth whose hindwings bear a small blue eyespot ringed in black and yellow. It relies on camouflag...
Smelly Carpenter Ant
Dolichoderus thoracicus
A Southeast Asian dolichoderine ant that tends mealybugs inside shelters built from chewed plant material. It is a signi...
Smokies Synchronous Firefly
Photinus macdermotti
A firefly found in the central Appalachian region that produces slow, deliberate flashes. It is closely related to the f...
Smoky Alderfly
Sialis fuliginosa
A European alderfly distinguished from S. lutaria by its preference for flowing water rather than still ponds. It has da...
Smoky Rubyspot
Hetaerina titia
A damselfly with dark smoky wings and amber-red basal patches in males. It is found along forested streams in the easter...
Smokybrown Cockroach
Periplaneta fuliginosa
A uniformly dark mahogany-brown cockroach that is an excellent flier and strongly attracted to lights at night. It requi...
Snail Hunter Beetle
Cychrus caraboides
A specialized forest beetle with a narrow elongated head adapted for reaching into snail shells. It is strictly nocturna...
Snail-Case Caddis
Helicopsyche borealis
A remarkable caddisfly whose larvae build coiled cases from sand grains that closely resemble tiny snail shells. It is w...
Snail-Case Caddisfly
Helicopsyche mexicana
A remarkable caddisfly whose larva builds a coiled sand-grain case resembling a tiny snail shell. Found in warm streams ...
Snailcase Bagworm
Apterona helicoidella
A tiny bagworm moth whose larva builds a coiled, snail-shell-shaped case from silk and sand grains. It reproduces entire...
Snow Scorpionfly
Boreus hyemalis
A tiny wingless scorpionfly active in winter, walking on snow near mossy habitats. Its vestigial wings are reduced to ho...
Snyder's Zorapteran
Zorotypus snyderi
A minute gregarious insect living in small colonies in rotting logs. Wingless forms are blind and pale, while winged for...
Sod Webworm Moth
Crambus praefectellus
A small straw-colored moth that holds its wings tightly rolled around its body at rest, giving it a tubular appearance. ...
Soldier-heavy Termite
Pericapritermes nitobei
A soil-feeding termite found across Southeast Asia and the Pacific, notable for its snapping-mandible soldiers. Workers ...
Somali Conehead Mantis
Empusa somalica
A rare conehead mantis found in the Horn of Africa's arid scrublands. Its sandy coloration provides perfect camouflage i...
Somali Harvester Termite
Hodotermes sjoestedti
A harvester termite found in the dry grasslands and semi-deserts of the Horn of Africa. Like other hodotermitids, worker...
Sonoran Silk Moth
Sphingicampa hubbardi
A small saturniid moth with warm pinkish-tan wings and minimal patterning. It is adapted to the harsh desert environment...
South African Alderfly
Leptosialis africana
One of the few alderfly species found in the Southern Hemisphere, occurring in clean mountain streams of South Africa. A...
South American Clearwing Moth
Carmenta theobromae
A small wasp-mimicking clearwing moth with transparent wings and a banded black-and-yellow abdomen. It is a significant ...
South American Dead Leaf Mantis
Acanthops falcataria
A spectacular dead leaf mimic from South American forests with crumpled, leaf-shaped wings. Its brown, withered appearan...
South American Giant Diving Beetle
Megadytes ducalis
One of the largest diving beetles in South America with a glossy dark olive body. It inhabits large rivers and lakes of ...
South American Giant Mayfly
Campsurus major
A large tropical mayfly found in South American rivers and floodplains. Males have distinctive elongated forelegs used f...
South American Velvet Ant
Traumatomutilla indica
A large tropical velvet ant with striking black and orange patterns. Despite its species name, it is native to South Ame...
South American Weevil
Rhinostomus barbirostris
A large black weevil with a very long, slender rostrum used for boring into palm trunks. It is an important pest of coco...
South American Whirligig Beetle
Gyrinus ovatus
A widespread whirligig beetle found across temperate and tropical regions of the Americas. It is highly gregarious and f...
Southern Damselfly
Coenagrion mercuriale
A rare and declining European damselfly with a mercury-symbol-shaped mark on segment two. It is restricted to base-rich ...
Southern Flannel Moth
Megalopyge opercularis
A fluffy moth covered in cream to orange-brown fur-like scales. Its larva, called the puss caterpillar, is covered in so...
Southern Jumping Bristletail
Dilta hibernica
A bristletail found on rocky coasts of western Europe, from Ireland to Portugal. It has large eyes and a distinctively h...
Southern Net-Winged Midge
Blepharicera cherokea
A net-winged midge endemic to southern Appalachian mountain streams. Larvae graze diatoms from smooth rock faces in fast...
Spanish Copper
Carabus hispanus
A spectacular ground beetle with vivid coppery-red and green metallic colouring. It inhabits southern French and Iberian...
Sparkling Jewelwing
Calopteryx xanthostoma
A southwestern European demoiselle closely related to the Banded Demoiselle. Males have broad dark wing bands and a dist...
Speckled Emperor Moth
Gynanisa maja
A large earth-toned emperor moth with speckled brown and grey wings bearing clear eyespots. It is a common moth in south...
Speckled Wood
Pararge aegeria
Brown butterfly with cream or orange spots and small eyespots on hindwings. Males defend sunlit patches on the forest fl...
Speculitermes Inquiline
Speculitermes cyclops
A small soil-feeding termite from India that is notable for being an inquiline, living within the mounds of larger termi...
Spiny Dead Leaf Mantis
Acanthops tuberculata
A heavily textured dead leaf mantis covered in bumps and tubercles from northern South America. The rough texture adds t...
Spiny Flower Mantis
Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii
Small, colorful mantis with spectacular eye-like patterns on its wings displayed in a threat pose. White and green body ...
Spiny Oak Slug Moth
Euclea delphinii
A small colorful moth with green, brown, and silver-spotted forewings. Its flattened, jewel-like caterpillar is green wi...
Spiny Oakworm Moth
Anisota stigma
A medium-sized saturniid with rich orange-brown wings bearing a small white discal spot. Males are darker and smaller th...
Splendid Clubtail
Gomphidia abbotti
A large, impressive Asian clubtail with bold yellow and black markings. It inhabits forested rivers in Southeast Asia an...
Splendid Ground Beetle
Carabus splendens
A dazzling green and gold ground beetle endemic to the Pyrenees mountains. It is prized by collectors for its brilliant ...
Split-Footed Lacewing
Nymphes myrmeleonides
A large Australian lacewing with a wingspan up to 70 mm and distinctive bilobed tarsi. Adults are nocturnal and attracte...
Spotted Diving Beetle
Graphoderus cinereus
A medium-sized diving beetle with distinctive mottled brown and cream patterning. It inhabits clean, well-vegetated pond...
Spotted Grass Moth
Rivula propinqualis
A tiny yellowish moth with a distinctive dark spot on each forewing. It is extremely common in damp grassy habitats acro...
Spotted Sedge
Hydropsyche siltalai
A net-spinning caddisfly that constructs silken capture nets in fast-flowing water to filter food from the current. Adul...
Spring Fishfly
Chauliodes rastricornis
A medium-sized fishfly with pectinate antennae found in eastern North America. Adults are attracted to lights near river...
Spring Pygmy Firefly
Pleotomus pallens
A tiny, rarely seen firefly of the eastern United States with a very short adult life span. Males produce faint, sporadi...
Spruce Budworm
Choristoneura fumiferana
A small mottled grey-brown moth that is the most destructive forest pest in North America. Outbreaks can kill millions o...
Spur-throated Locust
Austracris guttulosa
A large Australian locust named for the distinctive spur on its throat. It is a major agricultural pest in northern and ...
Spurge Hawkmoth
Hyles euphorbiae
A striking hawkmoth with olive and pink forewings and rosy-red hindwings with a black base. Its caterpillar is equally s...
Sri Lankan Green Mantis
Hierodula patellifera
A common bright green mantis found across tropical Asia and parts of Oceania. It is highly adaptable and thrives in both...
Sri Lankan Relict Ant
Aneuretus simoni
The sole surviving member of its entire subfamily, known only from a few localities in Sri Lanka's rainforests. A true l...
Stenus Jet Rove Beetle
Stenus bimaculatus
A small rove beetle with bulging eyes and an extensible sticky labium used to capture springtails. It can skim across wa...
Stigmate Brown Lacewing
Hemerobius stigma
A brown lacewing with a distinctive dark spot on each forewing. Widespread in conifer-dominated forests of the Northern ...
Stinking Rove Beetle
Ocypus nero
A jet-black rove beetle with finely punctured elytra and a broad head. It emits a foul-smelling secretion when disturbed...
Stream Jewelwing
Neurobasis chinensis
A spectacular tropical damselfly where males have iridescent metallic green hindwings that flash in sunlight. Females ha...
Streamlined Backswimmer
Notonecta irrorata
A pale backswimmer with mottled wings found in still and slow-moving waters across North America. Like other backswimmer...
Striped Earwig
Labidura riparia
A large, pale sandy-brown earwig with dark longitudinal stripes, commonly found near water. It is one of the most widesp...
Striped Whirligig Beetle
Gyrinus substriatus
A small whirligig beetle common across Europe, with fine longitudinal lines on the elytra. It aggregates in large swarms...
Subterranean Diving Beetle
Limbodessus palmulaoides
An eyeless aquatic beetle living in underground calcrete aquifers of Western Australia. It has lost all pigmentation and...
Sudan Plague Locust
Aiolopus simulatrix
A slender grasshopper of the Sahel zone that occasionally reaches plague densities after good rains. It is an important ...
Sugarcane Borer
Diatraea saccharalis
A straw-colored moth whose larvae bore into sugarcane stalks, causing yield losses and allowing disease organisms to ent...
Sulawesi Stick Mantis
Toxodera celebensis
A stick mantis endemic to the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia. It is part of the island's unique fauna shaped by million...
Sulphur Mayfly
Ephemerella dorothea
A small pale yellow mayfly that produces reliable evening hatches on eastern North American streams. One of the most imp...
Sumatran Stick Mantis
Toxodera hauseri
A slender stick mantis found in the montane forests of Sumatra. It is one of the few Toxodera species adapted to cooler ...
Summer Fishfly
Chauliodes pectinicornis
A medium-sized fishfly emerging in summer with distinctive dark-veined wings and feathery antennae. Larvae develop in mu...
Sunburst Diving Beetle
Thermonectus marmoratus
A striking yellow-and-black spotted diving beetle from the American Southwest and Mexico. Its larvae have been discovere...
Superb Jewelwing
Calopteryx amata
An East Asian damselfly with iridescent metallic green body and dark wings with blue-purple reflections. It inhabits cle...
Surat Cockroach
Periplaneta indica
A medium-sized cockroach native to the Indian subcontinent. It has a dark brown body and is commonly found in buildings....
Swaine Jack Pine Sawfly
Neodiprion swainei
A pine sawfly with strongly pectinate male antennae and sawfly females that are stouter and paler. Larvae are olive gree...
Swallow-tailed Moth
Ourapteryx sambucaria
A large, pale lemon-yellow moth with pointed tail-like projections on its hindwings. Its graceful shape and colour make ...
Swamp Metalmark
Calephelis mutica
A rare and localized metalmark butterfly of midwestern wetlands with warm rusty-brown wings marked with fine metallic li...
Sweetbay Silk Moth
Callosamia securifera
A large silk moth similar to the promethea but associated with sweetbay magnolia in the southeastern United States. Male...
Synchronous Firefly
Photinus carolinus
One of the few firefly species in North America that synchronizes its flashing patterns. Thousands flash in unison durin...
Taiwanese Window Firefly
Pyrocoelia analis
A large Taiwanese firefly with a distinctive orange pronotum and transparent wing windows. Its larvae are terrestrial an...
Tan Spotted Sedge
Hydropsyche instabilis
A medium-sized caddisfly whose larvae construct net retreats in fast-flowing upland streams. Adults are tan with spotted...
Tanzanian Conehead Mantis
Empusa conversii
An East African conehead mantis found in the dry woodlands of Tanzania. It has a well-developed head cone and long, spin...
Tanzanian Flower Mantis
Pseudocreobotra gratiosus
A graceful flower mantis from East African coastal forests. It has a predominantly white body with subtle green and pink...
Tanzanian Heelwalker
Tanzaniophasma subsolana
Known only from a single museum specimen from Tanzania, this enigmatic heelwalker represents the only known East African...
Tasmanian Brown Lacewing
Micromus tasmaniae
A small Australian brown lacewing that has become a globally significant biocontrol agent. Widely studied for its effect...
Tatra Mountain Beetle
Nebria tatrica
An endemic ground beetle found only in the Tatra Mountains. It lives under stones in alpine scree at the highest elevati...
Tawny Crazy Ant
Nylanderia fulva
A small reddish-brown ant that forms enormous supercolonies and is displacing fire ants in the southern United States. T...
Tenerife Cave Cricket
Petaloptila canariensis
A pale cave-dwelling cricket found in lava tubes on Tenerife. It has reduced eyes and elongated antennae adapted to life...
Tenerife Speckled Wood Butterfly
Pararge xiphioides
A brown butterfly with orange eyespot patches endemic to the western Canary Islands. It flies in shaded laurel forest cl...
Terminalis Spongillafly
Sisyra terminalis
A Palearctic spongillafly with dark wing tips found near clean freshwater systems. Indicator of good water quality and h...
Termitophilous Rove Beetle
Corotoca melantho
A bizarre, physogastric rove beetle that lives inside termite nests in Brazil. The female's abdomen becomes enormously s...
Texas Stygobiontic Diving Beetle
Psychopomporus felipi
A groundwater-dwelling diving beetle from the Edwards-Trinity Aquifer in Texas. It was the first stygobiontic diving bee...
Thai Aquatic Firefly
Luciola aquatilis
A small Thai firefly notable for having truly aquatic larvae with functional gills. It was one of the first fireflies co...
Thief Ant
Solenopsis molesta
One of the smallest ant species in North America, nesting near larger ant colonies to steal food and brood. Their tiny s...
Three-veined Dragonfly
Neodythemis trinervulata
A small forest dragonfly with a characteristic three-veined wing pattern that distinguishes it from related species. Mal...
Throat Bot Fly of Horses
Gasterophilus nasalis
A yellowish-brown bot fly that lays eggs under the jaw of horses. Larvae migrate to the area between the teeth and gums ...
Transverse Ladybird
Coccinella transversalis
An Australian native ladybird with variable orange-and-black markings. It is an important biological control agent for a...
Triplaris Ant
Pseudomyrmex triplarinus
A South American ant that inhabits the hollow stems of Triplaris trees in a mutualistic relationship. Workers swarm out ...
Tropical Ant-loving Rove Beetle
Ecitophya simulans
A myrmecophilous rove beetle from Central America that lives with Eciton army ants. Its body closely resembles the shape...
Tropical Giant Whirligig Beetle
Dineutus indicus
A large whirligig beetle found on the surfaces of tropical ponds and slow rivers across South Asia. It forms impressive ...
Tropical House Cricket
Gryllodes sigillatus
A small light brown cricket with dark bands on its head. It is widely bred as feeder insects for reptiles. Originally fr...
Tropical Mantidfly
Entanoneura gratiosa
A striking tropical mantidfly with patterned wings found in Asian rainforests. Its ornate wing markings are unusual amon...
Tropical Rove Beetle
Erichsonius cinerascens
A small, greyish rove beetle found in marshy habitats and pond margins. It is a useful bioindicator of wetland health....
True Armyworm Moth
Mythimna unipuncta
A tawny-brown moth with a single white dot on each forewing. Its larvae march in armies across fields, devastating cerea...
Trumpet-Net Caddis
Polycentropus flavomaculatus
A caddisfly whose larvae spin trumpet-shaped silk nets to trap prey. It is common throughout European rivers and lakes....
Tube-building Desert Termite
Gnathamitermes perplexus
A desert termite found in the southwestern United States that builds distinctive mud tubes and soil sheeting over grass ...
Tulip-tree Silk Moth
Callosamia angulifera
A large silk moth similar to the promethea but with more angular wing shapes and richer coloring. It is closely associat...
Tumbu Fly
Cordylobia anthropophaga
An African blow fly whose larvae cause furuncular myiasis in humans and animals. Females lay eggs on soil or clothing hu...
Tumulitermes Mound Termite
Tumulitermes pastinator
An Australian grass-harvesting termite that builds small columnar mounds in tropical savannas. Workers forage in open co...
Tunisian Desert Mantis
Eremiaphila berndstiewi
A recently described desert mantis from southern Tunisia. It has an extremely flattened body that helps it hide under st...
Turanian Snakefly
Turcoraphidia amara
A snakefly native to Central Asia and the Middle East, inhabiting arid mountainous woodlands. It is one of the few raphi...
Turk's Tiger Beetle
Cephalota turcica
A distinctive tiger beetle found on saline lake shores and mudflats across Turkey and the Middle East. Its pale markings...
Turkestan Cockroach
Shelfordella lateralis
A medium-sized cockroach originally from Central Asia that is rapidly displacing the oriental cockroach in many urban ar...
Tussar Moth
Antheraea mylitta
A large Indian silk moth with deep golden-brown wings and prominent eyespots bordered in black. It is one of the most co...
Tuxen's Acerentomid
Acerentulus confinis
A widespread European proturan found in a variety of soil habitats. It is commonly encountered in temperate deciduous fo...
Twelve-Lined Whirligig Beetle
Gyrinus minutus
One of the smallest European whirligig beetles, found in clean ponds and lakes. It is often overlooked due to its diminu...
Twin-spotted Sphinx Moth
Smerinthus jamaicensis
A medium-sized hawk moth with scalloped gray-brown forewings and blue and black eyespots on the hindwings. When threaten...
Twin-spotted Spiketail
Cordulegaster maculata
A large, dark brown spiketail with paired yellow spots on each abdominal segment. It is the most common spiketail in eas...
Two-Spot Ladybird
Adalia bipunctata
A small ladybird typically red with two black spots, though melanic (black with red spots) forms are also common. Popula...
Two-spotted Groundhopper
Tetrix bipunctata
A montane pygmy grasshopper with two pale spots on its pronotum, found in upland rocky habitats across Europe. It favors...
Two-toothed Goldenring
Cordulegaster bidentata
A large, dark goldenring dragonfly of central European mountain streams. It is distinguished from other goldenrings by t...
Underground Army Ant
Labidus coecus
A mostly subterranean army ant that occasionally surfaces in massive raiding columns across the Americas. Workers are pa...
Vagrant Emperor
Anax ephippiger
A nomadic dragonfly that wanders vast distances across Africa, Europe, and Asia. It has a sandy-brown body with a distin...
Varied Carpet Beetle
Anthrenus verbasci
A tiny, round beetle with mottled white, brown, and yellow scales on its elytra. It is a worldwide pest of natural fiber...
Vedalia Beetle
Novius cardinalis
A small red-and-black ladybird famous as the first successful biological control agent in history. It saved the Californ...
Velebit Cave Beetle
Hadesia vasiceki
A blind, reddish-brown cave beetle from deep caves in the Dinaric Alps. It has a narrow elongated body adapted for movin...
Velvet Ameletid Mayfly
Ameletus velox
A swift-swimming mayfly of headwater streams known for its velvety-textured nymphal cuticle. Adults emerge in early summ...
Velvet Tree Ant
Liometopum occidentale
A large ant that nests in oak trees and produces a distinctive trail pheromone odor....
Vietnamese Flower Mantis
Creobroter elongata
A small, slender flower mantis found in Vietnam and southern China. It has elongated wings with subtle eyespot markings ...
Violet Copper
Lycaena helle
A tiny butterfly whose males display a vivid violet-purple sheen over coppery-orange wings. It is one of Europe's rarest...
Violet Dropwing
Trithemis annulata
A stunning dragonfly where mature males turn deep violet-purple with red wing veins. It is expanding its range northward...
Virginia Pine Sawfly
Neodiprion pratti pratti
A pine sawfly whose larvae are greenish-yellow with prominent dark stripes. It preferentially attacks Virginia pine and ...
Vivid Dancer
Argia vivida
A brightly colored dancer damselfly of western North America with intense blue-violet markings. It thrives along desert ...
Wahlberg's Flower Mantis
Pseudocreobotra amarae
A small East African flower mantis with spiny projections on its abdomen and thorax. Its coloring ranges from white to g...
Wandering Desert Mantis
Eremiaphila cerisyi
A tiny, wingless praying mantis that runs across desert sand like a spider. Its flattened, sand-colored body provides ex...
Wart-biter Cricket
Decticus verrucivorus
A large bush-cricket with mottled green and brown coloring. Males produce a loud sustained song to attract mates. Histor...
Water Measurer
Hydrometra australis
A very slender, elongate semi-aquatic bug that walks slowly on water surfaces in the Americas. Its head is exceptionally...
Water Scorpion
Nepa cinerea
A flat aquatic bug that lurks in shallow water resembling a dead leaf. It breathes through a long tail-like siphon that ...
Water Strider
Gerris lacustris
Walks on water using hydrophobic leg hairs that trap air. Each leg has thousands of microscopic grooved hairs. Can detec...
Web-spinning Barklouse
Archipsocus nomas
A bark louse known for spinning communal silk webs over tree bark in tropical and subtropical regions. Large colonies ca...
Webbing Clothes Moth
Tineola bisselliella
A small golden-buff moth whose larvae are the primary insect pest of woolen clothing and textiles. Adults are weak flier...
Weevil
Curculio glandium
Acorn weevils have an enormously long rostrum (snout) used to bore into acorns for egg laying. Curculionidae is the larg...
West African Driver Ant
Dorylus molestus
A large East African driver ant known for its painful bites that are difficult to remove once clamped. Columns can stret...
Western Ameletid Mayfly
Ameletus cooki
A streamlined mayfly found in cold mountain streams of the Pacific Northwest. Nymphs are agile swimmers that dart betwee...
Western Firefly
Microphotus angustus
A rare western North American firefly with larviform females that glow. Males are winged but produce no light....
Western Glacier Stonefly
Zapada glacier
A cold-specialist stonefly found only in glacier-fed streams in Glacier National Park. It is threatened by the retreat o...
Western Grannom Caddis
Brachycentrus occidentalis
A widespread European caddisfly forming mass emergences in spring on alkaline rivers. Larvae build four-sided tapering c...
Western Iron Dun
Epeorus longimanus
An iconic eastern mayfly that signals the start of spring fly-fishing season. Nymphs have only two tails and cling to ro...
Western Spruce Budworm
Choristoneura occidentalis
A major defoliator of Douglas-fir and true firs in western North America. Repeated defoliation leads to growth loss and ...
Western Water Penny
Psephenus falli
A water penny beetle restricted to clean mountain streams in western North America. Its disc-shaped larvae are indicator...
Wheat Stem Sawfly
Cephus cinctus
A major pest of wheat and barley on the northern Great Plains of North America. Larvae bore inside stems, weakening them...
Wheel Bug
Arilus cristatus
The largest assassin bug in North America, named for the distinctive cogwheel-shaped crest on its thorax. It delivers an...
White Admiral
Limenitis camilla
An elegant woodland butterfly with dark brown wings crossed by a broad white band, noted for its graceful gliding flight...
White Miller Mayfly
Ephoron virgo
A white-bodied European mayfly that emerges in enormous synchronized swarms at dusk. Females are unique among mayflies i...
White Pine Sawfly
Neodiprion pinetum
A defoliator primarily attacking eastern white pine in North America. Larvae feed in clusters, consuming entire needles....
White Witch Moth
Thysania agrippina
Holds the record for the widest wingspan of any moth or butterfly at up to 310 mm. A nocturnal neotropical species with ...
White-banded Grass Dart
Taractrocera papyria
A small orange-brown skipper butterfly with a distinctive white band across its hindwings. It is common in grassy habita...
White-Gloved Howdy
Isonychia sadleri
Named for the white tips of its forelegs resembling gloves. Nymphs are powerful swimmers found in fast-flowing Appalachi...
White-legged Damselfly
Platycnemis pennipes
A pale, delicate damselfly with distinctively flattened white legs that the male waves during courtship displays. It pre...
White-Lined Sphinx Moth Hornworm
Cibolacris parviceps
A tiny, short-faced grasshopper adapted to the harshest parts of the Chihuahuan Desert. Its compact body reduces the sur...
White-spotted Ichneumon
Compsocryptus texensis
A medium black ichneumon wasp with conspicuous white spots on the thorax and legs. It parasitizes spider egg sacs and ca...
Wide Dead Leaf Mantis
Acanthops platycephala
A broad-headed dead leaf mantis from the Amazon basin with a distinctively flattened head. Its wide head profile adds to...
Willow Beauty
Peribatodes rhomboidaria
A well-camouflaged moth with grey-brown wings marked with dark cross-lines that blends perfectly with tree bark. It is o...
Willow Shoot Sawfly
Janus cynosbati
A slender, dark stem sawfly whose larvae bore into the shoots of willow and rose. Females cause distinctive wilting of s...
Wood White
Leptidea sinapis
A delicate, fluttery butterfly with rounded white wings and a small grey wingtip patch. It has a weak, dancing flight cl...
Woodland Acerentomid
Acerentomon maius
A relatively large proturan found in deciduous forest soils of central Europe. It is among the better-studied acerentomi...
Wroughton's Army Ant
Aenictus wroughtonii
A small reddish-brown army ant that conducts well-organized raids on termite mounds in tropical Asia. Workers are monomo...
Yellow May Dun
Heptagenia sulphurea
A bright sulfur-yellow mayfly common across European rivers during early summer. Its flat nymphs are adapted to fast-flo...
Yellow Sally
Isoperla fulva
A bright yellow stonefly common in European upland streams. Nymphs are omnivorous, feeding on both algae and small inver...
Yellow Sally Stonefly
Isoperla grammatica
A common European stonefly with a distinctive yellow body, emerging in late spring on clean rivers. It is a well-known s...
Yellow-winged Darter
Sympetrum flaveolum
A medium-sized darter with extensive saffron-yellow patches at the base of all four wings. Males are red-bodied while fe...
Yellow-Winged Darter Rove Beetle
Philonthus cognatus
A medium-sized, metallic-black rove beetle with brownish wing tips. It is one of the most common staphylinids in Europea...
Yemeni Conehead Mantis
Empusa mendicaria
A slender conehead mantis from the Arabian Peninsula with a well-developed head process. It inhabits dry wadis and acaci...
Zebra Caddis
Macrostemum zebratum
A strikingly patterned net-spinning caddisfly of eastern North American rivers. Larvae build large silken capture nets i...
Zebra Swallowtail
Eurytides marcellus
A pale greenish-white swallowtail with bold black stripes and very long hindwing tails. Its striking zebra-like pattern ...