Predators
658 species with this diet
African Bark Mantis
Tarachodes afzelii
A small flat mantis with mottled grey-brown coloring perfectly matching tree bark. It presses its body flat against trun...
African Firefly
Luciola africana
A Sub-Saharan African firefly with a dark brown body and pale pronotal margins. It is one of the few well-documented fir...
African Giant Tiger Beetle
Manticora herculeana
The largest tiger beetle in the world, entirely black with enormous sickle-shaped mandibles. It is flightless and hunts ...
African Giant Water Bug
Lethocerus cordofanus
A massive aquatic predatory bug with powerful raptorial forelegs for catching prey. It can grow to over 80 mm and is one...
African Ground Mantis
Ligariella trigonalis
A small mottled grey-brown mantis adapted to hunting on the ground among stones and gravel. It is remarkably well camouf...
African Ladybird Beetle
Cheilomenes propinqua
A small, dome-shaped beetle with variable black and orange-red patterns. It is a voracious predator of aphids and is use...
African Mantis
Sphodromantis viridis
A large, powerful mantis that occurs in green or brown color forms. It is one of the most commonly kept pet mantis speci...
African Paper Wasp
Belonogaster juncea
A slender reddish-brown social wasp that builds small open paper nests under eaves and branches. It preys on caterpillar...
African Predator Rove Beetle
Philonthus longicornis
A medium-sized, cosmopolitan rove beetle with notably long antennae relative to its body size. It is commonly found in d...
African Predatory Lacewing
Chrysopa pudica
A robust lacewing found across tropical Africa in forested and cultivated areas. Adults and larvae both contribute to pe...
African Soldier Beetle
Cantharis africana
A soft-bodied soldier beetle from Sub-Saharan Africa with orange-brown elytra and a darker head region. Like other canth...
African Spider Wasp
Hemipepsis capensis
A very large blue-black wasp with bright orange wings that hunts baboon spiders. It is one of Africa's largest solitary ...
African Tiger Beetle
Manticora latipennis
The world's largest tiger beetle, a fierce predator with massive jaws. It is flightless and hunts on the ground at night...
Aleochara Parasitoid Rove Beetle
Aleochara bilineata
A small, dark rove beetle whose larvae are parasitoids of cabbage root fly pupae. Adults are also active predators of fl...
Alpine Assassin Bug
Coranus subapterus
A predatory bug of dry alpine and montane grasslands. It ambushes prey with its powerful raptorial forelegs....
Alpine Carabus
Carabus alpestris
A metallic green or bronze ground beetle of high alpine meadows. It is a nocturnal predator of slugs and soft-bodied inv...
Alpine Ground Beetle
Nebria germari
A dark, robust ground beetle found on alpine scree slopes and glacier margins. It hunts small invertebrates among loose ...
Alpine Ground Bug
Geocoris grylloides
A small, big-eyed predatory bug of dry mountain slopes. It uses its large eyes to spot and stalk small arthropod prey....
Alpine Marsh Fly
Elgiva solicita
A snail-killing fly of wet alpine meadows and bogs. Its larvae are specialist predators of aquatic snails....
Alpine Rove Beetle
Ocypus alpestris
A large, black rove beetle of high-altitude meadows and forest edges. It is a fast-running predator of insects and larva...
Alpine Stonefly
Dictyogenus alpinum
A large, dark stonefly of cold alpine streams and rivers. Its nymphs are voracious predators of other aquatic invertebra...
Alpine Tiger Beetle
Cicindela gallica
A fast-running predatory beetle of dry alpine grasslands and rocky paths. Its greenish-bronze coloration provides camouf...
Amazon Ant
Polyergus breviceps
A slave-making ant that raids colonies of Formica ants to steal pupae, which then emerge as workers in the Polyergus col...
Amazon Flat Ground Beetle
Agra eowilsoni
An extremely elongated, ant-like ground beetle from Central American rainforests. Its narrow body and long mandibles mak...
Amazon Giant Centipede-Eating Ant
Dinoponera quadriceps
A very large ponerine ant endemic to northeastern Brazil, reaching up to 30 mm. Colonies are queenless, with reproductio...
Amazonian Dagger Moth
Lophocampa citrina
A yellow and brown spotted tiger moth common in Neotropical forests. Its densely hairy caterpillars are conspicuously co...
Amazonian Giant Ant
Pachycondyla villosa
A large, hairy black ponerine ant with a powerful sting and strong mandibles. It is a solitary ground forager that hunts...
Amazonian Leafhopper
Propetes schmidti
A colorful leafhopper with a bright green body adorned with red and blue markings. It feeds on the sap of various unders...
Amazonian Net-Winged Beetle
Calopteron brasiliense
A soft-bodied beetle with broad, fan-shaped elytra featuring a net-like venation pattern. Its bright orange and black co...
Amazonian Water Scorpion
Ranatra spp.
A stick-like aquatic bug with an extremely elongated body and long breathing siphon at the rear. It hangs motionless nea...
Amblyoponine Ant
Amblyopone australis
A primitive-looking subterranean ant from Australia with small eyes and pale coloring. It hunts chilopods in deep soil a...
Ambush Bug
Phymata americana
A small crab-like bug that waits motionless on flowers to ambush visiting pollinators....
American Dustywing
Conwentzia californica
A tiny western North American dustywing found on fruit trees and ornamental plants. Valued as a natural mite predator in...
American Hoverfly
Eupeodes americanus
A widespread North American hoverfly with yellow and black markings. Larvae are voracious aphid predators in crop fields...
American Marsh Treader
Hydrometra martini
A very thin, elongate bug with a head nearly as long as its thorax. It creeps slowly along floating debris and sphagnum ...
American Owlfly
Ululodes quadripunctatus
A dragonfly-like neuropteran with split eyes and long knobbed antennae. It catches small insects on the wing during twil...
Anchor Stink Bug
Stiretrus anchorago
A predatory stink bug that is one of North America's most colorful pentatomids, with highly variable patterns of red, bl...
Ancient Greenling
Hemiphlebia mirabilis
The sole surviving member of one of the most ancient damselfly families on Earth....
Andean Caterpillar Hunter
Calosoma abbreviatum
A South American caterpillar hunter beetle found in highland regions. It has dark bronze elytra and preys on armyworm ca...
Andean Cloud Forest Ground Beetle
Notiobia nebrioides
A medium-sized dark brown ground beetle found in the cloud forests of the Andes mountains. It is typical of the rich but...
Anophthalmus Cave Beetle
Anophthalmus hitleri
A small, blind, depigmented cave beetle found in only a handful of caves in Slovenia. It has elongated legs and antennae...
Ant Beetle
Thanasimus formicarius
A brightly colored red and black bark beetle predator that mimics ants. It hunts bark beetles on pine trees....
Ant Damsel Bug
Himacerus mirmicoides
A slender brown predatory bug whose nymphs remarkably mimic ants for protection from predators. Adults lose the ant-like...
Ant Mantis
Odontomantis planiceps
A tiny mantis whose nymphs mimic ants to avoid predation....
Ant Nest Beetle
Paussus favieri
A bizarre reddish-brown beetle with swollen club-shaped antennae that lives inside ant nests. It mimics ant chemical sig...
Ant-attended Treehopper
Publilia concava
A small North American treehopper commonly tended by ants that harvest its honeydew secretions. In return, attending ant...
Ant-Mimicking Treehopper
Cyphonia clavata
A treehopper with a pronotal projection shaped like an ant sitting on its back. The ant mimic is thought to deter predat...
Ant-nest Scydmaenine
Cephennium gallicum
A tiny, blind, pale yellow scydmaenine rove beetle found exclusively in ant nests. Its reduced eyes and pigmentation ind...
Appalachian Springfly
Remenus bilobatus
A rare springfly restricted to a few clean Appalachian headwater streams. Nymphs are predatory on small invertebrates am...
Aquatic Snail-killing Fly
Sepedon sphegea
A slender marsh fly with a distinctly pointed abdomen and yellowish-brown coloring. Larvae are aquatic predators of fres...
Arctic Crane Fly
Tipula arctica
A large, long-legged fly with narrow wings and a slender body. Its legs break off easily when seized by predators. Larva...
Arctic Hover Fly
Syrphus torvus
A medium-sized hover fly with bold yellow and black banding that mimics a wasp. It is a skilled hoverer that can remain ...
Arctic Rove Beetle
Quedius boops
A medium-sized rove beetle with a sleek black body and short elytra. It has large eyes for hunting in dim conditions. Fo...
Asian Giant Rove Beetle
Platydracus sharpi
A large, striking rove beetle from East Asia with metallic blue-green coloration and golden pubescence. It is one of the...
Asian Rhagophthalmid Glowworm
Rhagophthalmus ohbai
A small beetle from the family Rhagophthalmidae with neotenic, larviform females that produce a bright continuous glow. ...
Assassin Bug
Zelus renardii
Ambush predators that impale prey with their curved beak and inject lethal saliva. Some species coat their legs with sti...
Aurora Bluetail Damselfly
Ischnura aurora
A delicate damselfly with a bright orange-and-blue tail tip, found across the Pacific region. It is one of the most wide...
Australian Beefly Robber
Blepharotes coriarius
Australia's largest robber fly, heavily built with a dense covering of dark hair. It is a powerful predator capable of t...
Australian Caterpillar Hunter
Calosoma schayeri
An Australian caterpillar hunter with dark metallic elytra. It is an important natural enemy of pasture and crop caterpi...
Australian Dobsonfly
Archichauliodes diversus
A large, dark dobsonfly found in clean streams across southeastern Australia. Larvae are important predators in cool for...
Australian Emerald
Hemicordulia australiae
A metallic green-eyed dragonfly common near ponds and slow streams across Australia. It hovers sentrylike over water, ea...
Australian Emperor Dragonfly
Anax papuensis
A large, powerful dragonfly with a green thorax and blue-spotted abdomen. It is a strong flier commonly seen patrolling ...
Australian Glow-Worm Firefly
Atyphella lychnus
One of Australia's few true firefly species, found in tropical Queensland rainforests. Females are wingless and glow fro...
Australian Harlequin Bug
Dindymus versicolor
A small but conspicuous red and black bug that often aggregates in large numbers on tree trunks, fences, and walls durin...
Australian Hoverfly
Simosyrphus grandicornis
A common Australian hoverfly with orange-yellow markings on a dark abdomen. It is an important pollinator and aphid pred...
Australian Magpie Moth
Nyctemera amica
A striking day-flying black and white moth from Australasia. Caterpillars feed on groundsel and ragwort, sequestering to...
Australian Owlfly
Suhpalacsa flavipes
A large Australian owlfly with smoky wings and yellow legs. Active at dusk in open eucalyptus woodland and dry grassland...
Australian Paper Wasp
Polistes humilis
A common Australian paper wasp that builds small, open-celled papery nests under eaves, in shrubs, and other sheltered l...
Australian Spoonwing
Chasmoptera hutti
One of the few Australian nemopterids, with distinctive elongated hindwings. Found in arid and semi-arid regions of sout...
Azure Damselfly
Coenagrion puella
A delicate bright blue and black damselfly and one of the most abundant damselfly species in Europe. Males display a U-s...
Azure Damselfly of Azores
Ischnura hastata
On the Azores, this species has evolved the only known all-female population of any odonate. These females reproduce thr...
Backswimmer
Notonecta glauca
An aquatic bug that swims upside down just beneath the water surface, using its long hind legs as oars. Its back is keel...
Balloon Dance Fly
Hilara maura
A dance fly famous for its elaborate mating ritual in which males present silk-wrapped prey gifts to females. Males spin...
Banded Antlion
Glenurus gratus
A North American antlion with distinctive banded wing patterns. Commonly attracted to porch lights on warm summer evenin...
Banded Demoiselle
Calopteryx splendens
A striking damselfly with metallic blue-green body and distinctive dark wing patches in males. It frequents slow-flowing...
Banded Oogaster Ground Beetle
Anthia sexguttata
A large Indian ground beetle with six prominent white spots on its black elytra. It is a fast-running nocturnal predator...
Banded Pennant
Celithemis fasciata
A medium-sized dragonfly with bold dark bands across all four wings. Its body is dark with reddish markings. It perches ...
Banded-wing Thrips
Aeolothrips fasciatus
A predatory thrips with dark-banded wings commonly found on crop plants. It preys on pest thrips, mites, and small insec...
Bark Gnawing Beetle
Trogossita japonica
A predatory beetle found under bark where it hunts wood-boring larvae. Its flattened body is well suited to life in bark...
Bark Mantis
Liturgusa sp.
A flattened mantis species that lives on tree bark and is superbly camouflaged. Rather than ambushing prey, it actively ...
Bark-crevice Rove Beetle
Nudobius lentus
A slender, flattened rove beetle adapted for life under tight-fitting bark. Its compressed body and strong legs allow it...
Beaded Lacewing
Lomamyia latipennis
A small lacewing whose larvae live inside termite nests and prey on the termite workers. Adults have distinctive beaded ...
Beautiful Demoiselle
Calopteryx virgo
A stunning damselfly with entirely dark-tinted wings in males and bronze-green wings in females. It prefers faster-flowi...
Beaver Rove Beetle
Leptusa fumida
A tiny, dark aleocharine rove beetle that inhabits the nests of beavers and other semi-aquatic rodents. It feeds on orga...
Bed Bug Hunter
Reduvius personatus
An assassin bug whose nymph camouflages itself with dust and debris glued to its body....
Bee Assassin Bug
Apiomerus flaviventris
A brightly colored assassin bug with a red and black body and a yellow underside. It specializes in ambushing bees and o...
Bee Killer Assassin Bug
Apiomerus crassipes
An assassin bug that coats its legs with plant resin to capture bees visiting flowers....
Belkin's Dune Tabanid Fly
Brennania belkini
A rare horse fly known only from the El Segundo sand dunes in Los Angeles County. Larvae develop in the sand and adults ...
Bethany Beach Firefly
Photuris bethaniensis
A predatory firefly known from a narrow range along the mid-Atlantic coast. Females mimic the flash patterns of other fi...
Big-eyed Ground Beetle
Notiophilus biguttatus
A small, fast-running ground beetle with enormously enlarged eyes relative to its body size. It has a bronze sheen and i...
Big-headed Tiger Beetle
Megacephala virginica
A nocturnal tiger beetle with a disproportionately large head and long curved mandibles. It is dark brown to black and h...
Bipunctate Aleocharine
Aleochara bipustulata
A robust aleocharine rove beetle with two reddish spots on its elytra, serving as both predator and parasitoid of agricu...
Black Caterpillar Hunter
Calosoma sayi
A large, entirely black caterpillar hunter beetle native to North American prairies and grasslands. It is a powerful run...
Black Clock Beetle
Pterostichus madidus
A common nocturnal ground beetle found throughout European gardens and farmland. It is jet black and a voracious predato...
Black Darter
Sympetrum danae
Britain s smallest dragonfly where mature males become entirely jet black, unique among European dragonflies. Females an...
Black-kneed Capsid
Blepharidopterus angulatus
A slender, pale green mirid bug with distinctive black knee joints. It is a beneficial predator found in European apple ...
Black-winged Damselfly
Calopteryx atrata
A large damselfly where males have entirely black iridescent wings with a metallic blue-green body. Females have dark sm...
Bladetail
Lindenia tetraphylla
A large gomphid dragonfly with leaf-shaped abdominal expansions at the tail....
Blue Dasher
Pachydiplax longipennis
A medium-sized dragonfly with a powdery blue abdomen and metallic green eyes in males. It is one of the most common drag...
Blue Ground Beetle
Carabus intricatus
A large brilliant blue beetle with intricately sculptured elytra. It is a nocturnal predator of slugs and snails in anci...
Blue Hawker
Aeshna caerulea
A small hawker dragonfly with bright blue spots on males and yellow spots on females. It is restricted to high-altitude ...
Blue Margined Ground Beetle
Chlaenius impunctifrons
A brilliantly colored ground beetle with bright metallic blue-green elytra and a velvety texture from fine pubescence. I...
Blue Mountains Firefly
Atyphella flammulans
An Australian firefly found in cool temperate rainforests, producing a steady greenish glow. It has a dark body and is m...
Blue Mud Dauber
Chalybion californicum
A metallic blue wasp that preys on black widow spiders. It reuses mud nests built by other dauber species rather than co...
Blue Paederine Rove Beetle
Paederus balcanicus
A colorful Paederus rove beetle with metallic blue elytra and an orange thorax, found in southeastern Europe. Like all P...
Blue Skimmer
Orthetrum caledonicum
A common Australian dragonfly where mature males develop a powdery blue pruinescence over their abdomen. Females and you...
Blue-black Spider Wasp
Anoplius viaticus
A dark metallic blue spider wasp with orange-red abdominal bands. It hunts wolf spiders on sandy heathlands and dunes ac...
Blue-eyed Darner
Rhionaeschna multicolor
A large darner dragonfly with striking bright blue eyes and blue spots on a brown body. It is one of the most common lar...
Blue-winged Grasshopper
Oedipoda caerulescens
A well-camouflaged grasshopper that reveals bright blue hindwings when it flies. At rest it blends perfectly with bare g...
Blue-winged Rove Beetle
Platydracus chalcocephalus
A handsome rove beetle with a metallic blue-green head and pronotum contrasting with brown elytra. It is found in wooded...
Bog Hawker
Aeshna subarctica
A rare hawker dragonfly restricted to acidic Sphagnum bogs in northern regions....
Bog Jet Beetle
Stenus juno
One of the largest Stenus species, with a shiny black body and the characteristic bulging eyes of its genus. It frequent...
Bordered Mantis
Stagmatoptera biocellata
A large green mantis with two prominent dark eyespots on the inner surfaces of its forelegs. It uses these spots in its ...
Borneo Firefly
Pteroptyx bearni
A synchronous firefly endemic to Borneo that creates dramatic light displays in riverside trees. It congregates in speci...
Borneo Giant Firefly
Lamprigera borneensis
A very large tropical firefly from Borneo with massive larviform females that glow brightly. Males are smaller and winge...
Borneo River Cruiser
Macromia cingulata
A large fast-flying dragonfly of pristine river systems in Borneo. It patrols long stretches of river with a distinctive...
Brazilian Headlight Firefly
Pyrearinus termitilluminans
A unique click beetle relative whose bioluminescent larvae inhabit termite mounds in the Brazilian cerrado. The glowing ...
Brazilian Owlfly
Cordulecerus alopecinus
A neotropical owlfly with bushy-tipped antennae found in South American cerrado and forest edges. Adults are crepuscular...
Brazilian Soldier Beetle
Chauliognathus flavipes
A South American soldier beetle with yellow-orange elytra and dark markings. It is commonly found on flowers in the Atla...
Brazilian Treehopper
Bocydium globulare
One of the most bizarre insects alive — its helmet has bulbous globular projections resembling a tiny helicopter. The st...
Brazilian Wanderer Spider Wasp
Pepsis fabricius
A large metallic blue-black spider wasp with bright orange wings that hunts tarantulas as food for its larvae. The femal...
Brilliant Emerald
Somatochlora metallica
A metallic green dragonfly with brilliant emerald green eyes. Males patrol low over sheltered lakes and woodland pools. ...
Broad Scarlet
Crocothemis servilia
A robust dragonfly where males are brilliant scarlet-red with a broad flattened abdomen. Females are olive-brown. It is ...
Brown-winged Rove Beetle
Tasgius ater
A large, uniformly dark rove beetle with subtly brownish elytra, closely related to Tasgius melanarius. It prefers more ...
Brunner's Stick Mantis
Brunneria borealis
A slender stick-like mantis found in the southeastern United States. It is remarkable because only females are known and...
Budwing Mantis
Parasphendale affinis
A sturdy, aggressive mantis from East Africa named for the bud-like wing stubs of the females, who are mostly flightless...
Canary Islands Tiger Beetle
Cicindela lunulata
A fast-running predatory beetle found on the Canary Islands with metallic green coloring. It hunts on open sandy and vol...
Cape Antlion
Crambomorphus sinuatus
A southern African antlion found in fynbos and sandy coastal areas. Its larvae inhabit loose sand in wind-sheltered spot...
Cape Mountain Katydid
Pseudosaga incerta
A large predatory katydid with bold orange and blue-green warning colors. Found only on high mountain peaks in the Cape ...
Cape Spoonwing
Palmipenna aeoleoptera
A South African nemopterid with broad, paddle-shaped hindwings. One of the most spectacular insects in the Western Cape ...
Carabus olympiae
Carabus olympiae
A brilliantly colored ground beetle found only in a tiny area of the Italian Alps. Its metallic purple and green elytra ...
Cardinal Beetle
Pyrochroa coccinea
A striking flat beetle with a bright scarlet body and large black eyes. Larvae are predators under bark....
Caribbean Giant Centipede
Scolopendra alternans
A large centipede found across the Caribbean islands with alternating dark and light body segments. It is an aggressive ...
Carolina Mantis
Stagmomantis carolina
The most common native mantis species in the eastern United States, occurring in green, brown, and mottled forms. It is ...
Carpathian Alpine Beetle
Nebria reitteri
An endemic alpine ground beetle of the Carpathian Mountains. It is a cold-specialist predator found only at the highest ...
Cascade Damselfly
Thaumatoneura inopinata
A rare damselfly found only near waterfalls in Central American cloud forests....
Cascades Stonefly
Doroneuria theodora
A large predatory stonefly endemic to Cascade Range streams. Nymphs inhabit cold boulder-strewn torrents at moderate ele...
Cat-Eyed Mantis
Heterochaeta strachani
A spectacular West African mantis with enormously enlarged compound eyes that give it a cat-like appearance and exceptio...
Caucasus Ground Beetle
Carabus caucasicus
A large, robust ground beetle from the Caucasus Mountains with deeply sculptured black elytra and a massive body. It is ...
Cave Rove Beetle
Leptotyphlus mirabilis
A minute, eyeless, depigmented rove beetle adapted to life in deep soil and cave environments. Its body is extremely elo...
Cederberg Heelwalker
Austrophasma cederbergense
A predatory heelwalker found in the Cederberg Mountains of South Africa. It is greenish-brown and well-camouflaged among...
Central American Glowworm Beetle
Phengodes hidalgoensis
A Mexican glowworm beetle with males possessing large feathery antennae and short elytra. The larviform females produce ...
Chinese Golden Ground Beetle
Carabus elysii
A stunning Chinese ground beetle with brilliant golden-green elytra and deep blue pronotum. It is found in the forested ...
Chinese Mantis
Tenodera sinensis
One of the largest mantis species in North America (introduced). An ambush predator with remarkable binocular vision. Fe...
Chinese Rhagophthalmid Glowworm
Rhagophthalmus lufengensis
A bioluminescent beetle from southern China with larviform females that emit a steady greenish glow from ventral light o...
Chinese Terrestrial Glowworm Firefly
Pyrocoelia pectoralis
A large firefly with dark brown elytra and a bright reddish pronotum. Females are wingless and produce a steady glow. Th...
Chrysomeline Rove Beetle
Tachyporus chrysomelinus
A small, elegantly shaped rove beetle with a distinctly pointed abdomen and yellowish-brown coloration. It is one of the...
Cicada Assassin Bug
Pselliopus barberi
A colorful orange and black assassin bug that specializes in hunting cicadas. It uses its powerful raptorial forelegs an...
Cicada Killer Wasp
Sphecius speciosus
A large solitary wasp that provisions its burrow with paralyzed cicadas....
Claassenia Stonefly
Claassenia sabulosa
A large predatory stonefly with a mottled yellow and brown pattern. The nymphs are active nocturnal hunters that roam th...
Claudius Ground Beetle
Carabus clathratus
A large bronze or coppery-black ground beetle with distinctive chain-like patterning on its elytra formed by rows of rai...
Click Beetle
Alaus oculatus
Has a special mechanism that allows it to snap its body with a click, launching itself up to 30 cm into the air. The lar...
Cliff Tiger Beetle
Cicindela germanica
A small, dark green tiger beetle with faint pale markings found on exposed clay and chalk slopes. It has declined severe...
Clouded Rove Beetle
Staphylinus nebulosis
A large European rove beetle with a cloudy gray-brown pubescence pattern and powerful jaws. It is a nocturnal hunter tha...
Clubtail Dragonfly
Ophiogomphus cecilia
A green-eyed dragonfly with a club-shaped abdomen tip found along clean rivers....
Coastal Rove Beetle
Cafius xantholoma
A medium-sized rove beetle with yellowish elytral margins, highly adapted to life on seashores. It lives under seaweed w...
Colorado Soldier Beetle
Chauliognathus basalis
A soft-bodied beetle with orange and brown elytra commonly found on flowers. It is an important pollinator and predator ...
Columbia Tiger Beetle
Cicindela columbica
A rare tiger beetle known from sandy riverbanks in the Pacific Northwest. It is an agile predator that chases down small...
Common Agonum
Agonum muelleri
A sleek, metallic greenish-bronze ground beetle with a smooth, oval body. It is one of the most common ground beetles in...
Common Alderfly
Sialis lutaria
A dark smoky-winged insect commonly found near still or slow-moving waters across Europe. Its aquatic larvae are predato...
Common Aleocharine
Atheta coriaria
A tiny, dark brown aleocharine rove beetle now commercially sold as a biological control agent. It is an aggressive pred...
Common Anchomenus
Anchomenus dorsalis
A small, elegant ground beetle with metallic green elytra, a reddish-brown head, and pale legs. It is one of the most ef...
Common Antlion
Myrmeleon immaculatus
A delicate lacewing-like insect whose larvae are famous pit-trap predators. Adults are nocturnal and resemble slender da...
Common Bembidion
Bembidion lampros
A tiny, metallic bronze ground beetle that is one of the most abundant carabids in European farmland. Despite its small ...
Common Black Ground Beetle
Pterostichus melanarius
One of the most abundant ground beetles in European farmland and gardens. It is a generalist predator active mainly at n...
Common Buckeye
Junonia coenia
Brown butterfly with prominent eyespots on all four wings. Eyespots deter predators by mimicking the eyes of larger anim...
Common Clubtail
Gomphus vulgatissimus
A medium-sized dragonfly with a club-shaped abdomen tip and distinctive yellow and black markings. It emerges en masse f...
Common Damsel Bug
Nabis rugosus
A slender, drab brown predatory bug with raptorial forelegs that is common in European grasslands and agricultural field...
Common Flower Bug
Anthocoris nemorum
A tiny brown bug that is a voracious predator of aphids, mites and psyllids. An important biological control agent....
Common Green Darner
Anax junius
A large migratory dragonfly with a green thorax and blue abdomen found across North America. It undertakes multigenerati...
Common Pond Skater
Aquarius najas
A large, elongate water strider that glides across the surface of flowing rivers and large ponds. It is one of the bigge...
Common Red Rove Beetle
Staphylinus erythropterus
A large rove beetle with reddish-brown elytra and a velvety black body. It is a fast-running predator found in forests....
Common Snakefly
Raphidia notata
A distinctive predatory insect with an elongated prothorax that gives it a snake-like appearance. It hunts aphids and ot...
Common Spreadwing
Lestes sponsa
A slender metallic green damselfly that characteristically holds its wings half-open at rest. It is widespread across Eu...
Common Sun Beetle
Elaphrus cupreus
A small, brilliantly metallic copper-green beetle with distinctive eye-like pits on its elytra. It runs rapidly on wet m...
Common Tiger
Danaus genutia
A tawny-orange butterfly with black veins and white-spotted black wing margins, resembling the Monarch butterfly. Its bo...
Common Whitetail
Plathemis lydia
A stocky dragonfly where mature males sport a chalky white abdomen and dark wing bands. It is one of the most frequently...
Common Yellowjacket
Vespula vulgaris
An aggressive social wasp with bold black and yellow markings that builds large underground paper nests. Workers are vor...
Compost Rove Beetle
Oxytelus laqueatus
A small, broad oxytelline rove beetle with a distinctively sculptured pronotum bearing deep grooves. It is abundant in c...
Comstock's Green Lacewing
Chrysopa comanche
A medium-sized green lacewing native to the American Southwest. Frequently found in arid scrubland and desert-edge habit...
Conehead Mantis
Empusa pennata
A distinctive European mantis with a tall conical head crest and feathery antennae in males. Nymphs resemble small alien...
Congo Giant Ground Beetle
Anthia duodecimguttata
A massive black ground beetle with twelve white spots on its elytra, found across sub-Saharan Africa. It is one of the l...
Conifer Brown Lacewing
Hemerobius pini
A small brown lacewing closely associated with pine trees across Europe. Larvae are specialist predators of pine aphids....
Conifer Rove Beetle
Quedius plagiatus
A medium-sized, dark rove beetle strongly associated with coniferous bark and dead wood. It is an important predator of ...
Cooloola Monster
Cooloola propator
A bizarre blind burrowing cricket found only in sandy soils of Queensland....
Coppery Chlaenius
Chlaenius cumatilis
A medium-sized ground beetle with brilliant metallic blue-green coloring and fine pubescence covering its elytra. It is ...
Coppery Dysphania
Dysphania cuprina
A brightly colored day-flying moth widespread across Southeast Asia. The metallic coppery-gold and black pattern warns p...
Coral Pink Sand Dunes Tiger Beetle
Cicindela albissima
A nearly white tiger beetle perfectly camouflaged against the pink-white sand dunes of its sole habitat in southern Utah...
Costa Rican Firefly
Aspisoma ignitum
A neotropical firefly with a dark body and reddish pronotum bearing a median dark stripe. It produces a bright yellow-gr...
Creek Pacer Ground Beetle
Chlaenius tricolor
A handsome ground beetle with bright metallic green elytra, a bluish pronotum, and reddish-brown legs. It is commonly fo...
Creeping Water Bug
Ilyocoris cimicoides
A robust aquatic bug that crawls along pond bottoms and delivers a painful bite....
Creoleon Antlion
Creoleon plumbeus
A robust Mediterranean antlion with lead-grey coloring on the thorax. Found in dry, warm habitats across southern Europe...
Cretan Hawker
Boyeria cretensis
A dragonfly endemic to the island of Crete, found only along a few shaded mountain streams. One of Europe's most range-r...
Daintree Ringtail Damselfly
Austrolestes psyche
A slender metallic green damselfly found near rainforest streams in north Queensland. It rests with wings spread at an a...
Dance Fly
Empis tessellata
A predatory fly in which males present silk-wrapped insect prey as nuptial gifts to females. Mating swarms form elaborat...
Dark Rove Beetle
Tachyporus nitidulus
A small, shiny dark brown rove beetle with a characteristic boat-shaped body. It is incredibly numerous in northern Euro...
Dark-stigma Snakefly
Phaeostigma notata
A primitive predatory insect with an elongated prothorax giving it a snake-like neck. Found on tree trunks in woodland. ...
December Moth
Poecilocampa populi
A dark, hairy moth that flies in the coldest months of the year, from November to January. Its cold-season activity is a...
Delta Green Ground Beetle
Elaphrus viridis
A small metallic green ground beetle found only near vernal pools in Solano County, California. It is threatened by urba...
Demoiselle
Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis
A Mediterranean damselfly with deeply pigmented wings and metallic body coloration....
Deraeocoris Plant Bug
Deraeocoris ruber
A small, shiny dark reddish-brown to black predatory plant bug found across Europe. It feeds on aphids, spider mites, an...
Desert Antlion
Brachynemurus abdominalis
A large antlion species common in desert regions of North America. Unlike some relatives, its larvae hunt without buildi...
Desert Blond Tarantula Hawk
Pepsis thisbe
A large metallic blue-black spider wasp with vibrant orange wings found in the Sonoran Desert. Females hunt blonde taran...
Desert Lacewing
Chrysoperla comanche
A pale green lacewing adapted to arid environments of the American Southwest. Both adults and larvae are important preda...
Desert Tiger Beetle
Cicindela hemorrhagica
A bright red and green tiger beetle that hunts along the edges of desert streams and alkaline flats. It is an extremely ...
Dimple-back Ground Beetle
Elaphrus riparius
A small, fast-running beetle with distinctive cup-shaped depressions on its elytra that create a dimpled appearance. It ...
Dinodes Ground Beetle
Dinodes decipiens
A rare cave-dwelling ground beetle from the Balkans with reduced eyes and elongated appendages. It represents an interme...
Diving Beetle
Dytiscus marginalis
A large, streamlined aquatic beetle with an olive-green body bordered in yellow. It carries an air bubble under its elyt...
Downes' Green Lacewing
Chrysoperla downesi
A conifer-associated green lacewing that retains its green color through winter. Unlike relatives, it does not turn brow...
Downy Emerald
Cordulia aenea
A metallic green dragonfly with a distinctive downy thorax covered in fine golden hairs. Males patrol tirelessly along w...
Dragonhunter
Hagenius brevistylus
The largest clubtail in North America and a formidable aerial predator. Its massive size and bold black and yellow marki...
Dromedary Tiger Beetle
Dromica kolbei
A large flightless tiger beetle with elongated legs and a matte black body. Females are larger than males and have reduc...
Dun-bar
Cosmia trapezina
A late summer noctuid moth whose caterpillars are partly predatory, eating other moth larvae sharing their tree. Variabl...
Dune Spoonwing
Halter halteratus
A small nemopterid with spoon-tipped hindwings found in coastal Mediterranean habitats. Commonly seen fluttering over sa...
Dusky Green Lacewing
Chrysopa dorsalis
A green lacewing with a dark dorsal stripe running along the abdomen. Prefers wooded habitats across southern Europe....
Dustywing
Coniopteryx tineiformis
A tiny moth-like lacewing covered in a white waxy powder that gives it a dusty appearance. It is an important predator o...
East Asian Pheropsophus Bombardier
Pheropsophus jessoensis
A large Asian bombardier beetle with an orange head and pronotum and dark blue-black elytra. It is the largest bombardie...
Eastern Bombardier Beetle
Brachinus explodens
A bombardier beetle widespread across central and eastern Europe. It hunts small soil invertebrates at night....
Eastern Lubber Grasshopper
Romalea microptera
A large, brightly colored grasshopper with short wings that cannot fly. Its bold yellow, red, and black coloration warns...
Eastern Net-Winged Midge
Blepharicera tenuipes
A net-winged midge whose larvae cling to rocks in the fastest torrents using ventral suction discs. Adults have characte...
Eastern Pondhawk
Erythemis simplicicollis
A robust skimmer dragonfly where mature males are powdery blue and females are vivid green. It is an aggressive predator...
Ectatomma Ant
Ectatomma tuberculatum
A large, heavily sculptured neotropical ant with a powerful sting and distinctive tuberculate body. It is a common groun...
Egyptian Mantis
Miomantis paykullii
A small to medium green mantis native to Africa that has become established in parts of the southern United States. Fema...
Egyptian Spoonwing
Nemoptera aegyptiaca
A North African spoonwing with striking wing patterns and long trailing hindwings. Found in arid habitats from Egypt acr...
Eight-spotted Tiger Beetle
Cicindela octogramma
A dark bronze tiger beetle bearing eight distinct pale spots on its elytra. It is a fast-moving predator found on expose...
Elegant Grasshopper
Zonocerus elegans
A strikingly colorful grasshopper with green, yellow, black, and orange warning patterns. It feeds on toxic plants and i...
Elephant Mosquito
Toxorhynchites rutilus
A large, iridescent blue-green mosquito whose adults do not bite. Larvae are predators of other mosquito larvae in tree ...
Embossed Stonefly
Paragnetina immarginata
A large patterned stonefly of clean eastern streams with raised body markings. Nymphs are top predators among stream cob...
Emperor Gum Moth
Opodiphthera eucalypti
A large and attractive native moth with prominent eyespots on each wing that serve as a startle defence against predator...
Epomis Ground Beetle
Epomis dejeani
A beetle whose larvae lure and devour frogs — a rare case of predator-prey role reversal. The larva waggles its antennae...
Eupeodes Hoverfly
Eupeodes corollae
A common small hoverfly with variable yellow comma-shaped markings on the abdomen. It is a migratory species and importa...
European Amazon Ant
Polyergus rufescens
An obligate slave-making ant that raids colonies of Formica ants to steal pupae. The kidnapped workers then perform all ...
European Beewolf
Philanthus triangulum
A large, striking yellow-and-black solitary wasp that specialises in hunting honeybees. Females paralyse bees in flight ...
European Firebug
Pyrrhocoris apterus
A strikingly patterned red and black bug that forms large aggregations at the base of linden trees. It is one of the mos...
European Glow-Worm Click Beetle
Phosphaenus hemipterus
A small European firefly with reduced wings in the male and completely wingless females. Both sexes produce faint biolum...
European Hangingfly
Bittacus italicus
A delicate predatory insect with long legs that hangs from grass stems and snatches prey with its prehensile hind tarsi....
European Large Firefly
Lamprohiza splendidula
A central European firefly whose males produce a continuous greenish glow while flying. Its predatory larvae spend up to...
European Spider Wasp
Episyron albonotatum
A medium-sized black spider wasp with white markings that hunts orb-weaving spiders across Europe. It nests in sandy soi...
European Trechus Cave Beetle
Trechus quadristriatus
A small, pale brown ground beetle with four prominent striae on each elytron. Despite belonging to a subfamily with many...
Ewingi Japygid
Catajapyx ewing
A predatory dipluran found in soils of the southeastern United States. It uses its forceps-like cerci to capture small s...
Eyed Hawk-moth
Smerinthus ocellatus
A large hawk-moth with cryptic brown forewings that conceal vivid blue and black eyespots on the hindwings. When startle...
False Stable Fly
Muscina stabulans
A robust fly resembling a large house fly with reddish-yellow patches at the wing base. Larvae can be facultative predat...
Femme Fatale Firefly
Photuris versicolor
A predatory firefly that mimics the flash patterns of other species to lure males as prey. Females are aggressive hunter...
Fen Rove Beetle
Stenus providus
A tiny rove beetle of wetland margins with exceptionally large eyes for a beetle its size. Uses a retractable sticky lab...
Festive Tiger Beetle
Cicindela scutellaris
A small brilliantly colored tiger beetle varying from deep purple to bright green depending on the subspecies. It runs a...
Field Digger Wasp
Mellinus arvensis
A yellow and black wasp that nests in sandy soil and provisions each cell with paralyzed hoverflies....
Fijian Cave Swiftlet Dragonfly
Nesobasis erythrops
An endemic Fijian damselfly found along shaded forest streams on Viti Levu. Males have distinctive red eyes and metallic...
Filigree Skimmer
Pseudoleon superbus
A dragonfly with ornate banded wing patterns and arid habitat preferences....
Flame Skimmer
Libellula saturata
A brilliantly red-orange dragonfly found in the southwestern United States and Mexico. Males are unmistakable with their...
Florida Predatory Firefly
Photuris frontalis
A large predatory firefly found in the southeastern United States that exhibits synchronous flashing behavior. Males pro...
Flower Bug
Orius insidiosus
A tiny predatory bug widely used in biological pest control against thrips and aphids. Despite its small size it is a vo...
Flower Wasp
Cerceris rybyensis
A solitary wasp that hunts small mining bees to provision its nest. Nests in sandy soil, often in dense aggregations. Di...
Forest Caterpillar Hunter
Calosoma sycophanta
A large, brilliant metallic green and gold ground beetle that climbs trees to hunt caterpillars. It was introduced to No...
Forest Darner
Austroaeschna pulchra
A handsome darner dragonfly with blue and brown markings found in temperate forests of eastern Australia. It flies along...
Four-Spotted Carrion Beetle
Dendroxena quadrimaculata
A yellowish-brown beetle with four dark spots on its elytra, unusual for a silphid because it hunts in trees rather than...
Four-Spotted Chaser
Libellula quadrimaculata
A medium-sized dragonfly with two dark spots on the leading edge of each wing, totaling four. It is one of the most wide...
Fourteen-spotted Leaf Beetle
Propylea quatuordecimpunctata
A small yellow and black ladybird with a distinctive checkerboard pattern of rectangular black spots. It is an effective...
Fungus Rove Beetle
Lordithon thoracicus
A colorful rove beetle of the Tachyporinae with a reddish-orange pronotum and dark elytra, typically found on bracket fu...
Gallinipper Mosquito
Psorophora ciliata
One of the largest mosquitoes in North America, with shaggy legs covered in dark and pale scales. It delivers an excepti...
Ghost Darner
Anax longipes
A large green-eyed dragonfly with a distinctively long reddish-brown abdomen....
Giant African Antlion
Palpares speciosus
A massive African antlion with strikingly marked black-and-yellow wings. One of the largest neuropteran insects in the w...
Giant Amazonian Ground Beetle
Calosoma alternans
A large Neotropical caterpillar hunter with dark elytra bearing rows of metallic pits. It is an important natural enemy ...
Giant Asian Mantis
Hierodula membranacea
One of the largest mantis species in Asia, reaching 90 mm. A voracious generalist predator that catches everything from ...
Giant Black Water Beetle
Hydrophilus triangularis
The largest water beetle in North America, with a shiny black oval body. Larvae are voracious predators while adults are...
Giant Brazilian Ant
Dinoponera australis
A large ponerine ant found in the cerrado and Atlantic Forest regions of southern Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay. Like ...
Giant Darner Dragonfly
Tetracanthagyna plagiata
One of the largest dragonflies in the world, with a wingspan exceeding 16 cm. The body is brown with green markings and ...
Giant Dobsonfly
Acanthacorydalis fruhstorferi
The largest aquatic insect in the world by wingspan, found in streams in Vietnam and China. Males have enormous mandible...
Giant Eastern Crane Fly
Pedicia albivitta
A large crane fly with long delicate legs and white-banded wing markings found near forest streams. Despite its mosquito...
Giant Hawaiian Darner
Anax strenuus
The largest dragonfly in the United States, endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. It patrols forest streams and pools in nati...
Giant Japygid
Metajapyx subterraneus
One of the larger diplurans, found in deep soil and caves in southern Europe. It is a voracious predator of other soil i...
Giant Petaltail
Petalura gigantea
One of the largest dragonflies in Australia and a living fossil belonging to the most ancient dragonfly family. Its larv...
Giant Ponerine Ant
Pachycondyla crassinoda
A very large black predatory ant of African tropical forests with powerful mandibles and a painful sting. Solitary forag...
Giant Rainforest Mantis
Hierodula majuscula
One of Australia's largest mantises with a green body and reddish inner forelegs. It has distinctive blue-purple patches...
Giant Robber Firefly
Photuris lucicrescens
A large predatory firefly from eastern North America that mimics the flash patterns of Photinus species. Females lure Ph...
Giant Robber Fly
Promachus fitchii
A large, bristly predatory fly with powerful grasping legs and a sharp proboscis. It ambushes prey in mid-air with remar...
Giant Scarites
Scarites gigas
One of the largest burrowing ground beetles, entirely shiny black with a massive head and powerful toothed mandibles. It...
Giant Shield Mantis
Rhombodera basalis
A large, robust mantis with a distinctive broad shield-shaped pronotum and vivid green coloring. It is one of the most i...
Giant Water Bug
Lethocerus americanus
One of the largest true bugs. Powerful predator that catches fish, frogs, and even small snakes. Males carry eggs on the...
Gladiator Bug
Mantophasma zephyra
One of the first species described in the newest insect order Mantophasmatodea, erected in 2002. A small wingless predat...
Globular Ant-loving Beetle
Chennium bituberculatum
A small, rounded pselaphine rove beetle with a glossy chestnut-brown body and two prominent tubercles on the pronotum. I...
Gold-and-Brown Rove Beetle
Ontholestes tessellatus
A large rove beetle covered in a mosaic of golden and dark brown hairs. It frequents dung and carrion where it preys on ...
Golden Dung Fly
Scathophaga stercoraria
A common furry yellow fly that gathers on fresh cow dung to mate and hunt....
Golden Ground Beetle
Carabus auratus
A large, brilliant metallic green or golden ground beetle with ridged elytra. It is a voracious predator of slugs and ca...
Golden Net Ground Beetle
Carabus auratus festivus
A subspecies of the golden ground beetle with particularly vivid metallic green and gold coloring and prominent elytral ...
Golden Net-Winged Beetle
Dictyoptera aurora
A soft-bodied beetle with bright orange-red elytra featuring a network of raised veins. It is toxic and uses bright colo...
Golden Stonefly
Calineuria californica
A large predatory stonefly with a golden-brown body found in western North American rivers. Its nymphs are active hunter...
Golden-eyed Lacewing
Chrysopa perla
A bright green lacewing with distinctive dark head markings and iridescent golden eyes. Both adults and larvae are preda...
Golden-Ringed Dragonfly
Cordulegaster boltonii
The longest dragonfly in Britain, adorned with bold black and yellow rings along its body. Females have a conspicuous ov...
Golden-tabbed Robber Fly
Choerades marginatus
A large bristly brown robber fly with golden hair tufts that ambushes prey from sunny perches on logs....
Graphic Flutterer
Rhyothemis graphiptera
A stunning dragonfly with dark patterned wings that give it a butterfly-like appearance in flight. It flies with a disti...
Grass Mantis
Pyrgomantis jonesi
A very slender mantis adapted to hiding among tall grass stems in savanna....
Greater Arid-Land Katydid
Neobarrettia spinosa
A large, aggressive predatory katydid from the American Southwest with powerful spiny legs. It is one of the most voraci...
Green Lacewing
Chrysoperla carnea
Delicate green insects with lace-like wings and golden eyes. Larvae are ferocious predators nicknamed "aphid lions." Wid...
Green Lestes
Lestes viridis
A metallic green damselfly that lays eggs into the bark of overhanging trees. Creates distinctive oviposition scars on w...
Green Mangrove Tiger Beetle
Myriochila mastersi
A metallic green tiger beetle that inhabits mangrove mud flats and tidal zones along the northern Australian coast. It i...
Green Mantidfly
Zeugomantispa minuta
A small green mantidfly found in the southeastern United States. It has enlarged raptorial forelegs and a long prothorax...
Green Sedge
Rhyacophila dorsalis
A free-living caddisfly larva that does not build a case, instead roaming the streambed as an active predator. Adults ha...
Green Tiger Beetle
Cicindela campestris
A fast-running, metallic green beetle with cream-colored spots. It is a fierce predator that chases down prey on bare gr...
Greenland Ground Beetle
Patrobus septentrionis
A dark brown to black ground beetle with long legs and a narrowly oval body. It is common under stones and moss in damp ...
Ground Mantis
Litaneutria minor
The smallest North American mantis, well camouflaged on dry rocky soil....
Habu's Ground Beetle
Carabus dehaanii
A large Japanese ground beetle with deeply sculptured elytra and striking blue-violet metallic coloring. It is widesprea...
Hagen's Dustywing
Coniopteryx hageniana
A minute dustywing found across Europe and known for its effectiveness against orchard mites. Easily overlooked due to i...
Hagen's Green Lacewing
Leucochrysa pavida
A large neotropical lacewing with broad wings and pale green coloring. Found from Mexico through Central America to Braz...
Hairy Dragonfly
Brachytron pratense
The earliest-emerging hawker dragonfly in Europe, with a distinctively hairy thorax. Males have blue and green markings ...
Hairy Maggot Blow Fly
Chrysomya rufifacies
A blow fly whose larvae have distinctive fleshy projections giving them a hairy appearance. Its predatory larvae feed on...
Hairy Rove Beetle
Creophilus maxillosus
A stocky rove beetle with distinctive patches of golden-grey hair on its elytra. It is commonly found on carrion where i...
Hairy Sexton Rove Beetle
Velleius dilatatus
A large, broad rove beetle with flattened expanded elytra, uniquely associated with European hornet nests. It is one of ...
Harpalus Seed-eating Ground Beetle
Harpalus rufipes
A common Palearctic ground beetle with pubescent elytra and orange-red legs. Despite being partly granivorous, it also p...
Hawaiian Carnivorous Caterpillar
Eupithecia staurophragma
A remarkable moth whose caterpillars are ambush predators of insects, unique among Lepidoptera. Found only in Hawaiian n...
Hawaiian Orangeblack Damselfly
Megalagrion xanthomelas
A strikingly coloured Hawaiian damselfly with orange and black markings. It was once widespread in lowland wetlands but ...
Hawaiian Predatory Cricket
Leptogryllus deceptor
A small cricket endemic to Hawaii that has evolved predatory habits. It hunts smaller insects on the forest floor at nig...
Helicopter Damselfly
Megaloprepus caerulatus
The largest damselfly in the world with a wingspan approaching 19 centimeters....
Helicopter Dragonfly
Mecistogaster linearis
A forest giant damselfly that plucks spiders from their webs while hovering....
Hellgrammite
Nigronia serricornis
A dark-colored dobsonfly whose larvae, known as hellgrammites, are prized as fishing bait. Adults are smaller than Coryd...
Hine's Emerald Dragonfly
Somatochlora hineana
A brilliant green-eyed emerald dragonfly found in calcareous spring-fed wetlands. It is one of the most endangered drago...
Hooked Stonefly
Agnetina capitata
A large, patterned stonefly of eastern North American rivers with distinctive hooked anal gills. Nymphs are active noctu...
Horned Baboon Spider-hunting Wasp
Sphex tomentosus
A large, solitary wasp with a black body and metallic blue-green sheen. It hunts grasshoppers and katydids, paralyzing t...
Horned Clubtail
Arigomphus cornutus
A medium-sized clubtail dragonfly with small horn-like projections on the top of the head. Its body is yellow-green with...
Hornet Robber Fly
Asilus crabroniformis
Europe's largest robber fly, a hornet mimic with a yellow-and-brown body that hunts dung beetles on grazed pastures. Fem...
Huia Ground Beetle
Mecodema huia
A large, flightless ground beetle endemic to New Zealand with a heavily sculptured dark body. It is named after the exti...
Iberian Glow-Worm
Lampyris iberica
A glow-worm firefly found in Spain and Portugal with wingless, luminous females. It inhabits Mediterranean scrublands an...
Iberian Spoonwing
Josandreva sazi
A rare Iberian Peninsula nemopterid found in hot, dry calcareous grasslands. One of Europe's more localized spoonwing sp...
Icelandic Water Beetle
Agabus bipustulatus
A medium-sized, oval, dark brown diving beetle found in cold ponds and lakes. It carries a silvery air bubble under its ...
Ilia Underwing
Catocala ilia
A large moth with bark-patterned gray forewings that conceal bright reddish-orange and black hindwings. When startled, i...
Indian Dobsonfly
Nevromus testaceus
A medium-sized dobsonfly found in hill streams of the Indian subcontinent. Larvae live under rocks in well-oxygenated ra...
Indian Firefly
Luciola praeusta
A common firefly across South and Southeast Asia known for its bright flashing displays. Its larvae are ground-dwelling ...
Indian Flower Mantis
Creobroter pictipennis
A small, colorful flower mantis with green and white coloring and a single large eyespot on each forewing. It frequents ...
Indian Green Lacewing
Chrysoperla zastrowi
A green lacewing commonly found across the Indian subcontinent. Widely studied for biocontrol of cotton and rice pests....
Indian Jumping Ant
Harpegnathos saltator
A slender predatory ant with large eyes and powerful jumping ability native to India. Workers can leap several centimete...
Indian Owlfly
Helicomitus festivus
A tropical Asian owlfly with long antennae and patterned wings. Found along forest edges and clearings in the Indian sub...
Indian Rose Mantis
Gonypeta brigittae
A small pastel pink mantis that sits among rose petals and other flowers to ambush prey. Its delicate coloration provide...
Indian Spider Wasp
Hemipepsis tamisieri
A large dark-winged spider wasp from Africa and the Middle East that hunts large burrowing spiders. It is one of the big...
Indian Tiger Beetle
Cicindela aurulenta
A brilliantly metallic green tiger beetle with coppery-red margins on the elytra. It is an agile predator that runs swif...
Inocellia Snakefly
Inocellia crassicornis
A snakefly belonging to the family Inocelliidae, distinguished from Raphidiidae by the absence of ocelli. It is found in...
Io Moth
Automeris io
Named after Io from Greek mythology. Hindwings display large eyespots that flash open to startle predators. Caterpillars...
Iranian Desert Mantis
Eremiaphila iranensis
A small, pale mantis endemic to the deserts of Iran. It runs rapidly across gravel plains to ambush small invertebrate p...
Italian Owlfly
Libelloides italicus
A handsome owlfly with distinctive half-black, half-yellow hindwings. It is an agile predator of small flying insects in...
Jack Jumper Ant
Myrmecia pilosula
A medium-sized black ant with powerful mandibles and an extremely potent sting. It is one of the most dangerous ant spec...
Jade Mantis
Hierodula venosa
A bright jade-green mantis with a rounded thoracic shield edged in pale yellow. It is a common and conspicuous garden pr...
Japanese Alderfly
Sialis japonica
A medium-sized alderfly found in ponds and slow streams across Japan. It is one of the most common megalopterans in East...
Japanese Blister Beetle
Epicauta gorhami
A black and orange striped blister beetle found in Japan and Korea. Known as 'tsuchi-hanmyo.' Contains cantharidin, a bl...
Japanese Damaster Ground Beetle
Damaster blaptoides
A remarkably elongated Japanese ground beetle with an extremely narrow body and extended neck region. It has evolved thi...
Japanese Dobsonfly
Protohermes grandis
A large aquatic insect known as 'hebi-tonbo' (snake dragonfly) in Japanese. The adult males have elongated, curved mandi...
Japanese Emperor Dragonfly
Anax parthenope julius
A large hawker dragonfly and one of the most powerful aerial predators in Japanese wetlands. Known as 'gin-yanma' for it...
Japanese Giant Stonefly
Oyamia lugubris
A large predatory stonefly found in mountainous streams of Japan. Nymphs have powerful mandibles for capturing prey in s...
Japanese Giant Water Bug
Lethocerus deyrolli
Known as 'ta-garame' in Japanese, this is one of Japan's largest aquatic insects. A fearsome ambush predator that can ca...
Japanese Robber Fly
Cophinopoda chinensis
A large East Asian robber fly with powerful raptorial legs. It preys on cicadas and large beetles in montane forests....
Japanese Spider Wasp
Batozonellus lacerticida
A large black spider wasp with yellow-banded legs found across Eurasia. It hunts large orb-weaver spiders and provisions...
Jet Beetle
Stenus comma
A tiny, goggle-eyed rove beetle that hunts with a remarkable extendable labium tipped with adhesive pads. It can also sk...
Jeweled Flower Mantis
Creobroter gemmatus
A small, brilliantly colored mantis with green and cream body and striking green eyespots ringed with cream on its forew...
Karoophasma biedouwense
Karoophasma biedouwense
A gladiator insect endemic to the Biedouw Valley in South Africa. It is nocturnal and hunts among low shrubs in semi-ari...
Keeled Skimmer
Orthetrum coerulescens
A slender dragonfly where mature males develop a powder-blue abdomen. Females and immature males are yellowish-brown. It...
Kenyan Green Lacewing
Chrysoperla agilis
A recently described species from the carnea complex found in East African highlands. Occurs in both natural and cultiva...
Kite-tailed Robber Fly
Tolmerus atricapillus
A common grey robber fly with a slightly club-shaped abdomen. It is widespread across Europe, frequently hunting from lo...
Korean Water Scorpion
Laccotrephes japonensis
A flat, leaf-shaped aquatic predator found in Japan and Korea. Despite its name, it is not a true scorpion but a true bu...
Lace Bug with Maternal Care
Gargaphia solani
A subsocial lace bug found on nightshade plants where mothers actively guard their eggs and nymphs. Females stand over t...
Large Asian Firefly
Lamprigera tenebrosus
A very large Asian firefly with dark brown elytra and a broad body. The larviform females are among the largest biolumin...
Large Gold Rove Beetle
Staphylinus caesareus
A large and handsome rove beetle with golden pubescence on its thorax and bright orange abdominal bands. It is an aggres...
Large Red Damselfly
Pyrrhosoma nymphula
One of the first damselflies to emerge each spring in Europe, with a distinctive bright red body and black legs. It is c...
Large Spring Stonefly
Dinocras cephalotes
One of the largest European stoneflies with a distinctively broad, flattened head. Nymphs are apex invertebrate predator...
Large Stonefly
Perla bipunctata
One of the largest European stoneflies with a distinctive pair of pale spots on its head. Its predatory nymphs live amon...
Large Tropical Rove Beetle
Hesperus rufipennis
A large, impressive tropical rove beetle with red elytra and a black head and pronotum. It is one of the larger staphyli...
Leaf-Footed Assassin Bug
Psytalla horrida
A fearsome-looking African assassin bug covered in spines and tubercles. It is one of the most heavily armored assassin ...
Leatherback Ground Beetle
Carabus coriaceus
The largest European ground beetle, entirely matte black with heavily wrinkled elytra. It is a powerful nocturnal hunter...
Leucozona Hoverfly
Leucozona leucorum
A distinctive hoverfly with a white-banded abdomen found visiting flowers in damp woodland clearings. Larvae prey on aph...
Lined Flat Bark Ground Beetle
Platynus decentis
A medium-sized, flattened ground beetle with a sleek black body and fine striations on its elytra. It is commonly found ...
Long-horned Antlion
Distoleon tetragrammicus
A large antlion with intricately patterned wings and long clubbed antennae. Unlike most antlions, the larvae do not buil...
Long-Palped Crane Fly
Dicranota bimaculata
A short-bodied crane fly whose predatory larvae inhabit gravel beds of clean streams. Larvae are active hunters among co...
Long-tailed Dance Fly
Rhamphomyia longicauda
A small dark fly where females inflate their legs with air to appear larger during mating swarms. Males present nuptial ...
Long-winged Fungus Gnat
Macrocera stigma
A delicate fungus gnat with unusually long antennae and slender patterned wings. It is often found in shaded damp woodla...
Longhorn Caddisfly
Oecetis ochracea
A slender caddisfly with antennae much longer than its body. Larvae are unusual among caddisflies in being active predat...
Loricera Bristly Ground Beetle
Loricera pilicornis
A small, distinctive ground beetle with uniquely modified antennae bearing long bristles. These bristle-fringed antennae...
Luminous Beetle of Ulu Selangor
Pteroptyx similis
A tiny synchronous firefly found along rivers in Malaysia. Males congregate by the hundreds in berembang trees along tid...
Lurker Praying Mantis
Archimantis latistyla
One of Australia's largest praying mantises, reaching over 10 cm in length. It is a powerful ambush predator that sits m...
Lutescent Brown Lacewing
Hemerobius lutescens
A yellowish-brown lacewing found in European coniferous forests. Strongly associated with spruce and pine trees....
Macromeris Spider Wasp
Entypus unifasciatus
A large dark spider wasp with a single white or yellow band on the abdomen. It hunts large wolf spiders and trapdoor spi...
Madagascan Green Lacewing
Ankylopteryx octopunctata
A delicate green lacewing found in Madagascan forests with transparent wings. Adults and larvae are important predators ...
Madagascar Giant Darter
Anax tumorifer
A large dragonfly endemic to Madagascar that frequents forest pools and marshes. It is one of the largest odonates on th...
Madeiran Ground Beetle
Carabus lundbladi
A large, black, flightless ground beetle endemic to the island of Madeira. It inhabits the ancient laurel forests that a...
Malagasy Aquatic Beetle
Hydrophilus madagascariensis
A large, shiny black aquatic beetle with a streamlined oval body. It carries a bubble of air beneath its body for underw...
Malagasy Dobsonfly
Neochauliodes madagascariensis
A large, brown-winged insect with broad wings held tent-like over the body at rest. Males may have elongated mandibles. ...
Malagasy Firefly
Luciola madagascariensis
A soft-bodied beetle with a yellowish pronotum and dark elytra, producing a steady green bioluminescent glow from its ab...
Malagasy Ground Beetle
Graphipterus multiguttatus
A strikingly patterned ground beetle with a flattened body covered in black and white spots. It is a fast runner that hu...
Malagasy Lacewing
Chrysoperla madagascariensis
A delicate green insect with large, transparent wings bearing a fine network of veins. Adults have bright golden eyes an...
Malagasy Tiger Beetle
Pogonostoma elegans
A brilliantly colored tiger beetle endemic to Madagascar with metallic green, blue, or purple elytra. It is a fast, agil...
Malay Green Lacewing
Mallada basalis
A tropical Asian lacewing with a greenish body and dark wing venation. Commercially reared in Taiwan for pest control in...
Malaysian Firefly
Pteroptyx valida
A synchronous firefly of Malaysian rivers that creates spectacular congregation displays. It is a key species for firefl...
Mammoth Cave Cricket
Hadenoecus subterraneus
A large obligate cave cricket and keystone species of Mammoth Cave, Kentucky. Its eggs are the primary food source for m...
Mantis Lacewing
Mantispa perla
A delicate insect with mantis-like raptorial forelegs and lace-like wings. An ambush predator of small insects....
Margined Brown Lacewing
Hemerobius marginatus
A European brown lacewing with darkened wing margins found in deciduous woodland. Common but often overlooked due to its...
Maritime Long-legged Fly
Aphrosylus praedator
A specialized marine intertidal fly that hunts on wave-splashed rocks and barnacles. It has a metallic greenish body and...
Mediterranean Drilus
Drilus mauritanicus
A North African drilus beetle with small winged males bearing brown elytra and pectinate antennae. The larviform females...
Mediterranean Green Lacewing
Chrysoperla mediterranea
A cryptic species within the carnea group found in Mediterranean climates. Distinguished from close relatives by substra...
Mediterranean Mantis
Iris oratoria
A medium-sized mantis with striking eyespots on its hindwings used to startle predators. It is native to the Mediterrane...
Mega Mantis
Plistospilota guineensis
One of the largest mantis species in the world reaching up to 17cm. It is green with a massive thorax and powerful legs....
Mexican Antlion
Vella americana
A robust antlion found across the southern United States and Mexico. Recognized by its large size and boldly marked fore...
Mexican Firefly
Photinus mexicanus
A medium-sized firefly from Mexico and Central America with a dark body and yellowish-red pronotum. It produces a yellow...
Migrant Hawker
Aeshna mixta
A medium-sized hawker dragonfly that has significantly expanded its range northward in Europe. It flies late into autumn...
Milkweed Assassin Bug
Zelus longipes
A slender, brightly colored assassin bug with red and black markings. It is a generalist predator common in gardens and ...
Mole-nest Rove Beetle
Quedius mesomelinus
A medium-sized, dark rove beetle commonly found in caves, cellars, and the nests of burrowing mammals. It is one of the ...
Monarch Butterfly
Danaus plexippus
Famous for its incredible multi-generational migration spanning up to 4,800 km between Canada and Mexico. Orange wings w...
Mountain Dance Fly
Empis pennipes
A predatory fly with feathery leg fringes used in aerial mating displays. Males offer prey gifts wrapped in silk to fema...
Mountain Ladybird
Coccinella quinquepunctata
A five-spotted ladybird commonly found in alpine meadows and mountain pastures. It is an active predator of aphids on al...
Mountain Leaf Beetle
Oreina cacaliae
A brightly colored leaf beetle found on alpine plants like Adenostyles. Its metallic blue-green body warns predators of ...
Mountain Robber Fly
Machimus rusticus
A powerful aerial predator found in dry mountain meadows and rocky slopes. It catches other insects in flight with its s...
Nairobi Eye Beetle
Paederus sabaeus
A small, brightly colored rove beetle with an orange and black body that produces pederin, a potent blistering toxin. Ou...
Narrow-mouth Ground Beetle
Abax parallelepipedus
A large, shiny black ground beetle with a distinctive parallel-sided body shape. It is one of the most common large cara...
Narrow-Winged Mantis
Tenodera angustipennis
A large East Asian mantis closely related to the Chinese mantis, with characteristically narrow forewings. It inhabits g...
Nebroides Ground Beetle
Carabus problematicus
A common black ground beetle of northern European heathlands and moorlands. It is an active nocturnal predator with ridg...
Neotropical Firefly
Aspisoma lineatum
A soft-bodied beetle producing a continuous greenish glow from its abdominal lantern organs. It is common in South Ameri...
Neotropical Hunting Ant
Neoponera apicalis
A large black ponerine ant with reddish-brown appendages and a powerful sting. Workers are skilled solitary hunters that...
Neotropical Robber Fly
Ommatius orenoquensis
A slender tropical robber fly found in South American lowland forests. It hunts from leaf tips in the forest understory....
Neotropical Tiger Beetle
Pseudoxycheila tarsalis
A fast-running predatory beetle with metallic blue-green elytra and large sickle-shaped mandibles. It actively hunts sma...
Neotropical Toe-Biter
Belostoma elongatum
A large aquatic predatory bug with flattened body and powerful raptorial forelegs. It is common in South American freshw...
Nervous Brown Lacewing
Micromus variegatus
A tiny mottled brown lacewing found across the Palearctic region. Despite its small size, it is an effective predator of...
New Zealand Giant Centipede
Cormocephalus rubriceps
New Zealand's largest centipede, reaching up to 160 mm in length. While not an insect, it is a prominent invertebrate pr...
New Zealand Glow-Worm Firefly
Atyphella flammans
An Australasian firefly found in subtropical forests of eastern Australia. It produces a steady amber glow rather than a...
New Zealand Magpie Moth
Nyctemera annulata
A distinctive day-flying moth endemic to New Zealand, with black and white spotted wings. It is commonly seen fluttering...
New Zealand Rove Beetle
Quedius antipodus
A medium-sized, shiny dark rove beetle native to New Zealand's native forests. It is one of the most commonly encountere...
New Zealand Sand Scarab
Pericoptus truncatus
A large flightless scarab beetle endemic to sandy coastal habitats in New Zealand. It is nocturnal and burrows in sand d...
New Zealand Tiger Beetle
Neocicindela tuberculata
An endemic tiger beetle found on sandy and clay soils throughout New Zealand. It is an active visual predator that runs ...
Night-Stalking Tiger Beetle
Omus dejeanii
A flightless nocturnal tiger beetle from western North America with a matte black body. Unlike its diurnal relatives, it...
Norfolk Hawker
Anaciaeschna isosceles
A large brown hawker dragonfly with distinctive green eyes and a yellow triangle on the second abdominal segment. It is ...
North American Alderfly
Sialis infumata
A small, dark-winged alderfly common near ponds and slow streams across eastern North America. Adults are clumsy fliers ...
North American Backswimmer
Notonecta undulata
A common backswimmer across North America that hunts by floating upside down at the surface. Its large eyes help it spot...
Northeastern Beach Tiger Beetle
Habroscelimorpha dorsalis dorsalis
A tiger beetle of Atlantic coast beaches from New England to Virginia. It nests in sandy beach habitat that is increasin...
Northern Cave Ground Beetle
Pseudanophthalmus menetriesi
A small, blind, unpigmented cave beetle from the limestone caves of the Appalachian region. The genus contains over 250 ...
Northern Emerald Dragonfly
Somatochlora arctica
A rare dragonfly of northern bogs and moorland pools. Has brilliant emerald-green eyes and a bronzy-green body. One of t...
Northern Ground Beetle
Pelophila borealis
A medium-sized, dark metallic green or bronze ground beetle with long legs. It is an active predator on riverbanks and l...
Northern Taiga Ground Beetle
Pterostichus adstrictus
A medium-sized black ground beetle common across the boreal forests of the Northern Hemisphere. It is one of the most ab...
Northern White-faced Darter
Leucorrhinia rubicunda
A small dragonfly with a dark body, white face, and reddish markings on the abdomen. Males are more brightly colored tha...
Notched-mouth Ground Beetle
Dicheirus dilatatus
A large southern African ground beetle with powerful mandibles and a robust body. It is a formidable predator found in s...
Oak Bush-cricket
Meconema thalassinum
A slender, pale green bush-cricket found in tree canopies. It is nocturnal and rarely flies despite having fully develop...
Obtuse Rove Beetle
Tachyporus obtusus
A tiny, boat-shaped rove beetle with a yellow-brown pronotum and darker elytra. It is common in grasslands and meadows w...
Ogasawara Damselfly
Rhinocypha ogasawarensis
A striking damselfly endemic to the Bonin (Ogasawara) Islands of Japan. Males display iridescent blue wing patches durin...
Ohlone Tiger Beetle
Cicindela ohlone
One of the rarest tiger beetles in North America, known from only a handful of coastal terrace grassland sites near Sant...
Orange Assassin Bug
Platymeris rhadamanthus
A large black assassin bug with striking orange-red markings on the connexivum and legs. Found in East African forests w...
Orange Spider Wasp
Cryptocheilus australis
A striking orange and black spider wasp that hunts large ground-dwelling spiders across Australia. Its vivid colouration...
Orange Twig Ant
Pseudomyrmex simplex
A bright orange pseudomyrmecine ant found in the Amazon basin that nests in small hollow twigs. It is a generalist preda...
Orange-bellied Skimmer
Libellula jesseana
A rare North American dragonfly found in acidic bog ponds and fens. It is extremely localized across scattered populatio...
Orange-spotted Emerald
Oxygastra curtisii
A rare metallic green dragonfly with golden spots along its abdomen....
Organ Pipe Mud Dauber
Trypoxylon politum
A slender black wasp that builds distinctive parallel tubes of mud resembling organ pipes under eaves and overhangs. Mal...
Osumi Ground Beetle
Carabus osumensis
An endemic ground beetle from the Osumi Peninsula in southern Kyushu, Japan. Features a beautiful metallic green-gold co...
Owlfly
Libelloides coccajus
Dragonfly-like neuropterans with large eyes and clubbed antennae. Fast aerial predators that catch prey in flight. Often...
Ozark Stiletto Fly
Thereva frontalis
A medium-sized stiletto fly with a grayish body covered in fine pale hairs and clear wings. It is commonly found resting...
Pacific Brown Lacewing
Hemerobius pacificus
A brown lacewing native to western North America found in coniferous forests. Important natural enemy of hemlock and spr...
Pacific Seashore Rove Beetle
Cafius canescens
A small, grayish-pubescent rove beetle found along the Pacific coast of the Americas under kelp and seaweed deposits. It...
Painted Grasshopper
Poekilocerus pictus
A strikingly colorful grasshopper with bright yellow and turquoise markings found in the Indian subcontinent. Its vivid ...
Pale Bark Mantis
Amorphoscelis pallida
A pale-colored bark mantis from tropical Africa that hunts on light-colored tree bark. Its translucent wings and pale bo...
Pale Click Beetle
Agrypnus murinus
A distinctive European click beetle covered in a mosaic pattern of grey and brown scales giving it excellent camouflage ...
Palpares Antlion
Palpares immensus
An enormous antlion from sub-Saharan Africa with strikingly patterned wings. Among the largest flying neuropterans on th...
Panamanian Giant Ground Beetle
Calosoma granulatum
A large South American caterpillar hunter with coarsely sculptured dark elytra and metallic reflections. It is an import...
Panzer's Nomad Bee
Nomada panzeri
A wasp-mimicking cleptoparasitic bee that targets Andrena mining bee nests. Its bright red, yellow, and black coloring w...
Pasimachus Flat Ground Beetle
Pasimachus depressus
A large, broad, flattened shiny black beetle with massive mandibles and distinctive blue-margined elytra. It is one of t...
Patagonian Tiger Beetle
Cicindela patagonika
A fast-running predatory beetle adapted to the harsh steppe environment of Patagonia. It has a dark metallic body with p...
Pennsylvania Ambush Bug
Phymata pennsylvanica
A small chunky yellow and brown bug with thickened raptorial forelegs that hides in flower heads to ambush pollinators. ...
Pennsylvania Firefly
Photuris pennsylvanica
A common firefly of the eastern United States that produces a green-yellow bioluminescent flash. Adults are soft-bodied ...
Perlodes Stonefly
Perlodes microcephalus
A striking patterned stonefly with yellow and brown markings found across Europe. Nymphs are active predators that emerg...
Persian Spoonwing
Lertha sheppardi
A Middle Eastern nemopterid found in arid steppe and desert-margin habitats. Adults have beautifully patterned forewings...
Petaltail Dragonfly
Tachopteryx thoreyi
A primitive dragonfly that perches on tree trunks and has bog-dwelling larvae....
Phantom Midge
Chaoborus crystallinus
A nearly transparent midge whose larvae are planktonic predators in lakes. Larvae migrate vertically in the water column...
Picromerus Predatory Bug
Picromerus bidens
A dark brown predatory stink bug with two prominent pronotal spines found across Europe. It is an important natural enem...
Pictured Rove Beetle
Paederus littoralis
A slender black and orange rove beetle with short elytra exposing most of its abdomen. It contains the toxin pederin whi...
Pied Hoverfly
Scaeva pyrastri
A large, elegant hoverfly with white crescent-shaped markings on a dark abdomen. It is a strong migrant and beneficial a...
Pipe-organ Mud Wasp
Trypoxylon figulus
A slender black solitary wasp that builds mud-tube nests in hollow stems and holes, provisioning them with paralyzed spi...
Pleasing Fungus Beetle
Gibbifer californicus
A brightly colored beetle that feeds exclusively on bracket fungi on dead trees. Its warning colors signal chemical defe...
Praying Mantis
Mantis religiosa
The original praying mantis, named for the prayer-like position of its folded forelegs. A formidable predator with stere...
Predaceous Diving Beetle
Cybister lateralimarginalis
A large olive-green diving beetle found across southern Europe and Africa. It is a powerful swimmer that hunts a range o...
Predatory Bush Cricket
Saga pedo
The largest European bush-cricket reaching up to 12cm. It is a formidable predator of other insects. The entire known po...
Predatory Dung Beetle
Deltochilum valgum
An unusual roller dung beetle that has evolved predatory behavior, actively hunting and killing millipedes. It is dark b...
Predatory Katydid
Clonia melanoptera
A large predatory katydid with powerful spiny forelegs for catching insects....
Predatory Stink Bug
Eocanthecona furcellata
A medium-sized predatory shield bug used as a biological control agent in Asia and Australia. It feeds on caterpillars a...
Predatory Thrips
Aeolothrips intermedius
A beneficial predatory thrips that feeds on spider mites, other thrips, and small insects. It has distinctive banded win...
Psocid-like Dustywing
Conwentzia psociformis
A European dustywing named for its resemblance to psocids or booklice. Common on deciduous trees where it hunts mites on...
Puritan Tiger Beetle
Cicindela puritana
A bronze-green tiger beetle with white markings found only on sandy riverbanks and beaches. It is one of the rarest inse...
Rain Beetle Hunter
Calosoma cancellatum
A medium to large caterpillar hunter with dark elytra marked by rows of rectangular pits giving a grid-like appearance. ...
Rainbow Ground Beetle
Carabus nitens
A spectacularly colored ground beetle with elytra showing bands of metallic green, copper, and red, with three prominent...
Red and Blue Damselfly
Xanthagrion erythroneurum
A small damselfly where males display striking red and blue coloring. It is one of the most colorful damselflies in Aust...
Red Rove Beetle
Platydracus maculosus
A large, brightly marked rove beetle with reddish elytra spotted with dark markings and a densely pubescent thorax. It i...
Red-bellied Rove Beetle
Tasgius melanarius
A large, shiny black rove beetle with a reddish-brown abdominal tip, found in synanthropic habitats across Europe. It is...
Red-Headed Cardinal Beetle
Pyrochroa serraticornis
A vivid red beetle with serrated antennae found on flowers and under bark. Larvae are predatory and live beneath the bar...
Red-legged Rove Beetle
Lathrobium brunnipes
A slender, elongate paederine rove beetle with brown legs and a parallel-sided body. It is a soil-dwelling predator comm...
Red-legged Shieldback Ground Beetle
Badister bullatus
A small, attractively colored ground beetle with a reddish-orange head and legs contrasting with dark elytra. It is a sn...
Red-Shouldered Ham Beetle
Carcinops pumilio
A tiny, shiny black hister beetle commonly found in poultry houses where it preys on house fly larvae. It is an importan...
Red-veined Darter
Sympetrum fonscolombii
A striking darter dragonfly with red veins on the leading edge of the wings and a vivid blue underside to the eyes. Male...
Red-winged Spider Wasp
Tachypompilus ferrugineus
A large rusty-red spider wasp that hunts wolf spiders and other large ground spiders. It drags paralyzed prey across the...
Relict Himalayan Dragonfly
Epiophlebia laidlawi
A living fossil dragonfly from the Himalayas that retains features of both dragonflies and damselflies. It breeds in col...
Reunion Riverjack
Zygonyx elisabethae
A large dragonfly endemic to the island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean. It patrols waterfalls and fast-flowing mountain ...
Ribbon-winged Lacewing
Nemoptera coa
A graceful Aegean lacewing with long ribbon-like hindwings and patterned forewings. Found on dry, flower-rich hillsides ...
Ringed Cascader
Zygonyx torridus
A dragonfly that hunts exclusively over rapids and waterfalls in warm climates....
River Clubtail
Stylurus flavipes
A large clubtail dragonfly with yellow and black markings and a distinctly expanded abdomen tip. It breeds in large lowl...
Robber Fly
Promachus rufipes
Aggressive aerial predators that catch other insects in flight. Inject prey with neurotoxic saliva that paralyzes and li...
Robust Brown Rove Beetle
Ocypus brunnipes
A large, dark rove beetle with characteristic brown legs, found commonly in grasslands and meadows. It is a powerful noc...
Roseate Skimmer
Orthemis ferruginea
A dragonfly where mature males develop a beautiful rosy-pink to violet abdomen. Females are brown with a pale dorsal str...
Rosy Underwing
Catocala electa
A large moth with camouflaged grey-brown forewings hiding vivid rosy-pink and black hindwings. When disturbed, the flash...
Rough Stink Bug
Brochymena quadripustulata
A gray-brown bark-colored stink bug with a rough, granular body surface that provides excellent camouflage on tree trunk...
Round Sand Beetle
Omophron limbatum
A highly distinctive, nearly circular ground beetle with a domed shape and striking pattern of pale yellow with dark gre...
Round-bodied Scydmaenine
Scydmaenus tarsatus
A minute, convex rove beetle of the subfamily Scydmaeninae with a distinctively constricted waist between thorax and abd...
Rustic Soldier Beetle
Cantharis rustica
A common European soldier beetle with dark elytra and an orange-red pronotum marked with a black spot. It is an active p...
Saharan Silver Ant
Cataglyphis bombycina
The fastest ant in the world, sprinting across Saharan sand at midday when predators shelter from the heat. Its body is ...
Saharan Silver Ant Beetle
Anthia sexmaculata
A large predatory ground beetle with bold white spots on black elytra. It hunts other insects across hot desert surfaces...
Sallfly
Chloroperla tripunctata
A small, bright green stonefly with three distinctive dark spots on its head. It is common in clean European upland stre...
Salt Creek Tiger Beetle
Cicindela nevadica lincolniana
One of the rarest insects in the world, this small tiger beetle has dark olive-brown elytra with faint white markings. I...
San Francisco Forktail Damselfly
Ischnura gemina
A tiny damselfly restricted to a few freshwater ponds near the San Francisco Bay coast. It is threatened by urban encroa...
Sand Robber Fly
Philonicus albiceps
A pale sandy-colored robber fly found on coastal dunes and sandy heaths. It hunts other flies and small insects on open ...
Sand-Loving Hister Beetle
Hypocaccus rugifrons
A small, reddish-brown hister beetle found in sandy coastal habitats. It hunts fly larvae in seaweed wrack and stranded ...
Sapphire Flutterer
Rhyothemis triangularis
A small dragonfly with sapphire-blue metallic patches on its hindwings. It has a fluttering, butterfly-like flight patte...
Saxon Wasp
Dolichovespula saxonica
A social wasp that builds distinctive grey football-shaped nests in trees and bushes. It is generally docile and its col...
Scarlet Percher
Diplacodes haematodes
A brilliant scarlet-red dragonfly found across northern and inland Australia. Males are among the most vividly colored d...
Scarlet Robber Fly
Laphria flava
A bumblebee-mimicking robber fly covered in dense golden-yellow hair. It preys on insects visiting flowers at woodland e...
Scarlet Skimmer
Crocothemis erythraea
A medium-sized dragonfly where males are entirely vivid scarlet red, including the veins of the wings. It is one of the ...
Screech Beetle
Hygrobia hermanni
A medium-sized, reddish-brown water beetle that produces an audible squeaking sound when handled. It is found in muddy p...
Seven-Spot Ladybird
Coccinella septempunctata
The most common ladybird in Europe. Its bright red coloring with seven black spots warns predators of its bitter taste. ...
Seven-spotted Ladybird
Hippodamia variegata
A small, variably marked ladybird that is an important predator of aphids in agricultural settings. Often found in open,...
Seychelles Cascader
Zygonyx hookeri
A large dragonfly endemic to the Seychelles that breeds in fast-flowing streams and waterfalls. Adults hawk insects over...
Shadow Darner
Aeshna umbrosa
A large, dark darner that hunts in shaded forest edges during evening hours. It is widespread across North America in wo...
Shadowdamsel
Palaemnema paulicoba
A delicate damselfly that lives in deep shade along tropical forest streams....
Sharp-Grooved Diving Beetle
Acilius sulcatus
A medium-sized diving beetle widespread across Europe, recognized by the deeply grooved elytra of females. It is a fast ...
Shining Rove Beetle
Quedius fuliginosus
A sleek, shiny dark brown rove beetle with a smooth, mirror-like pronotum. It is one of the most common Quedius species ...
Shiny Lined Rove Beetle
Xantholinus longiventris
A distinctively elongate rove beetle with a shiny black head and pronotum, and reddish-brown elytra. It hunts in narrow ...
Silky Chlaenius
Chlaenius vestitus
A medium-sized ground beetle covered in fine silky pubescence giving it a velvety green appearance. It is commonly found...
Six-spot Burnet
Zygaena filipendulae
A day-flying moth with metallic blue-black forewings bearing six crimson spots. Its bright colours warn predators of its...
Six-spotted Thrips
Scolothrips sexmaculatus
A tiny predatory thrips with three dark spots on each forewing. It is a valuable natural enemy of spider mites in agricu...
Six-Spotted Tiger Beetle
Cicindela sexguttata
A brilliant metallic green beetle with six white spots on its elytra. It is an agile predator commonly seen on forest pa...
Skimmer Stonefly
Acroneuria abnormis
A large predatory stonefly widespread in eastern North American rivers. Adults skim across the water surface during egg-...
Slender Robber Fly
Leptogaster cylindrica
A delicate, narrow-bodied robber fly with an extremely slender abdomen. It hunts small insects among tall grass stems....
Sloane's Tiger Beetle
Pseudotetracha sloaneae
A rare nocturnal tiger beetle endemic to inland salt lakes of southern Australia. It has unusually large eyes and long l...
Small Milkweed Bug
Lygaeus kalmii
A boldly patterned red-and-black seed bug that feeds on milkweed seeds and sequesters toxic cardiac glycosides. Its warn...
Small-headed Stonefly
Perlodes microcephala
A large spring-emerging stonefly found in clean upland rivers. Nymphs are predatory, feeding on mayfly and midge larvae....
Snail-killing Fly
Tetanocera elata
A wetland fly whose larvae are specialized predators or parasitoids of land snails. It has been investigated as a biocon...
Snail-killing Fly Beetle
Drilus flavescens
A brown beetle with soft elytra where males are winged but females are larviform and never develop wings. It specializes...
Snapping Amblyopone
Stigmatomma oregonense
A pale, blind subterranean ant of western North American forests that hunts centipedes and other soil arthropods. Like o...
Snipe Fly
Rhagio scolopaceus
A slender, brownish fly with a pointed abdomen and spotted wings that typically perches head-down on tree trunks and fen...
Snout Ant-loving Beetle
Batrisodes venustus
A tiny, reddish-brown pselaphine rove beetle with a characteristic elongated snout-like head. It inhabits ant nests wher...
Snow Patch Ground Beetle
Nebria rufescens
A reddish-brown ground beetle found near persistent snow patches. It is among the first predators to colonize newly expo...
Snowfield Rove Beetle
Geodromicus globulicollis
A small, cold-adapted omaline rove beetle found at high elevations near snowfields and glacier margins. It is active on ...
Soldier Beetle
Cantharis livida
A soft-bodied beetle with orange-yellow elytra and a dark head. Adults are commonly seen on flower heads hunting small i...
South African Brown Stonefly
Neoperla spio
A medium-sized brown stonefly found in rivers and streams of southern and eastern Africa. Nymphs are predatory and favor...
South African Dobsonfly
Taeniochauliodes ochraceus
A large dobsonfly from southern African rivers with broad amber-tinged wings....
South African Glowworm
Lamprigera boyei
A large firefly from southern Africa with larviform females that produce a steady bright greenish glow. Males are winged...
South African Graphipterus
Graphipterus serrator
A flattened, distinctively patterned ground beetle with white and black markings on its broad, flat elytra. It hides und...
South African Owlfly
Tmesibasis lacerata
A large African owlfly with intricately patterned wings and prominent clubbed antennae. Active during warm summer aftern...
South African Robber Fly
Alcimus tristrigatus
A large, hairy robber fly endemic to southern Africa's fynbos and savanna. It perches conspicuously on shrubs while scan...
South American Dobsonfly
Chloronia hieroglyphica
A large, distinctively patterned dobsonfly from South American mountain streams. Its wings bear intricate markings resem...
South American Robber Fly
Microstylum magnum
A large, elongate robber fly from tropical regions with a slender abdomen and long spiny legs. It hunts from exposed per...
Southern Hawker
Aeshna cyanea
A large, inquisitive dragonfly with apple-green and blue markings on a dark body. It is known for its curiosity and ofte...
Southern Rove Beetle
Philonthus spinipes
A shiny, black rove beetle with distinctive spiny hind tibiae. It is a fast-running predator commonly found under stones...
Southern Salmonfly
Neoperla clymene
A medium-sized stonefly of warm southeastern streams with nocturnal adults. Nymphs are active predators in gravel substr...
Southern Skimmer
Orthetrum brunneum
A robust skimmer dragonfly where males develop a pale powder-blue pruinescence. Females are brown with a pale lateral st...
Spangled Ground Beetle
Callisthenes luxatus
A striking caterpillar hunter with dark elytra covered in rows of metallic golden or copper pits. It is a nocturnal pred...
Spanish Copperhead Ground Beetle
Carabus macrocephalus
A large Iberian ground beetle with a distinctly oversized head and copper to bronze-colored elytra with deep sculptured ...
Speckled Peter Stonefly
Paragnetina media
A medium-sized patterned stonefly of eastern streams with distinctive speckled wing markings. Nymphs are voracious preda...
Spider Wasp
Cryptocheilus bicolor
A large orange and black wasp that hunts huntsman spiders for its larvae....
Spider-hunting Wasp
Anoplius nigerrimus
A large all-black spider-hunting wasp that drags paralyzed wolf spiders back to its burrow....
Spine-legged Robber Fly
Diogmites angustipennis
A slender amber-colored robber fly with conspicuously spined legs. It hunts from the ground in open sandy or rocky areas...
Spined Soldier Bug
Podisus maculiventris
A beneficial predatory stink bug with prominent shoulder spines and a mottled brown body. It feeds on pest caterpillars ...
Spiny Oakworm Moth Predator Beetle
Calosoma scrutator
A large, iridescent green ground beetle with violet-blue margins, known as the fiery searcher. It hunts caterpillars in ...
Spittlebug
Philaenus spumarius
A small, stout brown bug whose nymphs produce masses of frothy white "spittle" on plant stems. The foam protects them fr...
Splendid Rove Beetle
Philonthus splendens
A large, shiny black rove beetle associated with mammal dung. Found across European pasturelands. An effective predator ...
Split-banded Owlfly
Ascaloptynx appendiculatus
A striking North American owlfly with a bold dark band across each forewing. Inhabits dry grasslands and open woodland i...
Spotted Brown Rove Beetle
Staphylinus fossor
A large, robust rove beetle with a brown body covered in patches of golden and dark setae. It is a ground-dwelling preda...
Spring Firefly
Photinus ardens
A small early-season firefly of the eastern United States with a distinctive fast double-pulse flash pattern. It has a d...
Springbok Mantis
Miomantis caffra
A small bright green mantis native to southern Africa that has become invasive in New Zealand. Females are notorious for...
Springfly
Isoperla signata
A spring-emerging stonefly of fast-flowing European streams. Nymphs are active hunters that pursue prey among streambed ...
Sri Lankan Firefly
Luciola singalesa
A tropical firefly endemic to Sri Lanka found in lowland forests. It produces a bright yellow-green flash in the humid e...
Sri Lankan Relict Dragonfly
Lankanectes corrugatus
A rare clubtail dragonfly endemic to Sri Lanka's wet zone streams. It has declined sharply due to water pollution and de...
Stately Green Lacewing
Chrysopa walkeri
A large green lacewing found in Australian woodlands and gardens. One of the more conspicuous lacewing species on the co...
Steel-blue Cricket Hunter
Chlorion aerarium
A large metallic blue wasp that hunts field crickets and mole crickets. It drags paralyzed prey into burrows to provisio...
Steelblue Ladybird
Halmus chalybeus
A small metallic blue-green ladybird native to Australia. It is an important predator of scale insects on citrus and euc...
Stellate Dung Beetle
Gymnopleurus humanus
A medium-sized, glossy black roller found in African savannas. It has a nearly perfectly spherical body when viewed from...
Stick Mantis
Popa spurca
A twig-mimicking mantis with lobed legs and bark-like body texture....
Striped Green Lacewing
Chrysopa pallens
A pale green lacewing with a characteristic dark stripe along the body. Widely distributed across the Palearctic region....
Striped Ladybird
Myzia oblongoguttata
A large distinctive ladybird with cream streaks on a brown background. It lives exclusively in conifer trees....
Stripetail Stonefly
Isoperla bilineata
A yellow-green stonefly with two distinctive dark stripes on its tails. It is common in clean North American streams dur...
Styrian Ground Beetle
Nebria styriana
An endemic alpine beetle restricted to high elevations in the eastern Alps. It shelters under stones during the day and ...
Svalbard Rove Beetle
Atheta islandica
A tiny, dark brown rove beetle found in some of the most northerly terrestrial habitats on Earth. It shelters in bird ne...
Swallowtail Butterfly
Papilio machaon
Elegant butterfly with yellow wings marked with black veins and blue-red eyespots on hindwings. The tail extensions on h...
Swamp Darner
Austroaeschna parvistigma
A medium-sized brown and blue darner dragonfly found along shaded creeks in southeastern Australia. It has small stigmat...
Sweltsa Green Stonefly
Sweltsa borealis
A small northern green stonefly found in cold boreal and montane streams. Nymphs prey on early-instar chironomids and ot...
Swift Rove Beetle
Tachyporus hypnorum
A small, streamlined rove beetle of the subfamily Tachyporinae with a tapered posterior and bicolored body. It is extrem...
Tachydromia Dance Fly
Tachydromia umbrarum
A tiny wingless dance fly that runs rapidly over tree bark hunting for small arthropods. Despite being flightless, it is...
Tanypod Predatory Midge
Tanypus punctipennis
A predatory midge whose larvae hunt other small invertebrates in soft sediments. Adults have distinctively spotted wings...
Tarantula Hawk
Pepsis grossa
A giant wasp that hunts tarantulas. The female paralyzes a tarantula with her sting, drags it to a burrow, and lays an e...
Tasmanian Giant Stonefly
Eusthenia spectabilis
A spectacular large stonefly endemic to Tasmanian mountain streams with bold orange and black markings. Nymphs are among...
Tau Emerald
Hemicordulia tau
A metallic emerald-green dragonfly with bright green eyes and a distinctive T-shaped yellow marking on the abdomen. It i...
Tellkampf's Cave Beetle
Neaphaenops tellkampfi
A predatory blind cave beetle endemic to Kentucky's Mammoth Cave region. It feeds primarily on eggs of cave crickets....
Tepui Firefly
Photinus tepui
A bioluminescent beetle endemic to the isolated tepui tabletop mountains of Venezuela. It produces a distinctive greenis...
Texas Unicorn Mantis
Phyllovates chlorophaea
A medium-sized green mantis with a distinctive horn-like process on its head. It is found in the southern United States ...
Thai Synchronous Firefly
Pteroptyx malaccae
A synchronous firefly of Southeast Asian mangroves that gathers in large congregations. Males synchronize their flashes ...
Thistle Mantis
Blepharopsis mendica
A graceful desert mantis with feathered antennae and a crown-like crest on its head. It has a slender build adapted to l...
Thread-legged Bug
Emesaya brevipennis
An extremely slender assassin bug with stick-like legs that hunts in spider webs. It plucks web strands to lure spiders ...
Thread-waisted Wasp
Ammophila sabulosa
An elegant wasp with an extremely narrow petiole and red-banded abdomen. It hunts caterpillars and carries them clasped ...
Thread-winged Antlion Lacewing
Croce filipennis
A bizarre nemopterid with extremely long, thread-like hindwings. Males have hindwings that can be several times their bo...
Tibetan Alpine Ground Beetle
Carabus henningi
A high-altitude ground beetle adapted to the harsh conditions of the Tibetan Plateau and surrounding mountains. It has a...
Tiger Beetle
Cicindela hybrida
A fast-running bronze-green tiger beetle with cream markings. One of the fastest running insects relative to size....
Toad Bug
Gelastocoris oculatus
A warty bug that closely resembles a tiny toad and hops along stream banks....
Tooth Cave Ground Beetle
Rhadine persephone
A tiny eyeless ground beetle found only in a few limestone caves near Austin, Texas. It is a specialized predator of oth...
Transparent Burnet Moth
Methona confusa
A delicate butterfly with almost entirely transparent wings bordered by dark brown and orange margins. It is part of a m...
Trash-carrying Lacewing
Chrysopa nigricornis
A North American green lacewing with dark antennae. Its larvae camouflage themselves by piling debris on their backs....
Trechine Cave Ground Beetle
Aphaenops cerberus
A fully cave-adapted ground beetle from the Pyrenees with no eyes, no pigmentation, and extremely elongated spider-like ...
Tricolored Fungus Rove Beetle
Lordithon trinotatus
A small, attractively patterned rove beetle with three dark spots on yellowish elytra, found exclusively on fungi. It is...
Tropical Dustywing
Heteroconis picticornis
A tropical dustywing with banded antennae found in Asian and African lowland habitats. One of the larger species in the ...
Tropical Flat Bark Tiger Beetle
Tricondyla aptera
A bizarre, ant-like tiger beetle with an extremely elongated body, narrow waist, and long legs. It hunts on tree bark in...
Tropical Green Lacewing
Chrysoperla rufilabris
A widely distributed green lacewing used commercially for biological pest control in greenhouses. Larvae are aggressive ...
Tschitscherine's Ground Beetle
Carabus schoenherri
A large ground beetle from the forests of European Russia and Siberia with heavily ridged elytra and dark bronze colorin...
Tundra Wolf Spider
Pardosa glacialis
A dark, medium-sized wolf spider with cryptic brown and gray patterning. Females carry their egg sacs attached to their ...
Turkish Owlfly
Libelloides rhomboideus
A striking owlfly with rhombus-shaped wing markings found in Anatolia and the eastern Mediterranean. Active on warm sunn...
Twelve-Spotted Skimmer
Libellula pulchella
A showy dragonfly with three dark spots on each wing, totaling twelve. Mature males develop additional white spots betwe...
Twig Ant
Pseudomyrmex gracilis
A slender fast-moving ant that nests in hollow twigs and delivers a painful sting....
Twin-spotted Firefly
Photinus tanytoxus
A small North American firefly with a bright greenish-yellow flash and distinctive twin light organs visible on the last...
Two-clawed Mole Cricket
Neoscapteriscus didactylus
A large South American mole cricket recognized by its two-clawed digging foreleg. It is both a turf pest and a predator ...
Two-Spotted Hister Beetle
Hister bipustulatus
A small, globular black beetle with two red-orange spots on its truncated elytra. It is commonly found in dung where it ...
Two-spotted Jet Beetle
Stenus bipunctatus
A small black rove beetle with two distinctive reddish spots on its elytra and greatly enlarged compound eyes. It is an ...
Two-spotted Stink Bug
Perillus bioculatus
A colorful predatory stink bug with bold red or orange and black markings. It is particularly valued for its appetite fo...
Tyrannophasma gladiator
Tyrannophasma gladiator
A South African heelwalker named for its fierce predatory habits. Males drum their abdomens on plant stems to communicat...
Unicorn Mantis
Pseudovates peruviana
A slender mantis with a horn-like projection on its head and lobed leg extensions. Its green and brown coloring mimics l...
Variable Damselfly
Coenagrion pulchellum
A blue damselfly with highly variable black markings, making identification challenging. Males have a distinctive mercur...
Variable Rove Beetle
Philonthus varians
A small but abundant rove beetle highly variable in elytral coloration, ranging from entirely black to reddish-brown. It...
Viennese Ground Beetle
Carabus fabricii
A large metallic ground beetle of mountain forests and alpine meadows. It is a powerful predator of earthworms and snail...
Vietnamese Firefly
Luciola curtithorax
A small Southeast Asian firefly with a compact dark body and a short, broad pronotum with pale margins. It produces rapi...
Violet Ground Beetle
Carabus violaceus
A large black beetle with violet or purple margins on its elytra and thorax. It is nocturnal and hides under logs and st...
Wahlberg Mantis
Polyspilota aeruginosa
A large robust mantis with spectacular spiral-patterned inner forewings....
Wahlberg's Velvet Mantis
Ameles decolor
A small ground-dwelling mantis from the Mediterranean. Females are wingless and brachypterous while males fly readily....
Wandering Glider
Pantala hymenaea
A medium-sized dragonfly with broad hindwings and a yellowish body. It spends almost its entire life on the wing, rarely...
Wandering Percher
Diplacodes bipunctata
A small dragonfly where males turn deep red with maturity while females remain yellow and brown. It is one of Australia'...
Wandering Violin Mantis
Gongylus gongyloides
An extremely bizarre-looking mantis with an elongated thorax, leaf-like appendages, and a violin-shaped body. It is one ...
Warble Fly
Hypoderma bovis
A large, hairy bee-like fly whose larvae migrate through the bodies of cattle for months before emerging from cysts in t...
Water Stick Insect
Ranatra linearis
Despite its common name, this is actually a true bug (Hemiptera) that resembles a stick insect and lives underwater. It ...
Wax-Tailed Planthopper
Pterodictya reticularis
A Neotropical planthopper that produces long waxy tail filaments from its abdomen. These white wax strands may confuse p...
West African Tiger Beetle
Megacephala megacephala
A large, nocturnal tiger beetle with a broad head and powerful mandibles. The body is dark brown to black with subtle me...
Western Banded Glowworm
Zarhipis integripennis
A North American glowworm beetle where the larviform female produces rows of greenish-yellow bioluminescent spots along ...
Western Cicada Killer
Sphecius grandis
A massive solitary wasp of the American West that hunts cicadas to provision its underground burrows. It is slightly lar...
Western Corsair
Rasahus thoracicus
A large, dark brown assassin bug found in western North America that occasionally enters homes and can deliver an intens...
Western Damsel Bug
Nabis alternatus
A tan to light brown predatory bug common in agricultural fields across western North America. It has elongate forelegs ...
Western Dobsonfly
Neohermes californicus
A large dobsonfly of western North American streams, smaller than its eastern relative. Larvae are top predators under r...
Western Fishfly
Neohermes filicornis
A western North American fishfly with feathery antennae and brownish wings. Adults are attracted to lights near streams ...
Western Snakefly
Agulla adnixa
A North American snakefly found in western forests and woodlands. Larvae develop under bark of conifers where they hunt ...
Western Stone
Doroneuria baumanni
A large predatory stonefly of Pacific Northwest mountain streams. Nymphs have distinctive patterned heads and powerful m...
Weta Punga (Tusked Weta)
Anostostoma australasia
A distinctive king cricket or tusked weta found in the North Island of New Zealand. Males possess curved tusks projectin...
Whirligig Beetle
Gyrinus natator
A small, oval, shiny black beetle that spins in rapid circles on the water surface. Its eyes are divided in two, allowin...
Whirligig Diving Beetle
Macrogyrus oblongus
A large whirligig beetle that spins on the water surface of African rivers....
White-faced Darter
Leucorrhinia dubia
A small dragonfly with a distinctive white face and red markings on a dark body. It is a specialist of acidic bog pools ...
Widow Skimmer
Libellula luctuosa
A distinctive dragonfly with broad dark wing patches at the base and white bands beyond them in mature males. Females an...
Window Fly
Scenopinus fenestralis
A small shiny black fly often found on windowsills inside buildings. Its larvae are beneficial predators of carpet beetl...
Winter Firefly
Ellychnia corrusca
A day-active firefly that does not produce light as an adult. It is commonly found on tree trunks during late winter and...
Woodland Pterostichus
Pterostichus oblongopunctatus
A medium-sized, shiny black ground beetle with distinctive oblong punctures in rows on its elytra. It is one of the most...
Woodlouse Cockroach
Prosoplecta semperi
A tiny rounded cockroach that strongly resembles a ladybird beetle with its domed shape and red-orange coloring with bla...
Woolly Hackberry Aphid
Shivaphis celti
A waxy-white social aphid that feeds on hackberry trees and is notable for its cooperative colony defense. Large groups ...
Xantholine Rove Beetle
Xantholinus linearis
An elongated, shiny black rove beetle with a distinctive long head. It hunts small invertebrates in soil and under bark....
Xanthostigma Snakefly
Xanthostigma xanthostigma
A snakefly with a distinctive yellow wing stigma from which it derives its name. It is found in European woodlands where...
Yellow Dance Fly
Empis stercorea
A medium-sized dance fly with a yellowish body commonly found on spring flowers. Males present prey items as mating gift...
Yellow Owlfly
Libelloides longicornis
A beautiful owlfly with long clubbed antennae and bright yellow-and-black wings. It perches on grass stems with wings sp...
Yellow Stonefly
Isoperla dicala
A bright yellow springfly found in clean Appalachian streams. Nymphs are predatory on small invertebrates in gravel subs...
Yellow Swarming Fly
Thaumatomyia notata
A tiny yellow fly famous for forming enormous hibernation aggregations in buildings, sometimes numbering millions. Larva...
Yellow-legged Aleocharine
Aleochara curtula
A medium-sized aleocharine rove beetle whose larvae are parasitoids of fly pupae, a rare strategy among beetles. Adults ...
Yellow-legged Hornet
Vespa velutina
An invasive Asian hornet with a dark body and yellow leg tips now spreading rapidly across Europe. It is a major predato...
Yellow-spotted Tree Damselfly
Platycypha caligata
A colorful damselfly from African forest streams with males showing bright red and white leg flags. Males wave their col...
Yellow-striped Flutterer
Rhyothemis phyllis
A small dragonfly with bold yellow and black stripes on its wings. It flies in a distinctive fluttering manner, resembli...