Sap Feeders
289 species with this diet
Abisara echerius
Abisara echerius
Dark brown butterfly with purple sheen and a short tail on each hindwing. One of the few Asian riodinids, commonly calle...
Achilles Morpho
Morpho achilles
A medium-sized morpho with a bright blue band across dark brown-black wings. It flies rapidly through the forest underst...
African Bladder Cicada
Platypleura stridula
A sub-Saharan African cicada with flattened lateral extensions on its abdomen. It is commonly heard calling from trees i...
African Cicada
Platypleura hirtipennis
A large cicada with brownish wings and a stout body. Males produce a deafening chorus using specialized tymbal organs on...
African Goliath Beetle
Goliathus cacicus
A large cetoniine beetle with cream and dark brown patterning across its wing cases. It is found in lowland forests of W...
African Rhinoceros Beetle
Oryctes boas
A large dark brown dynastine beetle with a prominent recurved horn on the male's head. Larvae develop in decaying palm t...
African Screaming Cicada
Brevisana brevis
The loudest insect ever recorded, producing calls at 106.7 decibels measured at 50 cm — louder than a chainsaw. Males ca...
African Striped Flower Beetle
Stephanorrhina guttata
A medium-sized flower beetle with dark green elytra covered in cream-colored spots and stripes. It is commonly found at ...
Alder Spittlebug
Aphrophora alni
A common European spittlebug found on willows and alders. Nymphs produce copious frothy spittle masses and adults can ju...
Alpine Shield Bug
Carpocoris purpureipennis
A colorful shield bug found in alpine and subalpine meadows. Its coloring varies from green to brownish-purple depending...
Amazonian Cicada
Fidicina mannifera
A large green and brown cicada with a powerful buzzing call that echoes through the Amazonian canopy. Males produce soun...
Anna's Eighty-Eight
Diaethria anna
A small neotropical butterfly with bright blue-green upper wings and a striking black-and-white numeral pattern undernea...
Aphid
Myzus persicae
Tiny sap-sucking insects with extraordinary reproduction. Can reproduce without mating (parthenogenesis) and give birth ...
Apple Sucker
Cacopsylla mali
A small psyllid pest of apple trees with greenish-brown coloring that changes seasonally. Nymphs produce copious honeyde...
Arctic Psyllid
Cacopsylla brunneipennis
A tiny, winged sap-sucking insect that feeds on willow in Arctic and subarctic regions. Adults are brownish with transpa...
Arctic Thrips
Aptinothrips rufus
A tiny, wingless thrips that feeds on grasses in Arctic and subarctic habitats. Its brown body is barely visible without...
Aster Leafhopper
Macrosteles quadrilineatus
A tiny green leafhopper that transmits aster yellows phytoplasma to hundreds of plant species. It is one of the most eco...
Atlas Beetle
Chalcosoma atlas
Named after Atlas from Greek mythology for its incredible strength. Males have three prominent horns. Known for their ag...
Aurora Morpho
Morpho aurora
A relatively small Morpho butterfly with a distinctive reddish-orange band across its dark brown wings, quite unlike the...
Australian Stink Ant
Iridomyrmex bicknelli
A small, fast-moving ant that releases a strong, unpleasant odour when crushed, giving it its common name. It forms larg...
Balsam Woolly Adelgid
Adelges piceae
An invasive European adelgid that kills fir trees in North America. Its feeding causes abnormal wood formation called ro...
Banded Treebrown
Lethe confusa
A shade-loving brown butterfly with a distinctive pale band across the forewing and a series of small eyespots on the un...
Batman Hoverfly
Myathropa florea
A wasp-mimicking hoverfly with a distinctive bat-shaped marking on its thorax, earning it the nickname 'batman hoverfly....
Bear Cicada
Cryptotympana facialis
A large black cicada common throughout Japan, known locally as 'kuma-zemi.' It is one of the dominant summer-singing spe...
Beet Leafhopper
Circulifer tenellus
A small pale green to tan leafhopper that transmits curly top virus to sugar beets, tomatoes, and beans. It breeds on de...
Big-legged Bug
Acanthocephala terminalis
A large, dark coreid bug found in eastern North America with prominently expanded hind tibiae. The hind femora of males ...
Birch Shieldbug
Elasmostethus interstinctus
A bright green and copper shield bug found on birch trees. It has distinctive dark shoulder patches....
Black Bean Aphid
Aphis fabae
A soft-bodied black aphid that forms dense colonies on beans, sugar beet, and many garden plants. It overwinters as eggs...
Black Cicada
Maoricicada nigra
A striking all-black alpine cicada endemic to the mountains of the South Island of New Zealand. Its dark colouration hel...
Black Jungle Queen
Stichophthalma howqua
A large, powerful butterfly with dark brown to black upper wings and elaborately patterned undersides featuring ocelli a...
Black Prince Cicada
Psaltoda plaga
A prized Australian cicada with a jet-black body, popular among children who collect cicada shells. It is less common th...
Black-and-Red Froghopper
Cercopis arcuata
A southern European froghopper similar to C. vulnerata but with differently shaped red markings. It is common in Mediter...
Bladder Cicada
Cystosoma saundersii
An Australian cicada with a remarkably inflated translucent green abdomen in males. The hollow abdomen acts as a resonat...
Blue-Green Sharpshooter
Graphocephala atropunctata
A strikingly colored blue-green leafhopper native to the western US. It is an important vector of Pierce's disease in Ca...
Blue-spotted Charaxes
Charaxes ameliae
A stunning forest butterfly with deep black wings adorned with brilliant blue spots. The underside features elaborate pa...
Bordered Plant Bug
Largus californicus
A dark blue-black bug with bright orange margins common in arid parts of California. Nymphs are iridescent blue and gath...
Bornean Green Cicada
Dundubia vaginata
A large, bright green cicada with translucent wings and a powerful, resonant call. Males produce a continuous buzzing dr...
Borneo Three-horned Beetle
Chalcosoma caucasus
Among the longest beetles in Asia, with three powerful horns and a metallic green-black sheen. Males engage in fierce co...
Boxelder Bug
Boisea trivittata
A black and red bug that forms large aggregations on and around boxelder trees in autumn. It is commonly seen warming it...
Brancsik's Cicada
Yanga brancsiki
A medium-sized cicada with tawny brown coloration and dark veining on its hyaline wings. Named after the entomologist Ka...
Bronze Orange Bug
Musgraveia sulciventris
A large, bronze-colored shield bug that is a pest of citrus trees in eastern Australia. Nymphs are bright green and chan...
Brown Planthopper
Nilaparvata lugens
The most destructive insect pest of rice in Asia, capable of causing 'hopper burn' that destroys entire fields. It feeds...
Brown Stink Bug
Euschistus servus
A dull brownish shield bug common throughout North America. It has a typical pentatomid shape with slightly pointed shou...
Brown-and-yellow Fruit Chafer
Pachnoda marginata
A colorful chafer beetle with bright yellow margins on dark brown elytra. It is commonly kept in captivity and bred as a...
Cabbage Whitefly
Aleyrodes proletella
A small white-winged insect that infests brassica crops, weakening plants with sap feeding and honeydew production. Popu...
Cactus Bug
Chelinidea vittiger
A slender coreid bug that feeds on prickly pear cacti in arid North American habitats. Feeding damage causes characteris...
Cactus Dodger Cicada
Cacama valvata
A robust desert cicada that feeds on native desert shrubs in the American Southwest. Males produce a distinctive buzzing...
Camberwell Beauty
Nymphalis antiopa
A large, velvety maroon butterfly with a broad creamy-yellow wing border and a row of blue spots. It is a rare migrant t...
Cascade Cicada
Platypedia areolata
A small western North American cicada that produces sound by wing-flicking rather than typical tymbals. It is found in m...
Cassini Periodical Cicada
Magicicada cassini
A 17-year periodical cicada distinguished from related species by its all-black underside and distinctive buzzing call. ...
Caucasus Beetle
Chalcosoma chiron
A massive three-horned rhinoceros beetle with a metallic greenish-black body. It is the largest of the Chalcosoma genus ...
Cave Cixiid
Oliarus polyphemus
A remarkable cave-adapted planthopper from Hawaiian lava tubes that has lost its eyes and wings. Its body is pale and de...
Centaurus Beetle
Augosoma centaurus
The largest rhinoceros beetle in Africa with two prominent horns. Adults have a glossy reddish-brown to black coloration...
Chilean Stag Beetle
Chiasognathus granti
A spectacular stag beetle with extremely long curved mandibles and metallic green coloration. Found in southern beech fo...
Chinch Bug
Blissus leucopterus
A tiny black and white bug that is one of the most destructive pests of cereal crops and lawn grasses in North America. ...
Citrus Spittlebug
Clastoptera undulata
A small oval-shaped spittlebug with dark brown and cream banding. Nymphs produce frothy spittle masses on pecan, citrus,...
Clanger Cicada
Psaltoda claripennis
A medium-sized cicada known for its sharp, metallic clapping call that distinguishes it from other Australian cicadas. I...
Clapping Cicada
Amphipsalta cingulata
An endemic New Zealand cicada named for the sharp clapping sound it produces, distinct from the continuous drone of the ...
Clown Bug
Mictis profana
A large Australian coreid bug also known as the crusader bug for the cross-shaped pattern on its back. It is a common ga...
Cochineal Scale Insect
Dactylopius coccus
The source of carmine dye — one of the most important natural red pigments. Farmed on prickly pear cacti in Mexico since...
Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle
Oryctes rhinoceros
A major pest of coconut palms across tropical Asia with a single prominent horn. Adults bore into the crown of palms, ca...
Columbian Flower Planthopper
Poekilloptera phalaenoides
A large and spectacular flatid with broad white wings marked with black spots, closely resembling a moth. Groups of nymp...
Comma Butterfly
Polygonia c-album
Orange butterfly with ragged wing edges and a small white comma-shaped mark on the underside. The irregular outline mimi...
Common Blue Morpho
Morpho peleides
Vivid iridescent blue upper wings with brown, spotted undersides. Commonly featured in butterfly houses worldwide....
Common Froghopper
Philaenus spumarius form typicus
The classic form of the common froghopper with mottled brown coloring. Creates the familiar cuckoo-spit on plants....
Comoros Islands Fruit Beetle
Goliathus goliatus comorensis
A large fruit chafer beetle found in the Comoros Islands of the Indian Ocean. Adults visit flowering and fruiting trees....
Corn Planthopper
Peregrinus maidis
A cosmopolitan planthopper pest of maize with a yellowish-brown body. It transmits maize mosaic virus and maize stripe v...
Cotton Aphid
Aphis gossypii
A small yellowish-green to dark green aphid that attacks cotton, cucurbits, and citrus worldwide. It transmits numerous ...
Cotton Harlequin Bug
Tectocoris diophthalmus
One of Australia's most colourful insects, with a brilliant metallic orange and iridescent blue-black shield-shaped body...
Cuban Green June Beetle
Cotinis mutabilis
A large metallic green scarab beetle found in Cuba and the Caribbean. It is a clumsy but powerful flier attracted to rip...
Daimyo Oak Stag Beetle
Dorcus curvidens
Known as 'daimyo-o-kuwagata,' a large stag beetle found in Japan and Korea. Males have impressively curved mandibles. Th...
Darling Underwing
Catocala cara
A large underwing moth with cryptic gray-brown forewings and striking pinkish-red hindwings banded with black. It is com...
Decula Periodical Cicada
Magicicada septendecula
The smallest of the 17-year periodical cicada species with a distinctive ticking call. It is often the least abundant sp...
Desert Cicada
Diceroprocta semicincta
A heat-loving cicada found throughout the Sonoran and Chihuahuan deserts. Its shrill call is one of the most characteris...
Desert Clastoptera
Clastoptera arizonana
A tiny spittlebug found on desert shrubs in the American Southwest. Nymphs surround themselves with a frothy mass for mo...
Desert Coreid
Mozena obtusa
A broad, dark leaf-footed bug found on mesquite and acacia in desert habitats. It sucks sap from developing seed pods....
Desert Leaf-Footed Bug
Narnia femorata
A gray-brown bug with expanded hind legs found on cacti in the American Southwest. Males use their enlarged legs to wres...
Desert Stink Bug
Chlorochroa ligata
A green shield bug with a distinctive orange or red border found in arid western North America. It feeds on a variety of...
Diamond-Backed Spittlebug
Lepyronia quadrangularis
A North American spittlebug with a distinctive diamond-shaped pale mark on its back. It is found in wet meadows and mars...
Didius Blue Morpho
Morpho didius
One of the largest Morpho butterflies, with a wingspan reaching up to 150 mm. The males display brilliant metallic blue ...
Dionysius Beetle
Golofa porteri
A striking rhinoceros beetle with an extremely long, slender head horn. Males joust by interlocking horns and wrestling....
Dock Bug
Coreus marginatus
A common European squash bug relative that feeds on dock and sorrel plants. It has a distinctively wide, flattened abdom...
Dog-Day Cicada
Neotibicen canicularis
A large green and black annual cicada that sings during the hottest days of summer. Its buzzing call is the quintessenti...
Double Drummer Cicada
Thopha saccata
Australia's largest cicada, producing an extremely loud call. Males have large hollow abdominal sacs that amplify their ...
Dusty Cicada
Yanga pulverea
A medium to large cicada with a dusty gray-brown body and translucent wings bearing dark venation. It is one of the more...
Eastern Hercules Beetle
Dynastes tityus
The largest beetle in North America, with males bearing a large pronotal horn. Elytra are greenish-yellow with dark mott...
Eastern Hercules Flower Beetle
Mecynorrhina polyphemus
A large African flower beetle with variable coloration from green to brown. Males have a short forked horn on the head....
Eastern Snowy Tree Cricket
Quesada gigas
One of the largest Neotropical cicadas with a body length exceeding 60 mm. It has greenish transparent wings and a robus...
Elegant Stag Beetle
Odontolabis elegans
A large Southeast Asian stag beetle with smooth, curved mandibles. Males show dramatic polymorphism in mandible size....
Emerald Ash Borer
Agrilus planipennis
One of the most destructive invasive insects in North America. Native to Asia, it has killed hundreds of millions of ash...
Emerald Fruit Chafer
Dicronorrhina derbyana
A large and spectacular flower beetle from East Africa with vivid green elytra. It is popular among collectors for its s...
Empress Cicada
Pomponia imperatoria
The largest cicada species in the world with a wingspan up to 200 mm. Found in the rainforests of Peninsular Malaysia. I...
European Froghopper
Aphrophora europaea
A common froghopper across European woodlands, feeding on various broad-leaved trees. Adults are well camouflaged on bar...
European Fruit Scale
Parthenolecanium corni
A polyphagous soft scale insect that infests fruit trees, ornamentals, and forest trees across Europe. Heavy infestation...
European Hornet
Vespa crabro
The largest European wasp, with a brown and yellow striped body and reddish-brown head and thorax. Despite its fearsome ...
European Lantern Bug
Dictyophara europaea
A striking planthopper with an elongated, cone-shaped head projection found in dry grasslands across southern Europe. It...
European Lygus Bug
Lygus rugulipennis
A variable greenish to reddish-brown plant bug that is a major pest of strawberries and lettuce in Europe. It has a char...
European Red Wood Ant
Formica rufa
A large mound-building ant found across European forests. Workers are reddish-brown with a darker abdomen and aggressive...
European Rhinoceros Beetle
Allomyrina dichotoma
A large, chestnut-brown beetle with a forked horn on the male's head. It is immensely popular as a pet in Japan and Sout...
Evening Cicada
Tanna japonensis
A Japanese cicada that sings at dusk, producing a melancholy call. Known as 'higurashi,' it is a cultural symbol of late...
Flamboyant Flower Beetle
Eudicella gralli
A vividly green flower beetle with yellow or red stripes on its elytra. Males have a small forked horn on the head....
Flatid Planthopper
Metcalfa pruinosa
A small waxy-white planthopper native to North America that has invaded Europe. Nymphs produce long waxy filaments that ...
Florida Leaf-footed Bug
Acanthocephala femorata
A large robust coreid bug with distinctive leaf-like expansions on its hind tibiae. It is dark brown to black with sligh...
Forest Bug
Pentatoma rufipes
A large European shield bug with distinctive red-orange legs and a small tooth on each shoulder. It is arboreal and comm...
Forest Queen Butterfly
Euxanthe wakefieldi
A large, striking butterfly with dark brown wings marked by broad bands of apple green. It is a powerful flier that glid...
Formosa Long-armed Scarab
Cheirotonus formosanus
A rare Taiwanese scarab with elongated forelimbs and a dark chestnut-brown body. It is found only in old-growth mountain...
Formosa Stag Beetle
Neolucanus swinhoei
A large Taiwanese stag beetle with smooth rounded mandibles and a reddish-brown body. Found in mountain forests....
Formosan Rosalia
Rosalia formosa
A stunning cerambycid endemic to Taiwan with turquoise-blue elytra and black markings. It inhabits montane hardwood fore...
Foxy Charaxes
Charaxes jasius saturnus
A powerful butterfly with rich orange-brown wings edged in dark brown with blue spots. The underside is intricately patt...
Giant Agave Bug
Acanthocephala thomasi
A large coreid bug from the southwestern US and Mexico that feeds on agave and cacti. Males have impressively swollen hi...
Giant Bornean Lanternfly
Pyrops whiteheadi
A spectacular lanternfly from Borneo with an elongated horn-like head process and vivid coloring. The function of the sn...
Giant Charaxes
Charaxes castor
One of the largest charaxes butterflies with powerful tawny-orange wings with black borders. It has two short tails on e...
Giant Leaf-Footed Bug
Acanthocephala declivis
One of the largest leaf-footed bugs in North America with broad hind tibiae. Adults emit a strong fruity odor when distu...
Giant Malaysian Cicada
Megapomponia merula
A massive cicada from Southeast Asian rainforests, rivaling the empress cicada in size. Its deep, resonant call carries ...
Giant Scoliid Wasp
Megascolia procer
One of the largest wasps in the world, reaching over 5 cm in length, found in Southeast Asian forests. It parasitizes at...
Giant Stag Beetle
Lucanus elaphus
The largest stag beetle in North America with impressive antler-like mandibles. Males use their mandibles in combat over...
Glassy-winged Sharpshooter
Homalodisca vitripennis
A large leafhopper that spreads Pierce's disease bacteria devastating to grapevines. It feeds on xylem sap and can proce...
Golden Dynastes Beetle
Allomyrina pfeifferi
A large rhinoceros beetle from mainland Southeast Asia related to the Japanese species. Males have a prominent forked ho...
Golden Stag Beetle
Lamprima aurata
A compact metallic golden-green stag beetle from Australia. Males have broad flattened mandibles used for combat....
Grant's Hercules Beetle
Dynastes granti
A large rhinoceros beetle from the American Southwest with mottled elytra. Males have a prominent horn used in territori...
Green Baron
Euthalia adonia
A forest butterfly with vivid iridescent green upperside in males, while females are brownish with white markings. It ha...
Green Grocer Cicada
Cyclochila australasiae
A large Australian cicada famous for its bright green coloration. It sometimes appears in yellow, brown, or blue color m...
Green Rice Leafhopper
Nephotettix virescens
A major pest of rice in tropical Asia, transmitting tungro virus disease. It is one of the most economically damaging le...
Green Shield Bug
Palomena prasina prasina
A common bright green shield-shaped bug that turns bronze-brown before hibernation. A distinctive spring and autumn inse...
Greengrocer's Cousin Cicada
Aleeta curvicosta
A large Australian cicada with a distinctive loud call and green-brown coloring. It has a characteristic curved costa on...
Ground Pearl
Margarodes vitis
A subterranean scale insect whose encysted nymphs resemble tiny golden pearls....
Gumtree Shield Bug
Poecilometis strigatus
A large shield bug commonly found on eucalyptus trees across Australia. It has a distinctive brown and cream patterned b...
Gyas Beetle
Dynastes gyas
A large South American relative of the Hercules beetle with shorter, thicker horns. Body is dark brown to black....
Harlequin Bug
Murgantia histrionica
A boldly patterned stink bug with striking black and orange or red markings arranged in a harlequin pattern. It is a sig...
Harlequin Flower Beetle
Gymnetis thula
A colorful scarab with variable patterns of brown cream and black resembling calico fabric. No two individuals look exac...
Harvester Butterfly
Feniseca tarquinius
The only carnivorous butterfly in North America, whose caterpillar feeds on woolly aphids rather than plants. Adults are...
Hawaiian Planthopper
Nesosydne chambersi
A tiny planthopper endemic to Hawaii that feeds on native grasses. It is one of over 100 Nesosydne species that evolved ...
Helena Brown Butterfly
Tisiphone helena
A dark brown butterfly with orange-ringed eyespots found in shaded forest environments. It has a weak, bobbing flight cl...
Helmeted Squash Bug
Euthochtha galeator
A North American coreid with an expanded helmet-like pronotum. It feeds on various plants but is not as destructive as t...
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
Adelges tsugae
A devastating invasive pest of eastern hemlock in North America, originally from East Asia. It feeds at the base of need...
Hercules Ant
Camponotus herculeanus
A large black carpenter ant of boreal and montane forests across the Northern Hemisphere. Major workers have massive hea...
Highclere Treehopper
Heteronotus trinodosus
A Neotropical treehopper with three distinct knobs on its elongated pronotum. It is an ant-attended species found in low...
Highland Froghopper
Neophilaenus lineatus
A common froghopper found in mountain grasslands across Europe. Nymphs produce the familiar cuckoo spit on grass stems....
Horned Aphid
Tuberaphis styraci
A social aphid from East Asia that forms colonies defended by sterile soldier nymphs with horned heads. They live on sty...
Hyllus Beetle
Dynastes hyllus
A Central American Hercules-type beetle smaller than its famous relative. Males have proportionally shorter horns....
Imbrasia Silk Moth
Imbrasia epimethea
A large West African saturniid with reddish-brown wings bearing dark eyespots. Its caterpillars are among the most widel...
Indian Cicada
Huechys sanguinea
A brilliantly red and black cicada found across South and Southeast Asia. Unlike most cicadas, it is diurnal and conspic...
Indian Stink Bug
Bagrada hilaris
A small, shield-shaped bug with a distinctive black and orange pattern. It is a serious pest of cruciferous crops, parti...
Indian Treehopper
Leptocentrus taurus
A small, dark sap-sucking insect with a spectacular thorn-shaped pronotum that provides perfect camouflage on thorny bra...
Janus Elephant Beetle
Megasoma janus
A massive rhinoceros beetle with a forked cephalic horn and broad pronotal horns. It is among the bulkiest of South Amer...
Japanese Comma Butterfly
Nymphalis vaualbum
Known as 'erutateha' in Japanese, a large nymphalid butterfly with deeply scalloped wing edges. The undersides provide e...
Japanese Giant Hornet
Vespa mandarinia japonica
The largest hornet in the world, capable of destroying an entire honey bee colony in hours. A small group of 30 hornets ...
Japanese Green Stink Bug
Nezara antennata
A bright green shield bug common across Japan and Korea. Changes color to brown in autumn as a seasonal camouflage adapt...
Japanese Rhinoceros Beetle (Blue)
Trypoxylus dichotomus septentrionalis
The northern Japanese subspecies of the rhinoceros beetle, found in Hokkaido. Slightly smaller and darker than mainland ...
Jewel Bug
Chrysocoris stollii
A dazzling metallic green and red shield bug from South and Southeast Asia. Its brilliant iridescence makes it one of th...
Jungle Nymph Spittlebug
Cosmoscarta bispecularis
A colorful Southeast Asian froghopper with metallic blue-black and orange markings. It feeds on tropical plants and is o...
Kaempfer Cicada
Platypleura kaempferi
A small cicada with cryptic bark-like coloration and a distinctive rattling call. It is named after the German naturalis...
Kamehameha Butterfly
Vanessa tameamea
Hawaii's state insect, a beautiful orange-and-black butterfly endemic to the islands. It is one of only two butterfly sp...
Keeled Treehopper
Entylia carinata
A small, flattened treehopper with a pronounced dorsal keel running along its pronotum. It is widespread across the Amer...
Kermes Scale
Kermes vermilio
Source of kermes dye, one of the oldest known red dyes. Used since ancient Egyptian and Roman times. The word "crimson" ...
Koa Bug
Coleotichus blackburniae
A colorful jewel bug endemic to Hawaii with metallic green, gold, and red coloring. It feeds on koa and other native tre...
Korean Rhinoceros Beetle
Allomyrina dichotoma tunobosonis
The Korean subspecies of the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, slightly different in horn morphology. Known as 'jangsu-pungden...
Korean Stag Beetle
Dorcus koreanus
A stag beetle endemic to the Korean Peninsula with dark brown to black coloring. Males possess well-developed mandibles ...
Lac Insect
Kerria lacca
Produces lac resin — the raw material for shellac, used in wood finishes, food glazing, and pharmaceutical coatings. One...
Lanternfly
Pyrops candelaria
Striking planthoppers with elongated snouts once believed to be luminous (hence lanternfly). The extended head process f...
Large Brown Cicada
Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata
A common Japanese cicada known as 'aburazemi' with opaque brownish wings, unusual among cicadas. It produces an oil-sizz...
Large Gold Chafer
Protaetia aeruginosa
A large, spectacular metallic golden-green beetle associated with ancient forests. Its larvae develop in hollows of old ...
Lesser Banded Hornet
Vespa affinis
A medium-sized hornet with a dark body and bright orange-yellow abdominal bands. It builds large aerial nests in trees a...
Lesser Death's-head Hawk Moth
Acherontia styx
An Asian relative of the death's-head hawk moth, similarly marked with a skull pattern on the thorax. It is slightly sma...
Lined Stink Bug
Banasa dimidiata
A small green shield-shaped stink bug with a rounded body found on a wide variety of deciduous trees and shrubs. It is a...
Liturata Hawk Moth
Ambulyx liturata
A large hawk moth with brownish-ochre forewings marked with dark streaks and patches. It is widespread in tropical Asian...
Locust Treehopper
Thelia bimaculata
A large, dull-colored treehopper found on black locust trees across eastern North America. It produces copious honeydew ...
Loepa Yellow Silk Moth
Loepa katinka
A vivid yellow silk moth with large lavender-centered eyespots on all four wings. It is one of the most striking saturni...
Long-tailed Mealybug
Pseudococcus longispinus
A waxy white mealybug distinguished by long tail filaments that can equal or exceed its body length. It infests ornament...
Lyric Cicada
Neotibicen lyricen
A medium-large cicada with a lyre-shaped marking on the dorsal thorax that gives it its name. Its call is a continuous, ...
Macrosoma tipulata
Macrosoma tipulata
Slender moth-butterfly with elongated brown-gray wings and long legs. Nocturnal and rarely encountered, attracted to lig...
Madagascan Flatid Leaf Bug
Phromnia rosea
Nymphs cluster together on stems to form structures resembling pink and white flower blossoms. Each nymph looks like a s...
Madagascar Lantern Bug
Zanna madagascariensis
A large planthopper with a bulbous snout-like head projection and colorful spotted hindwings. The forewings are cryptica...
Madagascar Spittle Bug
Bourgoinrana madagascariensis
A small, dark planthopper that produces frothy spittle masses on plant stems as a nymph. Adults are dark brown to black ...
Mahajanga Cicada
Yanga mahajangaensis
A recently described cicada species from northwestern Madagascar with brownish transparent wings and a robust body. It w...
Malagasy Edmond's Carpenter Ant
Camponotus edmondi
A medium-large carpenter ant with a bicolored body, typically dark head and gaster with a reddish-brown thorax. Workers ...
Malagasy Mottled Cicada
Yanga argyrea
A silvery-gray cicada with mottled wing patterns that provide excellent camouflage against tree bark. Males produce a di...
Malagasy Skipper Butterfly
Heteropsis narcissus
A small satyrinae butterfly with brown wings marked by subtle eyespots along the wing margins. It flies low through fore...
Malay Leaf Butterfly
Kallima limborgii
A master of camouflage, with undersides that perfectly mimic a dead brown leaf complete with midrib, veins, and even fun...
Mandibularis Stag Beetle
Hexarthrius mandibularis
One of the largest stag beetles in the world with immense curved mandibles. Glossy black with powerful jaws....
Mango Mealybug
Drosicha mangiferae
A large, soft-bodied mealybug covered in white waxy secretions that infests mango trees. Nymphs crawl up mango trunks in...
Mars Elephant Beetle
Megasoma mars
A large rhinoceros beetle with distinctive yellowish hairs covering its elytra. Males have a long pronotal horn and two ...
Masked Devil Cicada
Cyclochila virens
A large Australian cicada with vivid green coloring and a loud, piercing call. It is closely related to the Green Grocer...
Median Wasp
Dolichovespula media
A large social wasp that builds aerial paper nests in trees and shrubs across Europe. They are less aggressive than yell...
Miles' Longhorn
Cerambyx miles
A large dark brown longhorn found in old oak forests around the Mediterranean basin, often confused with C. cerdo but di...
Minmin Cicada
Hyalessa maculaticollis
A Japanese cicada known as 'minminzemi' with a green and black body and transparent wings. Its distinctive 'min-min-min'...
Miyake Stag Beetle
Dorcus rectus
A medium-sized stag beetle found across Japan and Korea, known as 'ko-kuwagata.' More compact than other stag beetles wi...
Miyama Sawtooth Stag Beetle
Prosopocoilus dissimilis
An elegant stag beetle found in southern Japan with distinctive serrated mandibles. The species occurs in the subtropica...
Miyama Stag Beetle
Lucanus maculifemoratus
A Japanese stag beetle with golden-brown fur on its thorax and elaborate antler-like mandibles. It is one of the most po...
Miyama Stag Beetle (Korean)
Lucanus maculifemoratus dybowskyi
The Korean subspecies of the Miyama stag beetle, distinguished by subtle differences in mandible shape and body proporti...
Moellenkamp's Stag Beetle
Dorcus titanus
One of the most widely kept stag beetles in Asia, with powerful broad mandibles. Males show extreme size variation depen...
Moellenkampi Beetle
Chalcosoma moellenkampi
A rare three-horned rhinoceros beetle from Borneo with a dark metallic sheen. Males are highly variable in horn length....
Morpho Portis Butterfly
Morpho portis
An Atlantic Forest endemic Morpho butterfly with dark brown wings marked by a violet-blue iridescent band. It is restric...
Moss Bug
Peloridium hammoniorum
A tiny, flattened, living fossil found only in moist moss and liverwort beds in the Southern Hemisphere. The family date...
Mottled Goliath Beetle
Goliathus albosignatus
A southern African goliath beetle with white mottled markings on dark brown elytra. It is smaller than its West African ...
Mountain Cicada
Cicadetta montana
One of the few cicadas found at high elevations in Europe. Males produce a high-pitched continuous song from treetops....
Mountain Lace Bug
Derephysia foliacea
A tiny bug with lace-like wing patterns found on alpine herbs. Its transparent, sculptured wings are remarkably ornate u...
Mountain Leafhopper
Cicadella montana
A bright green leafhopper found on mountain herbs and shrubs. It feeds on plant phloem sap and can jump impressive dista...
Neotropical Lace Bug
Leptopharsa heveae
A tiny transparent-winged lace bug that feeds on rubber trees in South American plantations. Its wings have an intricate...
Neotropical Shield Bug
Edessa meditabunda
A medium-sized green and brown shield-shaped stink bug common in South American agriculture. It is an important pest of ...
New Zealand Cicada
Kikihia muta
A small endemic cicada from New Zealand notable for being silent - it has lost the ability to produce sound. It communic...
New Zealand Red Admiral
Vanessa gonerilla
An endemic New Zealand butterfly with striking red and black wing patterns. It is found throughout both main islands in ...
Northern Wood Ant
Formica aquilonia
A medium-sized red and black ant that builds large thatch mounds in boreal forests. Colonies can contain hundreds of tho...
Oak Lace Bug
Corythucha arcuata
A small whitish lace bug with darkened wing markings that feeds on oak trees. It is native to North America but has rece...
Oak Leafhopper
Typhlocyba quercus
A tiny pale green leafhopper found on oak trees. Feeds by piercing leaf cells, causing pale stippling. Can be extremely ...
Oleander Aphid
Aphis nerii
A bright yellow aphid with black cornicles and legs that feeds on oleander, milkweed, and other plants containing toxic ...
Ornate Shieldbug
Eurydema ornata
A vividly patterned shield bug with highly variable red, orange, white, or yellow markings on a black or metallic blue b...
Palawan Stag Beetle
Dorcus titanus palawanicus
The largest subspecies of Dorcus titanus, endemic to Palawan Island. Males can reach exceptional sizes with massive mand...
Palo Verde Root Borer Cicada
Okanagana hesperia
A medium-sized dark cicada found in sagebrush steppe and desert grasslands. Males call from low shrubs during the heat o...
Peanut-Head Bug
Fulgora laternaria
A large planthopper with a bizarre inflated head capsule resembling a peanut or an alligator. When threatened, it flashe...
Pearl Charaxes
Charaxes varanes
A medium-sized charaxes butterfly with pearly white underwings and tawny-orange uppersides. It is one of the most common...
Penthicodes Lanternfly
Penthicodes pulchella
A strikingly beautiful Southeast Asian lanternfly with iridescent blue-green forewings and contrasting red-orange hindwi...
Pine Spittlebug
Aphrophora cribrata
A large spittlebug that feeds on pine and other conifers, producing masses of froth on branches. Heavy infestations can ...
Pizarro Beetle
Golofa pizarro
A large neotropical rhinoceros beetle with a distinctively curved head horn. Found at moderate to high elevations....
Polynesian Cicada
Raiateana oulietea
An island-endemic cicada found in French Polynesia with a slender dark body and clear wings. Its buzzing call can be hea...
Princely Flower Beetle
Stephanorrhina princeps
A large and robust flower beetle with deep metallic green coloration and pale yellow markings. Males have a small horn o...
Prionine Longhorn Beetle
Agrianome spinicollis
One of Australia's largest longhorn beetles with a robust brown body and spiny thorax. Its larvae are known as bardee gr...
Provencal Cicada
Lyristes plebejus
A large European cicada iconic to the Mediterranean region, especially Provence. Its loud continuous song is a defining ...
Psyllid
Diaphorina citri
A small sap-sucking insect that vectors citrus greening disease, the most devastating citrus disease worldwide. Infected...
Putnam's Cicada
Platypedia putnami
A small, dark cicada found in arid pinyon-juniper woodlands of the western US. It produces quiet clicks rather than the ...
Question Mark Butterfly
Polygonia interrogationis
Orange butterfly with dark spots and irregular wing margins. A silvery question-mark shape on the underside of the hindw...
Razor Grinder Cicada
Henicopsaltria eydouxii
A large cicada known for its distinctive high-pitched grinding call that sounds like metal being sharpened on a grindsto...
Red Turpentine Beetle
Dendroctonus valens
The largest North American Dendroctonus species, it attacks the base of pine trees. It became highly invasive in China a...
Red-Banded Leafhopper
Graphocephala coccinea
A brilliantly colored leafhopper with alternating red and blue-green stripes. It is one of the most visually striking le...
Red-banded Stink Bug
Piezodorus guildinii
A green to yellowish stink bug with a distinctive reddish-brown band across the pronotum. It is a major pest of soybeans...
Reddish-brown Stag Beetle
Lucanus capreolus
A widespread North American stag beetle with a warm reddish-brown color. Commonly attracted to lights at night....
Redeye Cicada
Psaltoda moerens
A striking Australian cicada with bright red eyes and a dark body. Large choruses create a deafening noise in urban and ...
Rhetenor Blue Morpho
Morpho rhetenor
A strikingly vivid Morpho species known for its intensely saturated metallic blue coloring, considered by many to be the...
Rhinoceros Beetle
Dynastes neptunus
Males have enormous horns used in wrestling matches for territory and mates. Despite their fearsome appearance, they are...
Robust Cicada
Meimuna opalifera
A common East Asian cicada known as 'tsukutsuku-boshi' in Japan. Its rhythmic song marks the end of summer in Japanese c...
Rose Aphid
Macrosiphum rosae
A large green or pink aphid with long black cornicles (siphunculi) that is the most common aphid pest of roses. It clust...
Rothschild's Achias
Achias rothschildi
A remarkable Papua New Guinean fly where males have enormously elongated eye stalks. Males use their extended eyes to si...
Royal Goliath Beetle
Goliathus regius
A massive scarab beetle with bold white and brown markings on its elytra. Males have a forked horn used in combat with r...
Russian Wheat Aphid
Diuraphis noxia
A pale elongated aphid that causes leaf rolling and white streaking on wheat and barley. It injects toxins while feeding...
Saratoga Spittlebug
Aphrophora saratogensis
A spittlebug that is a serious pest of young red pine plantations in North America. Its feeding causes branch dieback an...
Saw Stag Beetle
Prosopocoilus inclinatus
A common Japanese stag beetle with serrated inner mandible edges. They are frequently encountered at sap flows on oak tr...
Say's Stink Bug
Chlorochroa sayi
A bright green stink bug common in arid and semi-arid habitats of western North America. It can be a significant pest of...
Shield Bug
Palomena prasina
Also called stink bugs for the foul-smelling liquid they release when disturbed. Changes color from bright green in summ...
Siamese Stag Beetle
Hexarthrius parryi
A large stag beetle with impressive curved mandibles and a dark brown to black body. Males use their oversized jaws in t...
Small Brown Planthopper
Laodelphax striatellus
A tiny brown-striped delphacid planthopper that vectors rice stripe virus and rice black-streaked dwarf virus. It has a ...
Smoke-Tree Sharpshooter
Homalodisca liturata
A large leafhopper native to the southwestern US and Mexico closely related to the glassy-winged sharpshooter. It is a v...
Socotran Emperor Butterfly
Charaxes balfouri
An endemic butterfly found only on the island of Socotra in the Indian Ocean. Part of the islands extraordinary 42% inse...
South American Lanternfly
Enchophora sanguinea
A bright red and black fulgorid planthopper with a moderately elongated head process. It feeds on tree sap in tropical f...
South American Palm Weevil
Rhynchophorus palmarum
A large glossy black weevil that is a major pest of palm trees across South America. The larvae bore into palm trunks, c...
South American Spittlebug
Deois flavopicta
A dark brown and yellow spittlebug that is a major pest of tropical pasture grasses in Brazil. Nymphs produce protective...
Soybean Aphid
Aphis glycines
A small pale yellow aphid that invaded North America in 2000 and became the most important soybean pest on the continent...
Spotted Black Cicada
Gaeana maculata
A stunning cicada with jet-black wings adorned with bright yellow or white spots. It is one of the most colorful and sou...
Spotted Lanternfly
Lycorma delicatula
A colorful invasive planthopper from China threatening vineyards, orchards, and hardwood forests in North America. Adult...
Spread-antler Stag Beetle
Odontolabis siva
A large Himalayan stag beetle with widely spread mandibles in major males. Body color ranges from black to deep brown....
Squash Bug
Anasa tristis
A flat, dark grayish-brown bug that is a major pest of squash and pumpkin plants. When crushed, it emits a distinctly un...
Striped Love Beetle
Eudicella smithi
A colorful African flower scarab with bold longitudinal stripes on the elytra. Commonly bred in captivity....
Sugarcane Froghopper
Mahanarva fimbriolata
A major pest of sugarcane in Brazil, where it causes significant crop losses. Nymphs produce underground spittle masses ...
Sulkowsky's Morpho
Morpho sulkowskyi
A high-altitude Morpho butterfly with translucent, pearly-white wings that display a subtle blue iridescence. Unlike mos...
Sunda Stag Beetle
Cyclommatus metallifer
A stunning metallic gold and bronze stag beetle from Indonesia with extremely long mandibles. Males can have mandibles n...
Sunflower Treehopper
Heliria cristata
A small brown treehopper with a tall dorsal crest on its pronotum that gives it a distinctive high-backed silhouette. It...
Superb Green Cicada
Neotibicen superbus
A large and strikingly green cicada of the American Southwest with a powerful buzzing song. It is one of the most robust...
Surinam Lanternfly
Fulgora surinamensis
A large Neotropical lanternfly with a broad head process and cryptically patterned forewings that reveal startling eyesp...
Swamp Cicada
Neotibicen tibicen
A large dark cicada with green markings and a loud droning call heard in late summer. It is often called the morning cic...
Sweetheart Underwing
Catocala amatrix
A large underwing moth with mottled gray-brown forewings and rosy-pink hindwings crossed by black bands. It is one of th...
Tessaratomid Giant Shield Bug
Tessaratoma papillosa
A very large, robust shield bug that is a serious pest of lychee and longan trees in Asia. Adults are yellowish-brown an...
Thorn Bug
Umbonia crassicornis
Extraordinary treehopper with a thorn-shaped pronotum that makes it look exactly like a plant thorn when sitting on a br...
Three-Cornered Alfalfa Treehopper
Spissistilus festinus
A small green wedge-shaped treehopper that is a pest of soybeans and alfalfa. It girdles plant stems during egg-laying, ...
Tiridates Charaxes
Charaxes tiridates
A spectacular large forest butterfly with vivid blue and black upperside and ornate brown and white underside markings. ...
Tomato Potato Psyllid
Bactericera cockerelli
A small striped psyllid that transmits the zebra chip disease bacterium to potato crops. It also causes psyllid yellows ...
Torpedo Bug
Siphanta hebes
A bright green flatid planthopper with an elongated torpedo-shaped body profile when wings are folded. It is native to A...
Treble-bar Planthopper
Issus coleoptratus
A stout brown planthopper found on ivy and other climbing plants in Europe. Its nymphs possess interlocking leg gears fo...
Treehopper
Cladonota benitezi
A bizarre treehopper with an elaborate pronotal helmet covered in ball-like projections....
Trinidad Morpho Butterfly
Morpho achilles trinidadensis
A subspecies of morpho butterfly found in Trinidad with bright blue iridescent wings. It flies in forest clearings and a...
Two-lined Spittlebug
Prosapia bicincta
A black spittlebug with two vivid red-orange transverse bands across its wings, common in turf grasses across the southe...
Two-Spotted Oak Buprestid
Agrilus biguttatus
A slender, dark bronze-green jewel beetle with two white spots on its elytra. It is implicated in acute oak decline in E...
Twolined Chestnut Borer
Agrilus bilineatus
A jewel beetle that attacks stressed oaks and chestnuts in eastern North America. It is named for two pale stripes runni...
Uganda Giant Flower Beetle
Mecynorrhina ugandensis
A large and colorful cetoniine beetle with metallic green and yellow coloration. Males have a prominent forked horn on t...
Ugandan Frog Leafhopper
Batracomorphus ruthae
One of seven new frog-like leafhoppers discovered in Uganda's Kibale National Park in 2025. Named in honor of the descri...
Wallace's Long-Armed Beetle
Cheirotonus parryi
A large, rare beetle with extremely elongated forelegs in males. Named for the naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace who firs...
Wax Scale
Ceroplastes destructor
A scale insect that covers itself with a thick waxy dome for protection....
Western Plant Bug
Lygus hesperus
A small, oval plant bug that is one of the most important cotton pests in the western United States. It is variable in c...
White Morpho
Morpho polyphemus
A large pearly white morpho butterfly with subtle iridescent sheen on its broad wings. It has a slower, more gliding fli...
White Underwing
Catocala relicta
A striking underwing moth with white and black banded forewings that mimics birch bark. Its hindwings are black with bro...
White-Backed Planthopper
Sogatella furcifera
A small delphacid planthopper with a distinctive white dorsal stripe on an otherwise brown body. It is a major rice pest...
White-lined Goliath Beetle
Goliathus orientalis
A striking goliath beetle with bold white longitudinal stripes on a dark background. It inhabits forests of Central and ...
White-Tipped Planthopper
Siphanta acuta
A bright green, wedge-shaped planthopper with white-tipped wings that mimics a small leaf. It is a common pest that has ...
Whitefly
Bemisia tabaci
A tiny sap-sucking insect that transmits over 100 plant viruses worldwide. It is one of the most destructive agricultura...
Willow Leafhopper
Idiocerus lituratus
A medium-sized leafhopper found on willow trees. Males produce vibrational signals transmitted through the plant to attr...
Window Gnat
Sylvicola fenestralis
A small, delicate fly with dark-spotted wings often found resting on windows and walls. Larvae develop in fermenting org...
Woundwort Shieldbug
Eysarcoris venustissimus
A small, compact bronze-green shield bug with a metallic sheen that feeds on woundwort and white dead-nettle. It has a b...
Xylotrupes Rhinoceros Beetle
Xylotrupes gideon
A widespread Asian rhinoceros beetle commonly used in beetle fighting. Males have a forked horn on the head....
Xypete Euphaedra
Euphaedra xypete
A West African forest butterfly with striking green forewings and orange hindwings. The underside is paler with subtle s...
Yanbaru Long-armed Scarab
Cheirotonus jambar
An extremely rare scarab beetle endemic to the Yanbaru forests of Okinawa. Males have greatly elongated forelegs used in...
Zanna Lanternfly
Zanna nobilis
An African lanternfly with a distinctive upturned snout-like head process and brown cryptic forewings. The hindwings are...