Wood Feeders
441 species with this diet
Acrobat Ant
Crematogaster scutellaris
A Mediterranean ant with a heart-shaped abdomen it raises over its thorax when alarmed. They nest in dead wood, old wall...
Actaeon Beetle
Megasoma actaeon
Contender for the worlds heaviest beetle — a male larva bred in Japan weighed 228 grams, about the weight of a brown rat...
African Carpenter Bee
Xylocopa caffra
A large robust bee with a shiny black body and yellowish thoracic hair in males. It excavates nesting tunnels in dead wo...
African Dampwood Termite
Neotermes aburiensis
A primitive termite species that nests inside damp, rotting wood rather than building external mounds. Colonies are rela...
African Ebony Longhorn
Phantasis gigantea
An impressively large African lamiin with an elongated body and extremely long, spindly legs. It is found in the miombo ...
African Fig-tree Longhorn
Phryneta spinator
A large, spiny longhorn beetle with gray-brown mottled coloring and prominent lateral thoracic spines. It is a wood-bori...
African Giant Carpenter Bee
Xylocopa flavorufa
One of Africa's largest bees, with females covered in tawny-orange fur and males in yellowish hair. It bores large nest ...
African Jewel Beetle
Sternocera orissa
A large metallic green and gold jewel beetle with textured elytra. Adults are found on acacia and other savanna trees....
African Moon Moth
Argema mimosae
A large pale green silk moth with long hindwing tails and maroon eyespots on each wing. Males have broad feathery antenn...
African Mound Termite
Macrotermes michaelseni
A large termite species that builds towering mounds with sophisticated ventilation systems across African savannas. The ...
African Nasute Mound Termite
Nasutitermes latifrons
A mound-building nasute termite found in West and Central African forests. Colonies construct carton mounds at ground le...
African Stag Beetle
Prosopocoilus savagei
A dark reddish-brown stag beetle with impressive mandibles in males. It inhabits forests where larvae develop in rotting...
African Twig Girdler
Analeptes trifasciata
A distinctive African lamiin known for its habit of girdling living tree branches. The female chews a ring around a bran...
African Web Spinner
Embia savignyi
A medium-sized web spinner found across North Africa and the Middle East. It constructs silk tunnels under stones in sem...
Alder Cimbicid Sawfly
Cimbex americanus
The largest sawfly in North America, with a robust body up to 25 mm long, clubbed antennae, and smoky brown wings. Body ...
Alpine Longhorn Beetle
Rosalia alpina
A strikingly beautiful blue-grey beetle with black spots, listed on multiple European conservation directives. Depends o...
Amazonian Bark Beetle
Xyleborus ferrugineus
A tiny cylindrical bark beetle that bores into tropical hardwoods to cultivate fungal gardens. It is one of the most wid...
Amazonian Bark Mantis
Liturgusa amazonica
A cryptic bark mantis found in the Amazon basin that is almost invisible on tree bark. Its mottled brown and gray colori...
Amazonian Giant Centipede-Mimicking Beetle
Phileurus didymus
A robust dark brown rhinoceros beetle with two horn-like projections on its head. It breeds in decaying palm trunks and ...
Amazonian Stag Beetle
Sphaenognathus feisthameli
A striking metallic green stag beetle from South American cloud forests. Males have elongated mandibles with tooth-like ...
American False Blister Beetle
Oxacis taeniata
A small, elongate pale beetle with dark longitudinal stripes found in eastern North America. Adults are commonly attract...
Anax Elephant Beetle
Megasoma anubis
A robust scarab beetle found in Amazonian forests with a distinctive dark brown coloration. Males possess a stout forwar...
Andean Cerambycid Beetle
Psalidognathus friendii
A large and impressive longhorn beetle from the high Andes, with a brilliant metallic green, blue, or copper exoskeleton...
Arboreal Ground Beetle
Dromius quadrimaculatus
A small, flattened ground beetle that lives primarily on trees rather than on the ground. It has a dark brown body with ...
Arid-land Subterranean Termite
Reticulitermes tibialis
A subterranean termite adapted to dry conditions in the western United States. It builds mud tubes across exposed surfac...
Asian Horntail
Urocerus antennatus
A large wood wasp from East Asia with a dark body and distinctively long antennae. It attacks various coniferous trees, ...
Asian Longhorned Beetle
Anoplophora glabripennis
An invasive wood-boring beetle from East Asia that attacks healthy hardwood trees. The only eradication method is destro...
Asian Mulberry Longhorn
Apriona germari
A large greyish-brown lamiin that attacks mulberry, fig, and other trees across South and Southeast Asia. It is a seriou...
Asian Subterranean Termite
Coptotermes gestroi
A highly invasive subterranean termite that has spread throughout tropical regions worldwide. They are especially destru...
Atlas Longhorn
Macrotoma palmata
A large prionine beetle from tropical Africa with palmate (comb-like) antennae in males. The body is dark brown with a r...
Aulacopus Prionine
Aulacopus reticulatus
A flattened, reddish-brown prionine beetle with strongly reticulated elytra found in tropical Africa. It breeds in large...
Australian Army Ant
Leptogenys falcigera
An Australian ponerine ant that exhibits army ant-like group raiding behavior despite belonging to a different subfamily...
Australian Caddisfly
Triplectides australis
A distinctive Australian caddisfly whose larvae inhabit hollowed-out twigs as portable cases. It is common in forested s...
Australian Web Spinner
Metoligotoma reducta
An Australian web spinner found under eucalyptus bark in eastern Australia. It is endemic to the continent and belongs t...
Australian Wood Cockroach
Panesthia cribrata
A shiny dark brown wingless cockroach that lives in and feeds on rotting logs. It plays an important ecological role in ...
Banana Stalk Fly
Telostylinus angusticollis
A slender long-legged fly from Australia whose body size depends on larval nutrition. Larger males pass on a size advant...
Banded Aridaeus
Aridaeus thoracicus
A medium-sized Australian cerambycid with a bright orange pronotum contrasting with dark brown elytra. It is found in eu...
Banded Barklouse
Philotarsus picicornis
A small winged bark louse found on tree trunks throughout Europe. It has distinctively banded antennae....
Banded Jewel Beetle
Chrysochroa buqueti
A large, spectacularly iridescent beetle with red, green, and blue metallic bands. It is native to the tropical forests ...
Banded Longhorn Beetle
Typocerus velutinus
A yellow and brown longhorn beetle commonly found visiting flowers. Larvae develop in rotting hardwood logs....
Bark Cockroach
Laxta granicollis
A flat oval cockroach that lives exclusively under eucalyptus bark....
Bark Mimic Grasshopper
Chorotypus gallinaceus
A Southeast Asian grasshopper with a broad, flattened body shaped like a piece of bark. Its mottled brown wings provide ...
Bates' Rosalia
Rosalia batesi
A rare and beautiful longhorn beetle with pale lavender-grey elytra and contrasting black spots, found in the temperate ...
Berger's Flat-face
Anoplophora beryllina
A stunning metallic blue-green longhorn found in the subtropical forests of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces in China. Its v...
Birch Bark Beetle
Scolytus ratzeburgi
A small, dark brown bark beetle that infests birch trees in boreal and subarctic forests. Adults bore through bark to cr...
Black Horntail
Xeris spectrum
A slender black horntail wasp that breeds in dead conifer wood across the Northern Hemisphere. It is frequently found in...
Black Web Spinner
Oligembia nigricans
A small dark web spinner found in arid regions of the Middle East and North Africa. It builds silk tunnels under rocks i...
Black-striped Flower Longhorn
Strangalia attenuata
A slender, wasp-like flower longhorn with yellow elytra bearing longitudinal black stripes. Found in deciduous woodlands...
Black-striped Longhorn
Stenurella melanura
A small, attractive longhorn beetle commonly found on flowers in summer. Has dark wing tips on a yellowish-brown body. L...
Black-tailed Click Beetle
Ampedus nigrinus
A dark-bodied click beetle with subtly reddish-brown elytra and a shiny black pronotum. It inhabits old-growth forests a...
Blood-red Longhorn
Callidium coriaceum
A flat-bodied cerambycid with a rich reddish-brown color and a leathery texture to its elytra. It is found in conifer fo...
Blue Carpenter Bee
Xylocopa caerulea
A striking large bee with brilliant blue iridescent coloring. Nests in dead wood by boring tunnels. Despite their intimi...
Blue Cuckoo Wasp
Trichrysis cyanea
A uniformly deep blue metallic cuckoo wasp found across Europe and Asia. It parasitizes various cavity-nesting wasps and...
Blue Horntail
Sirex juvencus
A metallic blue-black horntail wasp found across the Northern Hemisphere. It breeds in recently dead or dying spruce and...
Blue-Winged Lanternfly
Pyrops intricatus
A colorful lanternfly from Borneo with blue-green iridescent markings on its wings and an elongated reddish head project...
Boll's Wood Cockroach
Parcoblatta bolliana
A small native wood cockroach from the south-central United States. It lives under bark and in rotting logs in wooded ar...
Bornean Flat Stag Beetle
Aegus chelifer
A medium-sized, very flat stag beetle with a glossy dark reddish-brown body perfectly adapted for living in thin spaces ...
Bornean Flat-horned Beetle
Gnaphaloryx squalidus
A compact stag beetle with a broad, flattened body perfectly adapted for living under bark. It is dark reddish-brown wit...
Box Tree Moth
Cydalima perspectalis
A white moth with iridescent brown wing borders that has become one of Europe's most destructive invasive species. Its c...
Brazilian Arboreal Tiger Beetle
Oxycheila tristis
A large, dark brown tiger beetle found in the forests of South America. Unlike most tiger beetles it is partly arboreal,...
Brazilian Rhinoceros Beetle
Enema pan
A large, glossy black dynastine beetle with a prominent upward-curving cephalic horn and a smaller pronotal horn. It is ...
Broad Wood Cockroach
Parcoblatta lata
A distinctive flat, broadly shaped wood cockroach from the southeastern United States. Females have a wider body than mo...
Broad-Horned Flour Beetle Mimic Stag
Figulus sublaevis
A small, elongate, dark brown to black stag beetle with reduced mandibles that resembles a darkling beetle. It is common...
Broad-winged Barklouse
Psococerastis gibbosa
A large bark louse found on tree trunks across Europe. It has broad wings and a rounded body compared to most psocids....
Budding Purpuricenus
Purpuricenus budensis
A colorful cerambycid with a red pronotum adorned with two black spots and entirely black elytra. It is found in thermop...
Bumblebee-mimicking Tachinid
Jurinia frontalis
A large, furry tachinid fly that closely mimics a bumblebee with its dense covering of orange and black hairs. It is one...
California Web Spinner
Oligotoma moestum
A small introduced web spinner now established in California and other warm parts of the United States. It is commonly f...
Calligrapha Beetle
Calligrapha multipunctata
An elegantly patterned beetle with cream-white elytra covered in intricate dark brown calligraphic markings. Each indivi...
Cameroon Stag Beetle
Prosopocoilus camerunensis
A medium-sized African stag beetle with dark brown body and long, curved mandibles bearing multiple teeth. Males are sig...
Canaliculatus Termite
Reticulitermes chinensis
A subterranean termite widespread across China and one of the primary structural pest species in Chinese cities. Colonie...
Caribbean Hercules Beetle
Dynastes hercules hercules
The nominate subspecies of the Hercules beetle, found in the Lesser Antilles. Males bear an enormous horn used in combat...
Carpenter Ant
Camponotus pennsylvanicus
The largest common ant in North America, excavating smooth galleries in dead wood for nesting. Unlike termites, they do ...
Carpenter Bee
Xylocopa violacea
A large, robust bee with an entirely black body showing violet-blue iridescent wings. It excavates nest tunnels in dead ...
Carpenter-Mimic Ant
Camponotus chromaiodes
A large bicolored carpenter ant with a bright red thorax and black head and gaster, common in eastern North American for...
Carpenterworm Moth
Prionoxystus robiniae
A large North American moth whose larvae bore into the heartwood of oaks, elms, and other hardwoods. It is the most dest...
Cathedral Termite
Nasutitermes triodiae
Builds enormous mound structures up to 8 meters tall — the tallest structures relative to builder size of any animal. Mo...
Celebes Longhorn
Batocera celebiana
A large cerambycid endemic to the island of Sulawesi with olive-grey elytra bearing scattered pale spots. It inhabits pr...
Ceylonese Angel Insect
Zorotypus ceylanicus
A rare tropical zorapteran found in the forests of Sri Lanka. Colonies live beneath bark and in rotting timber in humid ...
Chalcolepidius Click Beetle
Chalcolepidius limbatus
A large, robust click beetle covered in dense scales giving it a velvety appearance. Found in tropical American forests....
Citrus Longhorn
Anoplophora chinensis
A glossy black beetle with white spots on its elytra and distinctively banded blue-black antennae. It is an invasive pes...
Cobalt Blue Longhorn
Pseudomyagrus waterhousei
A vivid metallic blue longhorn beetle native to Australia. It breeds in the wood of wattle trees....
Cocktail Ant
Crematogaster peringueyi
A small dark ant that holds its heart-shaped gaster raised above its body like a flag. It nests in dead wood and under b...
Coffee Longhorn
Xylotrechus quadripes
A significant pest of arabica coffee in South and Southeast Asia, with zigzag yellow markings on dark brown elytra. Larv...
Colorado Flower Longhorn
Brachyleptura champlaini
A slender, black and yellow flower-visiting longhorn beetle. Larvae develop in decaying hardwood logs....
Comb-horned Crane Fly
Ctenophora ornata
A striking wasp-mimicking crane fly with yellow and black abdominal bands. Males have elaborate comb-like antennae used ...
Common Bagworm Moth
Psyche casta
A small moth whose larva builds a distinctive portable bag from silk and plant debris that it carries everywhere. Adult ...
Common Bark Louse
Graphopsocus cruciatus
A winged bark louse with distinctive cross-shaped wing markings found on tree trunks across Europe. It feeds on algae an...
Common Barklouse
Cerastipsocus venosus
A large winged barklouse found in herds on tree trunks in eastern North America. It has prominent veined wings and feeds...
Common Furniture Beetle
Anobium punctatum
The most common cause of woodworm damage in buildings across Europe. Larvae bore through softwood and hardwood for three...
Common Pine Sawfly
Diprion pini
One of the most important pine defoliators in European forestry. Outbreaks cause growth losses and predispose trees to b...
Conehead Termite
Nasutitermes ephratae
A nasute termite of Central America that builds conspicuous dark nests on tree trunks. Soldiers have elongated cone-shap...
Coppered White-spotted Flower Chafer
Protaetia cuprea
A coppery-bronze chafer beetle with small white spots scattered across its elytra. It feeds in large flowers during warm...
Coronated Jewel Beetle
Stigmodera coronata
A recently described jewel beetle from southwestern Western Australia with striking metallic colors. The genus Stigmoder...
Corsican Stag Beetle
Lucanus tetraodon
A large stag beetle found in Corsica, Sardinia, and parts of Italy. Males have impressive mandibles with four teeth used...
Cottonwood Leaf Beetle
Chrysomela scripta
A variable beetle with pale yellow elytra marked with dark elongated spots and streaks. It is a common defoliator of cot...
Cottonwood Stag Beetle
Lucanus mazama
A medium-sized North American stag beetle found near river bottoms. Males have moderately large mandibles....
Cottony Cushion Scale
Icerya purchasi
A scale insect with a distinctive white fluted egg sac that devastated California's citrus industry in the 1880s. Its co...
Cuban Green Anole Click Beetle
Alaus myops
A large click beetle found in Cuba and the Caribbean with prominent false eyespots. It can launch itself into the air wi...
Cylindrical Bark Hister
Teretrius fabricii
A tiny, cylindrical hister beetle that lives under bark of dead trees. Its elongated shape allows it to follow bark beet...
Cypress Bark Moth
Laspeyresia cupressana
A small moth whose larvae bore beneath the bark of cypress and juniper trees. It can cause significant damage to ornamen...
Daimyo Oak Longhorn
Mesosa myops
A mottled grey-brown longhorn beetle that blends perfectly with tree bark. Its larvae feed within the branches of oaks a...
Dampwood Termite
Zootermopsis angusticollis
A large termite species that infests damp and decaying wood in forests of western North America. Its soldiers have large...
Dark Southern Drywood Termite
Cryptotermes cavifrons
A native drywood termite of the southeastern United States and Caribbean. They infest hardwoods and are commonly found i...
Dark Southern Subterranean Termite
Reticulitermes virginicus
A common subterranean termite in the southeastern United States. It is smaller and less destructive than the eastern sub...
Dark Western Drywood Termite
Incisitermes fruticavus
A drywood termite found in arid regions of the southwestern United States. It infests dead wood in desert trees and shru...
Deathwatch Beetle
Xestobium rufovillosum
A small, mottled brown wood-boring beetle that creates a distinctive tapping sound by banging its head against tunnel wa...
Dot Moth
Melanchra persicariae
A dark bluish-black moth with a conspicuous white kidney-mark on each forewing. Its boldly marked appearance makes it ea...
Douglas-fir Beetle
Dendroctonus pseudotsugae
A dark reddish-brown bark beetle that attacks Douglas-fir trees, particularly those weakened by drought or windthrow. It...
Drywood Termite
Cryptotermes brevis
A small termite that lives entirely within dry wood without needing contact with soil. It forms small colonies inside fu...
Eastern Clytus
Clytus planifrons
A wasp-mimicking cerambycid found in the deciduous forests of eastern North America with bold yellow and black banding. ...
Eight-spotted Jewel Beetle
Castiarina octospilota
A compact jewel beetle with eight distinctive pale spots arranged on dark metallic elytra. It is an active flower visito...
Elegant Brown Lacewing
Sympherobius elegans
A tiny, delicate brown lacewing found in bark crevices of broadleaved trees. One of the smallest hemerobiid species in E...
Elephant Beetle
Megasoma elephas
One of the heaviest beetles, weighing up to 50 grams. Males have prominent horns on the head and prothorax. Larvae take ...
Elm Bark Beetle
Scolytus multistriatus
A small bark beetle that is the primary vector of Dutch elm disease in North America. It creates distinctive brood galle...
Emerald Long-Horned Beetle
Callichroma velutinum
A beautiful velvety green longhorn beetle found in tropical African forests. It has a downy texture unlike the glossy fi...
Erosion Dead Leaf Mantis
Acanthops erosula
A small dead leaf mantis with eroded-looking wing edges from the forests of the Guiana Shield. Its ragged outline mimics...
European Ash Bark Beetle
Hylesinus varius
A bark beetle that colonizes ash trees across Europe. It creates star-shaped brood galleries radiating from a central eg...
European Dampwood Termite
Kalotermes flavicollis
The most widespread termite in Europe, inhabiting dead branches of oaks and other broadleaf trees. Colonies are small, t...
European Orussid Wood Wasp
Orussus unicolor
A small, dark parasitoid wood wasp with a distinctly flattened head and stout build. It lays eggs into wood to parasitiz...
European Powderpost Beetle
Lyctus linearis
A common European powderpost beetle that infests dry hardwood. It is a significant pest of stored timber and wooden arti...
European Spruce Longhorn Beetle
Tetropium castaneum
A longhorn beetle native to Europe that bores into spruce trunks. It typically colonizes weakened or recently felled spr...
European Subterranean Termite
Reticulitermes lucifugus
The most widespread subterranean termite in southern Europe. It damages wooden structures and historical buildings acros...
European Xiphydriid
Xiphydria longicollis
A slender wood wasp with a notably elongated pronotum giving it a long-necked appearance. The body is dark with pale lat...
False Blister Beetle
Ischnomera cyanea
A metallic blue beetle that develops inside rotting wood near coastal areas....
Fiddler Beetle
Eupoecila australasiae
A distinctive scarab beetle with green and yellow violin-shaped markings on its back. It is commonly found in gardens ac...
Fig Longhorn
Pelargoderus bipunctatus
A large African cerambycid with a yellowish-brown body and two conspicuous dark spots on the pronotum. It breeds in fig ...
Figueroa's Longhorn
Taeniotes scalaris
A large Neotropical lamiin with ladder-like dark markings on pale brownish-grey elytra. Found in lowland tropical forest...
Fir Longhorn
Tetropium gabrieli
A small brown spondylidine beetle that specializes on fir trees across European mountain ranges. It is similar to T. cas...
Fire Beetle
Pyrophorus divergens
A bioluminescent click beetle from Central American forests. Its glowing thoracic spots are visible from several meters ...
Five-Horned Rhinoceros Beetle
Eupatorus gracilicornis
A striking rhinoceros beetle with four thoracic horns and one cephalic horn. Its velvety black and golden-brown coloring...
Flat Bark Beetle
Cucujus cinnaberinus
A bright red, extremely flat beetle that lives beneath the bark of dead trees. It is an indicator species of old-growth ...
Flat Bark Hister Beetle
Hololepta plana
An extremely flattened, disc-like black beetle found under bark of dead trees. Its body is compressed to fit in the narr...
Flat Oak Borer
Smodicum cucujiforme
An unusually flat, reddish-brown cerambycid that breeds under the bark of dead oaks in North America. Its flattened body...
Flattened Giant Millipede Beetle
Passalus unicornis
A large, flattened bess beetle with a shiny black body and a small horn on the head. Adults and larvae live together in ...
Flavolined Longhorn
Macrodontia flavipennis
A large prionine beetle with yellowish elytra and dark veined patterns, found in the Amazon basin. It is less well known...
Fleck-winged Hoverfly
Dasysyrphus albostriatus
A woodland hoverfly with white crescent markings on a dark abdomen. It is one of the earliest hoverflies to appear in sp...
Florida Dampwood Termite
Neotermes castaneus
A dampwood termite found in southern Florida and the Caribbean that infests water-damaged wood. Colonies remain small an...
Florida Drywood Termite
Calcaritermes nearcticus
A small drywood termite native to the southeastern United States. Soldiers have distinctive calcar-like projections on t...
Forest Demoiselle
Calopteryx syriaca
A Near Eastern demoiselle found along streams in the Levant region. Males have dark wings with blue-green metallic body ...
Formosan Subterranean Termite
Coptotermes formosanus
One of the most aggressive and destructive termite species in the world, forming massive colonies of several million ind...
Four-ribbed Jewel Beetle
Polybothris quadricollis
A moderately sized jewel beetle with four distinct ridges on the pronotum, which gives it its name. The elytra shimmer w...
Four-spotted Flat-face
Anoplophora macularia
A glossy black longhorn with four large white spots on its elytra, found in montane forests of central China. It is less...
Frigate Island Giant Tenebrionid Beetle
Polposipus herculeanus
A large flightless darkling beetle endemic to Frigate Island in the Seychelles. It shelters under bark and in dead wood ...
Fringed Longhorn
Pogonocherus hispidus
A tiny lamiin covered in tufts of erect bristles that give it a shaggy appearance. Found across Europe in hedgerows and ...
Fujian Flat Stag Beetle
Dorcus montivagus
A sleek, flat-bodied stag beetle found in Japan and Korea that specializes in living under bark. Its flattened body allo...
Gaboon Ebony Longhorn Beetle
Ceroplesis militaris
A large longhorn beetle with striking black and yellow banding on its elytra. Its antennae are longer than its body in m...
Gaboon Viper Caterpillar Moth
Lobobunaea phaedusa
A large saturniid moth with rich brown and reddish-purple wings bearing prominent eye-spots. The caterpillars are specta...
Giant African Longhorn
Macrotoma natala
One of the largest longhorn beetles in Africa with powerful mandibles. Dark brown body with a robust build....
Giant African Longhorn Beetle
Petrognatha gigas
One of Africa's largest longhorn beetles with mottled grey-brown bark-like camouflage. Its antennae can be longer than i...
Giant African Prionine
Tithoes confinis
One of Africa's largest cerambycids, with powerful mandibles and a dark brown, heavily sculptured body. It is found in t...
Giant Amazonian Longhorn
Macrodontia cervicornis
One of the longest beetles in the world with enormous serrated mandibles resembling antlers. The elytra feature a marble...
Giant Bark Aphid
Longistigma caryae
The largest aphid in North America, with a body up to 6 mm long. It is grayish-brown with dark wing markings and feeds i...
Giant Bess Beetle
Passalus punctiger
A very large, robust bess beetle with a glossy black exoskeleton and strong mandibles. It creates extensive tunnel syste...
Giant Cave Springtail
Tomocerus minor
One of the larger springtails in Europe, often found in caves and damp cellars. It has a distinctive metallic sheen on i...
Giant Fijian Long-horned Beetle
Xixuthrus terribilis
An extremely large longhorn beetle from Fiji, among the biggest cerambycids in the Pacific. It develops in large fallen ...
Giant Fijian Longhorn
Xixuthrus heros
One of the largest living insects endemic to Fiji with a massive dark brown body. It is extremely rare and seldom encoun...
Giant Flower Beetle
Mecynorrhina torquata
One of the largest flower beetles in Africa, with males reaching impressive sizes. They display vivid green and yellow c...
Giant Green Lacewing
Nothochrysa fulviceps
One of the largest European lacewings with a tawny head and green body. An uncommon species associated with old-growth d...
Giant Jawed Longhorn
Macrodontia dejeanii
A large prionine with impressive curved mandibles from the tropical forests of South America. While smaller than the fam...
Giant Neotropical Carpenter Bee
Xylocopa frontalis
One of the largest bees in the Americas with a robust black body and yellowish thoracic hair. Females bore nesting tunne...
Giant Northern Termite
Mastotermes darwiniensis
The most primitive living termite and the only surviving member of its family. It retains many cockroach-like features i...
Giant Palm Borer
Dinapate wrightii
One of the largest bostrichid beetles, with a cylindrical body adapted for boring into palm trunks. Larvae take years to...
Giant Pill Millipede
Zephronia siamensis
A large pill millipede that can roll into a perfect sphere the size of a golf ball when threatened. The body is dark bro...
Giant Termite
Macrognathotermes sunteri
One of Australia's largest termite species with soldiers bearing massive curved mandibles. It builds large dome-shaped m...
Giant Tropical Click Beetle
Chalcolepidius porcatus
A spectacular large click beetle covered in iridescent green or blue-green scales with deeply grooved elytra. It is one ...
Giant Web Spinner
Clothoda longicauda
One of the largest web spinners, found in tropical South America. It has elongate cerci and builds extensive silk tunnel...
Giant Wood Hoverfly
Temnostoma vespiforme
A large, wasp-mimicking hoverfly with yellow and black banding and a slender waist. Its larvae develop in decaying wood ...
Giraffe Stag Beetle
Prosopocoilus giraffa
The largest stag beetle species in the world, with males reaching 120 mm including their enormous mandibles. Found in So...
Giraffe Weevil of New Zealand
Lasiorhynchus barbicornis
New Zealand's longest beetle, with males reaching over 80 mm in length due to their enormously elongated rostrum (snout)...
Globe Termite
Globitermes sulphureus
A Southeast Asian termite with soldiers that practice autothysis, or suicidal self-destruction. When threatened, soldier...
Globe-nosed Nasute Termite
Nasutitermes nigriceps
A tree-nesting nasute termite from Central and South America that builds dark carton nests high in trees. Soldiers have ...
Goat Moth
Cossus cossus
A large moth whose caterpillars bore deep into hardwood trees for up to four years....
Goblin Mantis
Amorphoscelis pulchella
A tiny, cryptic mantis found on tree bark in West African forests. Its mottled brown coloring makes it virtually invisib...
Golden Buprestid
Sternocera aequisignata
A large, robust jewel beetle with brilliant metallic green and gold elytra adorned with darker punctate depressions. It ...
Golden Jewel Beetle
Chrysochroa fulminans
A brilliantly iridescent beetle with metallic green and gold coloring. The structural coloration of its elytra has inspi...
Golden Metallic Longhorn
Tmesisternus isabellae
A rare longhorn beetle with striking golden or coppery metallic elytra covered in a fine pubescence. The body is elongat...
Golden-haired Longhorn
Oberea linearis
A slender, cylindrical lamiin covered in fine golden pubescence with a black head. Found across Europe and into Central ...
Grandidier's Cicada
Yanga grandidieri
A large, robust cicada with opaque brownish wings marked with darker infuscations and a broad pronotal collar. Males pro...
Grape Borer
Xylotrechus pyrrhoderus
A destructive pest of grapevines in East Asia with reddish-brown legs and wavy yellowish markings on dark elytra. Larvae...
Graybeal's Longhorn
Anoplophora graafi
A large and stout longhorn beetle from the forests of Sulawesi, with a dark body covered in dense greyish-blue pubescenc...
Great Spruce Bark Beetle
Dendroctonus micans
The largest European bark beetle, attacking living spruce trees. Unlike most bark beetles, it does not use aggregation p...
Green Carpenter Bee
Xylocopa aerata
A striking carpenter bee with a metallic green or golden-green thorax found only in Australia. It nests in soft dead woo...
Green Castiarina Jewel Beetle
Castiarina viridissima
A brilliant emerald-green jewel beetle found in Australian heathlands and forests. Adults are avid flower visitors and a...
Green Grooved Longhorn
Prosopocera lactator
A pale green longhorn beetle with long, elegantly banded antennae. It is found on fig and other broadleaf trees in Afric...
Green Lantern Bug
Pyrops spinolae
A large lanternfly with a long, upturned snout and green wings spotted with yellow-white dots. The head process is later...
Green Longhorn Beetle
Chlorobapta frontalis
A bright metallic green longhorn beetle found visiting flowers in spring. Its vivid coloring makes it one of the most at...
Green Tiger Longhorn
Chelidonium argentatum
A medium-sized Neotropical cerambycid with silvery-green pubescent patches on a dark body, found in the Atlantic Forest ...
Green Web Spinner
Oligotoma nigra
A dark-bodied web spinner found in tropical Asia and Africa. Despite its name, the body is dark brown to black with gree...
Grenada Tree Termite
Nasutitermes costalis
A common tree-nesting termite found across the Caribbean. It builds large dark carton nests on tree trunks and branches....
Grey Longhorn
Acanthocinus griseus
A small, cryptically colored longhorn beetle with grey pubescence and faint darker markings on the elytra. It inhabits c...
Guiana Bark Mantis
Liturgusa guianensis
A small, flattened bark mantis from the Guiana Shield region of South America. It inhabits primary rainforest and is rar...
Hag Moth
Phobetron pithecium
A furry brown moth whose larva is called the monkey slug due to its bizarre shape with curly fleshy lateral projections....
Hagen's Web Spinner
Oligotoma humbertiana
A common web spinner of South and Southeast Asia found under bark and in soil crevices. It reproduces by parthenogenesis...
Harlequin Beetle
Acrocinus longimanus
A spectacular longhorn beetle from the Amazon with intricate red, black, and yellow patterns. Males have enormously elon...
Harvester Termite
Hodotermes mossambicus
One of the few termite species that forages above ground in broad daylight. Workers have functional eyes and harvest dry...
Hawaiian Picture-wing Fly (Grimshawi)
Drosophila grimshawi
One of the iconic Hawaiian picture-wing Drosophila, distinguished by elaborate dark patterning on its wings. It breeds i...
Hawaiian Picture-wing Fly (Heteroneura)
Drosophila heteroneura
A remarkable Hawaiian picture-wing fly famous for its hammer-shaped head, found only on Hawaii Island. Males use their b...
Hawaiian Picture-wing Fly (Silvestris)
Drosophila silvestris
A Hawaiian picture-wing fly closely related to D. heteroneura but with a normally shaped head. It is found in wet forest...
Headlight Click Beetle
Ignelater havaniensis
A medium-sized bioluminescent click beetle from Cuba with bright greenish pronotal lights. It belongs to a genus of lumi...
Helm's Stag Beetle
Geodorcus helmsi
An endemic New Zealand stag beetle found in the forests of the South Island. Males have enlarged mandibles used in fight...
Helmet Treehopper
Membracis foliatia
A Neotropical treehopper with a large, laterally compressed pronotal crest shaped like a leaf. Its black body with white...
Hercules Beetle
Dynastes hercules
One of the largest beetles in the world. Males sport enormous horns used in combat for mates. The elytra can change colo...
Hermit Beetle
Osmoderma eremita
A large, dark chestnut beetle that lives its entire life inside hollow old trees. It emits a strong fruity odor similar ...
Heterotermes Subterranean Termite
Heterotermes indicola
A widespread subterranean termite in South Asia causing significant damage to wooden structures and living trees. Coloni...
High-altitude Longhorn Beetle
Evodinus borealis
A flower-visiting longhorn beetle of boreal and montane conifer forests. Its larvae develop in decaying conifer wood at ...
Hispaniolan Swallowtail
Papilio aristodemus
A large swallowtail butterfly found in the Caribbean with yellow and dark brown wings. Several subspecies are endemic to...
Horned Passalus
Odontotaenius disjunctus
A large, shiny black beetle with a small horn on its head, found in rotting logs. It lives in family groups where adults...
Hornet Moth
Sesia apiformis
A clearwing moth that is a near-perfect mimic of the European hornet....
Horseshoe Crab Cockroach
Hemiblabera tenebricosa
A stout, dark cockroach whose rounded body shape resembles a horseshoe crab. It is a burrowing species from Central Amer...
Horsfield's Longhorn
Batocera horsfieldi
A large flat-faced longhorn beetle found in tropical forests of Southeast Asia. Adults are mottled grey-brown with disti...
House Longhorn Beetle
Hylotrupes bajulus
A serious structural pest of softwood timber in buildings worldwide. Larvae can feed inside roof timbers for up to ten y...
Huhu Beetle
Prionoplus reticularis
New Zealand's largest endemic beetle, the huhu beetle is a longhorn beetle whose larvae bore into dead and decaying wood...
Indian Bark Mantis
Amorphoscelis annulicornis
A small bark mantis from India with banded antennae unique in the genus. It is found in the tropical forests of the West...
Indian Moon Beetle
Dicranocephalus wallichii
A spectacular stag beetle relative with males bearing two long, curved, crescent-shaped horns on the head. The body is r...
Indian Stag Beetle
Lucanus lunifer
A large, dark brown stag beetle with impressive curved mandibles in males that resemble deer antlers. It is found in mon...
Indian Subterranean Termite
Coptotermes heimi
A destructive subterranean termite common across the Indian subcontinent. It attacks wooden structures, crops, and livin...
Indian Web Spinner
Oligotoma saundersii
A cosmopolitan web spinner originally from South Asia, now found in warm regions worldwide. It commonly inhabits cracks ...
Indo-Malaysian Drywood Termite
Cryptotermes cynocephalus
A drywood termite native to Southeast Asia that infests structural wood and furniture. It has spread across the Pacific ...
Ironclad Beetle
Phloeodes diabolicus
Has one of the toughest exoskeletons of any insect — it can withstand forces 39,000 times its body weight. Even entomolo...
Italian Snakefly
Subilla confinis
A Mediterranean snakefly found in warm woodlands of southern Europe. It is associated with pine and oak forests where la...
Ivory-Marked Beetle
Eburia quadrigeminata
A tan longhorn beetle with pairs of ivory-colored raised spots on each elytron. Larvae bore into hardwood timbers....
Jade-headed Buffalo Beetle
Trypoxylus dichotomus
A large rhinoceros beetle with a glossy dark brown to black body. Males sport a long, forked cephalic horn and a shorter...
Japanese Bark Beetle
Ips typographus japonicus
The Japanese subspecies of the European spruce bark beetle. A significant pest of coniferous forests in Japan, particula...
Japanese Carpenter Bee
Xylocopa appendiculata
A large, robust carpenter bee known as 'kumabachi' (bear bee) in Japanese due to its fuzzy appearance. Builds nests by b...
Japanese Click Beetle
Campsosternus gemma
A spectacular metallic green and gold click beetle found in East Asian forests. It is one of the most brilliantly colour...
Japanese Deathwatch Beetle
Priobium flavicorne
A wood-boring beetle found in Japan that infests structural timber in traditional Japanese buildings. The larvae bore th...
Japanese Giant Ichneumon
Megarhyssa praecellens
One of the largest ichneumon wasps in Asia with a remarkably long ovipositor. It parasitizes wood-boring horntail larvae...
Japanese Horntail
Eriotremex formosanus
A large wood wasp with a robust reddish-brown body and dark wings. Native to East Asia, it attacks stressed and recently...
Japanese Pine Sawyer
Monochamus alternatus
A large longhorn beetle known as 'matsu-no-madara-kamikiri,' responsible for transmitting pine wilt disease in Japan. Th...
Japanese Rose Chafer
Cetonia pilifera
A metallic green flower beetle common in Japan, known as 'shirosujikogane.' Found on flowers and tree sap during summer ...
Japanese Snakefly
Inocellia japonica
An East Asian snakefly with the characteristic elongated neck-like prothorax. It is one of the few snakefly species foun...
Javan Amber Cicada
Ambragaeana ambra
A large cicada with amber-tinted wings and a stout body. It inhabits dense tropical forests where its deep buzzing call ...
Javanese Subterranean Termite
Schedorhinotermes javanicus
A subterranean termite found throughout Southeast Asia with a distinctive dimorphic soldier caste consisting of both maj...
Jewel Beetle
Chrysochroa fulgidissima
Prized for its iridescent metallic green and red-gold elytra. Used in traditional Japanese art called Tamamushi. The col...
Jewel Beetle (Golden Castiarina)
Castiarina aureola
A dazzlingly coloured jewel beetle endemic to Australia, with a golden-yellow body adorned with dark markings. Australia...
Jewel Desert Beetle
Julodis cirrosa
A strikingly colorful jewel beetle with tufts of hair along its body. It inhabits arid Mediterranean and desert-edge scr...
Jewel Longhorn Beetle
Sternotomis bohemani
A strikingly patterned longhorn beetle with green and black markings....
Jewel Scarab
Chrysina resplendens
A beetle that appears to be made of polished gold, found in cloud forests of Central America. Its reflective shell is co...
Katydid
Pterophylla camellifolia
Nocturnal insects with leaf-shaped wings providing excellent camouflage. Named for their rhythmic "katy-did, katy-didn't...
Kaup Bess Beetle
Passalus interstitialis
A large, elongate, shiny black bess beetle with prominent mandibles and longitudinal grooves on the elytra. It is the mo...
Knobbled Weevil
Karocolens pittospori
A large, knobbled weevil endemic to New Zealand, covered in rough tubercles that give it a bark-like appearance. It is n...
Lacteus Termite
Coptotermes lacteus
An Australian mound-building termite that constructs distinctive dark, hard-walled mounds up to 2 meters tall. The mound...
Lameere's Longhorn
Chloridolum lameerei
A rare metallic blue-green cerambycid described from the forests of Mindanao in the Philippines. It is known from very f...
Large Brown Click Beetle
Hemirhipus fascicularis
One of the largest click beetles in South America with a robust dark brown body. Their clicking mechanism can launch the...
Large Poplar Longhorn
Saperda carcharias
A large grey-yellow lamiin covered in dense ochre pubescence, found across Eurasia in poplar-dominated habitats. It is a...
Large Square-headed Wasp
Ectemnius cephalotes
A large solitary wasp that nests in dead wood and provisions its nest with captured flies. Has a distinctively large, sq...
Large Violet Click Beetle
Limoniscus violaceus
A rare and distinctive click beetle with a dark violet-black body and fine pubescence. It develops in the decaying heart...
Large-winged Barklouse
Psocus leidyi
A conspicuous barklouse with large patterned wings found on deciduous trees. Adults are active in late summer and autumn...
Lateral Longhorn Beetle
Mastododera lateralis
A medium-sized longhorn beetle with dark elytra marked by pale lateral stripes along the sides. It has the characteristi...
Latticed Longhorn
Clytus rhamni
A small wasp-mimicking cerambycid with a lattice-like pattern of yellow markings on its black elytra. It is widespread b...
Leopard Moth
Zeuzera pyrina
A striking white moth covered in black spots like a snow leopard's coat. Its wood-boring larvae can cause serious damage...
Lesser Bullet Ant
Neoponera villosa
A large black ponerine ant found from Texas through South America with a powerful sting. It nests in tree hollows and de...
Lesser Pine Sawyer
Monochamus sutor
A mottled brown longhorn beetle found across the boreal forests of Eurasia. It breeds in recently dead or weakened conif...
Lesser Stag Beetle
Dorcus parallelipipedus
A robust, matt-black beetle found across European woodlands. Unlike its larger cousin, both sexes have similarly sized m...
Lichen Mantis
Pogonogaster tristani
A small mantis covered in mossy-looking protuberances that mimic lichen....
Light-colored Subterranean Termite
Heterotermes aureus
A desert-adapted subterranean termite common in the Sonoran Desert of the southwestern United States and Mexico. Colonie...
Little Carpenterworm
Prionoxystus macmurtrei
A smaller relative of the carpenterworm moth that bores into oaks and other hardwoods. Larvae create long tunnels throug...
Log Miner Midge
Stenochironomus hilaris
A wood-mining chironomid whose larvae bore into submerged decaying logs in streams. Larvae create visible galleries bene...
Long-armed Chafer
Cheirotonus gestroi
A large reddish-brown beetle with spectacularly elongated front legs in males. The legs can be longer than the entire bo...
Long-Horned Xiphydriid
Xiphydria prolongata
A slender wood wasp with an exceptionally long neck region and thread-like antennae. The body is dark brown with scatter...
Long-Nosed Lanternfly
Pyrops sultanus
A large Malaysian lanternfly with an extremely elongated head projection and colorful spotted wings. It feeds on sap fro...
Long-tailed Giant Ichneumon
Megarhyssa atrata
A large dark-bodied ichneumonid wasp found in eastern North America. Females bore through bark to parasitize pigeon trem...
Long-winged Bark Mantis
Amorphoscelis longipennis
A bark mantis from West Africa with unusually long wings for its body size. Males are capable of sustained flight, unlik...
Longhorn Harlequin Beetle
Aristobia approximator
A large longhorn beetle with attractive pale grey elytra marked with dark bands and spots in a harlequin pattern. Antenn...
Longicorn Beetle
Phoracantha semipunctata
A brown and cream longhorn beetle with extremely long antennae that infests stressed eucalypts. It has become a signific...
Lord Howe Island Cockroach
Panesthia lata
A large wingless wood cockroach endemic to Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea. It is closely related to mainland Austral...
Macleay's Spectre Stick Insect Longhorn
Penthea vermicularis
A slender longhorn beetle with mottled grey-brown bark-like camouflage patterning. It is found on dead wood in eucalypt ...
Madagascan Flat Bark Beetle
Passandra boliti
An extremely flat beetle that lives under bark in Madagascan forests. Its compressed body allows it to navigate thin gap...
Madagascan Jewel Beetle
Polybothris sumptuosa
A metallic green jewel beetle endemic to Madagascar with a brilliant iridescent sheen. It is commonly collected for jewe...
Madagascan Pill Millipede
Zoosphaerium neptunus
A giant pill millipede endemic to Madagascar that can roll into a perfect ball. It is one of the largest pill millipedes...
Madagascar Bark Mantis
Amorphoscelis madagassa
A small bark mantis endemic to Madagascar's eastern rainforests. It is part of the island's rich endemic insect fauna....
Madagascar Termite
Coptotermes truncatus
A subterranean termite with soft, pale workers and dark-headed soldiers that have elongated, rounded heads equipped with...
Madeira Longhorn
Leptura aurulenta
A large flower longhorn with rusty-orange elytra and a black head and pronotum. Found in forests around the Mediterranea...
Malagasy Bark Mantis
Liturgusa malagassa
A flattened mantis that lives pressed against tree trunks, with mottled brown and gray coloring that perfectly matches b...
Malagasy Blue Butterfly
Leptomyrina phidias
A small butterfly with brilliant blue upperwings in males and more subdued brown in females. The underwing surface has f...
Malagasy Carpenter Bee
Xylocopa madecassa
A large, robust black bee with a metallic blue-violet sheen on its wings. It bores nest tunnels into dead wood using its...
Malagasy Drywood Termite
Cryptotermes kirbyi
A small drywood termite that forms compact colonies inside dead branches and timber. Soldiers have distinctive phragmoti...
Malagasy Mound-building Termite
Microcerotermes subtilis
A small termite species that constructs conspicuous carton mounds on tree trunks or the ground. Workers are pale and sof...
Malagasy Rhinoceros Beetle
Oryctes simiar
A large, dark brown scarab beetle with a prominent upward-curving horn on the male's head. Females lack the horn and hav...
Malagasy Stag Beetle
Hexaphyllum madecassum
A medium-sized stag beetle with antennae bearing six leaf-like lamellae, which gives the genus its name. Males have mode...
Malaysian Subterranean Termite
Coptotermes curvignathus
An aggressive subterranean termite that attacks living trees and wooden structures in Southeast Asia. Soldiers have dist...
Malaysian Tree Termite
Hospitalitermes hospitalis
A remarkable open-air foraging nasutitermine termite from Southeast Asian rainforests. Workers forage in exposed columns...
Malaysian Trilobite Beetle
Platerodrilus ruficollis
A bizarre beetle whose larviform females retain a flat, segmented larval appearance throughout life, resembling ancient ...
Mango Bark Beetle
Plocaederus ferrugineus
A rusty-brown cerambycid that attacks the bark and cambium of mango trees in South Asia. Adults are strong fliers and ar...
Mangrove Longhorn
Aeolesthes holosericeus
A velvety brown longhorn beetle found in tropical forests across South and Southeast Asia. Adults are attracted to light...
Mediterranean Web Spinner
Embia ramburi
A brownish web spinner found throughout the Mediterranean region under bark and stones. Females live communally in inter...
Metallic Wood-boring Beetle
Buprestis rustica
A robust bronze-green jewel beetle with subtle coppery reflections found in coniferous forests. Adults bask in strong su...
Microceratotermes Carton Termite
Microcerotermes crassus
A wood-feeding termite found across Southeast Asia and Australia that builds small arboreal carton nests on trees. Worke...
Milk Termite
Schedorhinotermes lamanianus
A large subterranean termite from tropical Australia with two distinct soldier sizes. Major soldiers have large mandible...
Moss Mantis
Haania lobiceps
A small mantis covered in spiny projections and textured to look like a piece of living moss. Its green, brown, and grey...
Mottled Longhorn Beetle
Ceroplesis aethiops
A large longhorn beetle with mottled gray and black patterning that provides excellent camouflage on tree bark. Its ante...
Mountain Pine Beetle
Dendroctonus ponderosae
A small dark brown bark beetle that bores into pine trees to lay eggs beneath the bark. Massive outbreaks have devastate...
Neotropical Longhorn Beetle
Callipogon relictus
A large relict longhorn beetle with massive toothed mandibles and dark reddish-brown coloring. It is considered a living...
Neotropical Metallic Wood Borer
Euchroma gigantea
The largest jewel beetle in the Americas with iridescent green, red, and purple elytra. It is commonly found on dead or ...
Neotropical Tiger Longhorn
Megacyllene acuta
A wasp-mimicking cerambycid from South America with bold yellow chevron markings on a black body. It breeds in dead bran...
Nevada Dampwood Termite
Zootermopsis nevadensis
A large dampwood termite found in mountainous regions of western North America. Colonies inhabit moist, decaying wood of...
New Caledonian Longhorn Beetle
Agrianome fairmairei
A large longhorn beetle endemic to New Caledonia, where its larvae develop in dead and decaying wood of native trees. It...
New Zealand Peripatus
Peripatoides novaezealandiae
A velvet worm native to New Zealand, representing one of the most ancient terrestrial animal lineages. Although not an i...
Nigidius Stag Beetle
Nigidius laticornis
A small, robust, dark brown to black stag beetle from sub-Saharan Africa. Males have short, broad mandibles. The body is...
North American Horntail
Tremex columba
A large horntail wasp found across eastern North America. It attacks dead and dying hardwood trees such as beech, maple,...
Northern Two-striped Walkingstick
Anisomorpha ferruginea
A tan to brown walkingstick found in the south-central United States. It is sometimes called the 'musk mare' for its che...
Notch-Tipped Flower Longhorn
Typocerus sinuatus
A yellow longhorn beetle with wavy dark bands across its elytra. It is a common flower visitor in eastern North American...
Oak Bark Borer
Scolytus intricatus
A small bark beetle that attacks oaks across Europe. It breeds in weakened or recently dead branches and trunks....
Orientalis Subterranean Termite
Reticulitermes speratus
The most economically important termite in Japan, causing significant damage to traditional wooden buildings and temples...
Ornate Click Beetle
Semiotus distinctus
A brightly colored tropical click beetle with yellow elytra marked with bold black stripes or spots. It is frequently en...
Ox Beetle
Strategus aloeus
A large robust dark brown beetle with three forward-pointing horns on the males pronotum. It is attracted to lights in t...
Pacific Dampwood Kalotermitid
Neotermes connexus
A large kalotermitid termite native to Hawaii that infests damp wood. It is the most common native termite species in th...
Pacific Dampwood Termite
Zootermopsis laticeps
A large termite with soldiers that have broad flattened heads and strong mandibles. It inhabits damp rotting wood in for...
Painted Lichen Moth
Hypoprepia fucosa
A small moth with distinctive grey forewings bearing bright red-orange stripes running from base to tip. It is one of th...
Pale-winged Barklouse
Peripsocus phaeopterus
A common European bark louse with smoky brown wings. It lives on tree trunks where it scrapes algae and lichen from the ...
Papua New Guinea Jewel Beetle
Chrysochroa mniszechii
A spectacularly colourful jewel beetle found in Papua New Guinea, with an iridescent metallic body that shifts between g...
Papuan Cicada
Baeturia conviva
A cicada endemic to New Guinea, part of the most species-rich cicada genus in the region. Males produce distinct clickin...
Paroecus Flat-faced Longhorn
Batocera paroeca
A moderately large longhorn from the forests of New Guinea with cryptic bark-like patterning. Males have exceptionally l...
Passalid Beetle
Pharochilus dilatatus
A large, glossy black beetle that lives in family groups inside rotting logs. Adults and larvae communicate using squeak...
Pennsylvania Wood Cockroach
Parcoblatta pensylvanica
A native North American cockroach that lives outdoors in forests and woodlands. Males are strong fliers attracted to lig...
Peruvian Bark Mantis
Liturgusa manausensis
A bark mantis originally described from the Manaus region of Brazil but also found in Peru. It has a dark brown body wit...
Peruvian Net-winged Beetle
Calopteron bifasciatum
A medium-sized neotropical net-winged beetle with orange elytra bearing two broad dark transverse bands. The reticulated...
Philippine Milk Termite
Coptotermes vastator
The most destructive termite species in the Philippines, causing severe damage to buildings, trees, and crops. Colonies ...
Philippine Stag Beetle
Cyclommatus elaphus
A striking stag beetle with enormously elongated curved mandibles in males that can exceed the body length. The body has...
Pine Bark Adelgid
Pineus strobi
An adelgid that feeds on the bark of eastern white pine, producing white waxy wool on trunks and branches. Heavy infesta...
Pine Bark Longhorn
Asemum striatum
A flat, dark grey-brown spondylidine beetle with longitudinal ridges on the elytra. Common in conifer forests across the...
Pine Sawyer Beetle
Monochamus galloprovincialis
A large brown longhorn beetle that breeds in dying or recently dead pine trees. It is a vector of the devastating pine w...
Pine Shoot Beetle
Tomicus piniperda
A bark beetle that breeds in pine logs and stumps, then feeds inside live pine shoots. It is an invasive pest in North A...
Pine Weevil
Hylobius abietis
A dark brown weevil with patches of golden scales that is a major pest of young conifer plantations. Adults girdle the b...
Pleasing Lacewing
Nallachius americanus
A small and uncommon lacewing with feathery antennae in males. Larvae develop under bark feeding on wood-boring insect l...
Ponderosa Pine Bark Borer
Acanthocinus princeps
A grey-brown longhorn beetle with extremely long antennae that can be four times its body length. Males antennae are lon...
Ponderous Borer
Trichocnemis spiculatus
One of the largest cerambycids in North America, this prionine breeds in the roots and lower trunks of dead ponderosa pi...
Powder Post Termite
Cryptotermes primus
An Australian drywood termite that infests dry structural timber in buildings across tropical and subtropical regions. C...
Powderpost Beetle
Lyctus brunneus
A small, slender reddish-brown beetle that reduces hardwood timber to fine powder. It is a significant pest of furniture...
Powderpost Drywood Termite
Cryptotermes domesticus
A destructive drywood termite that reduces wood to a fine powder. It is a major pest of wooden structures across tropica...
Primitive Silverfish
Tricholepidion gertschi
The most primitive living silverfish, restricted to old-growth forests of northern California. It retains compound eyes ...
Queensland Cathedral Termite
Nasutitermes magnus
A large Australian nasute termite that constructs impressive cathedral-like mounds in tropical Queensland. Mounds are ta...
Rainbow Stag Beetle
Phalacrognathus muelleri
Australias most spectacularly colored beetle, with iridescent green, red, gold, and purple metallic coloring. Males have...
Rajah Naga Stag Beetle
Prosopocoilus astacoides
A medium-sized stag beetle with reddish-brown elytra and a black head bearing distinctly toothed mandibles. Males displa...
Raspberry Cane Borer
Oberea bimaculata
A slender black longhorn with two prominent yellow spots on the pronotum, found across North America. It is a significan...
Red Oak Borer
Enaphalodes rufulus
A large reddish-brown cerambycid that breeds in living red oaks across eastern North America. It has a strict two-year l...
Red-Brown Click Beetle
Ampedus sanguineus
A handsome click beetle with vivid red elytra and a black head and thorax. Larvae develop in rotting conifer wood....
Red-legged Buprestis
Buprestis rufipes
A large metallic green European jewel beetle with distinctive red legs. Adults bask on sun-warmed timber and tree trunks...
Red-legged Purpuricenus
Purpuricenus kaehleri
A striking cerambycid with a bright red pronotum and black elytra, found in oak woodlands across southern Europe. Adults...
Redbay Ambrosia Beetle
Xyleborus glabratus
An invasive beetle from Southeast Asia that vectors laurel wilt disease in the Americas. It bores into healthy trees of ...
Reticulated Beetle
Tenomerga cinerea
A living fossil from one of the most ancient beetle families still extant....
Rhinoceros Stag Beetle
Odontolabis gazella
A medium to large stag beetle with orange-brown elytra and a black head and thorax. Males exist in three distinct forms:...
Rosalia Longhorn
Rosalia alpina funesta
A subspecies of the striking blue-grey alpine longhorn beetle found in southern populations....
Ross's Web Spinner
Chelicerca rubra
A reddish-brown web spinner found in tropical Africa that builds silk tunnels on tree bark. It is one of the more bright...
Rothschild's Jewel Beetle
Madecassia rothschildi
A magnificent jewel beetle with metallic green and copper elytra adorned with intricate patterns. It is one of the most ...
Round-necked Longhorn
Neoclytus acuminatus
A reddish-brown cerambycid with narrow yellowish crossbands on the elytra, native to eastern North America but now invas...
Ruddy Barklouse
Elipsocus hyalinus
A delicate bark louse with translucent wings found in European forests. It lives on lichens and algae growing on tree tr...
Rufous Bark Mantis
Amorphoscelis rufula
A reddish-brown bark mantis from Central Africa that blends with red-barked tropical trees. Its rufous coloring is disti...
Rustic Longhorn
Xylotrechus rusticus
A grey-brown cerambycid with wavy pale transverse bands on the elytra, found across Eurasia in birch and poplar forests....
Sabre Wasp
Rhyssa persuasoria
The largest European ichneumon wasp, recognized by its black-and-white banded body. It parasitizes the larvae of wood wa...
Saga Longhorn Beetle
Batocera lineolata
A large longhorn beetle with pale greenish-grey elytra marked with dark spots and lines. Its larvae develop in living ha...
Saharan Carpenter Ant
Camponotus aegyptiacus
A large black carpenter ant found in desert habitats from Egypt to Arabia. It nests in soil rather than wood due to the ...
Sal Borer
Hoplocerambyx spinicornis
A large, dark brown longhorn beetle that is the most destructive pest of sal trees, India's most important timber specie...
Samoan Rhinoceros Beetle
Scapanes australis
A large rhinoceros beetle found in Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and parts of Samoa. Males have a large forked ...
Sardinian Rosalia Longhorn
Rosalia alpina ssp.
A stunning blue-gray longhorn beetle with black spots found in old beech forests. Mediterranean island populations are g...
Scarce Stag Beetle
Platycerus caraboides
A small metallic blue-black stag beetle with modest mandibles. It develops in red-rotten beech wood....
Scarlet Longhorn Beetle
Mastododera coccinea
A visually striking longhorn beetle with bright red elytra and a dark head and thorax. Its long, curved antennae often e...
Scarlet Minivet Beetle
Lycostomus modestus
A net-winged beetle with conspicuous orange-red elytra featuring a reticulate pattern of raised veins. It is soft-bodied...
Schaus Swallowtail
Heraclides aristodemus ponceanus
A dark swallowtail with yellow bands and rusty-brown hindwing patches restricted to hardwood hammocks of the Florida Key...
Scissor Grinder Cicada
Neotibicen pruinosus
A large North American annual cicada with a buzzing call resembling a grinding wheel. Its body is coated in a whitish wa...
Sicilian Stag Beetle
Lucanus cervus sicilianus
A subspecies of the European stag beetle found on Sicily. Males are smaller than mainland forms but retain large mandibl...
Simulated Jewel Beetle
Castiarina simulata
A small jewel beetle with variable yellow and black banded patterning on its elytra. It is found in eucalypt habitats ac...
Six-spined Engraver Beetle
Ips calligraphus
A pine-infesting bark beetle found across eastern North America. It is named for the six spine-like teeth on its rear wi...
Slack Creek Stag Beetle
Lissotes menalcas
A small glossy black stag beetle endemic to Tasmania. Males have modest but distinctly curved mandibles....
Small Scissor Bee
Chelostoma florisomne
A slender black solitary bee that nests in beetle borings in dead wood. It is a specialist pollinator of buttercups....
Southeastern Drywood Termite
Incisitermes snyderi
A drywood termite found in the southeastern United States that infests structural timber. Colonies are small but can per...
Southern Pine Beetle
Dendroctonus frontalis
A tiny dark brown bark beetle that is the most destructive insect pest of southern pine forests. Infestations can kill t...
Speckled Longhorn
Pachytodes cerambyciformis
A small yellow longhorn beetle with variable black spots and markings. It is a frequent visitor to hogweed and other umb...
Spined Bark Longhorn
Acanthocinus reticulatus
A small flattened longhorn with reticulate patterning on its elytra and long lateral spines on the pronotum. Found acros...
Spiny Longhorn Beetle
Acanthophorus serraticornis
One of Africa's largest longhorn beetles with serrated antennae and powerful mandibles. Dark brown to black and heavily ...
Splendid Jewel Beetle
Buprestis splendens
A spectacularly metallic green and gold jewel beetle found only in old-growth forests. Develops in ancient pine trees. O...
Spotted Bark Mantis
Amorphoscelis guttata
A spotted bark mantis from East Africa with small dots scattered across its wings and body. The spots mimic tiny lichens...
Spotted Longhorn Beetle
Leptura quadrifasciata
A black and yellow banded longhorn beetle with a tapered body and long antennae. It visits flowers in sunlit woodland cl...
Spotted Xiphydriid Wood Wasp
Xiphydria camelus
A slender wood wasp with a distinctively elongated neck-like pronotum and white spots on a dark body. Females bore into ...
Spruce Beetle
Dendroctonus rufipennis
A dark brown to black bark beetle that is the primary killer of mature spruce trees in North America. Outbreaks are trig...
Sri Lankan Relict Ant Beetle
Helota vigorsii
A rare beetle found only in the wet zone forests of Sri Lanka. It lives under bark and is associated with fungal growths...
Stag Beetle
Lucanus cervus
Europes largest beetle. Males have dramatically enlarged mandibles resembling antlers, used in wrestling contests for fe...
Stag Beetle Mimic Longhorn
Cerambyx scopolii
A medium-sized dark brown longhorn beetle common across Europe. Adults emerge in late spring and are attracted to flower...
Steel-blue Woodwasp
Sirex cyaneus
A metallic blue woodwasp native to Europe that breeds in fir and spruce. It is closely related to the more destructive S...
Steelblue Jewel Beetle
Phaenops cyanea
A compact dark metallic blue-green beetle that attacks stressed pine trees. It has infrared sensors that detect forest f...
Stridulating Passalid
Passalus punctatostriatus
A large, shiny black bess beetle with prominently punctate-striate elytra and strong mandibles. It lives in family group...
Stripe-winged Bark Mantis
Liturgusa algorei
A bark mantis named after Al Gore, found in the Amazonian forests of South America. It has distinctive striped wing patt...
Striped Click Beetle
Chalcolepidius striatus
A large neotropical click beetle with dark elytra bearing distinct white-scaled longitudinal stripes. The robust body an...
Stripey Longhorn Beetle
Zographus niveisparsus
A boldly patterned longhorn with white bands and patches on a dark background. It is found in tropical forests of Centra...
Subterranean Termite
Reticulitermes flavipes
The most economically destructive termite species in North America, living in underground colonies that can number in th...
Subustus Longhorn Beetle
Toxitiades subustus
A dark-bodied longhorn beetle with singed-looking brownish elytra and moderately long antennae. It is endemic to Madagas...
Sulawesi Giant Stag Beetle
Dorcus bucephalus
A massive stag beetle endemic to Sulawesi with a broad, flattened black body and powerful mandibles. Males have distinct...
Sumatran Flat-faced Longhorn
Batocera numitor
A very large longhorn beetle with grey-brown mottled elytra and exceptionally long antennae. The flat face and powerful ...
Sumatran Neon Jewel Beetle
Chrysochroa rajah
An extraordinarily vibrant jewel beetle with iridescent green elytra bearing a wide metallic golden-red stripe down each...
Sunda Longhorn
Apriona swainsoni
A large olive-grey lamiin with a dense covering of fine pubescence, found in the islands of Indonesia and the Philippine...
Tanbark Borer
Phymatodes testaceus
A small, highly variable cerambycid ranging from pale yellow to dark brown or violet. It breeds under the bark of recent...
Telephone Pole Beetle
Micromalthus debilis
The sole surviving member of an ancient beetle family dating back 200 million years....
Teratembiid Web Spinner
Teratembia geniculata
A small web spinner found in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It has distinctively bent hind femora u...
Tessellated Bark Mantis
Liturgusa tessellata
A bark mantis with a tessellated mosaic-like pattern on its wings from the Amazon basin. The intricate pattern provides ...
Thomson's Longhorn
Batocera thomsonii
A large and robust cerambycid from the Philippines with chocolate-brown elytra marked by irregular cream-colored patches...
Thorn-Mimic Treehopper
Enchenopa binotata
A small treehopper with a hump-shaped pronotum that mimics a plant thorn or bud. It is a complex of cryptic species defi...
Tiger Bark Mantis
Amorphoscelis tigrina
A small bark-dwelling mantis with tiger-like striped markings from East Africa. Its banded pattern mimics the lichen str...
Timberman Beetle
Acanthocinus aedilis
A mottled grey-brown longhorn beetle with antennae up to five times its body length in males. It breeds in recently dead...
Titan Beetle
Titanus giganteus
The largest beetle by body length in the world. Adults do not feed, surviving on fat reserves from the larval stage. The...
Titan Longhorn Beetle
Phoracantha tricuspis
A large longhorn beetle with brown coloring and three-pronged elytral spines at the tips. It attacks drought-stressed eu...
Totara Longhorn Beetle
Xylotoles costatus
A longhorn beetle endemic to the Chatham Islands of New Zealand. It breeds in dead wood of native Dracophyllum trees....
Tree-Nesting Nasute Termite
Nasutitermes corniger
A common arboreal termite in the Americas that builds large dark carton nests in trees. Covered foraging trails extend f...
Trinidad Bark Mantis
Liturgusa trinidadensis
A rare bark mantis known only from the island of Trinidad in the Caribbean. It is one of the few bark mantis species fou...
Tropical Carpenter Bee
Xylocopa latipes
One of the largest bee species in Asia with jet-black coloring and broad wings. They produce a loud buzzing flight sound...
Tropical Flat Rove Beetle
Priochirus abyssinus
A highly flattened, tropical rove beetle with a remarkably compressed body adapted for living under tree bark. Its panca...
Tropical Rough-headed Drywood Termite
Cryptotermes dudleyi
A pantropical drywood termite that infests dead wood and structural timber. Soldiers have a distinctive rough, phragmoti...
Tsivoka Longhorn Beetle
Tsivoka villiersi
A member of an endemic Malagasy longhorn beetle genus recently revised taxonomically. It has a slender body with finely ...
Tunnel Beetle
Lymexylon navale
A slender cylindrical beetle whose larvae bore straight tunnels through oak timber. Historically damaged ship timber....
Turneri Carton Termite
Microcerotermes turneri
An Australian arboreal termite that builds small, round carton nests on the trunks of eucalyptus trees. Colonies are sma...
Twig-girdling Longhorn
Ceroplesis thunbergii
A grey and black longhorn beetle with pale speckled markings. It girdles living twigs to create suitable egg-laying site...
Two-banded Longhorn
Rhagium bifasciatum
A robust, short-antennated flower longhorn with two yellowish bands on dark elytra. Common across European forests, adul...
Uhler's Wood Cockroach
Parcoblatta uhleriana
A medium-sized native wood cockroach found in the eastern United States. Males are strong fliers while females are brach...
Urussov's Sawyer
Monochamus urussovii
A large dark brown longhorn beetle with greyish pubescence, distributed across the taiga forests of Russia. It primarily...
Velvet Longhorn
Trichoferus campestris
A brownish-grey cerambycid covered in fine velvety pubescence, native to Central Asia but now spreading globally through...
Venezuelan Bark Mantis
Liturgusa fossetti
A small bark mantis from Venezuela described in the 2014 revision of the genus. It has subtle brown markings that match ...
Violet Longhorn
Callidium violaceum
A compact, flat cerambycid with a striking metallic violet coloration across its entire body. Widespread in conifer fore...
Voeltzkow's Nasute Termite
Nasutitermes voeltzkowi
An African nasute termite common in East African savanna and woodland. Colonies build conspicuous dark carton nests on t...
Walker's Cicada
Neotibicen pronotalis
A large cicada of the southern United States with a distinctive loud buzzing call. It prefers hot, open habitats and sin...
Walker's Nasute Termite
Nasutitermes walkeri
An arboreal termite that builds round carton nests on tree trunks in eastern Australia. Its nests are made from chewed w...
Wallace's Line Stag Beetle
Odontolabis latipennis
A large stag beetle with broad, flattened elytra and wide mandibles in males. The body is dark reddish-brown to black wi...
Wallace's Longhorn
Batocera wallacei
A large longhorn beetle named after the naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace. Mottled brown and cream coloring provides exce...
Wasp Beetle
Clytus arietis
A longhorn beetle with yellow and black banding that mimics a common wasp. It even moves in a jerky, wasp-like manner....
Waterhouse Stag Beetle
Phalacrognathus muelleri waterhouseorum
A subspecies of the rainbow stag beetle from New Guinea with even more vivid metallic coloring. Highly prized by collect...
West African Lantern Bug
Zanna tenebrosa
A large planthopper with an elongated head process and colorful wings. The forewings are cryptically patterned while the...
Western Balsam Bark Beetle
Dryocoetes confusus
A bark beetle that primarily attacks subalpine fir in western North America. It often colonizes trees already weakened b...
Western Cedar Borer
Trachykele blondeli
A large, dark metallic jewel beetle that develops in western red cedar. Larvae create distinctive oval exit holes in tim...
Western Drywood Termite
Incisitermes minor
A common drywood termite of the western United States that infests structural timbers and furniture. Unlike subterranean...
Western Eyed Click Beetle
Alaus melanops
The western counterpart to the eyed click beetle, with smaller, solid black eyespots. Found in old-growth forests....
Western Pine Beetle
Dendroctonus brevicomis
A small dark brown bark beetle that attacks ponderosa pine trees. It is one of the most destructive bark beetles in west...
Western Subterranean Termite
Reticulitermes hesperus
The most common structural pest termite in western North America. Colonies build extensive underground tunnel networks c...
White Pine Weevil
Pissodes strobi
A small, mottled brown weevil that attacks the leading shoots of spruce and pine trees. Damage causes trees to grow croo...
White-spotted Longhorn
Batocera rufomaculata
A large greyish-brown longhorn beetle with orange or rufous spots on its elytra. It is a significant pest of mango, fig,...
Wood-boring Barklouse
Psilopsocus mimulus
An unusual psocid that bores into dead wood rather than living on bark surfaces. It creates small tunnels in decaying ti...
Woodland Brown
Lopinga achine
A large brown butterfly with prominent yellow-ringed eyespots along the margins of both wings. It is one of Europe's mos...
Wrinkled Bark Beetle
Rhysodes sulcatus
An extremely rare and primitive beetle with deep longitudinal grooves on its elytra. Found only in virgin forests....
Xiphydriid Maple Borer
Xiphydria maculata
A slender wood wasp with a long, narrow neck region and dark body spotted with pale markings. Females bore into hardwood...
Yellow-banded Eucalyptus Longhorn
Phoracantha recurva
An Australian cerambycid similar to P. semipunctata but with more pronounced yellowish bands and recurved elytral apices...
Yellow-faced Horntail
Sirex nitobei
A large woodwasp native to East Asia that occasionally appears as an invasive species. Females bore into larch and pine ...
Yellow-Horned Horntail
Urocerus flavicornis
A large wood wasp distinguished by its yellow antennae contrasting with a dark metallic blue-black body. Females bore in...
Yellow-Legged Horntail
Urocerus augur
A large, dark-bodied wood wasp with bright yellow legs that contrast sharply with its blue-black body. Found primarily i...
Zorapteran of Kuala Lumpur
Zorotypus magnicaudelli
A Southeast Asian zorapteran found in rotting tropical timber. Like all angel insects, it lives in small gregarious colo...