Underground
399 species found in this habitat
Abbott's Sphinx Moth
Sphecodina abbottii
A unique hawk moth with scalloped brown wings and a yellow and brown banded body resembling a large hornet. Its flight i...
Acanaloniid Planthopper
Acanalonia conica
A small bright green planthopper with broad leaf-shaped wings that provide excellent camouflage among foliage. Its round...
Acraea Butterfly
Acraea acerata
A medium-sized butterfly with translucent orange wings and dark veins, giving it a delicate, window-like appearance. It ...
African Mantis
Sphodromantis viridis
A large, powerful mantis that occurs in green or brown color forms. It is one of the most commonly kept pet mantis speci...
African Migrant Butterfly
Catopsilia florella
A large white to greenish-yellow pierid butterfly that undertakes massive migrations across Africa. Males are white whil...
African Mud Dauber
Sceliphron spirifex
A slender black and yellow wasp with an extremely narrow petiole waist. It constructs mud nests on walls and ceilings, p...
African Paper Wasp
Belonogaster juncea
A slender reddish-brown social wasp that builds small open paper nests under eaves and branches. It preys on caterpillar...
African Pink Flower Mantis
Chloroharpax modesta
A delicate green mantis from tropical Africa that develops pink highlights when near flowers. It is small and slender wi...
African Spider Wasp
Hemipepsis capensis
A very large blue-black wasp with bright orange wings that hunts baboon spiders. It is one of Africa's largest solitary ...
Amazon Sphinx Moth
Cocytius antaeus
One of the largest sphinx moths in the Americas with a long, narrow body and pointed wings. Its tongue can exceed 30 cen...
Amazonian Net-Winged Beetle
Calopteron brasiliense
A soft-bodied beetle with broad, fan-shaped elytra featuring a net-like venation pattern. Its bright orange and black co...
Ant Strepsipteran
Myrmecolax incautus
A remarkable strepsipteran that parasitizes ants. Males parasitize ants while females parasitize crickets or grasshopper...
Aphid
Myzus persicae
Tiny sap-sucking insects with extraordinary reproduction. Can reproduce without mating (parthenogenesis) and give birth ...
Aphid Mummy Wasp
Aphidius ervi
A tiny parasitoid wasp widely used in biological control of pea aphids and other large aphid species. It turns parasitiz...
Aphidius Wasp
Aphidius colemani
A minute parasitoid wasp widely used in greenhouses to control aphid pests. A single female can parasitize over 300 aphi...
Apical Flower Mantis
Creobroter apicalis
A small flower mantis from Southeast Asia with distinctive markings at the tips of its forewings. It is commonly found o...
Army Ant Rove Beetle
Ecitomorpha arachnoides
An extraordinary myrmecophilous rove beetle whose body remarkably mimics the shape of its host army ants. It lives exclu...
Ashy Mining Bee
Andrena cineraria
A striking black and grey solitary bee with silvery-white hair bands on its thorax. It nests in compacted soil and is on...
Asian Army Ant
Aenictus laeviceps
A small, pale yellow army ant widespread across tropical Asia. Colonies raid nests of other ants and termites in organiz...
Asian Cockroach
Blattella asahinai
Nearly identical in appearance to the German cockroach but with very different behavior, as it lives outdoors and is str...
Asian Mud Dauber
Sceliphron curvatum
A dark-bodied mud dauber originally from Central Asia now invasive across Europe. It builds mud nests inside buildings a...
Asian Multicolored Lady Beetle
Harmonia axyridis
A highly variable ladybird ranging from orange with many spots to solid black. Originally released for biocontrol, it is...
Asian Needle Ant
Brachyponera chinensis
An invasive East Asian ant spreading through the southeastern US. Its sting causes anaphylaxis more frequently than nati...
Australian Cockroach
Periplaneta australasiae
A large tropical cockroach similar to the American cockroach but with distinctive yellow markings on the pronotum and wi...
Australian Harlequin Bug
Dindymus versicolor
A small but conspicuous red and black bug that often aggregates in large numbers on tree trunks, fences, and walls durin...
Australian Magpie Moth
Nyctemera amica
A striking day-flying black and white moth from Australasia. Caterpillars feed on groundsel and ragwort, sequestering to...
Australian Painted Lady
Vanessa kershawi
An orange, black, and white butterfly closely related to the cosmopolitan painted lady. It undertakes seasonal migration...
Azalea Lace Bug
Stephanitis pyrioides
A tiny lace bug with beautifully ornate, net-veined wings that is a major pest of azaleas and rhododendrons. Native to E...
Badger Flea
Paraceras melis
A large flea specialized to parasitize European badgers. It is found in badger setts and is one of the largest flea spec...
Banks' Jumping Bristletail
Machiloides banksi
A North American bristletail found in leaf litter and under stones. It has a cylindrical body covered in tiny scales....
Bath White
Pontia daplidice
A white butterfly with bold green marbling on the underside of its hindwings. It is a rare migrant to northern Europe, a...
Batman Hoverfly
Myathropa florea
A wasp-mimicking hoverfly with a distinctive bat-shaped marking on its thorax, earning it the nickname 'batman hoverfly....
Bed Bug
Cimex lectularius
Obligate blood-feeding parasites of humans. Can survive up to a year without feeding. Have made a dramatic worldwide res...
Bed Bug Hunter
Reduvius personatus
An assassin bug whose nymph camouflages itself with dust and debris glued to its body....
Bee Assassin Bug
Apiomerus flaviventris
A brightly colored assassin bug with a red and black body and a yellow underside. It specializes in ambushing bees and o...
Bee Beetle
Trichius fasciatus
A fuzzy, yellow-and-black banded beetle that closely resembles a bumblebee. Adults visit flowers and feed on pollen....
Bee Fly
Bombylius major
A fuzzy bee mimic with a long fixed proboscis used for hovering in front of flowers to drink nectar. Despite its innocen...
Big-eyed Ground Beetle
Notiophilus biguttatus
A small, fast-running ground beetle with enormously enlarged eyes relative to its body size. It has a bronze sheen and i...
Big-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....
Biting Midge (No-See-Um)
Culicoides imicola
A tiny biting midge that is the primary Old World vector of bluetongue virus and African horse sickness virus. It breeds...
Black and Yellow Longhorn
Rutpela maculata
A slender wasp-mimicking beetle with yellow elytra marked with black bands and spots. It is a common flower visitor in E...
Black Darter
Sympetrum danae
Britain s smallest dragonfly where mature males become entirely jet black, unique among European dragonflies. Females an...
Black Sexton Beetle
Necrophorus vespilloides
A remarkable burying beetle that locates small animal carcasses using acute sense of smell. Pairs work together to bury ...
Black Slip Wasp
Pimpla instigator
A medium-sized black ichneumon wasp that parasitizes butterfly and moth pupae. Uses its ovipositor to penetrate through ...
Black Soldier Fly
Hermetia illucens
A large, wasp-like fly with a shiny black body and translucent areas on the abdomen. Its larvae are extraordinarily effi...
Blackberry Leaf Miner
Metallus pumilus
A tiny, dark metallic sawfly whose larvae create blotch mines in blackberry and raspberry leaves. Mined areas turn brown...
Blue Ant
Diamma bicolor
Despite its name, the Blue Ant is actually a wingless flower wasp, not an ant. Females are metallic blue-green with a po...
Blue Morpho Caterpillar Parasite Wasp
Conura acuta
A metallic-colored parasitoid wasp that attacks the pupae of various Lepidoptera, including Morpho butterflies. The fema...
Blue Striped Nettle Grub
Parasa lepida
A small moth with vivid green forewings edged in dark chocolate brown. The caterpillar is bright green with blue longitu...
Blue-winged Grasshopper
Oedipoda caerulescens
A well-camouflaged grasshopper that reveals bright blue hindwings when it flies. At rest it blends perfectly with bare g...
Blue-winged Scoliid Wasp
Scolia dubia
A black and reddish-brown wasp with iridescent blue wings commonly seen on flowers in late summer. It parasitizes green ...
Blunthorn Bee
Melitta haemorrhoidalis
A late-summer specialist bee that collects pollen almost exclusively from bellflowers. It has a distinctively short tong...
Bog Hawker
Aeshna subarctica
A rare hawker dragonfly restricted to acidic Sphagnum bogs in northern regions....
Bog Jet Beetle
Stenus juno
One of the largest Stenus species, with a shiny black body and the characteristic bulging eyes of its genus. It frequent...
Bolas Spider Moth Mimic
Celaenia excavata
An Australian moth whose eggs are so tough they resemble seeds and can survive passage through a bird digestive tract — ...
Bordered Rose Sawfly
Arge cyanocrocea
A compact sawfly with a striking combination of an orange body and metallic blue-black wings. Larvae are green with oran...
Bornean Peacock Beetle
Lamprosoma bicolor
A small, dome-shaped leaf beetle with spectacular iridescent elytra that shift from purple to green to gold. The body is...
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...
Brimstone Moth
Opisthograptis luteolata
A bright yellow moth with chestnut-brown blotches along the leading edge of each wing. It is a common and cheerful visit...
Bristly Tachinid Fly
Nowickia ferox
A large, heavily bristled tachinid fly with a gray-checkered pattern on the abdomen. It is conspicuously spiny and frequ...
Broad Centurion Soldier Fly
Chloromyia formosa
A beautiful metallic green soldier fly with a broad, flattened abdomen and coppery reflections. Males are more blue-gree...
Broad-Bordered Bee Hawk-Moth
Hemaris fuciformis
A day-flying sphinx moth with transparent wings that mimic a bumblebee. The scales on its wings fall off on its first fl...
Brown Cockroach
Periplaneta brunnea
A glossy reddish-brown cockroach often confused with the American cockroach. It is slightly smaller with a more uniform ...
Brown-Banded Cockroach
Supella longipalpa
A small cockroach with two distinctive light brown bands across its wings and abdomen. Unlike most cockroach pests, it p...
Buff Arches
Habrosyne pyritoides
A moth with intricate grey, white, and buff patterns creating a complex marbled effect on its forewings. It is closely r...
Buff-tip
Phalera bucephala
A moth that mimics a broken birch twig with remarkable precision when at rest. Its silvery-grey wings end in a buff-colo...
Buffish Mining Bee
Andrena nigroaenea
A large mining bee with a dark metallic body and buff-brown thoracic fur. It is one of the main hosts of the early-flyin...
Cabbage Tree Emperor Moth
Bunaea alcinoe
A large emperor moth with reddish-brown wings bearing prominent eyespots. Larvae are gregarious and covered in branching...
Cairns Birdwing
Ornithoptera euphorion
Australias largest endemic butterfly with males displaying vivid green and black wings. Females are larger and brown wit...
Canary-shouldered Thorn
Ennomos alniaria
An autumn moth with bright canary-yellow fur on its thorax and warm orange-yellow wings. When at rest with wings raised,...
Casemaking Clothes Moth
Tinea pellionella
A small silvery-brown moth whose larva constructs a portable silken case that it drags along as it feeds. It is a signif...
Cat Flea
Ctenocephalides felis
The most common flea on both cats and dogs worldwide. Can jump up to 150 times its body length. A single female can prod...
Cereal Leaf Miner Parasite
Dacnusa sibirica
A small dark braconid wasp used commercially to control leaf miner flies in greenhouses. It locates host larvae by detec...
Changa Mole Cricket
Scapteriscus didactylus
A large mole cricket native to South America that became a severe pest in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. It has only two...
Checkered Beetle
Trichodes apiarius
A brightly colored red and blue beetle often found on flowers. Its larvae are parasites of solitary bee nests....
Chinese Mantis
Tenodera sinensis
One of the largest mantis species in North America (introduced). An ambush predator with remarkable binocular vision. Fe...
Chinese Sinentomid
Sinentomon erythranum
A rare proturan discovered in Chinese soil that represents a unique family within the order. It has abdominal spiracles ...
Chinese Windmill
Atrophaneura alcinous
A dark swallowtail butterfly with crimson patches on the hindwings and a slow fluttering flight. The body is red indicat...
Chorus Cicada
Amphipsalta zelandica
The most common and widespread cicada in New Zealand, producing the iconic summer chorus heard throughout the country. N...
Chrysomeline Rove Beetle
Tachyporus chrysomelinus
A small, elegantly shaped rove beetle with a distinctly pointed abdomen and yellowish-brown coloration. It is one of the...
Cixiid Planthopper
Cixius nervosus
A small brownish planthopper with prominently veined transparent wings. Nymphs develop underground feeding on roots, whi...
Clavigerite Ant Beetle
Claviger testaceus
A tiny, blind, wingless rove beetle that is an obligate guest of Lasius ant colonies. It has lost its eyes and developed...
Click Beetle
Alaus oculatus
Has a special mechanism that allows it to snap its body with a click, launching itself up to 30 cm into the air. The lar...
Clouded Skipper
Lerema accius
A dark brown skipper with small glassy white spots on its forewings. It is one of the most common grass skippers in the ...
Coffin Fly
Conicera tibialis
A tiny humpbacked fly capable of burrowing through soil to reach buried remains. It is of forensic importance as it can ...
Colorado Soldier Beetle
Chauliognathus basalis
A soft-bodied beetle with orange and brown elytra commonly found on flowers. It is an important pollinator and predator ...
Colorful Ichneumon
Ichneumon sarcitorius
A medium-sized ichneumon with a black body, yellow scutellum, and orange-tipped abdomen. It is one of the most commonly ...
Common Aleocharine
Atheta coriaria
A tiny, dark brown aleocharine rove beetle now commercially sold as a biological control agent. It is an aggressive pred...
Common 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 Burying Beetle
Nicrophorus vespillo
A large orange-and-black beetle that buries small animal carcasses for its larvae. Uses chemical cues to locate corpses ...
Common Carder Bee
Bombus pascuorum
A fluffy ginger-brown bumblebee that builds nests on the ground surface using moss and grass. It has one of the longest ...
Common Earwig
Forficula auricularia
Nocturnal omnivore with distinctive forceps-shaped cerci. One of the few non-social insects to show maternal care — fema...
Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Bombus impatiens
A robust fuzzy bumble bee with a black body and yellow thoracic band that is widely used as a commercial greenhouse poll...
Common Footman Moth
Eilema lurideola
A narrow-winged grey moth with a distinctive yellow-orange leading edge on the forewing. It rests with wings wrapped tig...
Common Froghopper
Philaenus spumarius form typicus
The classic form of the common froghopper with mottled brown coloring. Creates the familiar cuckoo-spit on plants....
Common Fungus Gnat
Bradysia impatiens
A small, delicate dark fly with long legs and antennae that commonly infests houseplant soil. Adults are weak fliers tha...
Common Furrow Bee
Halictus rubicundus
A widespread sweat bee found across the Northern Hemisphere that displays flexible social behavior. In warmer regions th...
Common House Fly
Musca domestica
One of the most widely distributed insects on Earth. Can taste with their feet, which have chemoreceptors. Capable of ra...
Common Jezebel
Delias eucharis
A medium butterfly with white uppersides and brilliantly colored red and yellow patterned undersides visible in flight. ...
Common Potter Wasp
Eumenes fraternus
A North American potter wasp that builds small globular mud cells on plant stems and twigs. The female suspends her egg ...
Common Scorpionfly
Panorpa communis
Males have a bulbous upturned abdomen tip that resembles a scorpion stinger but is actually their genitalia and is compl...
Common Silverfish
Lepisma saccharina
The most well-known silverfish species, found in homes and buildings worldwide. It has a silvery, torpedo-shaped body co...
Common Thick-headed Fly
Sicus ferrugineus
A distinctive orange-brown fly with a disproportionately large, inflated head and a curved abdomen. It perches conspicuo...
Conops Fly
Conops flavipes
A wasp-mimicking fly with yellow legs and a narrow waist. Females parasitize adult bumblebees....
Corsair Assassin Bug
Rasahus hamatus
A nocturnal assassin bug found across the Americas that is attracted to lights. Its painful bite is often mistaken for a...
Coxcomb Prominent Moth
Ptilodon capucina
A variably colored prominent moth ranging from pale brown to deep chestnut. A raised crest of scales on the forewing tra...
Cranberry Blue
Plebejus optilete
A small butterfly with violet-blue upperwings in males and dark brown in females. The hindwing underside has a diagnosti...
Cricket Strepsipteran
Caenocholax fenyesi
An unusual strepsipteran whose males parasitize ants while females parasitize crickets. This dual-host system is unique ...
Cuban Clear-winged Moth
Carmenta bassiformis
A wasp-mimicking moth found in Cuba with transparent wings. Its narrow body and buzzing flight closely resemble a small ...
Cuckoo Wasp
Chrysis ignita
A stunning metallic jewel-toned wasp that lays eggs in other wasps nests. Can curl into an armored ball when attacked. I...
Currant Clearwing
Synanthedon tipuliformis
A small wasp-mimicking moth with transparent wings and a black body banded with yellow. Its larvae bore into the stems o...
Currant Stem Girdler
Janus integer
A slender black stem sawfly that attacks currant and gooseberry bushes. Females girdle the stem tips with their oviposit...
Dark Kissing Bug
Panstrongylus megistus
A large triatomine bug and important Chagas disease vector in Brazil. It has adapted to live in both sylvatic and domest...
Dark Rover Ant
Brachymyrmex patagonicus
A tiny dark brown ant that has rapidly spread across the southern United States as an invasive species. It is attracted ...
Dead Leaf Katydid
Typophyllum erosum
A Neotropical katydid that mimics a dead, decaying leaf with astonishing accuracy. Its wings display brown hues and irre...
Delta Flower Scarab
Trigonopeltastes delta
A small triangular beetle marked with a distinctive delta-shaped pattern in yellow and black. It is a common flower visi...
Derbid Planthopper
Anotia bonnetii
A delicate planthopper with elongated, paddle-shaped wings held flat over the body. It is pale yellowish-green and often...
Devil's Coach Horse
Ocypus olens
A large, matt-black rove beetle that raises its tail like a scorpion when threatened. It has powerful jaws and emits a f...
Dicyrtomina Springtail
Dicyrtomina minuta
A beautifully patterned globular springtail found in leaf litter across Europe. It has a marbled brown and yellow appear...
Discothyrea Ant
Discothyrea testacea
An extremely small and rarely seen ant with only a single-segmented antennal club, unique among ants. It nests deep in s...
Dog Biting Louse
Trichodectes canis
A chewing louse that infests domestic dogs, feeding on skin debris and secretions. It can serve as an intermediate host ...
Dog Flea
Ctenocephalides canis
A flea historically associated with domestic dogs but actually less common on dogs than the cat flea. Distinguished by i...
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...
Dracula Ant
Mystrium camillae
Has the fastest known animal movement — mandibles snap shut at 90 m/s (320 km/h), 5,000 times faster than a blink. Also ...
Dun-bar
Cosmia trapezina
A late summer noctuid moth whose caterpillars are partly predatory, eating other moth larvae sharing their tree. Variabl...
Early Bumblebee
Bombus pratorum
A small bumblebee with yellow collar, yellow midriff band and an orange tail. One of the first to appear in spring....
Early Thorn
Selenia dentaria
A moth that resembles a dead leaf when at rest, with twig-like resting posture. The spring generation is larger and dark...
East African Stick Insect
Clonaria conformans
A slender, elongated stick insect with smooth green or brown body perfectly mimicking a thin twig. It sways gently when ...
Eastern Bombardier Beetle
Brachinus explodens
A bombardier beetle widespread across central and eastern Europe. It hunts small soil invertebrates at night....
Elm Seed Bug
Arocatus melanocephalus
A small seed bug native to southern Europe that has become an invasive nuisance pest in the northwestern United States. ...
Emerald Cuckoo Wasp
Stilbum cyanurum
One of the largest and most spectacular cuckoo wasps with a vivid metallic green and blue body. It parasitizes mud daube...
Engrailed Moth
Ectropis crepuscularia
A cryptic grey-brown moth with jagged crosslines and excellent bark-mimicking camouflage. It rests flat against tree tru...
European Banded Ichneumon
Amblyteles armatorius
A striking black and yellow ichneumon wasp that closely resembles a social wasp. It is a common parasitoid of noctuid mo...
European Firebug
Pyrrhocoris apterus
A strikingly patterned red and black bug that forms large aggregations at the base of linden trees. It is one of the mos...
European Glow-Worm Click Beetle
Phosphaenus hemipterus
A small European firefly with reduced wings in the male and completely wingless females. Both sexes produce faint biolum...
Ewingi Japygid
Catajapyx ewing
A predatory dipluran found in soils of the southeastern United States. It uses its forceps-like cerci to capture small s...
Fairy Wasp
Kikiki huna
One of the smallest known insects in the world at just 0.15 millimeters long....
Fairyfly Wasp
Dicopomorpha echmepterygis
The smallest known insect in the world at just 0.139 mm in length. Males are blind, wingless, and smaller than some sing...
Fall Field Cricket
Gryllus pennsylvanicus
A common North American black field cricket whose chirping is the quintessential sound of autumn. Adults appear in late ...
Feathered Thorn
Colotois pennaria
An autumn-flying moth with warm orange-brown wings and males bearing dramatically feathered antennae. It flies late in t...
Field Cricket
Gryllus campestris
Males produce their characteristic chirping song by rubbing their wings together (stridulation). The rate of chirping is...
Fiji Blue Spotted Crow
Euploea tulliolus
A dark-winged butterfly with distinctive blue-white spotted margins, found in Fiji and other Pacific islands. It belongs...
Firefly
Photinus pyralis
Famous for bioluminescent signals produced by a chemical reaction in their abdomen. Each species has a unique flash patt...
Firethorn Leaf Miner
Phyllonorycter leucographella
A tiny moth whose larvae create blister mines on pyracantha leaves. Originally from southern Europe, it has spread rapid...
Flat-tailed Leaf-cutter Bee
Megachile mendica
A medium-sized leaf-cutter bee with pale abdominal hair bands. It provisions its nest cells with carefully cut pieces of...
Flower Bug
Orius insidiosus
A tiny predatory bug widely used in biological pest control against thrips and aphids. Despite its small size it is a vo...
Flower Rove Beetle
Eusphalerum luteum
A small, yellowish omaline rove beetle that is unusual among staphylinids for being a regular flower visitor. It feeds o...
Formosan Subterranean Termite
Coptotermes formosanus
One of the most aggressive and destructive termite species in the world, forming massive colonies of several million ind...
Foxglove Pug
Eupithecia pulchellata
A small moth whose larvae feed exclusively inside foxglove flowers. Well-camouflaged with subtle brown markings. Found w...
Garden Bumblebee
Bombus hortorum
A long-tongued bumblebee with three yellow bands and a white tail. Specializes in deep tubular flowers....
Garden Tiger Moth
Arctia caja
A boldly patterned moth with chocolate-and-white forewings and red-spotted hindwings....
Geniculatus Kissing Bug
Panstrongylus geniculatus
A large, widespread triatomine found from Mexico to Argentina that typically inhabits armadillo burrows. It has been imp...
Geranium Bronze
Cacyreus marshalli
A small dull brown butterfly with a distinctive white fringe and thin tail that has become a major pest of cultivated ge...
Giant Armadillo Flea
Tunga caecata
A burrowing flea related to the chigoe flea that parasitizes armadillos in South America. Like its relative, the gravid ...
Giant Asian Mantis
Hierodula membranacea
One of the largest mantis species in Asia, reaching 90 mm. A voracious generalist predator that catches everything from ...
Giant Leopard Moth
Hypercompe scribonia
A striking white moth covered in black hollow ring spots with an iridescent blue-black body with orange markings underne...
Giant Petaltail
Petalura gigantea
One of the largest dragonflies in Australia and a living fossil belonging to the most ancient dragonfly family. Its larv...
Giant Rainforest Mantis
Hierodula majuscula
One of Australia's largest mantises with a green body and reddish inner forelegs. It has distinctive blue-purple patches...
Gold-tailed Ruby Wasp
Chrysis fulgida
A dazzling metallic wasp with a bright green head and thorax and a golden-red abdomen. It is a brood parasite of potter ...
Golden Target Tortoise Beetle
Aspidomorpha miliaris
A beautiful golden tortoise beetle with concentric dark markings on the elytra resembling a target or bullseye pattern. ...
Golden-belted Tachinid
Ectophasia crassipennis
A colorful parasitic fly with golden-yellow markings and dark wing patches. Parasitizes shieldbugs and stink bugs. Often...
Golden-eyed Lacewing
Chrysopa perla
A bright green lacewing with distinctive dark head markings and iridescent golden eyes. Both adults and larvae are preda...
Gothic Moth
Naenia typica
A dark brown moth with intricate pale crosslines and markings resembling Gothic architecture. It is increasingly scarce ...
Graceful Twig Ant
Tetraponera aethiops
A slender black African twig ant that nests in hollow stems and branches. Workers are elongate with a narrow waist and d...
Grandidier's Hissing Cockroach
Gromphadorhina grandidieri
A robust hissing cockroach endemic to Madagascar with a dark brown body. Smaller than the common hissing cockroach but e...
Gray Silverfish
Ctenolepisma longicaudatum
An invasive silverfish species spreading rapidly through northern Europe. It is larger and more uniformly gray than the ...
Great Green Bush-Cricket
Tettigonia viridissima
One of the largest katydids in Europe, with a bright green body and long wings. Males produce a loud, sustained stridula...
Great Mormon
Papilio memnon
A large swallowtail butterfly where females come in multiple dramatically different forms mimicking various toxic butter...
Green Flatid Planthopper
Flatormenis proxima
A delicate bright green planthopper with broad, leaf-like wings held tent-like over the body. When grouped on a stem, mu...
Greenhouse Whitefly
Trialeurodes vaporariorum
A white-winged sap-feeding insect commonly found in greenhouses and warm climates. Adults and nymphs produce honeydew th...
Greenhouse Whitefly Parasitoid
Encarsia formosa
The most widely used parasitoid wasp in greenhouse biological control worldwide. Parasitized whitefly nymphs turn black,...
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...
Gypsy Cuckoo Bumble Bee
Bombus bohemicus
A social parasite that invades colonies of other bumble bees, killing the queen and enslaving the workers. Females lack ...
Hairy-footed Flower Bee
Anthophora plumipes
A fast-flying, plump solitary bee with males covered in tawny hair and females jet black. It is one of the earliest spri...
Halictid Stylops
Stylops nassonowi
A twisted-wing parasite that targets sweat bees in the family Halictidae. Parasitized bees show altered behavior and sup...
Harlequin Cockroach
Neostylopyga rhombifolia
A strikingly patterned cockroach with dark brown and yellow markings on its body. It is a peridomestic species found in ...
Hawthorn Shieldbug
Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
A large green-and-red shieldbug common on hawthorn trees across Europe. It produces a strong, pungent smell from thoraci...
Hebrew Character
Orthosia gothica
A spring-flying moth with a distinctive black C-shaped marking on each forewing that resembles a Hebrew letter. It is on...
Heliconius Hecale Longwing
Heliconius hecale
A large Heliconius butterfly with black wings marked by broad orange and yellow patches. It is one of the most widesprea...
Hemiandrus Ground Weta
Hemiandrus maculifrons
A New Zealand ground weta that is one of the very few orthopterans showing maternal care. Females guard their eggs and n...
Holly Blue
Celastrina argiolus
Pale silvery-blue butterfly with small black dots on the underside. Alternates between holly and ivy as host plants betw...
Honeysuckle Sawfly
Zaraea fasciata
A moderately large sawfly with clubbed antennae and a dark body with pale markings. It is closely associated with honeys...
Horse Chestnut Leaf-miner
Cameraria ohridella
A tiny moth that has devastated horse chestnut trees across Europe since its discovery in 1985. Larvae mine inside leave...
Horse Chestnut Leafminer Parasitoid
Pnigalio agraules
A small metallic-green ectoparasitoid wasp that attacks leafminer larvae inside leaf mines. It has a broad host range ac...
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...
Hover Fly
Syrphus ribesii
A bright yellow and black banded hoverfly that is an excellent wasp mimic. It hovers motionless in sunbeams before darti...
Hoverfly
Episyrphus balteatus
Excellent Batesian mimics of wasps and bees. Important pollinators often overlooked. Can hover perfectly stationary in m...
Human Flea
Pulex irritans
Once common in human homes, now relatively rare in developed countries. Historically responsible for transmitting buboni...
Human Head Louse
Pediculus humanus capitis
An obligate ectoparasite of the human scalp that feeds on blood several times per day. It spreads through direct head-to...
Hummingbird Hawk-Moth
Macroglossum stellatarum
A day-flying moth that hovers at flowers and produces an audible hum, almost perfectly mimicking a hummingbird. Has exce...
Hump-backed Fly
Megaselia scalaris
A tiny scuttle fly with a distinctly humped thorax that breeds in an extraordinary range of organic matter. It is forens...
Indian Fritillary
Argyreus hyperbius
Orange wings with rounded black spots; females have darker forewings with white patches. Females mimic the toxic Danaus ...
Indian Giant Ant
Camponotus compressus
One of the largest and most common carpenter ants in India, with shiny black coloration and a robust build. Major worker...
Indian Paper Wasp
Ropalidia marginata
A slender social wasp with a brown and yellow body that constructs small, open-comb nests under eaves and branches. It i...
Indian Sand Fly
Phlebotomus argentipes
A tiny, hairy fly with a distinctive humpbacked appearance and large, upturned wings held erect at rest. It is the prima...
Indian White Grub
Holotrichia consanguinea
A brown, robust chafer beetle whose C-shaped white larvae live underground and feed on plant roots. Adults emerge in lar...
Japanese Bagworm Moth
Eumeta variegata
Known as 'minomushi' in Japanese, the caterpillar builds a distinctive portable case from silk, twigs, and leaves. Adult...
Japanese Bell Cricket
Meloimorpha japonica
A small brown cricket revered in Japanese culture for its beautiful tinkling bell-like song. It has been bred and sold a...
Japanese Carpenter Ant
Camponotus japonicus
A large black carpenter ant common throughout East Asia and a popular species in ant keeping. Colonies can grow very lar...
Japanese Copper
Lycaena phlaeas daimio
The Japanese subspecies of the small copper butterfly, known as 'beni-shijimi.' A small but brilliantly colored butterfl...
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 Honeybee
Apis cerana japonica
The Japanese subspecies of the Eastern honeybee, known as 'nihon-mitsubachi.' Smaller and darker than the European honey...
Japanese Leaf Beetle
Lilioceris merdigera
A small, bright red beetle similar in appearance to the scarlet lily beetle but with red legs instead of black. It is co...
Japanese Scoliid Wasp
Scolia oculata
A large black wasp with distinctive eye-like yellow spots on the abdomen found in East Asia. It parasitizes the larvae o...
Japanese Spider Wasp
Batozonellus lacerticida
A large black spider wasp with yellow-banded legs found across Eurasia. It hunts large orb-weaver spiders and provisions...
Jeweled Flower Mantis
Creobroter gemmatus
A small, brilliantly colored mantis with green and cream body and striking green eyespots ringed with cream on its forew...
Juniper Hairstreak
Callophrys gryneus
A small green hairstreak butterfly with intricate white line patterns on its hindwing underside. Its bright green unders...
Kaempfer Cicada
Platypleura kaempferi
A small cicada with cryptic bark-like coloration and a distinctive rattling call. It is named after the German naturalis...
Katydid
Pterophylla camellifolia
Nocturnal insects with leaf-shaped wings providing excellent camouflage. Named for their rhythmic "katy-did, katy-didn't...
Keyhole Wasp
Pachodynerus nasidens
A mud-nesting wasp notorious for building nests inside aircraft pitot tubes. It has caused aviation incidents by blockin...
Large Marsh Grasshopper
Stethophyma grossum
Europe's largest grasshopper, with bold red, yellow, and green colouring and bright red hindleg tibiae. It requires very...
Leaf-Rolling Rose Sawfly
Blennocampa phyllocolpa
A tiny black sawfly that causes rose leaflets to roll downward into tight cylinders. The larva feeds inside the rolled l...
Lemon Migrant
Catopsilia pomona
Variable coloring from white to deep yellow with a reddish spot on hindwing underside. A widespread and migratory tropic...
Light Emerald
Campaea margaritaria
A delicate pale green moth with fine white cross-lines that fades to white as it ages. It is one of the most commonly en...
Lily Beetle
Lilioceris lilii
A bright scarlet beetle that is a destructive pest of lilies and fritillaries. Larvae camouflage themselves by covering ...
Lime Hawk-moth
Mimas tiliae
A beautifully scalloped hawk-moth with variable pink-green to brown colouration and dark central wing bands. Adults do n...
Lipothrix Springtail
Lipothrix lubbocki
A tiny globular springtail found on vegetation and leaf litter surfaces. It has a compact round body typical of the fami...
Long-horned Ant-loving Beetle
Claviger longicornis
A minute, blind pselaphine rove beetle with elongate antennae relative to its body size. Like its congeners, it is an ob...
Long-jawed Soil-feeder Termite
Cubitermes ugandensis
A soil-feeding termite from East Africa that builds small pedestal-shaped mounds. It processes large amounts of soil to ...
Long-tailed Blue
Lampides boeticus
A small pale violet-blue butterfly with thin hairlike tails on the hindwings and prominent false eyespots near them. It ...
Longhorn Crazy Ant
Paratrechina longicornis
A small dark brown ant with extremely long antennae and legs that moves in rapid, jerky patterns. It is one of the most ...
Longipalpis Sandfly
Lutzomyia longipalpis
A small, pale-brown sandfly that is the most important vector of visceral leishmaniasis in the Americas. Males produce s...
Lurker Praying Mantis
Archimantis latistyla
One of Australia's largest praying mantises, reaching over 10 cm in length. It is a powerful ambush predator that sits m...
Macedonian Grayling
Pseudochazara cingovskii
A rare grayling butterfly found only on a few limestone hillsides in North Macedonia. It flies low over rocky ground in ...
Madagascan Marble Cockroach
Nauphoeta madagascariensis
A medium-sized cockroach with a marbled brown pattern on its wings. It is endemic to the island of Madagascar....
Madagascar Hissing Cockroach
Gromphadorhina portentosa
One of the largest cockroach species. Produces a distinctive hissing sound by forcing air through breathing holes (spira...
Madeira Cockroach
Leucophaea maderae
A large pale brown cockroach that emits a foul-smelling liquid when disturbed. It cannot climb smooth surfaces. Original...
Magpie Moth
Abraxas grossulariata
A conspicuous white moth with bold black spots and an orange-yellow band across the wings. It played a historic role in ...
Malagasy Dracula Ant
Mystrium voeltzkowi
An enigmatic Dracula ant endemic to Madagascar with pale yellow coloring and reduced eyes. Workers live deep underground...
Malagasy Emerald Moth
Chrysiridia croesus
A day-flying uraniid moth closely related to the sunset moth but smaller, with iridescent green and gold scales across t...
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 Paper Wasp
Polistes olivaceus
A slender wasp with an olive-brown body, long dangling legs, and narrow waist. It builds small, exposed paper nests from...
Malagasy Pill Millipede Assassin Bug
Physorhynchus crux
A dark-bodied assassin bug with a characteristic cross-shaped marking on its thorax. It has robust forelegs adapted for ...
Malagasy Rover Ant
Tetramorium kelleri
A small, dark brown ant with rugose sculpture on the head and thorax. It is part of a massive endemic radiation of Tetra...
Maltese Freshwater Crab Spider Beetle
Akis spinosa
A spiny darkling beetle found on Malta and other Mediterranean islands. It has prominent ridges and spines along its ely...
Marbled Minor
Oligia strigilis
A small, cryptically marked moth that is extremely variable in pattern. Part of a complex of similar-looking species tha...
March Fly
Bibio marci
A common black fly that swarms in large numbers around Saint Marks Day in April....
Margined Leatherwing
Chauliognathus marginatus
An early-summer soldier beetle found across eastern North America with yellow elytra edged in dark margins. It visits a ...
Marsh Fritillary
Euphydryas aurinia
A colourful butterfly with a complex mosaic of orange, cream, and brown markings across its wings. It is the most rapidl...
Mason Wasp
Ancistrocerus nigricornis
A small black and yellow solitary wasp that nests in pre-existing holes and hollow stems. It provisions each cell with p...
Mauritius Lowland Forest Day Moth
Agarista agricola
A day-flying moth with black wings marked by white and orange patches. Found on Mauritius and neighboring Indian Ocean i...
Mealybug Destroyer
Cryptolaemus montrouzieri
A dark-colored Australian ladybird with an orange head, widely used as a biocontrol agent. Its larvae are covered in whi...
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...
Metallic Leaf Beetle
Chrysolina polita
A medium-sized beetle with richly burnished copper-red to bronze elytra and a metallic green to blue pronotum. The contr...
Mexican Kissing Bug
Triatoma dimidiata
A major Chagas disease vector in Central America and Mexico found in both domestic and peridomestic habitats. Adults are...
Mocker Swallowtail
Papilio dardanus
A remarkable swallowtail where females mimic several different toxic butterfly species while males look completely diffe...
Mottled Longhorn Beetle
Ceroplesis aethiops
A large longhorn beetle with mottled gray and black patterning that provides excellent camouflage on tree bark. Its ante...
Mud Dauber Wasp
Sceliphron caementarium
A slender black and yellow solitary wasp that builds tubular mud nests on walls and structures. It stocks each cell with...
Muslin Moth
Diaphora mendica
A sexually dimorphic moth where males are dark smoky grey and females are pure white with black spots. The contrast betw...
Narcissus Bulb Fly
Merodon equestris
A bumble bee-mimicking hoverfly that comes in multiple color forms matching different bumblebee species. Its larvae bore...
Narrow-banded Hoverfly
Meliscaeva auricollis
A small hoverfly with narrow yellow crescent markings on a dark abdomen. It is among the first hoverflies to appear in s...
Negro Bug
Thyreocoris scarabaeoides
A tiny shiny black hemispherical bug that looks like a miniature beetle. It feeds on violets and strawberries....
Neotropical Army Ant Guest
Ecitomorpha nevermanni
A remarkable myrmecophilous rove beetle that lives with Eciton army ants in Central America. Its body closely mimics the...
Neotropical Bee Assassin
Apiomerus pictipes
A stout, colorful assassin bug that specializes in capturing bees and wasps visiting flowers. Its bright red, orange, an...
Netelia Ichneumon Wasp
Netelia melanura
A large orange ichneumon wasp attracted to light at night. Parasitizes noctuid moth caterpillars. Has a distinctive comp...
New Caledonian Imperial Pigeon Louse
Columbicola extinctus
A chewing louse that was endemic to the now-extinct New Caledonian lorikeet. This species represents the coextinction ph...
New Zealand Praying Mantis
Orthodera novaezealandiae
New Zealand's only native praying mantis, a small bright green species found throughout the country. It is now threatene...
Noisy Tachinid
Tachina fera
A large tawny-orange tachinid fly commonly found basking on vegetation in late summer. It parasitizes noctuid moth cater...
Oak Bush-cricket
Meconema thalassinum
A slender, pale green bush-cricket found in tree canopies. It is nocturnal and rarely flies despite having fully develop...
Oleander Aphid
Aphis nerii
A bright yellow aphid with black cornicles and legs that feeds on oleander, milkweed, and other plants containing toxic ...
Oleander Hawkmoth
Daphnis nerii
A large hawkmoth with beautiful camouflage patterns in shades of green and pink that perfectly match oleander leaves. It...
Orange Swift Moth
Triodia sylvina
A ghost moth whose larvae bore into the roots of various trees and herbaceous plants. Males have bright orange forewings...
Orange-barred Sulphur
Phoebis philea
A large bright yellow butterfly with orange bar markings on the upper forewings. Females are more muted with reddish mar...
Organ Pipe Mud Dauber
Trypoxylon politum
A slender black wasp that builds distinctive parallel tubes of mud resembling organ pipes under eaves and overhangs. Mal...
Oriental Cockroach
Blatta orientalis
A dark brown to black cockroach with a shiny body, often called a waterbug. It prefers cool, damp environments and is le...
Oriental Rat Flea
Xenopsylla cheopis
The primary vector of bubonic plague, responsible for transmitting the bacterium Yersinia pestis between rats and humans...
Ornate Derbid
Cedusa ornata
A tiny planthopper with delicate wings featuring intricate brown patterning. Adults have characteristically elongated wi...
Owl Midge
Clogmia albipunctata
A small fuzzy moth-like fly found in bathrooms and drains worldwide. Its larvae feed on gelatinous films of bacteria ins...
Painted Soldier Fly
Sargus cuprarius
A brilliantly metallic coppery-green soldier fly with a slender body and clear wings. It basks on sunlit vegetation and ...
Pale Green Lacewing
Chrysoperla pallida
A light-colored lacewing recently distinguished from the carnea species complex. Identified partly by its unique courtsh...
Pale Tussock
Calliteara pudibunda
A fluffy grey-white moth with distinctively feathered legs held forward at rest. Its caterpillar is spectacular, with de...
Paper Wasp
Polistes dominula
Builds open-comb nests from chewed wood fiber mixed with saliva, creating paper-like material. Has a complex social hier...
Peacock Butterfly
Aglais io
Reddish-brown wings with four large blue and yellow eyespots resembling peacock feathers. Undersides are nearly black, p...
Pearl Charaxes
Charaxes varanes
A medium-sized charaxes butterfly with pearly white underwings and tawny-orange uppersides. It is one of the most common...
Pellucid Hoverfly
Volucella pellucens
A large black hoverfly with a striking translucent white band across its abdomen. Its larvae are inquilines in the under...
Pepe Tuna (Bag Moth)
Liothula omnivora
A native New Zealand bag moth whose caterpillars construct elaborate portable cases covered with twigs and leaf fragment...
Peppered Moth Dark Form
Biston betularia f. carbonaria
The dark melanic form of the famous peppered moth, a textbook example of natural selection. Became dominant during indus...
Peruvian Sandfly
Phlebotomus perniciosus
A small sandfly found across the Mediterranean basin that is the primary vector of Leishmania infantum, which causes vis...
Petroleum Fly
Helaeomyia petrolei
The only insect whose larvae develop in crude petroleum. Found in natural oil seeps in California, including the La Brea...
Phasia Tachinid
Phasia hemiptera
A parasitic fly with distinctive dark-tipped wings that parasitizes shieldbug species. Males have broader wings than fem...
Picture-Winged Fly
Delphinia picta
A small fly with beautifully patterned wings that it waves in display like tiny semaphore flags. The wing patterns may s...
Pill Cockroach
Perisphaerus pygmaeus
A tiny cockroach that rolls into a perfect ball like a pillbug when threatened....
Pink Underwing Katydid
Amblycorypha oblongifolia
A North American katydid with bright green leaf-like forewings. Rare pink morphs occur naturally and are highly sought b...
Pipe-organ Mud Wasp
Trypoxylon figulus
A slender black solitary wasp that builds mud-tube nests in hollow stems and holes, provisioning them with paralyzed spi...
Planthopper
Flatida rosea
A delicate, pinkish-white planthopper that closely resembles a flower petal when resting on vegetation. Nymphs produce w...
Polished Rove Beetle
Philonthus politus
A medium-sized rove beetle with an exceptionally smooth, polished black integument and reddish-brown legs. It is a gener...
Poplar Sawfly
Trichiocampus viminalis
A small sawfly with a yellow-orange body and black head. Its brightly colored yellow-and-black larvae feed on poplar and...
Priamus Birdwing
Ornithoptera priamus
A large and variable birdwing butterfly found across Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and parts of northern Austra...
Pubic Louse
Pthirus pubis
A broad, crab-shaped louse that infests coarse body hair, primarily in the pubic region. It is transmitted through intim...
Purple-winged Mantis
Tenodera australasiae
A large Australian mantis with distinctive purple-tinged wings that are displayed in flight. It is one of the more consp...
Railroad Worm
Phrixothrix hirtus
A beetle larva with 11 pairs of green-glowing lateral organs and a red-glowing headlamp — the only land animal that prod...
Rapa Nui Cricket
Paratrigonidium rapanui
A tiny ground cricket endemic to Easter Island (Rapa Nui). It lives in leaf litter and stone crevices on this remote Pac...
Rat Flea
Xenopsylla brasiliensis
A tropical rat flea found across Africa and South America that can transmit plague. It is second to the oriental rat fle...
Red Lacewing
Cethosia biblis
A large butterfly with brilliant red-orange wings boldly bordered in black and white. The underside features an elaborat...
Red Soldier Beetle
Rhagonycha fulva
A very common soldier beetle in Europe with orange-red elytra tipped in black. It is one of the most familiar beetles on...
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 Netelia
Netelia testacea
A slender orange-brown ichneumonid wasp active at night in summer. It is an ectoparasitoid of noctuid moth caterpillars....
Red-tailed Flesh Fly
Sarcophaga haemorrhoidalis
A large gray flesh fly with a distinctive red-tipped abdomen. It deposits live larvae on meat, wounds, and feces....
Red-tipped Flower Beetle
Malachius bipustulatus
A small metallic green beetle with bright red tips on each elytron. Males can evert orange vesicles from their thorax as...
Resin Bee
Megachile campanulae
A solitary bee that collects plant resins and sap to construct its brood cells....
Rhododendron Lace Bug
Stephanitis rhododendri
A tiny lace bug with transparent, reticulate wings that infests rhododendron leaves. Native to North America, it causes ...
Rhododendron Leafhopper
Graphocephala fennahi
A brightly colored red and blue-green leafhopper that feeds on rhododendrons. It vectors a fungus that causes rhododendr...
Ringed Cascader
Zygonyx torridus
A dragonfly that hunts exclusively over rapids and waterfalls in warm climates....
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...
Rose Chafer
Cetonia aurata
A shiny, metallic green beetle commonly found on roses and other flowers. Unlike most beetles, it flies with its elytra ...
Rose Midge
Dasineura rhodophaga
A tiny gall midge whose larvae develop inside rose buds, causing them to blacken and fail to open. Adults are delicate y...
Rose Slug Sawfly
Endelomyia aethiops
A small, dark sawfly whose slug-like larvae skeletonize rose leaves by feeding on the upper leaf surface. Larvae are pal...
Rustic Soldier Beetle
Cantharis rustica
A common European soldier beetle with dark elytra and an orange-red pronotum marked with a black spot. It is an active p...
Rusty Patched Bumble Bee
Bombus affinis
A once-common bumble bee named for the rust-colored patch on the second abdominal segment of workers. It was the first b...
Saint Helena Earwig
Labidura herculeana
Was the worlds largest earwig at 78 mm. Endemic to Saint Helena island. Not seen since 1967 and declared extinct in 2014...
Saxon Wasp
Dolichovespula saxonica
A social wasp that builds distinctive grey football-shaped nests in trees and bushes. It is generally docile and its col...
Scalloped Oak Moth
Crocallis elinguaria
A warm ochre-yellow moth with a distinctive dark brown band across the forewings. It rests with wings pressed tightly to...
Schaufuss's Rover Ant
Tetramorium schaufussii
A small ant with coarsely sculptured integument and short propodeal spines. It belongs to a species group that is entire...
Seven-spotted Green Lacewing
Chrysopa septempunctata
A green lacewing marked with seven dark spots on its head. Common across Europe and temperate Asia in vegetated habitats...
Severini's Rover Ant
Tetramorium severini
A small leaf-litter ant with a finely striate head and propodeal spines of moderate length. It belongs to the T. severin...
Seychelles Palm Spider
Nephila inaurata
A large golden orb-weaver spider found in the Seychelles with strong yellow silk. Females can have a leg span exceeding ...
Shield Bug
Palomena prasina
Also called stink bugs for the foul-smelling liquid they release when disturbed. Changes color from bright green in summ...
Shiny Lined Rove Beetle
Xantholinus longiventris
A distinctively elongate rove beetle with a shiny black head and pronotum, and reddish-brown elytra. It hunts in narrow ...
Short-tailed Ichneumon
Ophion luteus
A nocturnal parasitoid wasp with a strongly compressed, amber-orange body. It is commonly attracted to lights at night t...
Short-Winged False Blister Beetle
Oedemera femorata
A dark-colored oedemerid with gaping elytra that do not cover the full abdomen. Males have conspicuously thickened hind ...
Short-winged Firefly
Lucidota atra
A dark-bodied, day-active firefly that has lost the ability to produce light as an adult. It has a black body with a red...
Short-winged Green Stick Insect
Acanthoxyla inermis
A smooth bright green stick insect native to New Zealand. All known individuals are female. It has tiny vestigial wings ...
Short-winged Mold Beetle
Pselaphus heisei
A tiny rove beetle with clubbed antennae that feeds on mites in leaf litter and soil. Its short wing cases and ant-like ...
Silver-Haired Tumbling Flower Beetle
Mordellistena argentata
A tiny tumbling flower beetle covered in fine silvery pubescence across Europe. Larvae develop in the stems of various h...
Silvestri's Jumping Bristletail
Pedetontus silvestrii
A well-studied bristletail from Japan and eastern Asia. Recent molecular studies have revealed cryptic species within th...
Small Brown Lacewing
Micromus angulatus
A tiny brown lacewing native to southern Europe and North Africa. Found in low herbaceous vegetation and grassy areas....
Small Carpenter Bee
Ceratina calcarata
A tiny metallic blue-green bee that nests in the pithy stems of broken twigs. It is one of the few bee species showing r...
Small Hive Beetle
Aethina tumida
A small dark beetle native to sub-Saharan Africa that is a serious pest of honeybee colonies. It has spread to North Ame...
Small Magpie Moth
Anania hortulata
A pretty white moth with black spots and a yellow head. Despite its name, it is a crambid rather than a geometrid like t...
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary
Boloria selene
A small orange fritillary with silver and rufous pearl spots on the hindwing underside....
Small Red Damselfly
Ceriagrion tenellum
A delicate damselfly where males are almost entirely red, a rare color for damselflies. Females come in several color fo...
Smeathman's Furrow Bee
Lasioglossum smeathmanellum
One of the smallest bees in the world, this tiny metallic species nests in old mortar joints and earthen banks. It is su...
Snail-killing Fly Beetle
Drilus flavescens
A brown beetle with soft elytra where males are winged but females are larviform and never develop wings. It specializes...
Snowberry Clearwing
Hemaris diffinis
A bumblebee mimic with largely transparent wings bordered in dark brown, a fuzzy olive thorax, and black and yellow band...
Solomon's Seal Sawfly
Phymatocera aterrima
A small, entirely black sawfly whose grayish-white larvae with black heads are highly destructive to Solomon's seal plan...
South American Brown Stink Bug
Euschistus heros
A dull brown shield bug and the most economically damaging stink bug in Brazilian soybean agriculture. It feeds on devel...
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 Rock Bristletail
Lepismachilis y-signata
A Mediterranean bristletail identified by a Y-shaped marking on its thorax. It lives under stones and in rock crevices....
Speckled Bush-Cricket
Leptophyes punctatissima
A small, bright green bush-cricket covered in tiny dark speckles found across Europe. Its song is almost entirely inaudi...
Spicebush Swallowtail
Papilio troilus
A dark swallowtail butterfly with blue-green hindwing scaling and orange spots. Its caterpillar has large false eyespots...
Spider Beetle
Mezium americanum
A globular beetle that closely resembles a small spider in shape and movement....
Spiny Flower Mantis
Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii
Small, colorful mantis with spectacular eye-like patterns on its wings displayed in a threat pose. White and green body ...
Spittlebug
Philaenus spumarius
A small, stout brown bug whose nymphs produce masses of frothy white "spittle" on plant stems. The foam protects them fr...
Spring Pygmy Firefly
Pleotomus pallens
A tiny, rarely seen firefly of the eastern United States with a very short adult life span. Males produce faint, sporadi...
Sri Lankan Green Mantis
Hierodula patellifera
A common bright green mantis found across tropical Asia and parts of Oceania. It is highly adaptable and thrives in both...
St Mark's Fly
Bibio johannis
A small black fly that swarms in May. Males have large heads with huge eyes that almost meet on top....
Stinking Rove Beetle
Ocypus nero
A jet-black rove beetle with finely punctured elytra and a broad head. It emits a foul-smelling secretion when disturbed...
Stone Grasshopper
Prionotropis hystrix
A heavy-bodied flightless grasshopper that resembles a lichen-covered pebble....
Striped Cockroach
Blatta lateralis
A medium-sized cockroach with distinct lateral stripes along its body. Males have wings while females are wingless with ...
Subterranean Termite
Reticulitermes flavipes
The most economically destructive termite species in North America, living in underground colonies that can number in th...
Summer Chafer
Amphimallon solstitiale
A medium-sized golden-brown chafer that swarms at dusk around midsummer. It crashes clumsily into people and walls....
Surinam Cockroach
Pycnoscelus surinamensis
A burrowing cockroach that reproduces entirely through parthenogenesis, with virtually all individuals being female. It ...
Swallow Prominent
Pheosia tremula
A pale grey-white moth with a distinctive dark wedge-shaped mark along the inner edge of each forewing. It has a deeply ...
Swallow-tailed Moth
Ourapteryx sambucaria
A large, pale lemon-yellow moth with pointed tail-like projections on its hindwings. Its graceful shape and colour make ...
Swallowtail Butterfly
Papilio machaon
Elegant butterfly with yellow wings marked with black veins and blue-red eyespots on hindwings. The tail extensions on h...
Sweat Bee Stylops
Stylops nevinsoni
A strepsipteran endoparasite of Andrena bees in the British Isles. Parasitized bees emerge earlier than unparasitized in...
Sweet Itch Midge
Culicoides obsoletus
A tiny dark biting midge with patterned wings that causes an allergic skin condition called sweet itch in horses. It bre...
Sycamore Moth
Acronicta aceris
A plain grey moth whose caterpillar is spectacular with white tufts and bright orange and yellow hair patches....
Thick-headed Fly
Physocephala rufipes
A wasp-mimicking fly that parasitizes bumblebees by injecting eggs into them mid-flight....
Thick-legged Flower Beetle
Oedemera nobilis
A metallic green beetle with splayed elytra that expose the wings. Males have distinctively swollen hind femora....
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...
Tiger Crane Fly
Nephrotoma flavescens
A striking yellow crane fly with bold black stripes on the thorax. Adults are commonly found basking on sunny foliage in...
Tinkerbell Fairyfly
Tinkerbella nana
One of the smallest insects ever described, named after Peter Pans Tinker Bell. Discovered in Costa Rica in 2013. Measur...
Tomato Leafminer
Tuta absoluta
A devastating South American moth that mines through tomato leaves, stems, and fruits. Since 2006, it has rapidly invade...
Tortoise Beetle
Aspidimorpha sanctaecrucis
A spectacular Asian tortoise beetle with a translucent golden shell margin that reveals internal structures. Can change ...
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...
Triatoma gerstaeckeri
Triatoma gerstaeckeri
The most common kissing bug in Texas, frequently found infected with Trypanosoma cruzi. It inhabits woodrat nests and re...
Trilobite Beetle
Duliticola hoiseni
Females are large, larviform, and look strikingly like trilobites from the Paleozoic era. Males are tiny conventional-lo...
Tropical Ant-loving Rove Beetle
Ecitophya simulans
A myrmecophilous rove beetle from Central America that lives with Eciton army ants. Its body closely resembles the shape...
Tropical 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 Green Lacewing
Chrysoperla rufilabris
A widely distributed green lacewing used commercially for biological pest control in greenhouses. Larvae are aggressive ...
Tropical Springtail
Seira domestica
A large elongate springtail found in tropical regions and greenhouses. It has distinctive dark and pale banding patterns...
Turkestan Cockroach
Shelfordella lateralis
A medium-sized cockroach originally from Central Asia that is rapidly displacing the oriental cockroach in many urban ar...
Twenty-Two Spot Ladybird
Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
A tiny bright yellow ladybird with exactly 22 black spots, widespread across Europe. Unlike most ladybirds, it feeds on ...
Twin-spot Centurion
Sargus bipunctatus
A metallic bronze-green soldier fly with two characteristic pale spots on the frons. It is one of the most common strati...
Twisted-Wing Honeybee Parasite
Stylops ovinae
A tiny endoparasite of Andrena bees whose females are permanently embedded in the host's abdomen. Males live only a few ...
Two-banded Wasp Hoverfly
Chrysotoxum bicinctum
A striking wasp-mimicking hoverfly with bold yellow and black banding. Distinguished from wasps by its hovering flight a...
Ulysses Butterfly
Papilio ulysses
A large swallowtail with electric blue uppersides and cryptic brown undersides. It is an iconic symbol of tropical north...
Varied Carpet Beetle
Anthrenus verbasci
A tiny, round beetle with mottled white, brown, and yellow scales on its elytra. It is a worldwide pest of natural fiber...
Vegetable Caterpillar
Ophiocordyceps robertsii
The host of this relationship is the caterpillar of the native moth Aenetus virescens, parasitized by the endemic Cordyc...
Verdant Sphinx Moth
Euchloron megaera
A large green and brown hawk moth that pollinates tropical flowers at dusk....
Verrucarum Sandfly
Lutzomyia verrucarum
A small sandfly found in the inter-Andean valleys of Peru, serving as the vector of Bartonella bacilliformis, which caus...
Vestal Cuckoo Bumblebee
Psithyrus vestalis
A brood parasitic bumblebee that takes over colonies of the Buff-tailed Bumblebee. The female kills or subdues the host ...
Vineyard Mole Cricket
Gryllotalpa vineae
A European mole cricket very similar to G. gryllotalpa but distinguished by its song frequency. It was only recognized a...
Violet Ground Beetle
Carabus violaceus
A large black beetle with violet or purple margins on its elytra and thorax. It is nocturnal and hides under logs and st...
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....
Western Subterranean Termite
Reticulitermes hesperus
The most common structural pest termite in western North America. Colonies build extensive underground tunnel networks c...
White-banded Hoverfly
Leucozona lucorum
A dark hoverfly with a broad white band across the abdomen. It is associated with shaded habitats and visits white umbel...
White-faced Darter
Leucorrhinia dubia
A small dragonfly with a distinctive white face and red markings on a dark body. It is a specialist of acidic bog pools ...
Window Gnat
Sylvicola fenestralis
A small, delicate fly with dark-spotted wings often found resting on windows and walls. Larvae develop in fermenting org...
Wood Cockroach
Ectobius lapponicus
A small outdoor cockroach that lives in European leaf litter and never enters buildings....
Wool Carder Bee
Anthidium manicatum
A robust yellow-and-black solitary bee whose females scrape plant hairs to line their nests. Males are territorial and a...
Xyelid Sawfly
Xyela julii
A tiny, delicate sawfly with a characteristic elongated third antennal segment. It is one of the most primitive living H...
Yam Hawk Moth
Theretra oldenlandiae
A widespread tropical hawk moth with olive-brown forewings and contrasting dark and light lateral body stripes. Its larv...
Yellow Mantidfly
Leptomantispa pulchella
A delicate yellow mantidfly found in tropical Central and South America. Its slender build and pale coloring provide cam...
Yellow-legged Ophion
Ophion scutellaris
A large orange-brown ichneumon wasp commonly attracted to light at night. Parasitizes large moth caterpillars. Has a lat...
Zebra Longwing
Heliconius charithonia
A neotropical butterfly with elongated jet-black wings bearing bold pale yellow stripes. It is unusual among butterflies...
Zodion Thick-headed Fly
Zodion cinereum
A small, grayish-brown conopid fly with a slightly swollen head and prominent proboscis. It is commonly found on flowers...