Wetlands
105 species found in this habitat
African Sugarcane Borer
Eldana saccharina
The most important pest of sugarcane in sub-Saharan Africa. Larvae bore into sugarcane stalks, reducing sugar content an...
Agonum Marsh Ground Beetle
Agonum marginatum
A medium-sized metallic green ground beetle with pale-margined elytra found exclusively in wetland habitats. It runs rap...
Aldabra Giant Dragonfly
Hemianax ephippiger
A powerful migratory dragonfly found on Aldabra Atoll and across the Indian Ocean region. It undertakes long-distance fl...
American Marsh Treader
Hydrometra martini
A very thin, elongate bug with a head nearly as long as its thorax. It creeps slowly along floating debris and sphagnum ...
Ancient Greenling
Hemiphlebia mirabilis
The sole surviving member of one of the most ancient damselfly families on Earth....
Aquatic Snail-killing Fly
Sepedon sphegea
A slender marsh fly with a distinctly pointed abdomen and yellowish-brown coloring. Larvae are aquatic predators of fres...
Bethany Beach Firefly
Photuris bethaniensis
A predatory firefly known from a narrow range along the mid-Atlantic coast. Females mimic the flash patterns of other fi...
Black-Tailed Deer Fly
Chrysops niger
A small dark deer fly with mostly blackened wings and green iridescent eyes. It is an aggressive daytime biter commonly ...
Blue Margined Ground Beetle
Chlaenius impunctifrons
A brilliantly colored ground beetle with bright metallic blue-green elytra and a velvety texture from fine pubescence. I...
Blue Shieldbug
Zicrona caerulea
A metallic blue-green predatory stink bug found across Europe and Asia. It specializes in hunting flea beetles and other...
Borneo Pulsing Firefly
Pteroptyx tener
A synchronous firefly of Southeast Asian mangroves that produces green flashes in unison with thousands of others. Massi...
Brazilian Skipper
Calpodes ethlius
A robust brown skipper butterfly with translucent white spots on the forewings. Its larvae build leaf shelters on canna ...
Bronze Flea Beetle
Altica ambiens
A metallic bronze to greenish flea beetle with prominent hind leg development. It feeds on alder leaves in wetland habit...
Brown Planthopper
Nilaparvata lugens
The most destructive insect pest of rice in Asia, capable of causing 'hopper burn' that destroys entire fields. It feeds...
Claudius Ground Beetle
Carabus clathratus
A large bronze or coppery-black ground beetle with distinctive chain-like patterning on its elytra formed by rows of rai...
Common Birdwing
Troides helena
A large birdwing butterfly with velvety black forewings and bright golden-yellow hindwings in males. Females are larger ...
Common Cone-head
Conocephalus fuscus
A small slender katydid with a pointed head and brown body. It lives low in tall grasses near wetlands. Its song is a fa...
Common House Mosquito
Culex pipiens
A ubiquitous pale brown mosquito found in urban and suburban environments. It is the primary vector of West Nile virus i...
Cone-headed Katydid
Neoconocephalus ensiger
A long, slender katydid with a distinctive pointed cone on the top of its head. It hides among tall grasses and reeds, w...
Congo Basin Dragonfly
Palpopleura lucia
A small but strikingly colored dragonfly with a broad, flattened abdomen. Males are bright blue with black wing markings...
Corvus Skipper
Trapezites symmomus
A robust dark skipper butterfly with orange-spotted wings found in sedge-rich wetlands. It is endemic to southeastern Au...
Crimson Marsh Glider
Trithemis aurora
A dazzling dragonfly where males are vivid crimson-pink with rose-tinted wing bases. Females are olive-brown. It perches...
Cuban Dagger Moth
Acronicta oblinita
A moth found in Cuba and North America whose caterpillars bear dense tufts of hair. Adults are grayish with subtle dagge...
Delta Green Ground Beetle
Elaphrus viridis
A small metallic green ground beetle found only near vernal pools in Solano County, California. It is threatened by urba...
Dingy Footman Moth
Eilema griseola
A small pale straw-yellow moth with slightly darker forewing edges. It rests flat-winged unlike many other footman moths...
Downlooker Fly
Rhagio tringarius
A slender predatory fly with spotted wings that perches head-downward on vegetation waiting for prey....
Drinker Moth
Euthrix potatoria
A large golden-brown moth named because its caterpillar was observed drinking drops of dew from grass blades....
Ear Moth
Amphipoea oculea
A small brown moth whose larvae bore inside grass and rush stems. Very variable in appearance. Part of a species complex...
European Chinch Bug
Ischnodemus sabuleti
A small, elongate seed bug that feeds on rushes and grasses in wetland habitats across Europe. It has both winged and wi...
False Ringlet
Coenonympha oedippus
A small, drab brown butterfly with a row of striking silver-centred eyespots on the hindwing underside. It is one of the...
Fen Rove Beetle
Stenus providus
A tiny rove beetle of wetland margins with exceptionally large eyes for a beetle its size. Uses a retractable sticky lab...
Fleabane Tortoise Beetle
Cassida murraea
A striking red-brown and black tortoise beetle associated with fleabane plants. Has characteristic dark markings on the ...
Florida Predatory Firefly
Photuris frontalis
A large predatory firefly found in the southeastern United States that exhibits synchronous flashing behavior. Males pro...
Giant Petaltail Dragonfly
Petalura ingentissima
Australias largest dragonfly and one of the most primitive living species, belonging to a family dating back to the Jura...
Giant Swamp Leaf Beetle
Donacia provostii
One of the larger species of reed beetle, with a metallic golden-green to coppery body and distinctive long antennae. Ad...
Golden Reed Beetle
Donacia vulgaris
A slender, metallic beetle with golden to coppery-green coloration and elongated antennae. It is commonly found resting ...
Golden-headed Micropterix
Micropterix aruncella
A tiny, metallic-headed moth that is among the most primitive living Lepidoptera. Adults have functional jaws instead of...
Granulated Ground Beetle
Carabus granulatus
A widespread dark bronze ground beetle with distinctly ridged and granulated wing cases. It thrives in damp habitats nea...
Graphic Flutterer
Rhyothemis graphiptera
A stunning dragonfly with dark patterned wings that give it a butterfly-like appearance in flight. It flies with a disti...
Green Mangrove Tiger Beetle
Myriochila mastersi
A metallic green tiger beetle that inhabits mangrove mud flats and tidal zones along the northern Australian coast. It i...
Green Mantidfly
Zeugomantispa minuta
A small green mantidfly found in the southeastern United States. It has enlarged raptorial forelegs and a long prothorax...
Green Rice Leafhopper
Nephotettix virescens
A major pest of rice in tropical Asia, transmitting tungro virus disease. It is one of the most economically damaging le...
Green Tortoise Beetle
Cassida viridis
A broadly oval, flattened beetle that is bright green in life, with transparent margins around the pronotum and elytra. ...
Hairy Dragonfly
Brachytron pratense
The earliest-emerging hawker dragonfly in Europe, with a distinctively hairy thorax. Males have blue and green markings ...
Hawaiian Orangeblack Damselfly
Megalagrion xanthomelas
A strikingly coloured Hawaiian damselfly with orange and black markings. It was once widespread in lowland wetlands but ...
Hine's Emerald Dragonfly
Somatochlora hineana
A brilliant green-eyed emerald dragonfly found in calcareous spring-fed wetlands. It is one of the most endangered drago...
Horn-faced Marsh Fly
Dictya umbrarum
A small yellowish marsh fly with patterned wings and prominent facial ridges. Larvae feed on decomposing aquatic snails ...
Horse Fly
Tabanus bovinus
A large, stout fly with huge iridescent compound eyes that display rainbow patterns. Only females bite, using scissor-li...
Iris Flea Beetle
Aphthona nonstriata
A small blue-green flea beetle associated with yellow iris in wetland habitats. Larvae feed on iris roots underwater. A ...
Japanese Emperor Dragonfly
Anax parthenope julius
A large hawker dragonfly and one of the most powerful aerial predators in Japanese wetlands. Known as 'gin-yanma' for it...
Large Copper Butterfly
Lycaena dispar
Once widespread across European wetlands, the English subspecies went extinct in the 1850s. Remaining populations are de...
Large Sallow Mining Bee
Andrena apicata
A rare, early-spring mining bee that specializes on sallow and willow catkins. It has declined significantly across Euro...
Latrine Fly
Fannia scalaris
A small fly that breeds in excrement and decaying organic matter in latrines and drains. It can cause urogenital myiasis...
Long-horned Grasshopper
Ruspolia nitidula
A cone-headed katydid with an elongated fastigium and long antennae. It can be green or brown. It is a popular edible in...
Long-winged Conehead
Conocephalus discolor
A slim green bush-cricket with a pointed head that has dramatically expanded its range northward in Britain. Produces a ...
Lythrum Bee
Melitta nigricans
A specialist bee that collects pollen from purple loosestrife along rivers and wetland margins. It is a ground-nesting s...
Malagasy Firefly
Luciola madagascariensis
A soft-bodied beetle with a yellowish pronotum and dark elytra, producing a steady green bioluminescent glow from its ab...
Marsh Springtail
Isotomurus palustris
A colorful elongate springtail found near ponds, streams, and marshy areas. Its color varies from green to orange depend...
Metallic Green Leaf Beetle
Plagiodera versicolora
A small, rounded beetle with shiny metallic blue-green to dark green elytra. It is one of the most common willow-feeding...
Micropterix Moth
Micropterix calthella
One of the most primitive moths with functional mandibles that chew pollen. Lacks the typical coiled proboscis of other ...
Migratory Locust
Locusta migratoria
The most widespread locust species in the world, found across Africa, Asia, and Oceania. It exhibits dramatic phase poly...
Mint Leaf Beetle
Chrysolina herbacea
A brilliant metallic green beetle that feeds exclusively on mint plants. Its coppery-green sheen makes it one of the mos...
Miyako Firefly
Luciola filiformis
A small Japanese firefly found on Miyako Island with a slender body and greenish-yellow luminescence. It has a limited d...
Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth
Hemaris tityus
A bumblebee mimic with largely transparent wings and a furry olive-and-brown body. It flies by day, hovering at flowers ...
Norfolk Damselfly
Coenagrion armatum
A critically rare damselfly once found in the Norfolk Broads of England, now extinct in Britain. Small populations persi...
Norfolk Hawker
Anaciaeschna isosceles
A large brown hawker dragonfly with distinctive green eyes and a yellow triangle on the second abdominal segment. It is ...
North American Water Scorpion
Ranatra fusca
A stick-like aquatic predator found in ponds and marshes across eastern North America. It walks slowly on submerged vege...
Northern Damselfly
Coenagrion johanssoni
A delicate blue and black damselfly with narrow wings held together above the body at rest. Males have a distinctive blu...
Phantom Crane Fly
Bittacomorpha clavipes
A delicate fly with swollen black and white banded tarsi that acts as a tiny parachute, allowing it to float effortlessl...
Pictured Rove Beetle
Paederus littoralis
A slender black and orange rove beetle with short elytra exposing most of its abdomen. It contains the toxin pederin whi...
Planthopper Strepsipteran
Halictophagus australensis
An Australian strepsipteran parasite of delphacid planthoppers. It alters the host's reproductive development and morpho...
Purple Loosestrife Beetle
Galerucella calmariensis
A small, yellowish-brown beetle deliberately introduced as a biocontrol agent against invasive purple loosestrife. Adult...
Reed Leopard Moth
Phragmataecia castaneae
A cossid moth whose larvae bore into the stems of common reed and bulrush. It is widespread across European wetlands and...
Rice Stem Borer
Scirpophaga incertulas
A small white moth whose larvae bore into rice stems, causing the devastating symptoms known as 'dead heart' in vegetati...
Rice Stink Bug
Oebalus pugnax
A slender, straw-colored stink bug that is the most damaging hemipteran pest of rice in the Americas. It feeds on develo...
Rice Water Weevil
Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus
A small, grey-brown weevil that feeds on rice roots as a larva and on rice leaves as an adult. Adults create distinctive...
Roseate Skimmer
Orthemis ferruginea
A dragonfly where mature males develop a beautiful rosy-pink to violet abdomen. Females are brown with a pale dorsal str...
Round-winged Muslin Moth
Thumatha senex
A tiny moth with rounded translucent whitish wings marked with faint grey spots. It is among the smallest of the footman...
Sand Gnat
Culicoides furens
A very small biting midge commonly known as a no-see-um due to its near-invisible size. Despite being barely visible, it...
Say's Firefly
Pyractomena angulata
An early-season firefly with amber-orange flashes seen in spring across eastern North America. It is among the first fir...
Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly
Ischnura pumilio
One of Europe's smallest damselflies, with a black body and a single blue segment near the tail tip. Females come in a r...
Shore Rove Beetle
Philonthus quisquiliarius
A small metallic greenish rove beetle found along pond and river margins in marshy habitats. Hunts small invertebrates i...
Shoreline Rove Beetle
Bledius spectabilis
A burrowing rove beetle that constructs vertical tunnels in salt marsh mud. It feeds on algae scraped from wet sediment ...
Sleepy Orange
Eurema nicippe
Bright orange butterfly with irregular black borders and a small dark spot on the forewing. Named for a sleepy-eye-shape...
Slender Groundhopper
Tetrix subulata
A small, fully-winged pygmy grasshopper found near water in marshy and boggy habitats across the Northern Hemisphere. Un...
Snail-killing Fly
Tetanocera elata
A wetland fly whose larvae are specialized predators or parasitoids of land snails. It has been investigated as a biocon...
Spotted-eye Hover Fly
Eristalinus taeniops
A large hover fly with distinctively striped compound eyes and a bee-like body. It is an excellent pollinator found thro...
Striped Crawling Water Beetle
Haliplus lineaticollis
A small yellowish-brown beetle with distinctive dark longitudinal stripes on the pronotum. It is commonly found in weedy...
Subarctic Crane Fly
Prionocera turcica
A medium-sized crane fly with distinctive patterned wings and long, slender legs. Larvae develop in wet peatland soils. ...
Swamp Cicada
Neotibicen tibicen
A large dark cicada with green markings and a loud droning call heard in late summer. It is often called the morning cic...
Swamp Metalmark
Calephelis mutica
A rare and localized metalmark butterfly of midwestern wetlands with warm rusty-brown wings marked with fine metallic li...
Sweetbay Silk Moth
Callosamia securifera
A large silk moth similar to the promethea but associated with sweetbay magnolia in the southeastern United States. Male...
Synchronous Firefly of India
Pteroptyx maipo
A small firefly known for its remarkable ability to synchronize its flashing with neighboring individuals. Mangrove tree...
Tapered Drone Fly
Eristalis pertinax
A large hoverfly resembling a honeybee but distinguished by its yellow-tipped front tarsi. It is active from early sprin...
Thai Synchronous Firefly
Pteroptyx malaccae
A synchronous firefly of Southeast Asian mangroves that gathers in large congregations. Males synchronize their flashes ...
Tropical Rove Beetle
Erichsonius cinerascens
A small, greyish rove beetle found in marshy habitats and pond margins. It is a useful bioindicator of wetland health....
Twin-lobed Deer Fly
Chrysops relictus
A golden-green eyed deer fly with distinctive dark wing markings. It breeds in peaty wetlands and bogs across northern r...
Two-spotted Jet Beetle
Stenus bipunctatus
A small black rove beetle with two distinctive reddish spots on its elytra and greatly enlarged compound eyes. It is an ...
Water Spinach Flea Beetle
Chaetocnema basalis
A tiny, shiny dark bronze to black flea beetle that is a significant pest of rice seedlings and water spinach across tro...
Western Encephalitis Mosquito
Culex tarsalis
A medium-sized mosquito with a distinctive white band on the proboscis and banded legs. It is the most important vector ...
Willow Bean-Gall Sawfly
Pontania proxima
A tiny sawfly that induces distinctive bean-shaped galls on the leaves of various willow species. Each gall contains a s...
Willow Calligrapha
Calligrapha multipunctata bigsbyana
A subspecies of Calligrapha with pale elytra marked with elongated dark spots and dashes. It is associated with willow t...
Willow Sawfly
Nematus salicis
A defoliator of willows across Europe found in wetlands and riparian areas. Larvae feed gregariously on willow leaves fr...
Yellow-striped Flutterer
Rhyothemis phyllis
A small dragonfly with bold yellow and black stripes on its wings. It flies in a distinctive fluttering manner, resembli...
Yellow-winged Darter
Sympetrum flaveolum
A medium-sized darter with extensive saffron-yellow patches at the base of all four wings. Males are red-bodied while fe...