Woodlands
618 species found in this habitat
Acacia Thrips
Kladothrips waterhousei
An Australian gall-inducing thrips that creates enclosed galls on Acacia phyllodes. It exhibits a soldier caste that def...
Acorn Moth
Blastobasis glandulella
A small moth whose larvae bore into and consume the contents of acorns on the forest floor. It is common in oak woodland...
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...
African Bark Mantis
Tarachodes afzelii
A small flat mantis with mottled grey-brown coloring perfectly matching tree bark. It presses its body flat against trun...
African Bladder Cicada
Platypleura stridula
A sub-Saharan African cicada with flattened lateral extensions on its abdomen. It is commonly heard calling from trees i...
African 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 Earwig
Forficula senegalensis
A small, dark brown earwig with distinctive curved cerci (pincers) at the tip of the abdomen. It is nocturnal and hides ...
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 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 Mantidfly
Sagittalata olivacea
A greenish African mantidfly found in woodland and bushveld habitats. Like all mantidflies, it has distinctive raptorial...
African Net-winged Beetle
Lycus trabeatus
A brightly orange-red beetle with distinctive net-like wing venation and broad expanded elytra. It is toxic and serves a...
African Sapphire
Iolaus iulus
Brilliant sapphire-blue upper wings with a dark margin and twin tails on hindwings. Found in African woodlands and fores...
African Wild Silk Moth
Gonometa postica
A medium-sized brown moth whose caterpillars spin tough, golden silk cocoons on Acacia branches. It has been investigate...
Alder Spittlebug
Aphrophora alni
A common European spittlebug found on willows and alders. Nymphs produce copious frothy spittle masses and adults can ju...
Alpine Longhorn Beetle
Rosalia alpina
A strikingly beautiful blue-grey beetle with black spots, listed on multiple European conservation directives. Depends o...
Amazonian Giant Ant
Pachycondyla villosa
A large, hairy black ponerine ant with a powerful sting and strong mandibles. It is a solitary ground forager that hunts...
American False Blister Beetle
Oxacis taeniata
A small, elongate pale beetle with dark longitudinal stripes found in eastern North America. Adults are commonly attract...
American Scorpionfly
Panorpa nuptialis
A large scorpionfly found in the southeastern United States with prominent wing spots. Males engage in elaborate courtsh...
American Slave-Maker Ant
Polyergus lucidus
A North American slave-making ant that conducts well-organized raids on Formica colonies. New queens infiltrate host col...
American Wasp Xenid
Xenos peckii
A parasite of paper wasps in eastern North America, commonly found in Polistes fuscatus colonies. It dramatically alters...
Angola White Lady Swallowtail
Graphium angolanus
A large swallowtail with black-and-white banded wings and a distinctive tail on each hindwing. It is a strong flier foun...
Ant Beetle
Thanasimus formicarius
A brightly colored red and black bark beetle predator that mimics ants. It hunts bark beetles on pine trees....
Ant Cricket
Myrmecophilus acervorum
A minute, wingless cricket that lives inside ant nests as a social parasite. It is oval-shaped and moves quickly among i...
Ant-Nest Hister Beetle
Hetaerius ferrugineus
A tiny, reddish-brown hister beetle that lives exclusively inside ant nests. It is tolerated by its ant hosts and feeds ...
Ant-Nest Rove Beetle
Atemeles emarginatus
A small, amber-brown rove beetle that parasitizes two different ant species during its life cycle. Larvae develop in For...
Aposthonia Web Spinner
Aposthonia ceylonica
A web spinner from Sri Lanka and southern India found under bark and stones. It lives in communal silk galleries with mu...
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 ...
Archangel Longitarsus
Longitarsus ganglbaueri
A minute flea beetle associated with yellow archangel in European woodlands. Larvae mine in the roots of labiates. Very ...
Argent and Sable Moth
Rheumaptera hastata
A strikingly patterned black and white day-flying moth. Found on moorland and in birch woodland. Has declined severely i...
Argentine Ant
Linepithema humile
Forms massive supercolonies spanning thousands of kilometers. One supercolony stretches 6,000 km along the Mediterranean...
Ash Whitefly Parasitoid
Encarsia inaron
A minute parasitoid wasp that attacks whitefly nymphs on ash trees and other hosts. It was introduced to California to c...
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 Malaria Mosquito
Anopheles stephensi
An urban malaria mosquito that breeds in water storage tanks and cisterns. It is the primary malaria vector in Indian an...
Asian Tiger Mosquito
Aedes albopictus
A striking black mosquito with a single white stripe down the thorax and banded legs. It is a highly invasive species sp...
Asian Xenid
Xenos oxyodontes
A strepsipteran parasite of Ropalidia paper wasps in tropical Asia. It modifies host wasp social behavior and colony dyn...
Atemeles Ant Guest Beetle
Lomechusoides strumosus
A parasitic rove beetle that lives in ant nests, switching between Formica and Myrmica host species seasonally. Its larv...
August Thorn
Ennomos quercinaria
A thorn moth flying in late summer with warm yellow-brown wings. Rests with wings spread flat. Larvae feed on oak and ot...
Australian Beefly Robber
Blepharotes coriarius
Australia's largest robber fly, heavily built with a dense covering of dark hair. It is a powerful predator capable of t...
Australian Bull Ant
Myrmecia pyriformis
A large aggressive ant with excellent vision and a powerful venomous sting, capable of jumping toward intruders. It has ...
Australian Flower Wasp
Campsomeris tasmaniensis
A hairy black and orange scoliid wasp endemic to Australia. Males patrol flowers while females dig into soil to parasiti...
Australian Gall Thrips
Kladothrips intermedius
A eusocial thrips from Australia that induces galls on Acacia trees and defends them with a soldier caste. They are amon...
Australian Giant Earwig
Titanolabis colossea
The largest living earwig species, reaching up to 50 mm long. It is a burrowing, wingless species found in eastern Austr...
Australian Lace Bug
Froggattia olivinia
A small sap-sucking bug that infests eucalyptus trees, producing unsightly black sooty mould on leaves. It has intricate...
Australian Mantidfly
Campion australis
An Australian mantidfly found in eucalyptus forests and dry woodland. Adults are nocturnal and attracted to lights at ni...
Australian March Fly
Bibio imitator
A robust black bibionid fly that appears in large numbers during the Australian autumn. It has a hairy body and is a slu...
Australian Owlfly
Suhpalacsa flavipes
A large Australian owlfly with smoky wings and yellow legs. Active at dusk in open eucalyptus woodland and dry grassland...
Australian Satin Sawfly
Perga lewisi
A large Australian sawfly with a satiny dark blue-black body. Larvae are robust and feed in clusters on eucalyptus folia...
Australian Scorpionfly
Harpobittacus australis
An Australian hangingfly that suspends itself from vegetation and catches prey with its raptorial hind legs. Males prese...
Australian Stink Ant
Iridomyrmex bicknelli
A small, fast-moving ant that releases a strong, unpleasant odour when crushed, giving it its common name. It forms larg...
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 ...
Autumn Dun
Leptophlebia marginata
A dark-winged mayfly that emerges in spring despite its common name. Nymphs inhabit slow-flowing sections of woodland st...
Bald-faced Hornet
Dolichovespula maculata
A large black and white social wasp that builds impressive football-sized paper nests in trees and on buildings. Despite...
Banded Alder Borer
Rosalia funebris
A striking longhorn beetle with bold black and white banding and long banded antennae. It breeds in dead alder and other...
Banded Barklouse
Philotarsus picicornis
A small winged bark louse found on tree trunks throughout Europe. It has distinctively banded antennae....
Banded Fungus Beetle
Triplax russica
A small, attractively colored beetle with a red thorax and dark blue-black elytra. Lives on bracket fungi on dead trees....
Banded Hairstreak
Satyrium calanus
A small dark brown butterfly with conspicuous bands of white-edged dark dashes on its hindwing underside. It has a short...
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 Gnawing Beetle
Trogossita japonica
A predatory beetle found under bark where it hunts wood-boring larvae. Its flattened body is well suited to life in bark...
Bark Mantis
Liturgusa sp.
A flattened mantis species that lives on tree bark and is superbly camouflaged. Rather than ambushing prey, it actively ...
Bark-crevice Rove Beetle
Nudobius lentus
A slender, flattened rove beetle adapted for life under tight-fitting bark. Its compressed body and strong legs allow it...
Barn Swallow Bug
Oeciacus vicarius
A cimicid ectoparasite of cliff swallows and barn swallows in North America. It can bite humans in buildings after swall...
Bazaar Fly
Musca sorbens
A tropical fly that feeds on eye and wound secretions, spreading trachoma. It is a major public health concern in develo...
Beaded Lacewing
Lomamyia latipennis
A small lacewing whose larvae live inside termite nests and prey on the termite workers. Adults have distinctive beaded ...
Bear Cicada
Cryptotympana facialis
A large black cicada common throughout Japan, known locally as 'kuma-zemi.' It is one of the dominant summer-singing spe...
Beaver Rove Beetle
Leptusa fumida
A tiny, dark aleocharine rove beetle that inhabits the nests of beavers and other semi-aquatic rodents. It feeds on orga...
Bee Moth
Aphomia sociella
A robust pinkish-brown moth whose larvae are nest parasites of bumblebees and wasps. Females enter bee nests at night to...
Big Dipper Firefly
Photinus consimilis
A common North American firefly that produces a slow, arching flash resembling the Big Dipper constellation pattern. It ...
Bioluminescent Fungus Gnat
Keroplatus testaceus
A remarkable fungus gnat whose larvae create bioluminescent webs on bracket fungi. The blue-green glow attracts prey ins...
Birch Catkin Bug
Kleidocerys resedae
A small, oval brown seed bug that feeds on birch and alder catkins. It is very common in northern Europe and can form la...
Birch Leaf-Roller Sawfly
Pamphilius betulae
A flat-bodied sawfly with long, thread-like antennae and a broad abdomen. Larvae roll birch leaves into tubes using silk...
Black Cocktail-Ant Rove Beetle
Lomechusa pubicollis
A myrmecophilous rove beetle that lives inside ant nests. It secretes chemicals that trick ants into feeding and caring ...
Black Corsair
Melanolestes picipes
A shiny black, robust assassin bug found across North America. It is nocturnal and commonly attracted to lights near bui...
Black Forest Ground Beetle
Pterostichus niger
A large jet-black ground beetle common in European forests and damp woodlands. It is one of the largest Pterostichus spe...
Black Garden Ant
Lasius niger
The most common ant in Europe, dark brown to black with a slightly pubescent body. Colonies are monogynous and can persi...
Black Headed Birch Sawfly
Craesus alniastri
A medium-sized sawfly with a dark head and orange body. Larvae are greenish-blue with black heads and feed communally on...
Black Hissing Cockroach
Gromphadorhina picea
A smaller species of hissing cockroach with a uniformly dark brown to black coloration and less prominent pronotal bumps...
Black Prince Cicada
Psaltoda plaga
A prized Australian cicada with a jet-black body, popular among children who collect cicada shells. It is less common th...
Black Witch Moth
Ascalapha odorata
One of the largest moths in the Western Hemisphere, with dark brown to black wings marked with subtle iridescent purple ...
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...
Blatchley's Walkingstick
Manomera blatchleyi
A slender, brown walkingstick found in the southeastern United States. It is named after the American entomologist Willi...
Blinded Sphinx Moth
Paonias excaecata
A bark-patterned hawk moth with brown forewings and blue hindwing eyespots that lack the central pupil found in related ...
Blood-red Click Beetle
Ampedus sanguinolentus
A striking click beetle with deep blood-red elytra and a black head and pronotum. Larvae develop in the decaying heartwo...
Blue Bottle Fly
Calliphora vomitoria
A large, metallic blue fly with a loud buzzing flight and prominent bristly body. It is one of the first insects to arri...
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 Ground Beetle
Carabus intricatus
A large brilliant blue beetle with intricately sculptured elytra. It is a nocturnal predator of slugs and snails in anci...
Blue Stick Insect
Achrioptera manga
A spectacular stick insect where males are electric blue with bright orange wings. Females are much larger and brown wit...
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...
Brachymeria Chalcid
Brachymeria intermedia
A stocky black chalcid wasp that is a hyperparasitoid, attacking other parasitoid wasps inside their hosts. It has becom...
Brancsik's Cicada
Yanga brancsiki
A medium-sized cicada with tawny brown coloration and dark veining on its hyaline wings. Named after the entomologist Ka...
Brazilian Headlight Firefly
Pyrearinus termitilluminans
A unique click beetle relative whose bioluminescent larvae inhabit termite mounds in the Brazilian cerrado. The glowing ...
Brilliant Emerald
Somatochlora metallica
A metallic green dragonfly with brilliant emerald green eyes. Males patrol low over sheltered lakes and woodland pools. ...
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...
Brown Leaf Weevil
Phyllobius oblongus
A brown-scaled weevil commonly found on hawthorn and other hedgerow shrubs. Less colorful than its green relatives but v...
California Timema
Timema californicum
A small green walking stick endemic to California. It is one of the most widespread Timema species on the Pacific coast....
Calligrapha Beetle
Calligrapha multipunctata
An elegantly patterned beetle with cream-white elytra covered in intricate dark brown calligraphic markings. Each indivi...
Cardinal Beetle
Pyrochroa coccinea
A striking flat beetle with a bright scarlet body and large black eyes. Larvae are predators under bark....
Caribbean Giant Centipede
Scolopendra alternans
A large centipede found across the Caribbean islands with alternating dark and light body segments. It is an aggressive ...
Carolina Walkingstick
Diapheromera carolina
A walkingstick found in the southeastern United States, closely related to the northern walkingstick. It prefers warmer,...
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...
Cassini Periodical Cicada
Magicicada cassini
A 17-year periodical cicada distinguished from related species by its all-black underside and distinctive buzzing call. ...
Cecropia Moth
Hyalophora cecropia
The largest native moth in North America with reddish-brown wings bearing white comma-shaped marks and crescent eyespots...
Cedar Beetle
Sandalus niger
A parasitoid beetle whose larvae feed on cicada nymphs underground....
Chequered Skipper
Carterocephalus palaemon
A small dark butterfly with bold orange-yellow chequered spots, once found in English woodlands but now confined to west...
Children's Stick Insect
Tropidoderus childrenii
A large Australian leaf insect with broad flattened body and legs. Females are vivid green and resemble eucalyptus leave...
Cicada Assassin Bug
Pselliopus barberi
A colorful orange and black assassin bug that specializes in hunting cicadas. It uses its powerful raptorial forelegs an...
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...
Clara's Satin Moth
Thalaina clara
An Australian moth with satiny white wings marked with orange bands. Found in eastern Australia and Tasmania. Caterpilla...
Clifden Nonpareil Moth
Catocala fraxini
A large underwing moth with spectacular blue-black hindwings concealed at rest....
Clouded Apollo
Parnassius mnemosyne
A delicate, semi-translucent white butterfly with dark wing veins and small dark spots. It flies slowly through woodland...
Clouded Rove Beetle
Staphylinus nebulosis
A large European rove beetle with a cloudy gray-brown pubescence pattern and powerful jaws. It is a nocturnal hunter tha...
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...
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 American Walking Stick
Diapheromera femorata
The most common stick insect in North America, with a slender brown or green body. During outbreak years it can defoliat...
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 Brown Lacewing
Hemerobius humulinus
A small brownish lacewing with mottled wings commonly found on deciduous trees. Adults and larvae both feed on aphids an...
Common Christmas Beetle
Anoplognathus pallidicollis
A glossy golden-brown scarab beetle that swarms around lights during the Australian summer. It is the most commonly enco...
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 Moth Fly
Psychoda alternata
A tiny grayish moth fly with broad, hairy wings giving it a distinctly moth-like appearance. Its wings are held flat ove...
Common Pimpline Wasp
Pimpla hypochondriaca
A stout black parasitoid wasp that attacks moth and butterfly pupae. It is one of the most frequently encountered ichneu...
Common Ponerine
Ponera pennsylvanica
A tiny dark brown predatory ant living in soil and leaf litter across eastern North America. Colonies are small, rarely ...
Common Quaker
Orthosia cerasi
A drab but very common spring moth attracted to sallow blossom. Variable brown coloring. Named 'quaker' for its plain, m...
Common Rose Swallowtail
Pachliopta aristolochiae
A striking black and crimson swallowtail butterfly common across South and Southeast Asia. Its body contains toxins sequ...
Common Web Spinner
Embia major
A dark brown web spinner that constructs silk galleries on tree bark and under stones. Males are winged while females ar...
Conehead Termite
Nasutitermes ephratae
A nasute termite of Central America that builds conspicuous dark nests on tree trunks. Soldiers have elongated cone-shap...
Conifer Rove Beetle
Quedius plagiatus
A medium-sized, dark rove beetle strongly associated with coniferous bark and dead wood. It is an important predator of ...
Copper Jewel
Hypochrysops ignitus
Brilliant coppery-orange upper wings with iridescent purple-blue reflections. One of Australia's most striking lycaenid ...
Copper-tailed Cuckoo Wasp
Chrysis succincta
A medium-sized cuckoo wasp with a metallic green forebody and a warm coppery-gold abdomen. It parasitizes the nests of c...
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...
Cream Wave
Scopula floslactata
A delicate cream-white moth with subtle cross-lines. Found in deciduous woodland and hedgerows. Larvae feed on dead leav...
Cuban Burrowing Cockroach
Byrsotria fumigata
A stocky burrowing cockroach native to Cuba. It spends most of its life underground in tropical soils....
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...
Cuban Laurel Thrips
Gynaikothrips ficorum
A large dark thrips that causes leaf rolling on Ficus species. Colonies live inside the rolled leaves they create....
Cuckoo Bumblebee
Bombus vestalis
A social parasite that invades buff-tailed bumblebee nests, kills the queen and enslaves the workers....
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...
Cynthia Moth
Samia cynthia
An olive and brown silk moth with distinctive white crescent marks and lilac shading on the wing margins. Originally fro...
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...
Dark Bush-cricket
Pholidoptera griseoaptera
A robust dark brown bush-cricket with vestigial wings. It is common in hedgerows and woodland edges across Europe. Males...
Dark Mound Termite
Macrotermes carbonarius
A large fungus-growing termite found across Southeast Asia that builds conspicuous dark mounds. Workers process dead woo...
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 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...
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
Xanthorhoe ferrugata
A common but variable carpet moth found in gardens and hedgerows. Wing pattern ranges from pale to very dark. Larvae fee...
Dark-Horned Casemaker
Psilotreta labida
A North American caddisfly building curved tubular cases from sand grains. Larvae are found in small shaded woodland str...
Dark-stigma Snakefly
Phaeostigma notata
A primitive predatory insect with an elongated prothorax giving it a snake-like neck. Found on tree trunks in woodland. ...
Dark-winged Fungus Gnat
Sciara hemerobioides
A small, dark fungus gnat with smoky wings and long slender antennae. Its larvae are known for forming spectacular march...
Darling Underwing
Catocala cara
A large underwing moth with cryptic gray-brown forewings and striking pinkish-red hindwings banded with black. It is com...
Deathwatch Beetle
Xestobium rufovillosum
A small, mottled brown wood-boring beetle that creates a distinctive tapping sound by banging its head against tunnel wa...
Decula Periodical Cicada
Magicicada septendecula
The smallest of the 17-year periodical cicada species with a distinctive ticking call. It is often the least abundant sp...
Deer Bot Fly
Cephenemyia stimulator
A parasitic fly that deposits larvae in the nostrils of roe deer. The larvae develop in the pharyngeal region before bei...
Deer Ked
Lipoptena cervi
A flattened, reddish-brown blood-sucking fly that sheds its wings upon finding a deer host. It clings tenaciously to the...
Dinosaur Ant
Nothomyrmecia macrops
Considered the most primitive living ant, often called a living fossil. Discovered in 1931 and then lost for 46 years un...
Dog-Day Cicada
Neotibicen canicularis
A large green and black annual cicada that sings during the hottest days of summer. Its buzzing call is the quintessenti...
Doorkeeper Ant
Colobopsis truncata
A European carpenter ant in which soldiers have uniquely flattened, plug-shaped heads used to block nest entrances in pl...
Double Drummer Cicada
Thopha saccata
Australia's largest cicada, producing an extremely loud call. Males have large hollow abdominal sacs that amplify their ...
Downy Emerald
Cordulia aenea
A metallic green dragonfly with a distinctive downy thorax covered in fine golden hairs. Males patrol tirelessly along w...
Dubia Roach
Blaptica dubia
A medium-sized South American cockroach with sexually dimorphic adults: males have full wings while females have only ti...
Dusky Birch Sawfly
Croesus latitarsus
A medium-sized sawfly with an orange abdomen and black head and thorax. Larvae are yellowish-green with dark spots and f...
Dusty Cicada
Yanga pulverea
A medium to large cicada with a dusty gray-brown body and translucent wings bearing dark venation. It is one of the more...
East African Sugar Ant
Camponotus maculatus
A large, polymorphic ant with major workers having disproportionately large heads. Workers vary in color from reddish-br...
Eastern Calligrapher
Toxomerus geminatus
A tiny hoverfly with intricate black calligraphic markings on a yellow abdomen. It is one of the most abundant flower fl...
Eastern Clytus
Clytus planifrons
A wasp-mimicking cerambycid found in the deciduous forests of eastern North America with bold yellow and black banding. ...
Eastern Forest Dung Beetle
Onthophagus hecate
A small, dark brown to black tunneling dung beetle common in eastern North American forests. Males have a short median h...
Eastern Hercules Beetle
Dynastes tityus
The largest beetle in North America, with males bearing a large pronotal horn. Elytra are greenish-yellow with dark mott...
Eastern Snowy Tree Cricket
Quesada gigas
One of the largest Neotropical cicadas with a body length exceeding 60 mm. It has greenish transparent wings and a robus...
Eastern Yellowjacket
Vespula maculifrons
A common ground-nesting yellowjacket with bold black and yellow banding on its abdomen. It builds large paper nests unde...
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...
Elm Leaf Beetle
Xanthogaleruca luteola
A yellowish-green beetle with dark stripes along its elytra. Both adults and larvae feed on elm leaves, sometimes causin...
Elm Leafminer
Fenusa ulmi
A sawfly whose larvae mine between the upper and lower surfaces of elm leaves. Mines appear as blotchy brown patches on ...
Elm Zigzag Sawfly
Aproceros leucopoda
A small, pale green sawfly of East Asian origin that has become invasive in Europe. Larvae create distinctive zigzag fee...
Elongate Springtail
Entomobrya nivalis
A slender, colorful springtail with variable banding patterns found on tree bark. It is one of the most common European ...
Emerald Ash Borer Parasite
Spathius agrili
A parasitoid wasp from China released in North America to combat the devastating emerald ash borer beetle. Females drill...
Emperor Gum Moth
Opodiphthera eucalypti
A large and attractive native moth with prominent eyespots on each wing that serve as a startle defence against predator...
Ensign Wasp
Evania appendigaster
A parasitoid wasp that targets cockroach egg cases and helps control pest populations....
European Froghopper
Aphrophora europaea
A common froghopper across European woodlands, feeding on various broad-leaved trees. Adults are well camouflaged on bar...
European Japygid
Japyx solifugus
The type species of the family Japygidae, found in soils across southern Europe. It is one of the largest diplurans in E...
European Large Firefly
Lamprohiza splendidula
A central European firefly whose males produce a continuous greenish glow while flying. Its predatory larvae spend up to...
European 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 Stylops
Stylops melittae
A twisted-wing parasite of mining bees in the genus Andrena. Males are free-flying while females remain permanently embe...
European Thick-headed Fly
Myopa buccata
A small reddish-brown conopid fly with a distinctively swollen face and downward-curving proboscis. It is commonly found...
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...
Eyed Elater Glowworm
Phengodes fusciceps
A railroad worm beetle whose larviform females emit light from paired organs along the body. Males are short-lived, wing...
Fan-foot Moth
Zanclognatha tarsipennalis
A subtle brown moth with fan-shaped palps and delicate wing markings. Found in woodland where dead leaves accumulate. La...
Feather-horned Beetle
Rhipicera femorata
A beetle with spectacular fan-shaped antennae used for detecting pheromones....
Featherwing Beetle
Scydosella musawasensis
The smallest known free-living (non-parasitic) insect at just 0.325 mm long. Discovered in Nicaragua in 1999, it feeds o...
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 ...
Fire-tailed Cuckoo Wasp
Chrysis viridula
A metallic green cuckoo wasp with a distinctive red-gold abdomen tipped with four small teeth. It parasitizes the nests ...
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...
Flat-footed Fly
Lindneromyia dorsalis
A tiny fly that runs in circles on leaf surfaces during its courtship display....
Flat-footed Scuttle Fly
Metopina oligoneura
A minute brown phorid fly with broad flattened tarsi and reduced wing venation. It is associated with ant nests where it...
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 ...
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...
Flesh Fly
Sarcophaga carnaria
A large gray fly with three black longitudinal stripes on the thorax and a checkered abdomen. Unlike most flies, females...
Fleshfly (Dux)
Sarcophaga dux
A large gray flesh fly common across tropical Asia and the Pacific that is an important cause of wound myiasis and secon...
Florida Carpenter Ant
Camponotus floridanus
A bicolored carpenter ant with a reddish-orange head and thorax and black abdomen. It is the most common structural pest...
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...
Florida Woods Cockroach
Eurycotis floridana
A large, slow-moving, nearly wingless cockroach native to the southeastern United States. It is commonly known as the pa...
Forest Barklouse
Caecilius fuscopterus
A common bark louse found on the bark and foliage of trees across Europe. It has distinctive dark-bordered wings....
Forest Bug
Pentatoma rufipes
A large European shield bug with distinctive red-orange legs and a small tooth on each shoulder. It is arboreal and comm...
Forest Caterpillar Hunter
Calosoma sycophanta
A large, brilliant metallic green and gold ground beetle that climbs trees to hunt caterpillars. It was introduced to No...
Four-lined Silverfish
Ctenolepisma lineatum
A silverfish identified by four dark longitudinal lines on its body. It is found outdoors under bark and stones in Medit...
Four-spotted Cuckoo Bee
Nomada leucophthalma
A wasp-like cuckoo bee with reddish-brown and yellow markings that parasitizes Andrena mining bees. It is one of the ear...
Four-spotted Footman Moth
Lithosia quadra
A large footman moth with strong sexual dimorphism; males are grey with two forewing spots, females yellow with four lar...
Four-spotted Rove Beetle
Drusilla canaliculata
A small, flattened aleocharine rove beetle with a distinctive channeled pronotum and brownish coloration. It is frequent...
Four-toothed Mason Wasp
Monobia quadridens
A solitary black and white mason wasp that nests in hollow stems and old carpenter bee tunnels. It provisions cells with...
Freeze-Tolerant Cockroach
Periplaneta japonica
An invasive cockroach from Asia first found in New York City in 2012. Unlike other cockroach species, it can survive out...
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 ...
Fruit Fly
Drosophila melanogaster
The most studied organism in genetics. Six Nobel Prizes have been awarded for research on this tiny fly. 75% of human di...
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...
Fungus Rove Beetle
Lordithon thoracicus
A colorful rove beetle of the Tachyporinae with a reddish-orange pronotum and dark elytra, typically found on bracket fu...
Fungus Weevil
Platyrhinus resinosus
A broad-nosed weevil with mottled brown and white patterning resembling tree bark. It is associated with fungus-infected...
Gall Wasp
Andricus quercuscalicis
A tiny wasp that induces knopper galls on oak acorns, deforming them completely....
Gatekeeper
Pyronia tithonus
A common warm-brown butterfly often seen basking on hedgerow flowers in high summer. It has distinctive twin white pupil...
German Scorpionfly
Panorpa germanica
A scorpionfly with bold wing markings found in shaded woodland habitats across central Europe. Like other Panorpa specie...
German Yellowjacket
Vespula germanica
A highly adaptable social wasp that has become one of the most widespread invasive insects globally. They build large en...
Gershner's Jumping Bristletail
Pedetontus gershneri
A North American jumping bristletail found in leaf litter and under bark. It has a distinctly humped thorax and long tai...
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 Burrowing Cockroach
Macropanesthia rhinoceros
The worlds heaviest cockroach species at up to 35 grams and 80 mm long. Native to Australia, it digs permanent burrows u...
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 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 Orange Ichneumon
Netelia producta
A large, uniformly orange ichneumon wasp commonly attracted to lights. It parasitizes caterpillars of owlet moths and ge...
Giant Prickly Stick Insect
Extatosoma tiaratum
Large Australian stick insect with lobed legs resembling leaves. Females drop eggs that mimic seeds — ants carry them un...
Giant Resin Bee
Megachile sculpturalis
A large solitary bee originally from East Asia now invasive in North America and Europe. It uses tree resin and mud to s...
Giant Stag Beetle
Lucanus elaphus
The largest stag beetle in North America with impressive antler-like mandibles. Males use their mandibles in combat over...
Giant Swallowtail
Papilio cresphontes
The largest butterfly in North America with dark brown wings crossed by yellow bands. Larvae resemble bird droppings for...
Giant Termite
Macrognathotermes sunteri
One of Australia's largest termite species with soldiers bearing massive curved mandibles. It builds large dome-shaped m...
Giant Walkingstick
Megaphasma denticrus
The longest insect native to North America at up to 180 mm. Completely wingless and nocturnal. Named for small spines un...
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 Willow Cossid
Endoxyla cinereus
One of the heaviest moths in the world, native to Australia. Larvae bore into the trunks of eucalyptus and other hardwoo...
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)...
Glassy-winged Sharpshooter
Homalodisca vitripennis
A large leafhopper that spreads Pierce's disease bacteria devastating to grapevines. It feeds on xylem sap and can proce...
Globe Termite
Globitermes sulphureus
A Southeast Asian termite with soldiers that practice autothysis, or suicidal self-destruction. When threatened, soldier...
Globular Ant-loving Beetle
Chennium bituberculatum
A small, rounded pselaphine rove beetle with a glossy chestnut-brown body and two prominent tubercles on the pronotum. I...
Glorious Beetle
Chrysina gloriosa
A spectacular scarab beetle with brilliant metallic green body and silver stripes on the elytra. It is found in juniper ...
Goat Moth
Cossus cossus
A large moth whose caterpillars bore deep into hardwood trees for up to four years....
Gold-and-Brown Rove Beetle
Ontholestes tessellatus
A large rove beetle covered in a mosaic of golden and dark brown hairs. It frequents dung and carrion where it preys on ...
Golden Ant Guest Beetle
Pella funesta
A small aleocharine rove beetle that lives at the periphery of Lasius ant nests, feeding on refuse and dead ants. It use...
Golden Christmas Beetle
Anoplognathus aureus
A brilliant golden-coloured scarab beetle that emerges in large numbers during the Australian summer. Adults feed on euc...
Golden Paper Wasp
Polistes fuscatus
A social wasp with highly variable facial markings used for individual recognition. It builds open paper nests under eav...
Golden Pergid Sawfly
Perga gravenhorstii
A large Australian sawfly with distinctive golden-orange coloring and dark wing venation. Larvae are gregarious spitfire...
Golden Spiny Ant
Polyrhachis ammon
A striking Australian spiny ant with golden pubescence covering a black body. Workers have prominent paired petiolar spi...
Golden Stag Beetle
Lamprima aurata
A compact metallic golden-green stag beetle from Australia. Males have broad flattened mandibles used for combat....
Golden-backed Snipe Fly
Chrysopilus thoracicus
A striking fly with golden thoracic hairs and dark wings that rests head-down on foliage. Larvae are predators in soil a...
Goliath Stick Insect
Eurycnema goliath
Australias largest stick insect at up to 250 mm. Females are vivid green with small red wings they flash in threat displ...
Gracile Acerentomid
Acerentomon nemorale
A delicate proturan found in European deciduous forest soils, particularly in beech and oak stands. It requires consiste...
Great Banded Furrow Bee
Halictus scabiosae
One of Europe's largest halictid bees, with prominent white abdominal hair bands. It is a eusocial species expanding its...
Great Purple Emperor
Sasakia charonda
Japan's national butterfly, known as 'o-murasaki' in Japanese. Males display a stunning purple iridescence on their wing...
Great Purple Hairstreak
Atlides halesus
The largest hairstreak in North America with brilliant iridescent blue upperside wings and a bright red-orange abdomen. ...
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 Christmas Beetle
Anoplognathus prasinus
A metallic green scarab beetle found in eucalypt woodlands of eastern Australia. Adults emerge in large numbers during t...
Green Grocer Cicada
Cyclochila australasiae
A large Australian cicada famous for its bright green coloration. It sometimes appears in yellow, brown, or blue color m...
Green 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 Oak Tortrix
Tortrix viridana
A small bright green moth with pale hindwings that is the most important oak defoliator in Europe. Outbreak years can tu...
Green Silver-lines
Pseudoips prasinana
A vivid bright-green moth with three diagonal white or silver lines across each forewing. It is one of the most beautifu...
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...
Green-striped Darner
Aeshna verticalis
A large darner of eastern North America with prominent green thoracic stripes. It flies late in the season and is often ...
Greengrocer's Cousin Cicada
Aleeta curvicosta
A large Australian cicada with a distinctive loud call and green-brown coloring. It has a characteristic curved costa on...
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....
Gum Leaf Skeletoniser
Uraba lugens
A small moth whose caterpillars are known for retaining their shed head capsules stacked on top of each other, forming a...
Gum-Tree Pergid Sawfly
Perga polita
A robust Australian sawfly with a dark, polished body. Its gregarious larvae cluster on eucalyptus branches and produce ...
Gypsy Moth
Lymantria dispar
A sexually dimorphic moth where males are brown and can fly, while females are white with dark markings and are flightle...
Gypsy Moth Parasite
Cotesia melanoscela
A small braconid introduced to North America to control the invasive gypsy moth. It attacks early-instar caterpillars an...
Gypsy Moth Tachinid
Compsilura concinnata
A parasitic fly introduced to North America from Europe to control gypsy moths. It has an extremely broad host range att...
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...
Hairy Christmas Beetle
Anoplognathus hirsutus
A densely hairy golden-brown Christmas beetle found in southeastern Australia. The fine hairs covering its body distingu...
Hairy Rove Beetle
Creophilus maxillosus
A stocky rove beetle with distinctive patches of golden-grey hair on its elytra. It is commonly found on carrion where i...
Hairy Sexton Rove Beetle
Velleius dilatatus
A large, broad rove beetle with flattened expanded elytra, uniquely associated with European hornet nests. It is one of ...
Hawaiian Big-headed Ant
Pheidole megacephala
An invasive ant now widespread in Hawaii with a disproportionately large head in the soldier caste. It displaces native ...
Hawk Moth (Australian Privet Hawk Moth)
Psilogramma menephron
One of Australia's largest hawk moths, with a robust grey body and intricately patterned wings that provide superb camou...
Hedgehog Flea
Archaeopsylla erinacei
A large flea specific to European hedgehogs and one of the most abundant fleas in Western Europe. A single hedgehog can ...
Hen Flea
Ceratophyllus gallinae
A common flea of wild birds and domestic poultry, often found in nest material. Heavy infestations can cause anemia and ...
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 ...
Hickory Horned Devil
Citheronia regalis
The largest caterpillar in North America at up to 150 mm, with dramatic curved horns and fearsome appearance. Despite lo...
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 Hoverfly
Volucella zonaria
Europe's largest hoverfly and a convincing hornet mimic with bold yellow-and-brown banding. Its larvae develop as scaven...
Hornet Strepsipteran
Xenos myrapetrus
A large strepsipteran parasite of hornets and social wasps in tropical Africa. Males have distinctive fan-shaped hindwin...
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...
Hubbards Angel Insect
Zorotypus hubbardi
A member of one of the most obscure insect orders with only about 40 known species worldwide. Tiny, gregarious, and foun...
Hummingbird Clearwing Moth
Hemaris thysbe
A day-flying sphinx moth with transparent wings bordered in reddish-brown that closely resembles a hummingbird. It hover...
Iberian Glow-Worm
Lampyris iberica
A glow-worm firefly found in Spain and Portugal with wingless, luminous females. It inhabits Mediterranean scrublands an...
Iberian Snakefly
Harraphidia laufferi
A snakefly endemic to the Iberian Peninsula, found in cork oak and pine woodlands. It is one of several snakefly species...
Ichneumon Wasp
Megarhyssa macrurus
A large parasitoid wasp with an extremely long, thread-like ovipositor that can exceed the length of its body. Females d...
Ilex Hairstreak
Satyrium ilicis
A small dark brown butterfly with an orange band on the underside of its hindwings and a tiny tail projection. It is str...
Ilia Underwing
Catocala ilia
A large moth with bark-patterned gray forewings that conceal bright reddish-orange and black hindwings. When startled, i...
Imperial Jezebel
Delias harpalyce
A striking butterfly with white uppersides and vivid red and yellow undersides. It flies high in eucalypt canopy and is ...
Imperial Moth
Eacles imperialis
A large moth with bright yellow wings variably marked with purple-brown spots and patches. It is one of the most recogni...
Indian Honey Bee
Apis cerana indica
A small, dark-banded honey bee native to the Indian subcontinent and the primary managed bee species in traditional Indi...
Indian Web Spinner
Oligotoma saundersii
A cosmopolitan web spinner originally from South Asia, now found in warm regions worldwide. It commonly inhabits cracks ...
Inocellia Snakefly
Inocellia crassicornis
A snakefly belonging to the family Inocelliidae, distinguished from Raphidiidae by the absence of ocelli. It is found in...
Intermedius Schedorhinotermes
Schedorhinotermes intermedius
One of Australia's most common structural pest termites, known for its dimorphic soldier caste. Colonies nest in tree st...
Iron Prominent Moth
Notodonta dromedarius
A richly colored moth with rusty-brown forewings marked with yellow and dark patches. Its caterpillar sports a dramatic ...
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....
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 Damaster Ground Beetle
Damaster blaptoides
A remarkably elongated Japanese ground beetle with an extremely narrow body and extended neck region. It has evolved thi...
Japanese 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 Luehdorfia
Luehdorfia japonica
A rare spring-flying swallowtail butterfly endemic to Japan. Named 'spring goddess' in Japanese. Has declined severely d...
Japanese Mantidfly
Mantispa japonica
An East Asian mantidfly found in woodlands across Japan and Korea. Recognized by its amber-tinted wings and stout raptor...
Japanese Stick Insect
Ramulus mikado
Known as 'nanafushi' in Japanese, meaning 'seven-jointed.' An elongated, twig-mimicking insect that is nearly invisible ...
Javanese Subterranean Termite
Schedorhinotermes javanicus
A subterranean termite found throughout Southeast Asia with a distinctive dimorphic soldier caste consisting of both maj...
Jet Black Ant
Lasius fuliginosus
A shiny jet-black ant that builds carton nests inside hollow trees using chewed wood mixed with honeydew. It cultivates ...
Jewel Beetle
Chrysochroa fulgidissima
Prized for its iridescent metallic green and red-gold elytra. Used in traditional Japanese art called Tamamushi. The col...
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...
Kentish Glory Moth
Endromis versicolora
A day-flying moth once widespread in England but now extinct there....
Kenyan Stick Insect
Bactrododema tiaratum
A large, robust stick insect with a spiny, bark-like body and short wings. Males are much smaller and more slender than ...
Kermes Scale
Kermes vermilio
Source of kermes dye, one of the oldest known red dyes. Used since ancient Egyptian and Roman times. The word "crimson" ...
Kissing Bug
Rhodnius prolixus
The principal vector of Chagas disease in Latin America. Named because it bites sleeping humans near the mouth and eyes,...
Lace Bug
Corythucha ciliata
A tiny bug with extraordinary lace-like transparent wing covers that resemble intricate stained glass windows. It feeds ...
Lacteus Termite
Coptotermes lacteus
An Australian mound-building termite that constructs distinctive dark, hard-walled mounds up to 2 meters tall. The mound...
Lappet Moth
Gastropacha quercifolia
A moth that rests with wings layered to perfectly resemble a cluster of dead leaves....
Large Birch Cimbicid
Cimbex connatus
A very large sawfly, closely related to C. femoratus, with a massive body and distinctly clubbed antennae. Adults vary i...
Large Brown Lacewing
Drepanepteryx phalaenoides
The largest European brown lacewing with distinctively hooked wing tips. Resembles a dead leaf when at rest on branches....
Large Case Moth
Metura elongatus
A bagworm moth whose larva builds a distinctive silk case covered in sticks and leaves. The wingless female never leaves...
Large Gold Chafer
Protaetia aeruginosa
A large, spectacular metallic golden-green beetle associated with ancient forests. Its larvae develop in hollows of old ...
Large Oak Cynipid
Cynips quercusfolii
A gall wasp that induces cherry-sized galls on the undersides of oak leaves. The galls turn from green to red as they ma...
Large Pale Clothes Moth
Tinea pallescentella
A pale straw-colored clothes moth that is larger than the common webbing clothes moth. Its larvae prefer coarser animal ...
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-winged Barklouse
Psocus leidyi
A conspicuous barklouse with large patterned wings found on deciduous trees. Adults are active in late summer and autumn...
Larger Elm Leaf Beetle
Monocesta coryli
A robust, bright yellowish-orange beetle with darker wing tips that feeds on a variety of deciduous trees. When handled,...
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...
Leaf-rolling Weevil
Attelabus nitens
A small bright red weevil that cuts and rolls oak leaves into barrel-shaped cradles for its eggs with geometric precisio...
Leatherback Ground Beetle
Carabus coriaceus
The largest European ground beetle, entirely matte black with heavily wrinkled elytra. It is a powerful nocturnal hunter...
Lesser Banded Hornet
Vespa affinis
A medium-sized hornet with a dark body and bright orange-yellow abdominal bands. It builds large aerial nests in trees a...
Lesser 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 Stag Beetle
Dorcus parallelipipedus
A robust, matt-black beetle found across European woodlands. Unlike its larger cousin, both sexes have similarly sized m...
Leucozona Hoverfly
Leucozona leucorum
A distinctive hoverfly with a white-banded abdomen found visiting flowers in damp woodland clearings. Larvae prey on aph...
Lined Stink Bug
Banasa dimidiata
A small green shield-shaped stink bug with a rounded body found on a wide variety of deciduous trees and shrubs. It is a...
Lissonota Ichneumon
Lissonota setosa
A slender, reddish-brown ichneumon wasp that parasitizes moth larvae inside their shelters. Females have a long, flexibl...
Little Carpenterworm
Prionoxystus macmurtrei
A smaller relative of the carpenterworm moth that bores into oaks and other hardwoods. Larvae create long tunnels throug...
Lobster Moth
Stauropus fagi
A moth whose young caterpillar mimics an ant and mature caterpillar resembles a lobster....
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-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 Barklouse
Ectopsocus briggsi
A widespread bark louse found on tree trunks and dead leaves across Europe and introduced to other continents. It has lo...
Long-winged Fungus Gnat
Macrocera stigma
A delicate fungus gnat with unusually long antennae and slender patterned wings. It is often found in shaded damp woodla...
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...
Luna Moth
Actias luna
A stunning lime-green moth with long trailing hindwing tails. Adults live only about one week. The long tails confuse ba...
Lunate Ichneumon
Megarhyssa greenei
A reddish-brown parasitoid wasp native to North America. It targets horntail larvae in hardwood trees and uses its long ...
Lyric Cicada
Neotibicen lyricen
A medium-large cicada with a lyre-shaped marking on the dorsal thorax that gives it its name. Its call is a continuous, ...
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 ...
Madeira Longhorn
Leptura aurulenta
A large flower longhorn with rusty-orange elytra and a black head and pronotum. Found in forests around the Mediterranea...
Mahajanga Cicada
Yanga mahajangaensis
A recently described cicada species from northwestern Madagascar with brownish transparent wings and a robust body. It w...
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 Edmond's Carpenter Ant
Camponotus edmondi
A medium-large carpenter ant with a bicolored body, typically dark head and gaster with a reddish-brown thorax. Workers ...
Malagasy 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...
Malagasy Trap-jaw Ant
Mystrium oberthueri
A pale yellow to amber ant with elongated mandibles that can snap shut at extreme speeds. It is closely related to M. ca...
Malaysian Trilobite Beetle
Platerodrilus ruficollis
A bizarre beetle whose larviform females retain a flat, segmented larval appearance throughout life, resembling ancient ...
Margined Brown Lacewing
Hemerobius marginatus
A European brown lacewing with darkened wing margins found in deciduous woodland. Common but often overlooked due to its...
Marshalli Flower Beetle
Smaragdesthes africana
A small brilliant green flower chafer commonly found on flowers in open woodland. It is an important pollinator of savan...
Masked Devil Cicada
Cyclochila virens
A large Australian cicada with vivid green coloring and a loud, piercing call. It is closely related to the Green Grocer...
Merveille du Jour
Griposia aprilina
A strikingly camouflaged moth with green and black lichen-like patterning on its forewings. It rests on oak bark where i...
Mistletoe Mining Bee
Andrena nycthemera
A striking spring-flying mining bee with contrasting black and white body hair bands. It is associated with blackthorn h...
Moorhen Flea
Dasypsyllus gallinulae
A flea commonly found on small passerine birds including tits, wrens, and robins. It breeds in bird nesting boxes and na...
Mopane Worm
Gonimbrasia belina
The most economically important edible insect in southern Africa. The caterpillar of an emperor moth, harvested, dried, ...
Mosquito
Aedes aegypti
A vector for dengue, yellow fever, Zika, and chikungunya. Only females bite, needing blood protein for egg development. ...
Muga Silk Moth
Antheraea assamensis
A semi-domesticated wild silk moth producing a naturally golden silk unique to Assam, India. Its shimmering golden threa...
Musk Beetle
Aromia moschata
A large, metallic green or coppery longhorn beetle that emits a rose-like musk scent. Larvae develop inside old willow t...
Narrow-mouth Ground Beetle
Abax parallelepipedus
A large, shiny black ground beetle with a distinctive parallel-sided body shape. It is one of the most common large cara...
Narrow-necked Ant Beetle
Dinarda dentata
A flattened, reddish-brown aleocharine rove beetle that inhabits Formica ant nests as a tolerated guest. Its flattened b...
Neon Cuckoo Bee
Thyreus nitidulus
A stunning blue-spotted cleptoparasite that lays eggs in the nests of blue-banded bees. The cuckoo larva hatches first a...
Neotropical Paper Wasp
Polistes canadensis
A large reddish-brown paper wasp with dark wings that builds open-comb nests under eaves and branches. It is one of the ...
Neotropical Rove Beetle
Xanthopygus cognatus
A large, strikingly colored rove beetle with a bright orange pronotum contrasting with black elytra and head. It is one ...
Neotropical Stingless Bee
Tetragonisca angustula
A tiny stingless bee whose honey has been harvested by indigenous peoples for centuries....
Nessus Sphinx Moth
Amphion floridensis
A day-flying sphinx moth with dark chocolate-brown wings and two bright yellow bands across the abdomen. It hovers like ...
Nest Rove Beetle
Quedius ochripennis
A medium-sized rove beetle with pale brownish elytra, specializing in bird and mammal nests. It exploits the rich invert...
Net-winged Beetle
Calopteron reticulatum
A toxic beetle with raised net-like veins on its elytra and aposematic coloration....
Nevada Dampwood Termite
Zootermopsis nevadensis
A large dampwood termite found in mountainous regions of western North America. Colonies inhabit moist, decaying wood of...
New Guinea Spiny Stick Insect
Eurycantha horrida
A robust, dark-colored stick insect densely covered in sharp tubercles and spines. It is nocturnal and hides in communal...
North American Brown Lacewing
Hemerobius ovalis
A common brown lacewing of North American deciduous forests. Frequently encountered on foliage in eastern woodlands duri...
North American Hide Beetle
Trox scaber
A small, oval, grayish-brown beetle with heavily sculptured elytra covered in rows of bumps and encrusted soil. It speci...
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 Rat Flea
Nosopsyllus fasciatus
A flea of the Norway rat found in temperate climates, capable of transmitting murine typhus. It has a distinctive pronot...
Notoligotoma Web Spinner
Notoligotoma hardyi
An Australian web spinner found in tropical northern Australia. It builds silk galleries on tree trunks during the wet s...
Oak Apple Gall Wasp
Biorhiza pallida
A gall wasp that creates large spongy apple-like galls on oak twigs. It has an alternating sexual and asexual generation...
Oak Bark Borer
Scolytus intricatus
A small bark beetle that attacks oaks across Europe. It breeds in weakened or recently dead branches and trunks....
Oak Lace Bug
Corythucha arcuata
A small whitish lace bug with darkened wing markings that feeds on oak trees. It is native to North America but has rece...
Oak Leaf Roller Moth
Archips xylosteana
A medium-sized tortrix with brown patterned forewings showing darker oblique bands. Larvae roll oak leaves into tight tu...
Oak Processionary Moth
Thaumetopoea processionea
A moth whose caterpillars march nose-to-tail in long processions along tree branches....
Oak Slug Sawfly
Caliroa quercuscoccineae
A slug-like sawfly larva that skeletonizes oak leaves in North America. Severe infestations cause browning of the canopy...
Oak Treehopper
Platycotis vittata
A colorful treehopper that feeds on oak twigs in eastern North America. Females exhibit maternal care by straddling thei...
Orange Caterpillar Parasite
Netelia ephippitarsus
A slender, amber-orange ichneumon wasp found across Australasia. It attaches eggs to caterpillars and the larva feeds ex...
Orange-tip
Anthocharis cardamines
Males have bright orange wingtips; females are plain white with black tips. A herald of spring in European woodlands....
Orchard Swallowtail
Papilio aegeus
A large black swallowtail where females display white and red markings mimicking toxic butterflies. Males are mostly bla...
Oriental Latrine Fly
Chrysomya megacephala
A metallic blue-green blow fly originally from the Oriental region that has spread globally. It is both a forensic indic...
Ornate Pygmy Grasshopper
Tetrix ornata
A tiny, intricately patterned groundhopper found on bare sandy soils in North American prairies and open woodlands. Its ...
Ozark Stiletto Fly
Thereva frontalis
A medium-sized stiletto fly with a grayish body covered in fine pale hairs and clear wings. It is commonly found resting...
Pacific 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...
Painted Hickory Borer
Megacyllene caryae
A handsome cerambycid with white zigzag markings on dark brown elytra, breeding in dead hickory and oak in eastern North...
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...
Painted Mining Bee
Andrena fucata
A handsome spring bee with a red-brown thorax and banded abdomen. It is common in woodland clearings and gardens across ...
Painted Nomad Bee
Nomada fucata
A bright yellow and black cuckoo bee that parasitizes the nests of Andrena mining bees....
Pale-Footed Birch Sawfly
Profenusa thomsoni
A tiny black sawfly whose larvae create distinctive blotch mines within birch leaves. Mined leaves develop brown, papery...
Pallidipes Tsetse Fly
Glossina pallidipes
A large savanna tsetse fly with a distinctive pale brownish coloration, found in woodland habitats of East Africa. It is...
Panzer's Nomad Bee
Nomada panzeri
A wasp-mimicking cleptoparasitic bee that targets Andrena mining bee nests. Its bright red, yellow, and black coloring w...
Parasitic Wood Wasp
Orussus abietinus
A small, dark-bodied wasp-like insect with a flattened head and short antennae inserted below the eyes. It is among the ...
Pavement Ant
Tetramorium caespitum
A common urban ant that nests under sidewalks, driveways, and building foundations. They are well known for their specta...
Pennant Ant
Technomyrmex albipes
A small dark ant with conspicuous whitish legs that forms long trailing columns up trees. It is a widespread tramp speci...
Pennsylvania Wood Cockroach
Parcoblatta pensylvanica
A native North American cockroach that lives outdoors in forests and woodlands. Males are strong fliers attracted to lig...
Peppered Moth
Biston betularia
The classic textbook example of natural selection in action. During the Industrial Revolution, dark (melanic) forms beca...
Pergid Sawfly
Perga affinis
An Australian sawfly whose larvae form dense defensive clusters called spitfires on eucalyptus trees. When threatened, l...
Periodical Cicada
Magicicada septendecim
Emerges in massive synchronized broods every 17 years. Nymphs live underground feeding on tree root sap. Males produce t...
Pigeon Bug
Cimex columbarius
A cimicid ectoparasite of pigeons and doves found in nest sites and dovecotes across Europe. It can bite humans in build...
Pigeon Flea
Ceratophyllus columbae
A flea found in pigeon nests and dovecotes that can bite humans in infested buildings. It thrives in the accumulated dro...
Pigeon Louse Fly
Pseudolynchia canariensis
A flattened, tough-bodied blood-sucking fly found on pigeons and doves worldwide. It has a leathery appearance, strong c...
Pleasing Lacewing
Nallachius americanus
A small and uncommon lacewing with feathery antennae in males. Larvae develop under bark feeding on wood-boring insect l...
Pleasing Lacewing Beetle
Zenoa picea
An uncommon beetle found only on fungus-covered deciduous trees....
Polynesian Tiger Mosquito
Aedes polynesiensis
A dark mosquito with white markings found across the South Pacific islands. It is an important vector of lymphatic filar...
Polyphemus Moth
Antheraea polyphemus
A large tan moth with prominent purple-ringed eyespots on its hindwings. It is named after the cyclops Polyphemus from G...
Poultry Bug
Haematosiphon inodorus
A cimicid ectoparasite of poultry native to North America that is closely related to bed bugs. Heavy infestations can ca...
Powder Post Termite
Cryptotermes primus
An Australian drywood termite that infests dry structural timber in buildings across tropical and subtropical regions. C...
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...
Prionine Longhorn Beetle
Agrianome spinicollis
One of Australia's largest longhorn beetles with a robust brown body and spiny thorax. Its larvae are known as bardee gr...
Privet Hawk-moth
Sphinx ligustri
Britain's largest resident moth, with a massive body bearing pink and black abdominal stripes. Its horn-tipped caterpill...
Proceratium Ant
Proceratium silaceum
A small brownish ant with a distinctly rounded abdomen curving forward under its body. It is a specialist predator of sp...
Processionary Caterpillar Moth
Ochrogaster lunifer
A moth whose caterpillars are famous for travelling in long, nose-to-tail processions through the Australian bush. The l...
Promethea Moth
Callosamia promethea
A large silk moth with strong sexual dimorphism. Males are dark with tan margins while females are reddish-brown with li...
Prostoia Forestfly
Prostoia besametsa
A small spring stonefly of eastern North American woodland streams. Nymphs are detritivores among leaf packs in gentle c...
Protermes Inquiline Termite
Protermes prorepens
A small inquiline termite that lives within the mounds of larger fungus-growing termite species in Africa. Colonies are ...
Psocid-like Dustywing
Conwentzia psociformis
A European dustywing named for its resemblance to psocids or booklice. Common on deciduous trees where it hunts mites on...
Purple Emperor
Apatura iris
A majestic woodland butterfly whose males display an intense iridescent purple sheen visible only at certain angles. It ...
Purple Hairstreak
Favonius quercus
A small dark butterfly with a purple-blue sheen visible only at certain angles, living almost exclusively in oak canopie...
Putnam's Cicada
Platypedia putnami
A small, dark cicada found in arid pinyon-juniper woodlands of the western US. It produces quiet clicks rather than the ...
Pygmy Earwig
Diplatys flavicollis
A tiny tropical earwig with regenerative cerci that can regrow if broken....
Queenless Ponerine Ant
Diacamma rugosum
A large black ponerine ant found across South and Southeast Asia that lacks a morphological queen caste. Instead, a sing...
Question Mark Butterfly
Polygonia interrogationis
Orange butterfly with dark spots and irregular wing margins. A silvery question-mark shape on the underside of the hindw...
Raphael s Stick Insect
Achrioptera fallax
A large stick insect from Madagascar where males have brilliant blue and orange coloring with small spiny wings. Females...
Raspy Cricket
Cooraboorama canberrae
A nocturnal wingless cricket that builds silk-lined shelters from folded leaves....
Red Imported Fire Ant
Solenopsis invicta
An aggressive, reddish-brown ant with a painful burning sting. Originally from South America, it has become one of the m...
Red Mushroom Beetle
Oxyporus rufus
A striking red and black rove beetle that lives in and feeds on fresh mushroom caps. Has large, powerful mandibles for c...
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 Rove Beetle
Platydracus maculosus
A large, brightly marked rove beetle with reddish elytra spotted with dark markings and a densely pubescent thorax. It i...
Red Underwing
Catocala nupta
A large moth with bark-like grey forewings and vivid red and black banded hindwings flashed as a startle defense....
Red-banded Hairstreak
Calycopis cecrops
Small dark butterfly with a prominent red-orange postmedian band on the underside. Hindwings bear false head pattern wit...
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-footed Robber Fly
Dioctria rufipes
A slender, metallic-dark robber fly with conspicuous orange-red legs found in European woodlands. It specializes in ambu...
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 Jewel Beetle
Castiarina rufipennis
A medium-sized jewel beetle with reddish-brown elytra and metallic green thorax. It visits flowers in eucalypt woodlands...
Red-legged Purpuricenus
Purpuricenus kaehleri
A striking cerambycid with a bright red pronotum and black elytra, found in oak woodlands across southern Europe. Adults...
Red-spotted Jewel Beetle
Castiarina erythroptera
A strikingly beautiful jewel beetle with bright red elytra spotted with dark markings. It is commonly found visiting wil...
Red-Spotted Rove Beetle
Staphylinus dimidiaticornis
A large, dark rove beetle with bicolored antennae and red-tinged wing cases. It hunts actively in leaf litter at dusk....
Reddish-brown Stag Beetle
Lucanus capreolus
A widespread North American stag beetle with a warm reddish-brown color. Commonly attracted to lights at night....
Redeye Cicada
Psaltoda moerens
A striking Australian cicada with bright red eyes and a dark body. Large choruses create a deafening noise in urban and ...
Rentz's Stick Insect
Ctenomorpha marginipennis
An extremely long Australian stick insect that can reach over 20cm in body length. It is bright green with a smooth cyli...
Reticulated Beetle
Tenomerga cinerea
A living fossil from one of the most ancient beetle families still extant....
Ribbed Net-winged Beetle
Platycis minutus
A small European net-winged beetle with dark reddish-brown elytra featuring strongly raised longitudinal ridges. It is f...
Robust Cicada
Meimuna opalifera
A common East Asian cicada known as 'tsukutsuku-boshi' in Japan. Its rhythmic song marks the end of summer in Japanese c...
Rosy Maple Moth
Dryocampa rubicunda
A small fluffy moth with striking pink and yellow coloring that resembles cotton candy. Adults emerge in spring and are ...
Round-necked Longhorn
Neoclytus acuminatus
A reddish-brown cerambycid with narrow yellowish crossbands on the elytra, native to eastern North America but now invas...
Rugose Christmas Beetle
Anoplognathus rugosus
A robust dark brown scarab with distinctly wrinkled elytra found in southeastern Australia. Adults are attracted to ligh...
Rugose Rove Beetle
Anotylus rugosus
A small, dark oxytelline rove beetle with a heavily rugose (wrinkled) surface texture. It is extremely common in dung an...
Saw Stag Beetle
Prosopocoilus inclinatus
A common Japanese stag beetle with serrated inner mandible edges. They are frequently encountered at sap flows on oak tr...
Scarce Stag Beetle
Platycerus caraboides
A small metallic blue-black stag beetle with modest mandibles. It develops in red-rotten beech wood....
Scarce Umber Moth
Agriopis aurantiaria
An autumn-flying moth with warm orange-brown wings marked with darker speckles. Females are wingless and crawl up tree t...
Scarlet Pergid Sawfly
Pergagrapta polita
A brightly colored Australian sawfly with a polished dark body and reddish highlights. Larvae feed on eucalyptus and are...
Scarlet Robber Fly
Laphria flava
A bumblebee-mimicking robber fly covered in dense golden-yellow hair. It preys on insects visiting flowers at woodland e...
Scarlet-Bodied Pergid Sawfly
Perga kirbyi
A large, robustly built Australian sawfly with a bright scarlet to red-orange abdomen and dark head and thorax. Its spit...
Scentless Plant Bug
Jadera haematoloma
A red-eyed black and red bug that forms enormous aggregations on golden rain trees and other soapberry family plants. De...
Schizonotus Chalcid
Schizonotus sieboldi
A parasitoid of mason bee larvae found across temperate Asia. It enters the sealed mud nests of Osmia bees to lay its eg...
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...
Scotch Argus
Erebia aethiops
A dark brown butterfly with russet-orange bands containing eyespots, found in northern grasslands and light woodland. It...
Sergenti Sandfly
Phlebotomus sergenti
A small sandfly with a broad geographic range across the Old World, serving as the vector of Leishmania tropica, which c...
Sermyle Walkingstick
Sermyle mexicana
A medium-sized walkingstick native to Mexico and Central America. It is found in tropical dry forests and woodland habit...
Sexton Beetle
Nicrophorus vespilloides
A black and orange carrion beetle that buries small animal carcasses as food for its larvae. Both parents care for the b...
Sexton Rove Beetle
Quedius dilatatus
A broad, somewhat flattened rove beetle found in the nests of social wasps and in tree hollows containing decaying insec...
Sharp's Rove Beetle
Philonthus sharpi
A medium-sized, metallic-sheened rove beetle named after the eminent coleopterist David Sharp. It is found in woodland a...
Shining Rove Beetle
Quedius fuliginosus
A sleek, shiny dark brown rove beetle with a smooth, mirror-like pronotum. It is one of the most common Quedius species ...
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...
Silken Fungus Beetle
Cryptophagus lycoperdi
A tiny beetle found inside puffball fungi and in moldy grain stores. Covered in fine silky hairs. Part of a poorly-known...
Silky Hairstreak
Pseudalmenus chlorinda
A small dark butterfly with metallic blue-green sheen and orange-spotted hindwing tails. Its larvae have a mutualistic r...
Silver Birch Web-Spinning Sawfly
Pamphilius sylvaticus
A flat-bodied sawfly with long filiform antennae and a broad head. Larvae roll or fold birch leaves with silk and feed w...
Silver-green Leaf Weevil
Phyllobius argentatus
A beautiful green and gold weevil found on the foliage of deciduous trees and shrubs. Covered in round iridescent scales...
Silver-washed Fritillary
Argynnis paphia
A large, fast-flying butterfly with bright orange upperwings marked with black spots and streaks. The hindwing underside...
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...
Slack Creek Stag Beetle
Lissotes menalcas
A small glossy black stag beetle endemic to Tasmania. Males have modest but distinctly curved mandibles....
Small Australian Tunneler
Onthophagus parvus
A tiny, brown tunneling dung beetle native to Australia. It is one of the few native Australian species adapted to proce...
Small Brown Forestfly
Nemoura avicularis
A small brown stonefly of European woodland streams that emerges in spring. Nymphs are detritivores feeding on submerged...
Small Earwig
Apterygida media
A small reddish-brown earwig found in woodland leaf litter across Europe. Males have strongly curved forceps while femal...
Small Fan-footed Wave
Idaea biselata
A small, delicate moth with pale buff wings and fine dark cross-lines. Common in deciduous woodland. Larvae feed on dead...
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....
Small Tortoiseshell
Aglais urticae
A familiar orange butterfly with black and yellow markings and a row of blue crescents along the wing margins. It hibern...
Smokybrown Cockroach
Periplaneta fuliginosa
A uniformly dark mahogany-brown cockroach that is an excellent flier and strongly attracted to lights at night. It requi...
Snout Ant-loving Beetle
Batrisodes venustus
A tiny, reddish-brown pselaphine rove beetle with a characteristic elongated snout-like head. It inhabits ant nests wher...
Snout Beetle
Rhinotia hemistictus
An elongated Australian weevil with a remarkably long snout and metallic blue-green coloring with orange spots. It is fo...
Snyder's Zorapteran
Zorotypus snyderi
A minute gregarious insect living in small colonies in rotting logs. Wingless forms are blind and pale, while winged for...
South American Cuckoo Bee
Exaerete frontalis
A large metallic blue-green cleptoparasitic orchid bee that lays its eggs in the nests of other orchid bees. Its mandibl...
South American Darkling Beetle
Zophobas morio
A large shiny black darkling beetle widely distributed across tropical South America. Its larvae, known as superworms, a...
Southern Flannel Moth
Megalopyge opercularis
A fluffy moth covered in cream to orange-brown fur-like scales. Its larva, called the puss caterpillar, is covered in so...
Southern House Mosquito
Culex quinquefasciatus
A tropical and subtropical mosquito that breeds in polluted water. It transmits lymphatic filariasis and is a major nuis...
Spangle Gall Wasp
Neuroterus quercusbaccarum
A tiny gall wasp that produces flat, disc-shaped spangle galls on the undersides of oak leaves. It alternates between tw...
Speckled Yellow
Pseudopanthera macularia
A bright yellow day-flying moth with brown speckles across the wings. It flutters through woodland clearings and along s...
Speculitermes Inquiline
Speculitermes cyclops
A small soil-feeding termite from India that is notable for being an inquiline, living within the mounds of larger termi...
Spider Wasp
Cryptocheilus bicolor
A large orange and black wasp that hunts huntsman spiders for its larvae....
Spine-waisted Ant
Aphaenogaster tennesseensis
A slender reddish-brown ant common in eastern North American deciduous forests. It is an important seed disperser, carry...
Spiny Longhorn Beetle
Acanthophorus serraticornis
One of Africa's largest longhorn beetles with serrated antennae and powerful mandibles. Dark brown to black and heavily ...
Spiny Oakworm Moth
Anisota stigma
A medium-sized saturniid with rich orange-brown wings bearing a small white discal spot. Males are darker and smaller th...
Split-banded Owlfly
Ascaloptynx appendiculatus
A striking North American owlfly with a bold dark band across each forewing. Inhabits dry grasslands and open woodland i...
Split-Footed Lacewing
Nymphes myrmeleonides
A large Australian lacewing with a wingspan up to 70 mm and distinctive bilobed tarsi. Adults are nocturnal and attracte...
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 ...
Spring Click Beetle
Denticollis linearis
A bicoloured click beetle with tawny-brown elytra and a dark thorax, common in spring. It is frequently found on flowers...
Spring Firefly
Photinus ardens
A small early-season firefly of the eastern United States with a distinctive fast double-pulse flash pattern. It has a d...
Squirrel Flea
Orchopeas howardi
A common ectoparasite of eastern gray squirrels and flying squirrels in North America. It is found in squirrel nests and...
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...
Stately Green Lacewing
Chrysopa walkeri
A large green lacewing found in Australian woodlands and gardens. One of the more conspicuous lacewing species on the co...
Steelblue Jewel Leaf Beetle
Lamprolina aeneipennis
A large, robust Australian leaf beetle with brilliant metallic steely-blue to purple elytra and a dark green pronotum. I...
Sticktight Flea
Echidnophaga gallinacea
A small flea that permanently attaches to the skin of poultry, often around the face and comb. It can also parasitize do...
Stridulating Passalid
Passalus punctatostriatus
A large, shiny black bess beetle with prominently punctate-striate elytra and strong mandibles. It lives in family group...
Striped Ambrosia Beetle
Trypodendron lineatum
A widespread ambrosia beetle that attacks freshly felled conifers. It cultivates symbiotic fungi inside its tunnels as f...
Sugar Ant
Camponotus consobrinus
A common Australian ant with an orange-brown thorax and black head and abdomen. It is mainly nocturnal and frequently en...
Sugarbag Bee
Tetragonula carbonaria
A tiny Australian stingless bee commonly kept in backyard hives for pollination and honey. They build distinctive spiral...
Sumac Gall Aphid
Melaphis rhois
A gall-forming aphid that produces large hollow galls on sumac trees in which colonies live and reproduce. Soldier nymph...
Sunda Colugo Fly
Megischus bicolor
A parasitoid wasp with a slender body, extremely long ovipositor, and distinctively bicolored black and orange body. It ...
Swallow Louse Fly
Ornithomya avicularia
A flattened, brownish winged louse fly that parasitizes a wide range of bird species. It moves rapidly through feathers ...
Swarm-Founding Wasp
Polybia paulista
A small dark social wasp that builds enclosed paper nests containing thousands of individuals. It is known for its aggre...
Sweetheart Underwing
Catocala amatrix
A large underwing moth with mottled gray-brown forewings and rosy-pink hindwings crossed by black bands. It is one of th...
Sycamore Seed Bug
Belonochilus numenius
A seed bug native to North America that feeds exclusively on sycamore seeds. It has recently invaded Europe where it spr...
Tachydromia Dance Fly
Tachydromia umbrarum
A tiny wingless dance fly that runs rapidly over tree bark hunting for small arthropods. Despite being flightless, it is...
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...
Tanner Beetle
Prionus coriarius
A large, robust, dark brown longhorn beetle that flies noisily at dusk. Its powerful larvae bore into the roots of decid...
Tanzanian Conehead Mantis
Empusa conversii
An East African conehead mantis found in the dry woodlands of Tanzania. It has a well-developed head cone and long, spin...
Tapestry Moth
Trichophaga tapetzella
A distinctive clothes moth with whitish forewings and a dark brownish-black base. It creates extensive silk galleries th...
Tau Emperor Moth
Aglia tau
A day-flying silk moth with a distinctive T-shaped mark on each wing....
Telephone Pole Beetle
Micromalthus debilis
The sole surviving member of an ancient beetle family dating back 200 million years....
Temognatha Jewel Beetle
Temognatha alternata
A large Australian jewel beetle with bold yellow and black striped elytra. Found in eucalyptus forests and woodlands....
Termite-Nest Silverfish
Atelura formicaria
A small, blind, unpigmented silverfish that lives exclusively inside ant nests. It has evolved chemical mimicry to avoid...
Termitophilous Rove Beetle
Corotoca melantho
A bizarre, physogastric rove beetle that lives inside termite nests in Brazil. The female's abdomen becomes enormously s...
Tersa Sphinx Moth
Xylophanes tersa
A sleek hawk moth with narrow, pointed forewings in lavender-gray with darker streaks. It is a fast and agile flier foun...
Tethered Walkingstick
Manomera tenuescens
A very thin, elongated walkingstick from the eastern United States. It is among the most slender of all North American p...
Thief Ant
Solenopsis molesta
One of the smallest ant species in North America, nesting near larger ant colonies to steal food and brood. Their tiny s...
Thorny Devil Stick Insect
Eurycantha calcarata
A massive, heavily armored stick insect from New Guinea with powerful spiny hind legs. Males have a large curved spine o...
Tiger Bee Fly
Xenox tigrinus
A large, dramatic bee fly with boldly patterned black and white spotted wings. It is commonly seen flying around wooden ...
Tooth-Necked Fungus Beetle
Bolitotherus cornutus
A heavily armored, warty brown beetle that feeds on shelf fungi on dead trees. Males have two prominent horns on the tho...
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....
Trash-carrying Lacewing
Chrysopa nigricornis
A North American green lacewing with dark antennae. Its larvae camouflage themselves by piling debris on their backs....
Tree Bumblebee
Bombus hypnorum
A distinctive bumblebee with a brown thorax, black abdomen and white tail. Often nests in bird boxes....
Tree Weta
Hemideina thoracica
A common weta species found throughout the North Island of New Zealand. It shelters in tree holes during the day and for...
Tres Marias Firefly
Photinus knabi
A small firefly native to Mexico with a yellowish-green flash. It has a dark body with a pale-bordered pronotum and is f...
Triatoma lecticularia
Triatoma lecticularia
A kissing bug found across the southeastern United States that occasionally invades homes. Its name references its histo...
Tricolored Fungus Rove Beetle
Lordithon trinotatus
A small, attractively patterned rove beetle with three dark spots on yellowish elytra, found exclusively on fungi. It is...
Tropical Rough-headed Drywood Termite
Cryptotermes dudleyi
A pantropical drywood termite that infests dead wood and structural timber. Soldiers have a distinctive rough, phragmoti...
Tunnel Beetle
Lymexylon navale
A slender cylindrical beetle whose larvae bore straight tunnels through oak timber. Historically damaged ship timber....
Turanian Snakefly
Turcoraphidia amara
A snakefly native to Central Asia and the Middle East, inhabiting arid mountainous woodlands. It is one of the few raphi...
Tuxen's Acerentomid
Acerentulus confinis
A widespread European proturan found in a variety of soil habitats. It is commonly encountered in temperate deciduous fo...
Twin-spotted Firefly
Photinus tanytoxus
A small North American firefly with a bright greenish-yellow flash and distinctive twin light organs visible on the last...
Twin-spotted Sphinx Moth
Smerinthus jamaicensis
A medium-sized hawk moth with scalloped gray-brown forewings and blue and black eyespots on the hindwings. When threaten...
Two-Spot Ladybird
Adalia bipunctata
A small ladybird typically red with two black spots, though melanic (black with red spots) forms are also common. Popula...
Two-spotted Case-bearer
Cryptocephalus bipunctatus
A cylindrical beetle with red to orange elytra each bearing a single black spot, and a dark head and pronotum. It feeds ...
Two-Spotted Oak Buprestid
Agrilus biguttatus
A slender, dark bronze-green jewel beetle with two white spots on its elytra. It is implicated in acute oak decline in E...
Two-spotted Tree Cricket
Neoxabea bipunctata
A reddish-brown tree cricket with two distinctive dark spots at the base of its antennae. It produces a soft continuous ...
Two-Striped Walking Stick
Anisomorpha buprestoides
A stout stick insect with two bold stripes running down its body, common in the southeastern United States. It is freque...
Twolined Chestnut Borer
Agrilus bilineatus
A jewel beetle that attacks stressed oaks and chestnuts in eastern North America. It is named for two pale stripes runni...
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...
Valentine Ant
Crematogaster cerasi
A North American acrobat ant common in deciduous forests and suburban yards. They typically nest in dead branches and ol...
Vapourer Moth
Orgyia antiqua
A moth in which males are russet-brown day-fliers while females are completely wingless and never leave their cocoon. Fe...
Velvet Longhorn
Trichoferus campestris
A brownish-grey cerambycid covered in fine velvety pubescence, native to Central Asia but now spreading globally through...
Venezuelan Pebble Toad Fly
Pantophthalmus bellardii
One of the largest flies in the world, with robust bodies reaching 40 mm and a wingspan exceeding 70 mm. The larvae deve...
Vine Hawk Moth
Hippotion velox
A sleek olive-brown hawk moth with a distinctive pale dorsal stripe. It is widespread across Africa and Asia, and is one...
Virginia Wood Cockroach
Parcoblatta virginica
A woodland cockroach native to the eastern United States. It is closely related to the Pennsylvania wood cockroach but s...
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...
Wallacea Giant Bee
Megachile pluto
The worlds largest bee at 39 mm long with a 63 mm wingspan. Thought extinct for 38 years until rediscovered in Indonesia...
Walnut Sphinx Moth
Amorpha juglandis
A beautifully cryptic hawk moth with scalloped wing edges and mottled brown, gray, and lavender patterns. It rests among...
Washerwoman Christmas Beetle
Anoplognathus porosus
A large tan to brown Christmas beetle with a rough, pitted elytra surface. It is one of the most widespread species in t...
Wasp Nest Beetle
Metoecus paradoxus
A bizarre wedge-shaped beetle that develops as a parasitoid inside social wasp nests. Males have feathery antennae....
Wasp Twisted-Wing Parasite
Xenos vesparum
An endoparasite of paper wasps where females spend their entire life inside the wasp host. Parasitized wasps are castrat...
Waved Sphinx Moth
Ceratomia undulosa
A large gray hawk moth with wavy dark lines across the forewings, providing superb bark camouflage. It is one of the mos...
Waved Umber
Menophra abruptaria
A brown geometrid moth with distinctive wavy cross-lines. A common urban moth often found on walls and fences....
Weevil
Curculio glandium
Acorn weevils have an enormously long rostrum (snout) used to bore into acorns for egg laying. Curculionidae is the larg...
Wesmael's Brown Lacewing
Wesmaelius subnebulosus
A medium-sized brown lacewing with subtly patterned wings found across Europe. Frequent in gardens and deciduous woodlan...
Western Boxelder Bug
Boisea rubrolineata
A red and black bug very similar to the eastern boxelder bug but found in western North America. It forms large overwint...
Western Chicken Flea
Ceratophyllus niger
A poultry flea common in western North America that infests chickens and other domestic birds. Heavy infestations reduce...
Western Corsair
Rasahus thoracicus
A large, dark brown assassin bug found in western North America that occasionally enters homes and can deliver an intens...
Western Snakefly
Agulla adnixa
A North American snakefly found in western forests and woodlands. Larvae develop under bark of conifers where they hunt ...
Western Yellowjacket
Vespula pensylvanica
The most common yellowjacket in western North America with a distinctive diamond-shaped black mark on its first abdomina...
White Admiral
Limenitis camilla
An elegant woodland butterfly with dark brown wings crossed by a broad white band, noted for its graceful gliding flight...
White Underwing
Catocala relicta
A striking underwing moth with white and black banded forewings that mimics birch bark. Its hindwings are black with bro...
Wide-horned Hissing Cockroach
Gromphadorhina oblongonota
A large Madagascan hissing cockroach with prominent wide pronotal bumps. It is often confused with G. portentosa but has...
Willoughby's Leafcutter Bee
Megachile willughbiella
A large, furry leafcutter bee common across Europe that nests in a variety of above-ground cavities. It is named after t...
Winter Ant
Prenolepis imparis
A small brown ant unique for being most active during cold months when other ants are dormant. Replete workers store liq...
Winter Crane Fly
Trichocera annulata
A cold-adapted crane fly that forms mating swarms in winter even in freezing weather....
Winter Firefly
Ellychnia corrusca
A day-active firefly that does not produce light as an adult. It is commonly found on tree trunks during late winter and...
Winter Moth
Operophtera brumata
A cold-hardy moth whose tiny green inchworm caterpillars defoliate fruit and shade trees in early spring. Females are vi...
Wood Cricket
Nemobius sylvestris
A tiny brown cricket of European woodland floors that scurries through leaf litter like a small beetle. Its quiet, conti...
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...
Wood-carving Leafcutter Bee
Megachile ligniseca
A large, dark leafcutter bee that nests in rotten wood and dead tree stumps across Europe. Females cut large leaf pieces...
Woodland Acerentomid
Acerentomon maius
A relatively large proturan found in deciduous forest soils of central Europe. It is among the better-studied acerentomi...
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...
Woodland Dor Beetle
Anoplotrupes stercorosus
A medium-sized, convex dung beetle with a steel-blue or black dorsal surface and metallic blue-violet underside. Common ...
Woodland Pool Mosquito
Aedes canadensis
A cold-hardy mosquito that breeds in snowmelt pools and temporary woodland streams. Larvae develop rapidly in ephemeral ...
Woodland Pterostichus
Pterostichus oblongopunctatus
A medium-sized, shiny black ground beetle with distinctive oblong punctures in rows on its elytra. It is one of the most...
Woolly Hackberry Aphid
Shivaphis celti
A waxy-white social aphid that feeds on hackberry trees and is notable for its cooperative colony defense. Large groups ...
Xantholine Rove Beetle
Xantholinus linearis
An elongated, shiny black rove beetle with a distinctive long head. It hunts small invertebrates in soil and under bark....
Xanthostigma Snakefly
Xanthostigma xanthostigma
A snakefly with a distinctive yellow wing stigma from which it derives its name. It is found in European woodlands where...
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 Hornet
Vespa simillima
Known as 'ke-buchi-suzumebachi' in Japanese, a common hornet in Japan and Korea. Builds large paper nests in trees and u...
Yellow-legged Hornet
Vespa velutina
An invasive Asian hornet with a dark body and yellow leg tips now spreading rapidly across Europe. It is a major predato...
Zebra Swallowtail
Eurytides marcellus
A pale greenish-white swallowtail with bold black stripes and very long hindwing tails. Its striking zebra-like pattern ...
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...