Insect Directory

4959 species across 37 orders

Hymenoptera

Two-coloured Mason Bee

Osmia bicolor

8-11 mm
Hymenoptera

Underground Army Ant

Labidus coecus

2-7 mm
Hymenoptera

Unequal Cellophane Bee

Colletes inaequalis

10-13 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Valentine Ant

Crematogaster cerasi

2.5-4 mm
Hymenoptera Critically Endangered

Variable Cuckoo Bumble Bee

Bombus variabilis

15-22 mm
Hymenoptera

Velvet Ant

Dasymutilla occidentalis

15-25 mm
Hymenoptera

Velvet Tree Ant

Liometopum occidentale

3-6 mm
Hymenoptera

Violet Cuckoo Wasp

Chrysis rutilans

6-10 mm
Hymenoptera Near Threatened

Viper's Bugloss Mining Bee

Andrena nasuta

11-13 mm
Hymenoptera

Virginia Pine Sawfly

Neodiprion pratti pratti

6-8 mm
Hymenoptera Vulnerable

Wallacea Giant Bee

Megachile pluto

23-39 mm
Hymenoptera

Warrior Wasp

Synoeca septentrionalis

25-30 mm
Hymenoptera

Weaver Ant

Oecophylla smaragdina

5-10 mm
Hymenoptera

West African Driver Ant

Dorylus molestus

3-14 mm
Hymenoptera Vulnerable

Western Bumble Bee

Bombus occidentalis

10-22 mm
Hymenoptera

Western Cicada Killer

Sphecius grandis

30-55 mm
Hymenoptera

Western Harvester Ant

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

6-10 mm
Hymenoptera Data Deficient

Western Large-headed Bee

Ctenocolletes smaragdinus

10-14 mm
Hymenoptera

Western Yellowjacket

Vespula pensylvanica

11-16 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Wheat Stem Sawfly

Cephus cinctus

8-13 mm (adult)
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

White Pine Sawfly

Neodiprion pinetum

6-9 mm (adult)
Hymenoptera

White-banded Sweat Bee

Lasioglossum leucozonium

8-10 mm
Hymenoptera

White-footed Ant

Technomyrmex difficilis

2.5-3 mm
Hymenoptera

White-spotted Ichneumon

Compsocryptus texensis

10-18 mm
Hymenoptera

Willoughby's Leafcutter Bee

Megachile willughbiella

12-16 mm
Hymenoptera

Willow Bean-Gall Sawfly

Pontania proxima

3-5 mm
Hymenoptera

Willow Sawfly

Nematus pavidus

6-9 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Willow Sawfly

Nematus salicis

7-9 mm (adult)
Hymenoptera

Willow Shoot Sawfly

Janus cynosbati

8-11 mm
Hymenoptera

Winnow Ant

Aphaenogaster senilis

5-8 mm
Hymenoptera

Winter Ant

Prenolepis imparis

3-4 mm
Hymenoptera Near Threatened

Wood-carving Leafcutter Bee

Megachile ligniseca

13-16 mm
Hymenoptera

Wool Carder Bee

Anthidium manicatum

10-17 mm
Hymenoptera

Woolly Alder Sawfly

Eriocampa ovata

5-7 mm
Hymenoptera

Wroughton's Army Ant

Aenictus wroughtonii

2-3 mm
Hymenoptera

Xiphydriid Maple Borer

Xiphydria maculata

10-18 mm
Hymenoptera

Xyelid Pine Bud Sawfly

Xyela minor

3-4 mm
Hymenoptera

Xyelid Sawfly

Xyela julii

3-5 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Yellow Crazy Ant

Anoplolepis gracilipes

4-5 mm
Hymenoptera

Yellow Flower Wasp

Radumeris tasmaniensis

25-40 mm
Hymenoptera

Yellow Hornet

Vespa simillima

21-28 mm
Hymenoptera

Yellow Meadow Ant

Lasius flavus

2-4 mm
Hymenoptera

Yellow Ophion

Ophion obscuratus

14-18 mm
Hymenoptera

Yellow-Banded Cimbicid

Trichiosoma tibiale

15-22 mm
Hymenoptera

Yellow-faced Bee

Hylaeus communis

5-7 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Yellow-faced Horntail

Sirex nitobei

15–30 mm
Hymenoptera

Yellow-headed Scoliid

Campsomeriella annulata

20-30 mm
Hymenoptera

Yellow-Horned Horntail

Urocerus flavicornis

20-35 mm
Hymenoptera

Yellow-legged Hornet

Vespa velutina

20-30 mm
Hymenoptera

Yellow-Legged Horntail

Urocerus augur

20-30 mm
Hymenoptera

Yellow-legged Mining Bee

Andrena flavipes

10-13 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Yellow-shouldered Slug Sawfly

Arge berberidis

7-9 mm (adult)
Lepidoptera

Abbott's Sphinx Moth

Sphecodina abbottii

50-70 mm
Lepidoptera

Abisara echerius

Abisara echerius

40-50 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Achemon Sphinx Moth

Eumorpha achemon

85-100 mm
Lepidoptera

Achilles Morpho

Morpho achilles

95-120 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera Not Evaluated

Acorn Moth

Blastobasis glandulella

15–22 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Acraea Butterfly

Acraea acerata

45-60 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Adonis Blue

Lysandra bellargus

30-36 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera Not Evaluated

African Armyworm

Spodoptera exempta

28-35 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

African Bush Brown Butterfly

Bicyclus anynana

35-45 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

African Commodore Butterfly

Precis pelarga

45-55 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

African Emperor Moth

Bunaea caffraria

80-120 mm
Lepidoptera Data Deficient

African Giant Swallowtail

Papilio antimachus

180-250 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

African Grass Blue

Zizeeria knysna

16-22 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

African Map Butterfly

Cyrestis camillus

45-55 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

African Migrant Butterfly

Catopsilia florella

55-70 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

African Moon Moth

Argema mimosae

Wingspan 100-120mm
Lepidoptera

African Sapphire

Iolaus iulus

30-40 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera Not Evaluated

African Sugarcane Borer

Eldana saccharina

20-30 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

African Wild Silk Moth

Gonometa postica

50-70 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Alpine Blue

Albulina orbitulus

24-30 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Alpine Grizzled Skipper

Pyrgus andromedae

22-28 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera Not Evaluated

Amazon Sphinx Moth

Cocytius antaeus

130-175 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera Not Evaluated

Amazonian Dagger Moth

Lophocampa citrina

35-50 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera Not Evaluated

Amazonian Uranid Moth

Urania leilus

70-90 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Amber Phantom

Haetera piera

55-65 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Ambulyx Hawk Moth

Ambulyx substrigilis

80-110 mm
Lepidoptera

American Moth-Butterfly

Macrosoma heliconiaria

38-45 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera Vulnerable

Anaxibia Morpho

Morpho anaxibia

100-120 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Angle Shades

Phlogophora meticulosa

45-52 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Angola White Lady Swallowtail

Graphium angolanus

70-90 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Anna's Eighty-Eight

Diaethria anna

30-40 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera Vulnerable

Apollo Butterfly

Parnassius apollo

62-86 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Arctic Clouded Yellow

Colias tyche

40-50 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Arctic Fritillary

Boloria chariclea

28-36 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Arctic Grayling

Oeneis bore

38-48 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Arctic Ringlet

Erebia disa

34-42 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Arctic Sulphur

Colias nastes

36-46 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Arctic Tiger Moth

Grammia quenseli

34-44 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Arctic Tussock Moth

Dicallomera fascelina

35-45 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Arctic Woolly Bear Caterpillar Moth

Gynaephora rossii

28-38 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Arctic Woolly Bear Moth

Gynaephora groenlandica

30-40 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Asian Comma Butterfly

Polygonia c-aureum

45-55 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera Not Evaluated

Asiatic Rice Borer

Chilo suppressalis

20-28 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera Vulnerable

Atlas Blue Butterfly

Polyommatus atlanticus

25-32 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Atlas Moth

Attacus atlas

250-300 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Aurora Morpho

Morpho aurora

80-100 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Australian Grapevine Moth

Phalaenoides glycinae

40-50 mm wingspan
Lepidoptera

Australian Painted Lady

Vanessa kershawi

4-5 cm wingspan