Insects That Bite
Blood feeders, stingers, and biting species
200 species in this collection
New Zealand Katipo Spider
Latrodectus katipo
New Zealand's most venomous spider, found only on coastal sand dunes. Although an arachnid, it is one of New Zealand's m...
Ethiopian Cockroach
Deropeltis erythrocephala
A striking cockroach with a bright reddish-orange head contrasting with its black body. It is native to East Africa....
Globe-nosed Nasute Termite
Nasutitermes nigriceps
A tree-nesting nasute termite from Central and South America that builds dark carton nests high in trees. Soldiers have ...
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....
Halloween Hisser
Elliptorhina laevigata
A striking cockroach with dark brown and orange-black coloring. Its smooth pronotum and contrasting colors make it visua...
Ivory-headed Cockroach
Eublaberus posticus
A large cockroach with a distinctive cream-colored pronotum contrasting with dark brown wings. It is a burrowing species...
Javanese Subterranean Termite
Schedorhinotermes javanicus
A subterranean termite found throughout Southeast Asia with a distinctive dimorphic soldier caste consisting of both maj...
Nigerian Snouted Termite
Trinervitermes oeconomus
A grass-harvesting nasute termite found across West African savannas, building small dome-shaped mounds. Colonies play a...
Orientalis Subterranean Termite
Reticulitermes speratus
The most economically important termite in Japan, causing significant damage to traditional wooden buildings and temples...
Snapping Termite
Termes hospes
An African soil-feeding termite common in forest and savanna soils. Soldiers possess powerful snapping mandibles that ca...
Trinervitermes Nasute Termite
Trinervitermes trinervoides
A grass-harvesting nasute termite of southern Africa that builds small dome-shaped mounds in grasslands. Soldiers have p...
Tumulitermes Mound Termite
Tumulitermes pastinator
An Australian grass-harvesting termite that builds small columnar mounds in tropical savannas. Workers forage in open co...
Asian Lady Beetle (Harlequin)
Harmonia yedoensis
A large ladybug native to Japan, closely related to the invasive Asian lady beetle. Found in forest canopies where it fe...
Banded Aridaeus
Aridaeus thoracicus
A medium-sized Australian cerambycid with a bright orange pronotum contrasting with dark brown elytra. It is found in eu...
Bates' Rosalia
Rosalia batesi
A rare and beautiful longhorn beetle with pale lavender-grey elytra and contrasting black spots, found in the temperate ...
Birch Leaf Beetle
Chrysomela collaris
A handsome beetle with dark metallic blue-black elytra and a contrasting bright red pronotum. It is found on birch trees...
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-winged Rove Beetle
Platydracus chalcocephalus
A handsome rove beetle with a metallic blue-green head and pronotum contrasting with brown elytra. It is found in wooded...
Compost Rove Beetle
Oxytelus laqueatus
A small, broad oxytelline rove beetle with a distinctively sculptured pronotum bearing deep grooves. It is abundant in c...
Dark Soldier Beetle
Cantharis obscura
A dark-colored European soldier beetle often found on umbelliferous flowers. Its entirely dark elytra distinguish it fro...
Drugstore Beetle
Stegobium paniceum
A stored product pest once found infesting pharmaceutical herb collections....
Giraffe Weevil
Trachelophorus giraffa
Named for its extraordinary elongated neck, which is 2-3 times longer in males. Found only in Madagascar. Males use thei...
Golden Reed Beetle
Donacia vulgaris
A slender, metallic beetle with golden to coppery-green coloration and elongated antennae. It is commonly found resting ...
Hairy Christmas Beetle
Anoplognathus hirsutus
A densely hairy golden-brown Christmas beetle found in southeastern Australia. The fine hairs covering its body distingu...
Littoral Dung Beetle
Helictopleurus littoralis
A dung beetle adapted to coastal and lowland environments, distinguished from forest relatives by its slightly flatter b...
Malaysian Trilobite Beetle
Platerodrilus ruficollis
A bizarre beetle whose larviform females retain a flat, segmented larval appearance throughout life, resembling ancient ...
Miles' Longhorn
Cerambyx miles
A large dark brown longhorn found in old oak forests around the Mediterranean basin, often confused with C. cerdo but di...
Miyama Stag Beetle (Korean)
Lucanus maculifemoratus dybowskyi
The Korean subspecies of the Miyama stag beetle, distinguished by subtle differences in mandible shape and body proporti...
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 ...
Red-legged Shieldback Ground Beetle
Badister bullatus
A small, attractively colored ground beetle with a reddish-orange head and legs contrasting with dark elytra. It is a sn...
Rough-Skinned Diving Beetle
Dytiscus lapponicus
A large diving beetle of northern and alpine regions across Europe and Asia. Both sexes have finely sculptured elytra, d...
Six-spined Engraver Beetle
Ips calligraphus
A pine-infesting bark beetle found across eastern North America. It is named for the six spine-like teeth on its rear wi...
Trilobite Beetle
Duliticola hoiseni
Females are large, larviform, and look strikingly like trilobites from the Paleozoic era. Males are tiny conventional-lo...
Two-colored Quedius
Quedius cruentus
A medium-sized rove beetle with a metallic dark head and pronotum contrasting with blood-red elytra. It inhabits montane...
Vacca Dung Beetle
Onthophagus vacca
A small coppery-green to bronze tunneler with a broad head and short horns in males. It is a common pasture dung beetle ...
Yellow-Clubbed Burying Beetle
Nicrophorus investigator
A burying beetle distinguished by its orange-tipped antennal clubs and broad orange elytral bands. It is found across th...
Yellow-shouldered Christmas Beetle
Anoplognathus chloropyrus
A medium-sized Christmas beetle recognisable by its yellowish-green pronotum contrasting with darker brown elytra. It is...
Bat Earwig
Arixenia esau
A remarkable wingless earwig that lives exclusively in bat caves, clinging to the bodies and roosting areas of naked bul...
Hop-Garden Earwig
Forficula lesnei
A small earwig closely related to the European earwig but distinguished by its shorter wing cases. It is found in southe...
African Horse Fly
Tabanus biguttatus
A large tropical horse fly that transmits animal trypanosomiasis in Africa. It is an important veterinary pest across su...
African Malaria Mosquito
Anopheles funestus
A major malaria vector in sub-Saharan Africa whose larvae develop in slow-moving stream margins. Prefers shaded, vegetat...
American Horse Fly
Tabanus americanus
One of the largest horse flies in North America with a dark brown body and conspicuous green or purple iridescent eyes. ...
Arabiensis Mosquito
Anopheles arabiensis
A member of the Anopheles gambiae complex that thrives in drier, more arid conditions. It feeds on both humans and cattl...
Arctic Mosquito
Aedes nigripes
A large, dark-bodied mosquito common across the Arctic tundra. Females emerge in enormous swarms after snowmelt to blood...
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...
Australian Malaria Mosquito
Anopheles farauti
A pale-winged Anopheles mosquito that is the dominant malaria vector in Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Vanua...
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 Stiletto Fly
Anabarhynchus bilineatus
A slender gray stiletto fly with two pale longitudinal stripes on the thorax and a distinctly tapered abdomen. It is com...
Autumn Horse Fly
Tabanus autumnalis
A large greyish horse fly active in late summer and autumn. It has striking green-banded eyes and a persistent biting ha...
Band-eyed Brown Horse Fly
Tabanus bromius
A common European horse fly with distinctive banded eyes. It is one of the most frequent biters of cattle across Europe....
Biting Midge
Culicoides impunctatus
A tiny, gray, blood-sucking fly notorious in Scotland and Scandinavia as the Highland midge. Swarms can be so dense they...
Biting Midge (No-See-Um)
Culicoides imicola
A tiny biting midge that is the primary Old World vector of bluetongue virus and African horse sickness virus. It breeds...
Black Horse Fly
Tabanus atratus
A very large entirely black horse fly and one of the biggest flies in North America. Females are persistent blood-feeder...
Black-Tailed Deer Fly
Chrysops niger
A small dark deer fly with mostly blackened wings and green iridescent eyes. It is an aggressive daytime biter commonly ...
Blandford Fly
Simulium posticatum
A notorious black fly that causes severe allergic reactions with its bite around the Blandford area of Dorset. Females n...
Bot Fly
Dermatobia hominis
Parasitic fly whose larvae develop under the skin of mammals including humans. Female captures a mosquito and glues eggs...
Brevipalpis Tsetse Fly
Glossina brevipalpis
The largest species of tsetse fly, with a robust body and short palps from which its name derives. It inhabits thicket a...
Buffalo Fly
Haematobia irritans exigua
A small blood-feeding fly closely related to the horn fly, found primarily in Southeast Asia and Australia. It is a majo...
Chagasi Sandfly
Lutzomyia evansi
A small sandfly found in northern Colombia and Venezuela that is an important vector of Leishmania infantum chagasi, cau...
Common Bat Fly
Basilia nana
A tiny, completely wingless spider-like fly that parasitizes bats. Its body is so highly modified for ectoparasitism tha...
Common Gnat
Culex modestus
A small brownish mosquito widespread across Europe and Central Asia that breeds in marshes and rice paddies. It is a com...
Common House Mosquito
Culex pipiens
A ubiquitous pale brown mosquito found in urban and suburban environments. It is the primary vector of West Nile virus i...
Common Malaria Mosquito
Anopheles quadrimaculatus
A freshwater mosquito that was the primary malaria vector in the eastern United States. Larvae float horizontally at the...
Congo Floor Maggot Fly
Auchmeromyia senegalensis
A yellowish-brown blow fly whose larvae are unique among Diptera in being temporary ectoparasites that feed on sleeping ...
Dark Giant Horse Fly
Tabanus sudeticus
The largest horse fly in the British Isles, dark brown with a robust build. Females deliver an extremely painful bite to...
Deer Fly (Chrysops)
Chrysops silacea
A medium-sized fly with striking patterned wings and bright green eyes. It is the primary vector of Loa loa, the African...
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...
Dimidiata Deer Fly
Chrysops dimidiata
A medium-sized deer fly with distinctly banded wings, found in West African rainforests. It serves as a secondary vector...
Dotted Bee Fly
Bombylius discolor
A spring-flying bee fly distinguished from its commoner relative by spotted wings and a darker fur coat. Its larvae para...
Eastern Tree Hole Mosquito
Aedes triseriatus
A forest mosquito that breeds in water-filled tree holes and discarded tires. It is the primary vector of La Crosse ence...
Elephant Mosquito
Toxorhynchites rutilus
A large, iridescent blue-green mosquito whose adults do not bite. Larvae are predators of other mosquito larvae in tree ...
European Malaria Mosquito
Anopheles atroparvus
A medium-sized Anopheles mosquito that was the principal malaria vector in northern Europe before the disease was elimin...
Fusca Tsetse Fly
Glossina fusca
A large, dark-colored tsetse fly that inhabits dense forest environments. It feeds primarily on wild forest animals and ...
Gallinipper Mosquito
Psorophora ciliata
One of the largest mosquitoes in North America, with shaggy legs covered in dark and pale scales. It delivers an excepti...
Glacier Black Fly
Prosimulium alpestre
A small black fly whose larvae develop in fast-flowing alpine streams. Adults are among the earliest insects active afte...
Glacier Midge
Diamesa steinboecki
A remarkable midge that completes its entire life cycle in glacial streams at temperatures near 0C. Represents one of th...
Glossina Austeni Tsetse Fly
Glossina austeni
A small, dark-colored tsetse fly found in coastal forests and thickets of East Africa. It is a vector of both human and ...
Golubatz Fly
Simulium colombaschense
A historically devastating European black fly named after the Serbian town of Golubac. Larvae develop in the fast waters...
Greater Bee Fly
Bombylius canescens
A pale greyish bee fly with a long proboscis and clear wings. It parasitizes ground-nesting bees in arid Mediterranean h...
Greenhead Horse Fly
Tabanus nigrovittatus
A coastal salt marsh horse fly with bright green eyes. It is the most abundant biting fly along the Atlantic coast of No...
Hawaiian Picture-wing Fly (Grimshawi)
Drosophila grimshawi
One of the iconic Hawaiian picture-wing Drosophila, distinguished by elaborate dark patterning on its wings. It breeds i...
Horn Fly
Haematobia irritans
A small blood-feeding fly that spends almost its entire life on cattle. It clusters at the base of horns and along the b...
Horse Fly
Tabanus bovinus
A large, stout fly with huge iridescent compound eyes that display rainbow patterns. Only females bite, using scissor-li...
Indian Sand Fly
Phlebotomus argentipes
A tiny, hairy fly with a distinctive humpbacked appearance and large, upturned wings held erect at rest. It is the prima...
Indian Tse Tse-like Fly
Hippobosca maculata
A flattened, leathery ectoparasitic fly that feeds on the blood of horses, cattle, and dogs. It has powerful claws for g...
Inland Floodwater Mosquito
Aedes vexans
One of the most widespread and abundant mosquitoes globally, with a brownish body and narrow white bands on the hind tar...
Intermedia Sandfly
Lutzomyia intermedia
A tiny sandfly found in southeastern Brazil that is a major vector of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Atlantic Forest regions...
Japanese Encephalitis Mosquito
Culex tritaeniorhynchus
A medium-sized brownish mosquito with a pale band on the proboscis that is the primary vector of Japanese encephalitis v...
Korean Malaria Mosquito
Anopheles sinensis
A medium-sized mosquito with spotted wings that breeds in rice paddies across East Asia. It is a vector of Plasmodium vi...
Longipalpis Sandfly
Lutzomyia longipalpis
A small, pale-brown sandfly that is the most important vector of visceral leishmaniasis in the Americas. Males produce s...
Louse Fly
Hippobosca equina
A flattened bloodsucking fly parasite of horses and cattle with powerful clawed legs for clinging to fur. Adults are inc...
Lutzomyia Sand Fly (Whitmani)
Lutzomyia whitmani
A small sandfly that is the major vector of Leishmania braziliensis, which causes mucocutaneous leishmaniasis in Brazil....
Maculipennis Complex Mosquito
Anopheles maculipennis
A medium-sized mosquito that is the type species of a complex of at least eight sibling species across Europe and wester...
Melas Malaria Mosquito
Anopheles melas
The West African saltwater-breeding member of the Anopheles gambiae complex, breeding in mangrove swamps and brackish la...
Merus Malaria Mosquito
Anopheles merus
A saltwater-breeding member of the Anopheles gambiae complex found along the East African coast. It breeds in brackish p...
Minimus Malaria Mosquito
Anopheles minimus
A small mosquito found along the foothills and valleys of Southeast Asia, breeding in slow-moving, clear streams. It has...
Mosquito
Aedes aegypti
A vector for dengue, yellow fever, Zika, and chikungunya. Only females bite, needing blood protein for egg development. ...
New Zealand Sandfly
Austrosimulium ungulatum
A small black fly endemic to New Zealand that inflicts painful bites, particularly notorious in the South Island's West ...
Northern House Mosquito
Aedes hexodontus
A dark-colored Arctic mosquito with distinctive banding on the abdomen. It breeds in tundra pools and is a major pest sp...
Notch-horned Cleg
Haematopota pluvialis
A grey horse fly with mottled wings that approaches silently before biting. It is one of the most common biting flies in...
Ochraceum Black Fly
Simulium ochraceum
A small orangish-brown black fly that is the principal vector of onchocerciasis in Central America and southern Mexico. ...
Onchocerciasis Black Fly
Simulium damnosum
The primary vector of river blindness in West and Central Africa. Larvae thrive in oxygen-rich rapids of tropical rivers...
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...
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...
Pedician Crane Fly
Pedicia rivosa
A large, mottled-winged crane fly whose predatory larvae hunt invertebrates in wet mud and stream margins. Adults are of...
Peruvian Sandfly
Phlebotomus perniciosus
A small sandfly found across the Mediterranean basin that is the primary vector of Leishmania infantum, which causes vis...
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...
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...
Rain Fly
Haematopota crassicornis
A medium-sized cleg with mottled grey wings and iridescent green eyes. It is most active in humid overcast weather befor...
Rift Valley Fever Mosquito
Aedes mcintoshi
A medium-sized mosquito found in the floodplains and dambos of East Africa. It is an important primary vector of Rift Va...
Rosette Gall Midge
Dasineura urticae
A tiny midge that causes distinctive rosette galls on the tips of stinging nettles. The growing tip is stunted and swoll...
Saltmarsh Mosquito
Aedes sollicitans
A golden-brown mosquito that breeds in enormous numbers in coastal salt marshes. It is a strong flier capable of traveli...
Sand Fly
Phlebotomus papatasi
A tiny, hairy, yellowish fly with large dark eyes and wings held in a V-shape above the body. Females feed on blood and ...
Sand Gnat
Culicoides furens
A very small biting midge commonly known as a no-see-um due to its near-invisible size. Despite being barely visible, it...
Screwworm Fly
Cochliomyia hominivorax
A devastating parasitic fly whose larvae feed on living tissue of warm-blooded animals. It was eradicated from North Ame...
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...
Sheep Ked
Melophagus ovinus
A completely wingless, tick-like blood-sucking fly that lives permanently in sheep wool. Its flattened body and strong c...
Silvius Horse Fly
Silvius alpinus
A small brownish horse fly found in mountain forests and alpine meadows. It is one of the few horse flies adapted to hig...
Sonorensis Biting Midge
Culicoides sonorensis
A small biting midge that is the primary vector of bluetongue virus and epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus in North Ame...
South American Malaria Mosquito
Anopheles darlingi
A medium-sized mosquito that is the most important malaria vector in the Amazon Basin and Central America. It is highly ...
Southeast Asian Malaria Mosquito
Anopheles dirus
A forest-dwelling mosquito with dark wings and a strong preference for biting humans. It is the primary malaria vector i...
Southern House Mosquito
Culex quinquefasciatus
A tropical and subtropical mosquito that breeds in polluted water. It transmits lymphatic filariasis and is a major nuis...
Stable Fly
Stomoxys calcitrans
A blood-feeding fly that closely resembles the house fly but has a prominent piercing proboscis. It is a painful biter o...
Striped Deer Fly
Chrysops vittatus
A small deer fly with distinctive dark bands across its wings and bright green and gold patterned eyes. Females are pers...
Striped Horse Fly
Tabanus lineola
A medium-sized horse fly with a pale dorsal stripe on the abdomen. Females are persistent blood-feeders on livestock and...
Sundaicus Malaria Mosquito
Anopheles sundaicus
A coastal malaria vector that breeds in brackish water lagoons and fishponds across Southeast Asia. It is an important v...
Swallow Louse Fly
Ornithomya avicularia
A flattened, brownish winged louse fly that parasitizes a wide range of bird species. It moves rapidly through feathers ...
Sweet Itch Midge
Culicoides obsoletus
A tiny dark biting midge with patterned wings that causes an allergic skin condition called sweet itch in horses. It bre...
Tapered Drone Fly
Eristalis pertinax
A large hoverfly resembling a honeybee but distinguished by its yellow-tipped front tarsi. It is active from early sprin...
Tsetse Fly
Glossina morsitans
Vector of African sleeping sickness (trypanosomiasis). Unlike most flies, females give live birth to a single large larv...
Tsetse Fly (Forest)
Glossina palpalis
A major vector of African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness). Unique among flies for giving live birth to a single larg...
Tundra Mosquito
Aedes impiger
A small but abundant Arctic mosquito with dark body and pale leg bands. It is one of the most northerly distributed mosq...
Turkey Gnat
Simulium meridionale
A black fly notorious for swarming livestock in the southern United States. Larvae attach to rocks in swift streams usin...
Twin-lobed Deer Fly
Chrysops relictus
A golden-green eyed deer fly with distinctive dark wing markings. It breeds in peaty wetlands and bogs across northern r...
Two-banded Wasp Hoverfly
Chrysotoxum bicinctum
A striking wasp-mimicking hoverfly with bold yellow and black banding. Distinguished from wasps by its hovering flight a...
Western Encephalitis Mosquito
Culex tarsalis
A medium-sized mosquito with a distinctive white band on the proboscis and banded legs. It is the most important vector ...
White-Stockinged Black Fly
Simulium vittatum
A widespread black fly species complex with distinctive white-banded legs. Larvae colonize almost any flowing water from...
Window Gnat
Sylvicola fenestralis
A small, delicate fly with dark-spotted wings often found resting on windows and walls. Larvae develop in fermenting org...
Wohlfahrt's Wound Fly
Wohlfahrtia magnifica
A large, gray flesh fly with dark spots on the abdomen that is an obligate parasite of warm-blooded animals in the Old W...
Woodland Malaria Mosquito
Anopheles punctulatus
A major malaria vector in the southwest Pacific with spotted wings. It breeds in sunlit ground pools and temporary puddl...
Yellow Fever Mosquito (Forest Form)
Aedes africanus
A dark forest mosquito that maintains the sylvatic cycle of yellow fever virus among monkeys in African tropical forests...
Yellow Fly
Diachlorus ferrugatus
A medium-sized yellowish horse fly notorious for its aggressive biting. It is particularly abundant in the coastal south...
Australian Harlequin Bug
Dindymus versicolor
A small but conspicuous red and black bug that often aggregates in large numbers on tree trunks, fences, and walls durin...
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...
Bed Bug
Cimex lectularius
Obligate blood-feeding parasites of humans. Can survive up to a year without feeding. Have made a dramatic worldwide res...
Black Corsair
Melanolestes picipes
A shiny black, robust assassin bug found across North America. It is nocturnal and commonly attracted to lights near bui...
Cassini Periodical Cicada
Magicicada cassini
A 17-year periodical cicada distinguished from related species by its all-black underside and distinctive buzzing call. ...
Cicada Assassin Bug
Pselliopus barberi
A colorful orange and black assassin bug that specializes in hunting cicadas. It uses its powerful raptorial forelegs an...
Clanger Cicada
Psaltoda claripennis
A medium-sized cicada known for its sharp, metallic clapping call that distinguishes it from other Australian cicadas. I...
Conenose Bug
Triatoma protracta
A kissing bug native to the western United States that commonly enters homes to feed on sleeping residents. Its bite can...
Corsair Assassin Bug
Rasahus hamatus
A nocturnal assassin bug found across the Americas that is attracted to lights. Its painful bite is often mistaken for a...
Creeping Water Bug
Ilyocoris cimicoides
A robust aquatic bug that crawls along pond bottoms and delivers a painful bite....
Dark Kissing Bug
Panstrongylus megistus
A large triatomine bug and important Chagas disease vector in Brazil. It has adapted to live in both sylvatic and domest...
Derbid Planthopper
Anotia bonnetii
A delicate planthopper with elongated, paddle-shaped wings held flat over the body. It is pale yellowish-green and often...
Eastern Bat Bug
Cimex adjunctus
A blood-feeding ectoparasite primarily of bats in eastern North America. It can bite humans when bat colonies are remove...
Eastern Toe-biter
Benacus griseus
A very large, flattened brown water bug found in eastern North America. Males carry eggs on their backs until they hatch...
European Bat Bug
Cimex pipistrelli
A cimicid bug that parasitizes pipistrelle and other bat species across Europe. It may invade living spaces when bats va...
Geniculatus Kissing Bug
Panstrongylus geniculatus
A large, widespread triatomine found from Mexico to Argentina that typically inhabits armadillo burrows. It has been imp...
Giant Water Bug
Lethocerus americanus
One of the largest true bugs. Powerful predator that catches fish, frogs, and even small snakes. Males carry eggs on the...
Indian Treehopper
Leptocentrus taurus
A small, dark sap-sucking insect with a spectacular thorn-shaped pronotum that provides perfect camouflage on thorny bra...
Kissing Bug
Rhodnius prolixus
The principal vector of Chagas disease in Latin America. Named because it bites sleeping humans near the mouth and eyes,...
Long-tailed Mealybug
Pseudococcus longispinus
A waxy white mealybug distinguished by long tail filaments that can equal or exceed its body length. It infests ornament...
Mexican Kissing Bug
Triatoma dimidiata
A major Chagas disease vector in Central America and Mexico found in both domestic and peridomestic habitats. Adults are...
Pallid Kissing Bug
Triatoma pallidipennis
A Chagas disease vector found in central and southwestern Mexico. It readily colonizes human dwellings in rural areas....
Penthicodes Lanternfly
Penthicodes pulchella
A strikingly beautiful Southeast Asian lanternfly with iridescent blue-green forewings and contrasting red-orange hindwi...
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...
Pink Wax Scale Whitefly
Aleurocanthus woglumi
Known as the citrus blackfly, this whitefly has dark sooty-colored pupae that distinguish it from other whitefly species...
Planthopper
Flatida rosea
A delicate, pinkish-white planthopper that closely resembles a flower petal when resting on vegetation. Nymphs produce w...
Triatoma brasiliensis
Triatoma brasiliensis
The most important Chagas disease vector in the semi-arid Caatinga region of northeastern Brazil. It thrives in rocky ou...
Triatoma gerstaeckeri
Triatoma gerstaeckeri
The most common kissing bug in Texas, frequently found infected with Trypanosoma cruzi. It inhabits woodrat nests and re...
Triatoma lecticularia
Triatoma lecticularia
A kissing bug found across the southeastern United States that occasionally invades homes. Its name references its histo...
Triatoma rubida
Triatoma rubida
A reddish-brown kissing bug found in the southwestern United States and Mexico. It frequently enters homes and its bite ...
Tropical Bed Bug
Cimex hemipterus
A tropical relative of the common bed bug that also feeds on human blood. It is the dominant bed bug species in many par...
Western Corsair
Rasahus thoracicus
A large, dark brown assassin bug found in western North America that occasionally enters homes and can deliver an intens...
Wheel Bug
Arilus cristatus
The largest assassin bug in North America, named for the distinctive cogwheel-shaped crest on its thorax. It delivers an...
African Bulldog Ant
Myrmecia regularis
A large aggressive ant with excellent vision and powerful mandibles. It can leap and deliver a painful sting when threat...
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 Stingless Bee
Meliponula bocandei
A small dark stingless bee that nests in tree hollows and produces a prized thin honey. Colonies can number several thou...
African Stink Ant
Paltothyreus tarsatus
A very large black ponerine ant that releases a foul-smelling secretion when disturbed. It is one of Africa's most consp...
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 Cuckoo Wasp
Chrysis angolensis
A metallic green and blue cuckoo wasp found across sub-Saharan Africa. It parasitizes mud-nesting wasps and bees on rock...
Asian Giant Hornet
Vespa mandarinia
The worlds largest hornet. A single colony can kill an entire hive of 30,000 honey bees in just a few hours. Their venom...
Asian Needle Ant
Brachyponera chinensis
An invasive East Asian ant spreading through the southeastern US. Its sting causes anaphylaxis more frequently than nati...
Asian Proceratium
Proceratium japonicum
A small cryptic ant found in Japanese and East Asian forests with the characteristic forward-curving gaster. It is rarel...
Asian Velvet Ant
Smicromyrme rufipes
A small to medium velvet ant with reddish legs and black body found across southern Asia. It parasitizes various ground-...
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 Velvet Ant
Ephutomorpha queenslandica
An Australian wingless wasp with orange and black velvety coloring. It parasitizes ground-nesting native bees in tropica...
Bean Aphid Parasite
Lysiphlebus fabarum
A minute braconid wasp that parasitizes black bean aphids and related species. Some populations reproduce asexually, con...
Bicolored Pennant Ant
Tetraponera rufonigra
A large, slender arboreal ant with a painful sting found across tropical Asia. Workers are bicolored with an orange head...
Black and Gold Velvet Ant
Dasymutilla nigripes
A medium-sized velvet ant with golden-orange hair on the thorax contrasting with its black legs and abdomen. It is found...
Blue Ant
Diamma bicolor
Despite its name, the Blue Ant is actually a wingless flower wasp, not an ant. Females are metallic blue-green with a po...
Blue 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 Mason Bee
Osmia caerulescens
A small, metallic blue-black solitary bee that nests in pre-existing cavities in wood and walls. It is common in gardens...
Blue Orchard Bee
Osmia lignaria
A metallic dark blue solitary bee that nests in pre-existing holes in wood. It is an exceptionally efficient pollinator ...
Brazilian Stingless Bee
Melipona quadrifasciata
A robust stingless bee with a dark body and four pale abdominal bands. It is the most culturally important stingless bee...
Brazilian Wanderer Spider Wasp
Pepsis fabricius
A large metallic blue-black spider wasp with bright orange wings that hunts tarantulas as food for its larvae. The femal...
Bulldog Ant
Myrmecia gulosa
A large aggressive ant with long mandibles and excellent vision found in Australia. It can jump and sting simultaneously...
Bullet Ant
Paraponera clavata
Named for its extremely painful sting, rated 4+ on the Schmidt Pain Index. Indigenous Satere-Mawe people use them in war...