Bugs in Massachusetts

1500 bugs with full pages have records in Massachusetts. House pests come first, then the bugs people report most.

House and yard pests in Massachusetts

Common Eastern Bumble BeeBombus impatiensCan stingWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaCan stingAsian Lady BeetleHarmonia axyridisCan biteEastern Carpenter BeeXylocopa virginicaCan stingEastern Tent Caterpillar MothMalacosoma americanaDamages trees, gardens or cropsNorthern Paper WaspPolistes fuscatusCan stingJapanese BeetlePopillia japonicaDamages trees, gardens or cropsEastern Black-legged TickIxodes scapularisCan spread germs or diseaseWestern Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalisDamages trees, gardens or cropsBold Jumping SpiderPhidippus audaxCan biteEastern Black Carpenter AntCamponotus pennsylvanicusCan damage your homeBald-faced HornetDolichovespula maculataCan stingEastern YellowjacketVespula maculifronsCan stingBrown Marmorated Stink BugHalyomorpha halysDamages trees, gardens or cropsCommon Shiny WoodlouseOniscus asellusHarmlessSpongy MothLymantria disparDamages trees, gardens or cropsCommon Rough WoodlousePorcellio scaberDamages trees, gardens or cropsSpotted LanternflyLycorma delicatulaDamages trees, gardens or cropsAmerican Dog TickDermacentor variabilisCan spread germs or diseaseHouse Mosquito ComplexCulex pipiensCan spread germs or diseaseEuropean Paper WaspPolistes dominulaCan stingAmerican Winter AntPrenolepis imparisGreen Stink BugChinavia hilarisDamages trees, gardens or cropsCross OrbweaverAraneus diadematusCan bite

Other bugs seen in Massachusetts

Senecio Gall FlySphenella fascigeraDead-nettle Leaf BeetleFasta fastuosaDotted Paropsine Leaf BeetleParopsis atomariaDamages trees, gardens or cropsAustralian CockroachValidiblatta australasiaePriest CicadaSinfonia opaliferaCommon Mime SwallowtailPapilio clytiaButterfliesIpana junctilineaEurasian White AdmiralLimenitis camillaMonarchDanaus plexippusGolden Sweat BeeAugochlorella aurataSmall WhitePieris rapaeBlue DasherPachydiplax longipennisBrown-belted Bumble BeeBombus griseocollisFine striped sweat beeAgapostemon subtiliorLong DashLimochores mysticWinter FireflyPhotinus corruscusNuisance, not dangerousLigated Furrow BeeHalictus ligatusBicolored Striped Sweat BeeAgapostemon virescensEastern PondhawkErythemis simplicicollisCommon WhitetailPlathemis lydiaOriental BeetleExomala orientalisDamages trees, gardens or cropsIsabella Tiger MothPyrrharctia isabellaAmerican LadyVanessa virginiensisTwo-spotted Bumble BeeBombus bimaculatusCan stingHickory Tussock MothLophocampa caryaeCan irritate skinAutumn MeadowhawkSympetrum vicinumBlack SwallowtailPapilio polyxenesMargined CalligrapherToxomerus marginatusZabulon SkipperLon zabulonTan Jumping SpiderPlatycryptus undatusCan biteRed AdmiralVanessa atalantaPale Green Assassin BugZelus luridusCan biteSilver-spotted SkipperEpargyreus clarusDamages trees, gardens or cropsPeck's SkipperPolites peckiusRed Milkweed BeetleTetraopes tetrophthalmusFragile ForktailIschnura posita

Ranked by the number of Massachusetts records on GBIF (museum collections and citizen science such as iNaturalist).

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