Bugs in the Midwest

States: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas.

House and yard pests

Inland Floodwater MosquitoAedes vexansCan spread germs or diseaseHouse Mosquito ComplexCulex pipiensCan spread germs or diseaseCommon Eastern Bumble BeeBombus impatiensCan stingWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaCan stingAsian Lady BeetleHarmonia axyridisCan biteWestern Encephalitis MosquitoCulex tarsalisCan spread germs or diseaseEastern Carpenter BeeXylocopa virginicaCan stingWinter Marsh MosquitoCuliseta inornataCan biteJapanese BeetlePopillia japonicaDamages trees, gardens or cropsBold Jumping SpiderPhidippus audaxCan biteCommon malaria mosquitoAnopheles quadrimaculatusCan spread germs or diseaseNorthern Paper WaspPolistes fuscatusCan stingBald-faced HornetDolichovespula maculataCan stingLone Star TickAmblyomma americanumCan spread germs or diseaseBrown Marmorated Stink BugHalyomorpha halysDamages trees, gardens or cropsSpotted Cucumber BeetleDiabrotica undecimpunctataDamages trees, gardens or cropsEastern Boxelder BugBoisea trivittataCan damage your homeYellow Garden SpiderArgiope aurantiaCan biteAsian Bush MosquitoAedes japonicusCan biteAmerican Dog TickDermacentor variabilisCan spread germs or diseaseNorth American Wheel BugArilus cristatusCan biteEastern YellowjacketVespula maculifronsCan stingEastern Black Carpenter AntCamponotus pennsylvanicusCan damage your homeEuropean Paper WaspPolistes dominulaCan sting

Most reported bugs

Senecio Gall FlySphenella fascigeraPriest CicadaSinfonia opaliferaDead-nettle Leaf BeetleFasta fastuosaDotted Paropsine Leaf BeetleParopsis atomariaDamages trees, gardens or cropsAustralian CockroachValidiblatta australasiaeCommon Mime SwallowtailPapilio clytiaButterfliesIpana junctilineaEurasian White AdmiralLimenitis camillaMonarchDanaus plexippusBrown-belted Bumble BeeBombus griseocollisWoodland Malaria MosquitoAnopheles punctipennisCan spread germs or diseaseEastern ForktailIschnura verticalisTwo-spotted Bumble BeeBombus bimaculatusCan stingPlains Floodwater MosquitoAedes trivittatusCan biteEastern Tiger SwallowtailPapilio glaucusEastern PondhawkErythemis simplicicollisSmall WhitePieris rapaeBlue DasherPachydiplax longipennisWidow SkimmerLibellula luctuosaCommon WhitetailPlathemis lydiaBlack SwallowtailPapilio polyxenesPearl CrescentPhyciodes tharosNorthern CrescentPhyciodes cocytaField CrescentPhyciodes pulchellaRed AdmiralVanessa atalantaSilver-spotted SkipperEpargyreus clarusDamages trees, gardens or cropsPlague Soldier BeetleChauliognathus lugubrisTricolor Soldier BeetleChauliognathus tricolorLong DashLimochores mysticEbony JewelwingCalopteryx maculataEastern Tailed-BlueEveres comyntasAmerican Bumble BeeBombus pensylvanicusCan stingSapphire-striped MosquitoUranotaenia sapphirinaFine striped sweat beeAgapostemon subtiliorFragile ForktailIschnura positaAutumn MeadowhawkSympetrum vicinum