Bugs in North Carolina

1521 bugs with full pages have records in North Carolina. House pests come first, then the bugs people report most.

House and yard pests in North Carolina

Common Eastern Bumble BeeBombus impatiensCan stingAsian Lady BeetleHarmonia axyridisCan biteEastern Carpenter BeeXylocopa virginicaCan stingWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaCan stingYellow Garden SpiderArgiope aurantiaCan biteAsian Tiger MosquitoAedes albopictusCan spread germs or diseaseBrown Marmorated Stink BugHalyomorpha halysDamages trees, gardens or cropsEastern Tent Caterpillar MothMalacosoma americanaDamages trees, gardens or cropsCommon Green June BeetleCotinis nitidaDamages trees, gardens or cropsNorth American Wheel BugArilus cristatusCan biteJapanese BeetlePopillia japonicaDamages trees, gardens or cropsFall Webworm MothHyphantria cuneaDamages trees, gardens or cropsCommon Pill WoodlouseArmadillidium vulgareHarmlessSeven-spotted Lady BeetleCoccinella septempunctataSpotted OrbweaverNeoscona cruciferaCan biteGreenhouse MillipedeOxidus gracilisNuisance, not dangerousAsian Bush MosquitoAedes japonicusCan biteGolden Silk SpiderTrichonephila clavipesCan biteEastern Black Carpenter AntCamponotus pennsylvanicusCan damage your homeEastern Boxelder BugBoisea trivittataCan damage your homeEuropean HornetVespa crabroCan stingMetric Paper WaspPolistes metricusCan stingEastern YellowjacketVespula maculifronsCan stingBold Jumping SpiderPhidippus audaxCan bite

Other bugs seen in North Carolina

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 camillaEastern Tiger SwallowtailPapilio glaucusMonarchDanaus plexippusSilver-spotted SkipperEpargyreus clarusDamages trees, gardens or cropsCommon BuckeyeJunonia coeniaPipevine SwallowtailBattus philenorCommon WhitetailPlathemis lydiaEastern PondhawkErythemis simplicicollisFiery SkipperHylephila phyleusDamages trees, gardens or cropsBlue DasherPachydiplax longipennisNorth American Luna MothActias lunaPearl CrescentPhyciodes tharosNorthern CrescentPhyciodes cocytaField CrescentPhyciodes pulchellaCarolina MantisStagmomantis carolinaCalifornia MantisStagmomantis wheeleriiSonoran Tiger MantisStagmomantis clauseniBlack SwallowtailPapilio polyxenesAilanthus Webworm MothAtteva aureaLittle Cigarette Harlequin MothAtteva pustulellaVariegated FritillaryEuptoieta claudiaPlague Soldier BeetleChauliognathus lugubrisTricolor Soldier BeetleChauliognathus tricolorTulip-tree BeautyEpimecis hortariaDamages trees, gardens or cropsEbony JewelwingCalopteryx maculataGulf FritillaryDione vanillaeBanded Tussock MothHalysidota tessellarisTwo-lined SpittlebugProsapia bicinctaDamages trees, gardens or cropsAmerican Bumble BeeBombus pensylvanicusCan sting

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

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