Bugs in the Northeast

States: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania.

House and yard pests

Common Eastern Bumble BeeCommon Eastern Bumble BeeBombus impatiensCan stingWestern Honey BeeWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaCan stingAsian Lady BeetleAsian Lady BeetleHarmonia axyridisCan biteSpotted LanternflySpotted LanternflyLycorma delicatulaDamages trees, gardens or cropsEastern Carpenter BeeEastern Carpenter BeeXylocopa virginicaCan stingSpongy MothSpongy MothLymantria disparDamages trees, gardens or cropsEastern Tent Caterpillar MothEastern Tent Caterpillar MothMalacosoma americanaDamages trees, gardens or cropsJapanese BeetleJapanese BeetlePopillia japonicaDamages trees, gardens or cropsNorthern Paper WaspNorthern Paper WaspPolistes fuscatusCan stingBald-faced HornetBald-faced HornetDolichovespula maculataCan stingBold Jumping SpiderBold Jumping SpiderPhidippus audaxCan biteWestern Conifer Seed BugWestern Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalisDamages trees, gardens or cropsBrown Marmorated Stink BugBrown Marmorated Stink BugHalyomorpha halysDamages trees, gardens or cropsEastern Black Carpenter AntEastern Black Carpenter AntCamponotus pennsylvanicusCan damage your homeEastern YellowjacketEastern YellowjacketVespula maculifronsCan stingCommon Shiny WoodlouseCommon Shiny WoodlouseOniscus asellusHarmlessEuropean Paper WaspEuropean Paper WaspPolistes dominulaCan stingGreen Stink BugGreen Stink BugChinavia hilarisDamages trees, gardens or cropsEastern Boxelder BugEastern Boxelder BugBoisea trivittataCan damage your homeCommon Pill WoodlouseCommon Pill WoodlouseArmadillidium vulgareHarmlessYellow Garden SpiderYellow Garden SpiderArgiope aurantiaCan biteFall Webworm MothFall Webworm MothHyphantria cuneaDamages trees, gardens or cropsAmerican Dog TickAmerican Dog TickDermacentor variabilisCan spread germs or diseaseDark Fishing SpiderDark Fishing SpiderDolomedes tenebrosusCan bite

Most reported bugs

Senecio Gall FlySenecio Gall FlySphenella fascigeraDead-nettle Leaf BeetleDead-nettle Leaf BeetleFasta fastuosaDotted Paropsine Leaf BeetleDotted Paropsine Leaf BeetleParopsis atomariaDamages trees, gardens or cropsAustralian CockroachAustralian CockroachValidiblatta australasiaePriest CicadaPriest CicadaSinfonia opaliferaCommon Mime SwallowtailCommon Mime SwallowtailPapilio clytiaButterfliesButterfliesIpana junctilineaEurasian White AdmiralEurasian White AdmiralLimenitis camillaMonarchMonarchDanaus plexippusSmall WhiteSmall WhitePieris rapaeLong DashLong DashLimochores mysticGolden Sweat BeeGolden Sweat BeeAugochlorella aurataFine striped sweat beeFine striped sweat beeAgapostemon subtiliorBrown-belted Bumble BeeBrown-belted Bumble BeeBombus griseocollisBlue DasherBlue DasherPachydiplax longipennisPure Green Sweat beePure Green Sweat beeAugochlora puraSpurred CeratinaSpurred CeratinaCeratina calcarataSilver-spotted SkipperSilver-spotted SkipperEpargyreus clarusDamages trees, gardens or cropsBlack SwallowtailBlack SwallowtailPapilio polyxenesHickory Tussock MothHickory Tussock MothLophocampa caryaeCan irritate skinTwo-spotted Bumble BeeTwo-spotted Bumble BeeBombus bimaculatusCan stingLigated Furrow BeeLigated Furrow BeeHalictus ligatusBicolored Striped Sweat BeeBicolored Striped Sweat BeeAgapostemon virescensIsabella Tiger MothIsabella Tiger MothPyrrharctia isabellaEastern PondhawkEastern PondhawkErythemis simplicicollisCommon WhitetailCommon WhitetailPlathemis lydiaEastern Tiger SwallowtailEastern Tiger SwallowtailPapilio glaucusRed-spotted AdmiralRed-spotted AdmiralLimenitis arthemisRed AdmiralRed AdmiralVanessa atalantaHalf-black Bumble BeeHalf-black Bumble BeeBombus vagansGreat Spangled FritillaryGreat Spangled FritillaryArgynnis cybeleTricolored Bumble BeeTricolored Bumble BeeBombus ternariusCan stingHairy Sweat BeeHairy Sweat BeeLasioglossum pilosumCan stingAmerican LadyAmerican LadyVanessa virginiensisEastern Tailed-BlueEastern Tailed-BlueEveres comyntasPearl CrescentPearl CrescentPhyciodes tharos

How this page works

All states in this region. House pests first.

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