Bugs in Rhode Island

1168 bugs with full pages have records in Rhode Island. House pests come first, then the bugs people report most.

House and yard pests in Rhode Island

Common Eastern Bumble BeeBombus impatiensCan stingAsian Lady BeetleHarmonia axyridisCan biteSpotted LanternflyLycorma delicatulaDamages trees, gardens or cropsWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaCan stingEastern Carpenter BeeXylocopa virginicaCan stingAsian Bush MosquitoAedes japonicusCan biteBold Jumping SpiderPhidippus audaxCan biteEastern Black Carpenter AntCamponotus pennsylvanicusCan damage your homeEastern Tent Caterpillar MothMalacosoma americanaDamages trees, gardens or cropsCross OrbweaverAraneus diadematusCan biteInland Floodwater MosquitoAedes vexansCan spread germs or diseaseCommon Pill WoodlouseArmadillidium vulgareHarmlessNorthern Paper WaspPolistes fuscatusCan stingCommon malaria mosquitoAnopheles quadrimaculatusCan spread germs or diseaseBrown Marmorated Stink BugHalyomorpha halysDamages trees, gardens or cropsBald-faced HornetDolichovespula maculataCan stingWestern Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalisDamages trees, gardens or cropsCommon Shiny WoodlouseOniscus asellusHarmlessJapanese BeetlePopillia japonicaDamages trees, gardens or cropsIo MothAutomeris ioCan stingCommon Rough WoodlousePorcellio scaberDamages trees, gardens or cropsFall Webworm MothHyphantria cuneaDamages trees, gardens or cropsSpongy MothLymantria disparDamages trees, gardens or cropsImmigrant Pavement AntTetramorium immigransCan sting

Other bugs seen in Rhode Island

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 plexippusSmall WhitePieris rapaeCattail MosquitoCoquillettidia perturbansCan spread germs or diseaseBrown-belted Bumble BeeBombus griseocollisRed AdmiralVanessa atalantaZabulon SkipperLon zabulonBlue DasherPachydiplax longipennisAmerican LadyVanessa virginiensisNason's Mining BeeAndrena nasoniiDoubled CeratinaCeratina duplaFine striped sweat beeAgapostemon subtiliorReddish-brown Stag BeetleLucanus capreolusDamages trees, gardens or cropsTan Jumping SpiderPlatycryptus undatusCan biteLong DashLimochores mysticBicolored Striped Sweat BeeAgapostemon virescensLigated Furrow BeeHalictus ligatusEastern PondhawkErythemis simplicicollisIsabella Tiger MothPyrrharctia isabellaBroad-necked Root BorerPrionus laticollisDamages trees, gardens or cropsTwo-spotted Bumble BeeBombus bimaculatusCan stingOriental BeetleExomala orientalisDamages trees, gardens or cropsOrchard OrbweaverLeucauge venustaWinter FireflyPhotinus corruscusNuisance, not dangerousHuron SkipperAtalopedes huronBlack Saltmarsh MosquitoAedes taeniorhynchusCan spread germs or diseaseWoodland Malaria MosquitoAnopheles punctipennisCan spread germs or diseaseSpicebush SwallowtailPapilio troilusNortheastern HammertailEfferia aestuansHarmless

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

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