Bugs in Texas

1669 bugs with full pages have records in Texas. House pests come first, then the bugs people report most.

House and yard pests in Texas

Western Honey BeeWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaCan stingAsian Lady BeetleAsian Lady BeetleHarmonia axyridisCan biteYellow Garden SpiderYellow Garden SpiderArgiope aurantiaCan biteSouthern House MosquitoSouthern House MosquitoCulex quinquefasciatusCan spread germs or diseaseCommon Pill WoodlouseCommon Pill WoodlouseArmadillidium vulgareHarmlessBold Jumping SpiderBold Jumping SpiderPhidippus audaxCan biteSeven-spotted Lady BeetleSeven-spotted Lady BeetleCoccinella septempunctataSpotted Cucumber BeetleSpotted Cucumber BeetleDiabrotica undecimpunctataDamages trees, gardens or cropsRed Imported Fire AntRed Imported Fire AntSolenopsis invictaCan stingEastern Carpenter BeeEastern Carpenter BeeXylocopa virginicaCan stingStriped Bark ScorpionStriped Bark ScorpionCentruroides vittatusCan stingNorth American Wheel BugNorth American Wheel BugArilus cristatusCan biteAsian Tiger MosquitoAsian Tiger MosquitoAedes albopictusCan spread germs or diseaseYellow Fever MosquitoYellow Fever MosquitoAedes aegyptiCan spread germs or diseaseRabid Wolf SpiderRabid Wolf SpiderRabidosa rabidaCan biteFall Webworm MothFall Webworm MothHyphantria cuneaDamages trees, gardens or cropsRed Harvester AntRed Harvester AntPogonomyrmex barbatusVenomousConvergent Lady BeetleConvergent Lady BeetleHippodamia convergensCan biteYellow-legged Mud-dauber WaspYellow-legged Mud-dauber WaspSceliphron caementariumCan stingBark Lice, Book Lice, and Parasitic LiceBark Lice, Book Lice, and Parasitic LicePsocopteraCan damage your homeFall Armyworm MothFall Armyworm MothSpodoptera frugiperdaDamages trees, gardens or cropsGreen Stink BugGreen Stink BugChinavia hilarisDamages trees, gardens or cropsAmerican CockroachAmerican CockroachPeriplaneta americanaCan spread germs or diseaseSouthern Flannel MothSouthern Flannel MothMegalopyge opercularisVenomous

Other bugs seen in Texas

Senecio Gall FlySenecio Gall FlySphenella fascigeraPriest CicadaPriest CicadaSinfonia opaliferaDead-nettle Leaf BeetleDead-nettle Leaf BeetleFasta fastuosaDotted Paropsine Leaf BeetleDotted Paropsine Leaf BeetleParopsis atomariaDamages trees, gardens or cropsAustralian CockroachAustralian CockroachValidiblatta australasiaeCommon Mime SwallowtailCommon Mime SwallowtailPapilio clytiaButterfliesButterfliesIpana junctilineaEurasian White AdmiralEurasian White AdmiralLimenitis camillaMonarchMonarchDanaus plexippusGulf FritillaryGulf FritillaryDione vanillaeAmerican Bumble BeeAmerican Bumble BeeBombus pensylvanicusCan stingEastern PondhawkEastern PondhawkErythemis simplicicollisQueenQueenDanaus gilippusCommon BuckeyeCommon BuckeyeJunonia coeniaPipevine SwallowtailPipevine SwallowtailBattus philenorBlue DasherBlue DasherPachydiplax longipennisGray HairstreakGray HairstreakStrymon melinusFiery SkipperFiery SkipperHylephila phyleusDamages trees, gardens or cropsRed AdmiralRed AdmiralVanessa atalantaSalt Marsh MothSalt Marsh MothEstigmene acreaVariegated FritillaryVariegated FritillaryEuptoieta claudiaCommon WhitetailCommon WhitetailPlathemis lydiaBlack SwallowtailBlack SwallowtailPapilio polyxenesWidow SkimmerWidow SkimmerLibellula luctuosaOrange SulphurOrange SulphurColias eurythemeDamages trees, gardens or cropsPhaon CrescentPhaon CrescentPhyciodes phaonPearl CrescentPearl CrescentPhyciodes tharosNorthern CrescentNorthern CrescentPhyciodes cocytaField CrescentField CrescentPhyciodes pulchellaHackberry EmperorHackberry EmperorAsterocampa celtisAmerican SnoutAmerican SnoutLibytheana carinentaDamages trees, gardens or cropsBordered PatchBordered PatchChlosyne laciniaTawny EmperorTawny EmperorAsterocampa clytonQuestion MarkQuestion MarkPolygonia interrogationisAmerican LadyAmerican LadyVanessa virginiensisRoseate SkimmerRoseate SkimmerOrthemis ferruginea

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

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Bugs with records in Texas. Tap any bug for its full page.

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