Bugs in Wisconsin

1468 bugs with full pages have records in Wisconsin. House pests come first, then the bugs people report most.

House and yard pests in Wisconsin

Common Eastern Bumble BeeBombus impatiensCan stingAsian Lady BeetleHarmonia axyridisCan biteWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaCan stingEastern Black-legged TickIxodes scapularisCan spread germs or diseaseJapanese BeetlePopillia japonicaDamages trees, gardens or cropsNorthern Paper WaspPolistes fuscatusCan stingSpongy MothLymantria disparDamages trees, gardens or cropsEastern Boxelder BugBoisea trivittataCan damage your homeBald-faced HornetDolichovespula maculataCan stingBold Jumping SpiderPhidippus audaxCan biteYellow Garden SpiderArgiope aurantiaCan biteBark Lice, Book Lice, and Parasitic LicePsocopteraCan damage your homeAmerican Dog TickDermacentor variabilisCan spread germs or diseaseInland Floodwater MosquitoAedes vexansCan spread germs or diseaseBrown Marmorated Stink BugHalyomorpha halysDamages trees, gardens or cropsEuropean Paper WaspPolistes dominulaCan stingWestern Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalisDamages trees, gardens or cropsEastern Black Carpenter AntCamponotus pennsylvanicusCan damage your homeZebra Jumping SpiderSalticus scenicusHarmlessEastern Tent Caterpillar MothMalacosoma americanaDamages trees, gardens or cropsSeven-spotted Lady BeetleCoccinella septempunctataCross OrbweaverAraneus diadematusCan biteEastern YellowjacketVespula maculifronsCan stingGreenhouse MillipedeOxidus gracilisNuisance, not dangerous

Other bugs seen in Wisconsin

Priest CicadaSinfonia opaliferaSenecio Gall FlySphenella fascigeraDead-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 griseocollisTwo-spotted Bumble BeeBombus bimaculatusCan stingEastern ForktailIschnura verticalisRusty-patched Bumble BeeBombus affinisRed-belted Bumble BeeBombus rufocinctusPlague Soldier BeetleChauliognathus lugubrisTricolor Soldier BeetleChauliognathus tricolorGoldenrod Soldier BeetleChauliognathus pensylvanicusHarmlessRed AdmiralVanessa atalantaSmall WhitePieris rapaeSilver-spotted SkipperEpargyreus clarusDamages trees, gardens or cropsIsabella Tiger MothPyrrharctia isabellaBlack SwallowtailPapilio polyxenesCattail MosquitoCoquillettidia perturbansCan spread germs or diseaseEastern Tiger SwallowtailPapilio glaucusCommon WhitetailPlathemis lydiaAutumn MeadowhawkSympetrum vicinumRed Milkweed BeetleTetraopes tetrophthalmusWidow SkimmerLibellula luctuosaLarge Milkweed BugOncopeltus fasciatusBlue DasherPachydiplax longipennisBlack-and-gold Bumble BeeBombus auricomusCommon Green DarnerAnax juniusLong DashLimochores mysticBanded Tussock MothHalysidota tessellarisHalf-black Bumble BeeBombus vagansEbony JewelwingCalopteryx maculata

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

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