Bugs in Colorado

1215 bugs with full pages have records in Colorado. House pests come first, then the bugs people report most.

House and yard pests in Colorado

Western Honey BeeApis melliferaCan stingBold Jumping SpiderPhidippus audaxCan biteConvergent Lady BeetleHippodamia convergensCan biteSeven-spotted Lady BeetleCoccinella septempunctataJapanese BeetlePopillia japonicaDamages trees, gardens or cropsEuropean Paper WaspPolistes dominulaCan stingAsian Lady BeetleHarmonia axyridisCan biteWestern Black WidowLatrodectus hesperusVenomousCommon Pill WoodlouseArmadillidium vulgareHarmlessArmy Cutworm MothEuxoa auxiliarisDamages trees, gardens or cropsEastern Boxelder BugBoisea trivittataCan damage your homeWestern Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalisDamages trees, gardens or cropsOdorous House AntTapinoma sessileCan damage your homeZebra Jumping SpiderSalticus scenicusHarmlessWestern YellowjacketVespula pensylvanicaCan stingWoodlouse SpiderDysdera crocataCan biteTexas Brown TarantulaAphonopelma hentziCan biteThripsThysanopteraCan biteBarn Funnel WeaverTegenaria domesticaCan biteBark Lice, Book Lice, and Parasitic LicePsocopteraCan damage your homeWestern Encephalitis MosquitoCulex tarsalisCan spread germs or diseaseYellow-legged Mud-dauber WaspSceliphron caementariumCan stingTriangulate CombfootSteatoda triangulosaCan biteSpotted Cucumber BeetleDiabrotica undecimpunctataDamages trees, gardens or crops

Other bugs seen in Colorado

Dead-nettle Leaf BeetleFasta fastuosaDotted Paropsine Leaf BeetleParopsis atomariaDamages trees, gardens or cropsAustralian CockroachValidiblatta australasiaePriest CicadaSinfonia opaliferaSenecio Gall FlySphenella fascigeraDamages trees, gardens or cropsCommon Mime SwallowtailPapilio clytiaButterfliesIpana junctilineaEurasian White AdmiralLimenitis camillaFine striped sweat beeAgapostemon subtiliorClub-horned GrasshopperAeropedellus clavatusDamages trees, gardens or cropsTripartite Sweat BeeHalictus tripartitusTwo-form Bumble Bee ComplexBombus bifariusHunt's Bumble BeeBombus huntiiBloody small dung beetleOtophorus haemorrhoidalisAngeles Striped Sweat BeeAgapostemon angelicusCan stingForest Bumble BeeBombus sylvicolaMigratory GrasshopperMelanoplus sanguinipesTwo-striped GrasshopperMelanoplus bivittatusDamages trees, gardens or cropsAgile Long-horned BeeMelissodes agilisGolden-belted Bumble BeeBombus kirbiellusPainted LadyVanessa carduiMonarchDanaus plexippusYellow-fronted Bumble BeeBombus flavifronsGolden Northern Bumble BeeBombus fervidusCan stingAmerican Bumble BeeBombus pensylvanicusCan stingLigated Furrow BeeHalictus ligatusWestern Bumble BeeBombus occidentalisNevada Bumble BeeBombus nevadensisWhite-lined SphinxHyles lineataDamages trees, gardens or cropsRocky Mountain ParnassianParnassius smintheusPacific Velvet AntDasymutilla aureolaDasymutilla bioculataDasymutilla bioculataWhite-shouldered Bumble BeeBombus appositusSpeckle-winged Rangeland GrasshopperArphia conspersaClear-winged GrasshopperCamnula pellucidaDamages trees, gardens or cropsVelvet-striped GrasshopperEritettix simplex

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

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