Bugs in District of Columbia

1031 bugs with full pages have records in District of Columbia. House pests come first, then the bugs people report most.

House and yard pests in District of Columbia

Western Honey BeeApis melliferaCan stingCommon Eastern Bumble BeeBombus impatiensCan stingSpotted LanternflyLycorma delicatulaDamages trees, gardens or cropsAsian Lady BeetleHarmonia axyridisCan biteEastern Carpenter BeeXylocopa virginicaCan stingCommon Green June BeetleCotinis nitidaDamages trees, gardens or cropsEastern YellowjacketVespula maculifronsCan stingBald-faced HornetDolichovespula maculataCan stingEastern Black Carpenter AntCamponotus pennsylvanicusCan damage your homeEastern Cicada-killer WaspSphecius speciosusCan stingAmerican Winter AntPrenolepis imparisGreenhouse MillipedeOxidus gracilisNuisance, not dangerousCommon Pill WoodlouseArmadillidium vulgareHarmlessEastern Tent Caterpillar MothMalacosoma americanaDamages trees, gardens or cropsSpotted Cucumber BeetleDiabrotica undecimpunctataDamages trees, gardens or cropsEuropean HornetVespa crabroCan stingSeven-spotted Lady BeetleCoccinella septempunctataCommon European Greenbottle FlyLucilia sericataNuisance, not dangerousEastern Boxelder BugBoisea trivittataCan damage your homeEuropean Paper WaspPolistes dominulaCan stingBrown Marmorated Stink BugHalyomorpha halysDamages trees, gardens or cropsOriental CockroachBlatta orientalisCan spread germs or diseaseBold Jumping SpiderPhidippus audaxCan biteYellow-legged Mud-dauber WaspSceliphron caementariumCan sting

Other bugs seen in District of Columbia

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 camillaMonarchDanaus plexippusBlue DasherPachydiplax longipennisHuron SkipperAtalopedes huronEastern Tiger SwallowtailPapilio glaucusBrown-belted Bumble BeeBombus griseocollisSmall WhitePieris rapaeSilver-spotted SkipperEpargyreus clarusDamages trees, gardens or cropsGolden Sweat BeeAugochlorella aurataFragile ForktailIschnura positaLarge Milkweed BugOncopeltus fasciatusNimble CeratinaCeratina strenuaCommon WhitetailPlathemis lydiaPure Green Sweat beeAugochlora puraZabulon SkipperLon zabulonHairy Sweat BeeLasioglossum pilosumCan stingFerruginous Carpenter AntCamponotus chromaiodesRed Cone Gall WaspFeron kingiOak Petiole Gall WaspAndricus quercuspetiolicolaCrystalline Gall WaspFeron crystallinumDisc Gall WaspFeron parmulaSaucer Gall WaspFeron gigasConvoluted Gall WaspAndricus confertusClustered Gall WaspAndricus brunneusDamages trees, gardens or cropsLobed oak gall waspAndricus quercusstrobilanusDamages trees, gardens or cropsClustered Midrib Gall WaspAndricus dimorphusEastern PondhawkErythemis simplicicollisSlaty SkimmerLibellula incestaSpurred CeratinaCeratina calcarata

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

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