Bugs in Iowa

1206 bugs with full pages have records in Iowa. House pests come first, then the bugs people report most.

House and yard pests in Iowa

Inland Floodwater MosquitoAedes vexansCan spread germs or diseaseHouse Mosquito ComplexCulex pipiensCan spread germs or diseaseWestern Encephalitis MosquitoCulex tarsalisCan spread germs or diseaseWinter Marsh MosquitoCuliseta inornataCan biteCommon Eastern Bumble BeeBombus impatiensCan stingCommon malaria mosquitoAnopheles quadrimaculatusCan spread germs or diseaseAsian Bush MosquitoAedes japonicusCan biteAsian Lady BeetleHarmonia axyridisCan biteWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaCan stingJapanese BeetlePopillia japonicaDamages trees, gardens or cropsBold Jumping SpiderPhidippus audaxCan biteBark Lice, Book Lice, and Parasitic LicePsocopteraCan damage your homeNorthern Paper WaspPolistes fuscatusCan stingAmerican Dog TickDermacentor variabilisCan spread germs or diseaseSpotted Cucumber BeetleDiabrotica undecimpunctataDamages trees, gardens or cropsYellow Garden SpiderArgiope aurantiaCan biteEastern Boxelder BugBoisea trivittataCan damage your homeEastern Black Carpenter AntCamponotus pennsylvanicusCan damage your homeEastern Carpenter BeeXylocopa virginicaCan stingBrown Marmorated Stink BugHalyomorpha halysDamages trees, gardens or cropsSeven-spotted Lady BeetleCoccinella septempunctataEuropean Paper WaspPolistes dominulaCan stingEastern Cicada-killer WaspSphecius speciosusCan stingImmigrant Pavement AntTetramorium immigransCan sting

Other bugs seen in Iowa

Senecio Gall FlySphenella fascigeraDamages trees, gardens or cropsDead-nettle Leaf BeetleFasta fastuosaDotted Paropsine Leaf BeetleParopsis atomariaDamages trees, gardens or cropsAustralian CockroachValidiblatta australasiaePriest CicadaSinfonia opaliferaCommon Mime SwallowtailPapilio clytiaButterfliesIpana junctilineaEurasian White AdmiralLimenitis camillaMonarchDanaus plexippusWoodland Malaria MosquitoAnopheles punctipennisCan spread germs or diseasePlains Floodwater MosquitoAedes trivittatusCan biteSapphire-striped MosquitoUranotaenia sapphirinaEastern Treehole MosquitoAedes triseriatusCan spread germs or diseaseBrown-belted Bumble BeeBombus griseocollisCattail MosquitoCoquillettidia perturbansCan spread germs or diseaseNorthern Frog-biting MosquitoCulex territansCan spread germs or diseaseRed AdmiralVanessa atalantaSmall WhitePieris rapaePlague Soldier BeetleChauliognathus lugubrisTricolor Soldier BeetleChauliognathus tricolorAedes nigromaculisAedes nigromaculisCan spread germs or diseaseNorthern Floodwater MosquitoAedes sticticusCan bitePearl CrescentPhyciodes tharosNorthern CrescentPhyciodes cocytaField CrescentPhyciodes pulchellaEastern ForktailIschnura verticalisPainted LadyVanessa carduiEastern Tailed-BlueEveres comyntasTwo-spotted Bumble BeeBombus bimaculatusCan stingAmerican Bumble BeeBombus pensylvanicusCan stingSilver-spotted SkipperEpargyreus clarusDamages trees, gardens or cropsBlack SwallowtailPapilio polyxenesGoldenrod Soldier BeetleChauliognathus pensylvanicusHarmlessEastern Saltmarsh MosquitoAedes sollicitansBlack-and-gold Bumble BeeBombus auricomusClouded SulphurColias philodice

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

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