Bugs in Kansas

1404 bugs with full pages have records in Kansas. House pests come first, then the bugs people report most.

House and yard pests in Kansas

Lone Star TickLone Star TickAmblyomma americanumCan spread germs or diseaseWestern Honey BeeWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaCan stingAsian Lady BeetleAsian Lady BeetleHarmonia axyridisCan biteNorth American Wheel BugNorth American Wheel BugArilus cristatusCan biteBark Lice, Book Lice, and Parasitic LiceBark Lice, Book Lice, and Parasitic LicePsocopteraCan damage your homeInland Floodwater MosquitoInland Floodwater MosquitoAedes vexansCan spread germs or diseaseBold Jumping SpiderBold Jumping SpiderPhidippus audaxCan biteEastern Carpenter BeeEastern Carpenter BeeXylocopa virginicaCan stingYellow Garden SpiderYellow Garden SpiderArgiope aurantiaCan biteCommon Eastern Bumble BeeCommon Eastern Bumble BeeBombus impatiensCan stingSeven-spotted Lady BeetleSeven-spotted Lady BeetleCoccinella septempunctataJapanese BeetleJapanese BeetlePopillia japonicaDamages trees, gardens or cropsSpotted Cucumber BeetleSpotted Cucumber BeetleDiabrotica undecimpunctataDamages trees, gardens or cropsWestern Encephalitis MosquitoWestern Encephalitis MosquitoCulex tarsalisCan spread germs or diseaseBrown RecluseBrown RecluseLoxosceles reclusaVenomousConvergent Lady BeetleConvergent Lady BeetleHippodamia convergensCan biteCommon Green June BeetleCommon Green June BeetleCotinis nitidaDamages trees, gardens or cropsCommon Pill WoodlouseCommon Pill WoodlouseArmadillidium vulgareHarmlessRabid Wolf SpiderRabid Wolf SpiderRabidosa rabidaCan biteSpotted OrbweaverSpotted OrbweaverNeoscona cruciferaCan biteNorthern Paper WaspNorthern Paper WaspPolistes fuscatusCan stingHouse Mosquito ComplexHouse Mosquito ComplexCulex pipiensCan spread germs or diseaseEastern Cicada-killer WaspEastern Cicada-killer WaspSphecius speciosusCan stingAmerican Dog TickAmerican Dog TickDermacentor variabilisCan spread germs or disease

Other bugs seen in Kansas

Dead-nettle Leaf BeetleDead-nettle Leaf BeetleFasta fastuosaDotted Paropsine Leaf BeetleDotted Paropsine Leaf BeetleParopsis atomariaDamages trees, gardens or cropsAustralian CockroachAustralian CockroachValidiblatta australasiaePriest CicadaPriest CicadaSinfonia opaliferaSenecio Gall FlySenecio Gall FlySphenella fascigeraDamages trees, gardens or cropsCommon Mime SwallowtailCommon Mime SwallowtailPapilio clytiaButterfliesButterfliesIpana junctilineaEurasian White AdmiralEurasian White AdmiralLimenitis camillaMonarchMonarchDanaus plexippusAmerican Bumble BeeAmerican Bumble BeeBombus pensylvanicusCan stingCalifornia Warrior BeetleCalifornia Warrior BeetlePasimachus californicusCan bitePlague Soldier BeetlePlague Soldier BeetleChauliognathus lugubrisTricolor Soldier BeetleTricolor Soldier BeetleChauliognathus tricolorGolden Sweat BeeGolden Sweat BeeAugochlorella aurataWidow SkimmerWidow SkimmerLibellula luctuosaDifferential GrasshopperDifferential GrasshopperMelanoplus differentialisDamages trees, gardens or cropsCommon WhitetailCommon WhitetailPlathemis lydiaBrown-belted Bumble BeeBrown-belted Bumble BeeBombus griseocollisEastern PondhawkEastern PondhawkErythemis simplicicollisSpurred CeratinaSpurred CeratinaCeratina calcarataSilver-spotted SkipperSilver-spotted SkipperEpargyreus clarusDamages trees, gardens or cropsBlack SwallowtailBlack SwallowtailPapilio polyxenesHuron SkipperHuron SkipperAtalopedes huronEastern Tailed-BlueEastern Tailed-BlueEveres comyntasCommon BuckeyeCommon BuckeyeJunonia coeniaFine striped sweat beeFine striped sweat beeAgapostemon subtiliorGoldenrod Soldier BeetleGoldenrod Soldier BeetleChauliognathus pensylvanicusHarmlessHackberry EmperorHackberry EmperorAsterocampa celtisPainted LadyPainted LadyVanessa carduiPearl CrescentPearl CrescentPhyciodes tharosNorthern CrescentNorthern CrescentPhyciodes cocytaField CrescentField CrescentPhyciodes pulchellaEastern Tiger SwallowtailEastern Tiger SwallowtailPapilio glaucusRed AdmiralRed AdmiralVanessa atalantaBlue-fronted DancerBlue-fronted DancerArgia apicalisBlue DasherBlue DasherPachydiplax longipennis

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

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

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