Bugs in Michigan

1393 bugs with full pages have records in Michigan. House pests come first, then the bugs people report most.

House and yard pests in Michigan

Common Eastern Bumble BeeBombus impatiensCan stingAsian Lady BeetleHarmonia axyridisCan biteWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaCan stingSpongy MothLymantria disparDamages trees, gardens or cropsJapanese BeetlePopillia japonicaDamages trees, gardens or cropsBold Jumping SpiderPhidippus audaxCan biteEastern Carpenter BeeXylocopa virginicaCan stingNorthern Paper WaspPolistes fuscatusCan stingEastern Boxelder BugBoisea trivittataCan damage your homeBrown Marmorated Stink BugHalyomorpha halysDamages trees, gardens or cropsAmerican Dog TickDermacentor variabilisCan spread germs or diseaseEastern Tent Caterpillar MothMalacosoma americanaDamages trees, gardens or cropsWestern Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalisDamages trees, gardens or cropsBald-faced HornetDolichovespula maculataCan stingCross OrbweaverAraneus diadematusCan biteCommon Pill WoodlouseArmadillidium vulgareHarmlessBark Lice, Book Lice, and Parasitic LicePsocopteraCan damage your homeDark Fishing SpiderDolomedes tenebrosusCan biteSeven-spotted Lady BeetleCoccinella septempunctataZebra Jumping SpiderSalticus scenicusHarmlessFall Webworm MothHyphantria cuneaDamages trees, gardens or cropsInland Floodwater MosquitoAedes vexansCan spread germs or diseaseEuropean Paper WaspPolistes dominulaCan stingCommon Shiny WoodlouseOniscus asellusHarmless

Other bugs seen in Michigan

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 plexippusEastern ForktailIschnura verticalisYellow-banded Bumble BeeBombus terricolaEbony JewelwingCalopteryx maculataSmall WhitePieris rapaeCommon WhitetailPlathemis lydiaLong DashLimochores mysticBrown-belted Bumble BeeBombus griseocollisTwo-spotted Bumble BeeBombus bimaculatusCan stingWidow SkimmerLibellula luctuosaSilver-spotted SkipperEpargyreus clarusDamages trees, gardens or cropsRed AdmiralVanessa atalantaMigratory GrasshopperMelanoplus sanguinipesAutumn MeadowhawkSympetrum vicinumBlack SwallowtailPapilio polyxenesMilkweed Tussock MothEuchaetes egleDamages trees, gardens or cropsBlue DasherPachydiplax longipennisEastern PondhawkErythemis simplicicollisIsabella Tiger MothPyrrharctia isabellaEastern Tiger SwallowtailPapilio glaucusPlague Soldier BeetleChauliognathus lugubrisTricolor Soldier BeetleChauliognathus tricolorHickory Tussock MothLophocampa caryaeCan irritate skinTricolored Bumble BeeBombus ternariusCan stingPearl CrescentPhyciodes tharosNorthern CrescentPhyciodes cocytaField CrescentPhyciodes pulchellaCommon Green DarnerAnax junius

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

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