Bugs in Minnesota

1256 bugs with full pages have records in Minnesota. House pests come first, then the bugs people report most.

House and yard pests in Minnesota

Common Eastern Bumble BeeBombus impatiensCan stingAsian Lady BeetleHarmonia axyridisCan biteWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaCan stingBald-faced HornetDolichovespula maculataCan stingNorthern Paper WaspPolistes fuscatusCan stingJapanese BeetlePopillia japonicaDamages trees, gardens or cropsEastern Boxelder BugBoisea trivittataCan damage your homeBold Jumping SpiderPhidippus audaxCan biteInland Floodwater MosquitoAedes vexansCan spread germs or diseaseEuropean Paper WaspPolistes dominulaCan stingZebra Jumping SpiderSalticus scenicusHarmlessDark Fishing SpiderDolomedes tenebrosusCan biteEastern YellowjacketVespula maculifronsCan stingAmerican Dog TickDermacentor variabilisCan spread germs or diseaseYellow Garden SpiderArgiope aurantiaCan biteBrown Marmorated Stink BugHalyomorpha halysDamages trees, gardens or cropsSpotted OrbweaverNeoscona cruciferaCan biteEastern Tent Caterpillar MothMalacosoma americanaDamages trees, gardens or cropsWestern Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalisDamages trees, gardens or cropsWinter Marsh MosquitoCuliseta inornataCan biteWestern Encephalitis MosquitoCulex tarsalisCan spread germs or diseaseSeven-spotted Lady BeetleCoccinella septempunctataConvergent Lady BeetleHippodamia convergensCan biteSpotted Cucumber BeetleDiabrotica undecimpunctataDamages trees, gardens or crops

Other bugs seen in Minnesota

Priest CicadaSinfonia opaliferaSenecio Gall FlySphenella fascigeraDamages trees, gardens or cropsDead-nettle Leaf BeetleFasta fastuosaDotted Paropsine Leaf BeetleParopsis atomariaDamages trees, gardens or cropsAustralian CockroachValidiblatta australasiaeCommon Mime SwallowtailPapilio clytiaButterfliesIpana junctilineaEurasian White AdmiralLimenitis camillaMonarchDanaus plexippusBrown-belted Bumble BeeBombus griseocollisTwo-spotted Bumble BeeBombus bimaculatusCan stingTricolored Bumble BeeBombus ternariusCan stingRed-belted Bumble BeeBombus rufocinctusHalf-black Bumble BeeBombus vagansBlack-and-gold Bumble BeeBombus auricomusRusty-patched Bumble BeeBombus affinisGoldenrod Soldier BeetleChauliognathus pensylvanicusHarmlessPlague Soldier BeetleChauliognathus lugubrisTricolor Soldier BeetleChauliognathus tricolorFine striped sweat beeAgapostemon subtiliorEastern Tiger SwallowtailPapilio glaucusIsabella Tiger MothPyrrharctia isabellaEastern ForktailIschnura verticalisCommon Green DarnerAnax juniusLong DashLimochores mysticRed AdmiralVanessa atalantaAutumn MeadowhawkSympetrum vicinumGolden Northern Bumble BeeBombus fervidusCan stingYellow-banded Bumble BeeBombus terricolaWidow SkimmerLibellula luctuosaTwelve-spotted SkimmerLibellula pulchellaLemon Cuckoo Bumble BeeBombus citrinusBlack SwallowtailPapilio polyxenesWhite-faced MeadowhawkSympetrum obtrusumBicolored Striped Sweat BeeAgapostemon virescensCommon WhitetailPlathemis lydia

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

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