Bugs in the Northeast

States: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania.

House and yard pests

Common Eastern Bumble BeeBombus impatiensCan stingWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaCan stingAsian Lady BeetleHarmonia axyridisCan biteSpotted LanternflyLycorma delicatulaDamages trees, gardens or cropsEastern Carpenter BeeXylocopa virginicaCan stingSpongy MothLymantria disparDamages trees, gardens or cropsEastern Tent Caterpillar MothMalacosoma americanaDamages trees, gardens or cropsJapanese BeetlePopillia japonicaDamages trees, gardens or cropsNorthern Paper WaspPolistes fuscatusCan stingBald-faced HornetDolichovespula maculataCan stingBold Jumping SpiderPhidippus audaxCan biteWestern Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalisDamages trees, gardens or cropsBrown Marmorated Stink BugHalyomorpha halysDamages trees, gardens or cropsEastern Black Carpenter AntCamponotus pennsylvanicusCan damage your homeEastern YellowjacketVespula maculifronsCan stingCommon Shiny WoodlouseOniscus asellusHarmlessEuropean Paper WaspPolistes dominulaCan stingGreen Stink BugChinavia hilarisDamages trees, gardens or cropsEastern Boxelder BugBoisea trivittataCan damage your homeCommon Pill WoodlouseArmadillidium vulgareHarmlessYellow Garden SpiderArgiope aurantiaCan biteFall Webworm MothHyphantria cuneaDamages trees, gardens or cropsAmerican Dog TickDermacentor variabilisCan spread germs or diseaseDark Fishing SpiderDolomedes tenebrosusCan bite

Most reported bugs

MonarchDanaus plexippusSmall WhitePieris rapaeGolden Sweat BeeAugochlorella aurataBrown-belted Bumble BeeBombus griseocollisBlue DasherPachydiplax longipennisPure Green Sweat beeAugochlora puraSpurred CeratinaCeratina calcarataSilver-spotted SkipperEpargyreus clarusDamages trees, gardens or cropsBlack SwallowtailPapilio polyxenesHickory Tussock MothLophocampa caryaeCan irritate skinTwo-spotted Bumble BeeBombus bimaculatusCan stingLigated Furrow BeeHalictus ligatusBicolored Striped Sweat BeeAgapostemon virescensIsabella Tiger MothPyrrharctia isabellaEastern PondhawkErythemis simplicicollisCommon WhitetailPlathemis lydiaEastern Tiger SwallowtailPapilio glaucusRed-spotted AdmiralLimenitis arthemisRed AdmiralVanessa atalantaHalf-black Bumble BeeBombus vagansGreat Spangled FritillarySpeyeria cybeleTricolored Bumble BeeBombus ternariusCan stingHairy Sweat BeeLasioglossum pilosumCan stingAmerican LadyVanessa virginiensisEastern Tailed-BlueEveres comyntasPearl CrescentPhyciodes tharosNorthern CrescentPhyciodes cocytaField CrescentPhyciodes pulchellaOriental BeetleExomala orientalisDamages trees, gardens or cropsClouded SulphurColias philodiceAutumn MeadowhawkSympetrum vicinumFragile ForktailIschnura positaPeck's SkipperPolites peckiusMargined CalligrapherToxomerus marginatusEastern ForktailIschnura verticalisEbony JewelwingCalopteryx maculata