Bugs in Pennsylvania

1471 bugs with full pages have records in Pennsylvania. House pests come first, then the bugs people report most.

House and yard pests in Pennsylvania

Common Eastern Bumble BeeBombus impatiensCan stingWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaCan stingSpotted LanternflyLycorma delicatulaDamages trees, gardens or cropsAsian Lady BeetleHarmonia axyridisCan biteEastern Carpenter BeeXylocopa virginicaCan stingEastern Tent Caterpillar MothMalacosoma americanaDamages trees, gardens or cropsBold Jumping SpiderPhidippus audaxCan biteJapanese BeetlePopillia japonicaDamages trees, gardens or cropsBrown Marmorated Stink BugHalyomorpha halysDamages trees, gardens or cropsEastern Boxelder BugBoisea trivittataCan damage your homeBald-faced HornetDolichovespula maculataCan stingNorth American Wheel BugArilus cristatusCan biteSpongy MothLymantria disparDamages trees, gardens or cropsBlack-and-gold Flat MillipedeApheloria virginiensisEastern Black Carpenter AntCamponotus pennsylvanicusCan damage your homeNorthern Paper WaspPolistes fuscatusCan stingGreen Stink BugChinavia hilarisDamages trees, gardens or cropsGreenhouse MillipedeOxidus gracilisNuisance, not dangerousSpotted Cucumber BeetleDiabrotica undecimpunctataDamages trees, gardens or cropsDark Fishing SpiderDolomedes tenebrosusCan biteEastern Cicada-killer WaspSphecius speciosusCan stingEastern YellowjacketVespula maculifronsCan stingCommon Pill WoodlouseArmadillidium vulgareHarmlessCommon Green June BeetleCotinis nitidaDamages trees, gardens or crops

Other bugs seen in Pennsylvania

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 plexippusPure Green Sweat beeAugochlora puraSpurred CeratinaCeratina calcarataHairy Sweat BeeLasioglossum pilosumCan stingEastern Tiger SwallowtailPapilio glaucusFine striped sweat beeAgapostemon subtiliorBicolored Striped Sweat BeeAgapostemon virescensHalf-black Bumble BeeBombus vagansHuron SkipperAtalopedes huronSmall WhitePieris rapaeTwo-spotted Bumble BeeBombus bimaculatusCan stingSilver-spotted SkipperEpargyreus clarusDamages trees, gardens or cropsBrown-belted Bumble BeeBombus griseocollisPlague Soldier BeetleChauliognathus lugubrisTricolor Soldier BeetleChauliognathus tricolorIsabella Tiger MothPyrrharctia isabellaLigated Furrow BeeHalictus ligatusBlack SwallowtailPapilio polyxenesGolden Sweat BeeAugochlorella aurataSpicebush SwallowtailPapilio troilusHickory Tussock MothLophocampa caryaeCan irritate skinPearl CrescentPhyciodes tharosNorthern CrescentPhyciodes cocytaField CrescentPhyciodes pulchellaLong DashLimochores mysticGreat Spangled FritillaryArgynnis cybeleZabulon SkipperLon zabulonGolden Northern Bumble BeeBombus fervidusCan sting

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

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