Bugs in Rhode Island
1079 bugs with full pages have records in Rhode Island. House pests come first, then the bugs people report most.
House and yard pests in Rhode Island
Common Eastern Bumble BeeBombus impatiensCan sting
Asian Lady BeetleHarmonia axyridisCan bite
Spotted LanternflyLycorma delicatulaDamages trees, gardens or crops
Western Honey BeeApis melliferaCan sting
Eastern Carpenter BeeXylocopa virginicaCan sting
Asian Bush MosquitoAedes japonicusCan bite
Bold Jumping SpiderPhidippus audaxCan bite
Eastern Black Carpenter AntCamponotus pennsylvanicusCan damage your home
Eastern Tent Caterpillar MothMalacosoma americanaDamages trees, gardens or crops
Cross OrbweaverAraneus diadematusCan bite
Inland Floodwater MosquitoAedes vexansCan spread germs or disease
Common Pill WoodlouseArmadillidium vulgareHarmless
Northern Paper WaspPolistes fuscatusCan sting
Common malaria mosquitoAnopheles quadrimaculatusCan spread germs or disease
Brown Marmorated Stink BugHalyomorpha halysDamages trees, gardens or crops
Bald-faced HornetDolichovespula maculataCan sting
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalisDamages trees, gardens or crops
Common Shiny WoodlouseOniscus asellusHarmless
Japanese BeetlePopillia japonicaDamages trees, gardens or crops
Io MothAutomeris ioCan sting
Common Rough WoodlousePorcellio scaberDamages trees, gardens or crops
Fall Webworm MothHyphantria cuneaDamages trees, gardens or crops
Spongy MothLymantria disparDamages trees, gardens or crops
Immigrant Pavement AntTetramorium immigransCan stingOther bugs seen in Rhode Island
Senecio Gall FlySphenella fascigeraDamages trees, gardens or crops
Dead-nettle Leaf BeetleFasta fastuosa
Dotted Paropsine Leaf BeetleParopsis atomariaDamages trees, gardens or crops
Priest CicadaSinfonia opalifera
Common Mime SwallowtailPapilio clytia
ButterfliesIpana junctilinea
Eurasian White AdmiralLimenitis camilla
MonarchDanaus plexippus
Small WhitePieris rapae
Cattail MosquitoCoquillettidia perturbansCan spread germs or disease
Brown-belted Bumble BeeBombus griseocollis
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Zabulon SkipperLon zabulon
Blue DasherPachydiplax longipennis
American LadyVanessa virginiensis
Nason's Mining BeeAndrena nasonii
Doubled CeratinaCeratina dupla
Fine striped sweat beeAgapostemon subtilior
Reddish-brown Stag BeetleLucanus capreolusDamages trees, gardens or crops
Tan Jumping SpiderPlatycryptus undatusCan bite
Long DashLimochores mystic
Bicolored Striped Sweat BeeAgapostemon virescens
Ligated Furrow BeeHalictus ligatus
Eastern PondhawkErythemis simplicicollis
Isabella Tiger MothPyrrharctia isabella
Broad-necked Root BorerPrionus laticollisDamages trees, gardens or crops
Two-spotted Bumble BeeBombus bimaculatusCan sting
Oriental BeetleExomala orientalisDamages trees, gardens or crops
Orchard OrbweaverLeucauge venusta
Winter FireflyPhotinus corruscusNuisance, not dangerous
Huron SkipperAtalopedes huron
Black Saltmarsh MosquitoAedes taeniorhynchusCan spread germs or disease
Woodland Malaria MosquitoAnopheles punctipennisCan spread germs or disease
Spicebush SwallowtailPapilio troilus
Northeastern HammertailEfferia aestuansHarmlessRanked by the number of Rhode Island records on GBIF (museum collections and citizen science such as iNaturalist).
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