Bugs in South Carolina

1369 bugs with full pages have records in South Carolina. House pests come first, then the bugs people report most.

House and yard pests in South Carolina

Asian Lady BeetleHarmonia axyridisCan biteGolden Silk SpiderTrichonephila clavipesCan biteCommon Eastern Bumble BeeBombus impatiensCan stingEastern Carpenter BeeXylocopa virginicaCan stingJoro SpiderTrichonephila clavataCan biteYellow Garden SpiderArgiope aurantiaCan biteWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaCan stingNorth American Wheel BugArilus cristatusCan biteBrown Marmorated Stink BugHalyomorpha halysDamages trees, gardens or cropsFall Webworm MothHyphantria cuneaDamages trees, gardens or cropsCommon Pill WoodlouseArmadillidium vulgareHarmlessRed Imported Fire AntSolenopsis invictaCan stingCommon Eastern Velvet AntDasymutilla occidentalisCan stingCommon Green June BeetleCotinis nitidaDamages trees, gardens or cropsMetric Paper WaspPolistes metricusCan stingEastern Tent Caterpillar MothMalacosoma americanaDamages trees, gardens or cropsJapanese BeetlePopillia japonicaDamages trees, gardens or cropsSpotted OrbweaverNeoscona cruciferaCan biteSeven-spotted Lady BeetleCoccinella septempunctataGreenhouse MillipedeOxidus gracilisNuisance, not dangerousSouthern YellowjacketVespula squamosaCan stingEastern Black Carpenter AntCamponotus pennsylvanicusCan damage your homeEastern YellowjacketVespula maculifronsCan stingSouthern Flannel MothMegalopyge opercularisVenomous

Other bugs seen in South Carolina

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 plexippusGulf FritillaryDione vanillaeCloudless SulphurPhoebis sennaeCommon BuckeyeJunonia coeniaFiery SkipperHylephila phyleusDamages trees, gardens or cropsLong-tailed SkipperUrbanus proteusDamages trees, gardens or cropsSleepy OrangeEurema nicippeEastern Tiger SwallowtailPapilio glaucusEastern PondhawkErythemis simplicicollisPearl CrescentPhyciodes tharosNorthern CrescentPhyciodes cocytaField CrescentPhyciodes pulchellaSilver-spotted SkipperEpargyreus clarusDamages trees, gardens or cropsClouded SkipperLerema acciusCarolina SatyrHermeuptychia sosybiusBlue DasherPachydiplax longipennisAmerican LadyVanessa virginiensisCarolina MantisStagmomantis carolinaCalifornia MantisStagmomantis wheeleriiSonoran Tiger MantisStagmomantis clauseniOcola SkipperPanoquina ocolaLong DashLimochores mysticNorth American Luna MothActias lunaVariegated FritillaryEuptoieta claudiaGreat Blue SkimmerLibellula vibransGray HairstreakStrymon melinusHairy Sweat BeeLasioglossum pilosumCan stingCommon WhitetailPlathemis lydia

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

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