Bugs in the Southwest

States: Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona.

House and yard pests

Western Honey BeeWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaCan stingAsian Lady BeetleAsian Lady BeetleHarmonia axyridisCan biteYellow Garden SpiderYellow Garden SpiderArgiope aurantiaCan biteCommon Pill WoodlouseCommon Pill WoodlouseArmadillidium vulgareHarmlessSouthern House MosquitoSouthern House MosquitoCulex quinquefasciatusCan spread germs or diseaseBold Jumping SpiderBold Jumping SpiderPhidippus audaxCan biteSeven-spotted Lady BeetleSeven-spotted Lady BeetleCoccinella septempunctataSpotted Cucumber BeetleSpotted Cucumber BeetleDiabrotica undecimpunctataDamages trees, gardens or cropsConvergent Lady BeetleConvergent Lady BeetleHippodamia convergensCan biteEastern Carpenter BeeEastern Carpenter BeeXylocopa virginicaCan stingNorth American Wheel BugNorth American Wheel BugArilus cristatusCan biteRed Imported Fire AntRed Imported Fire AntSolenopsis invictaCan stingStriped Bark ScorpionStriped Bark ScorpionCentruroides vittatusCan stingRed Harvester AntRed Harvester AntPogonomyrmex barbatusVenomousRabid Wolf SpiderRabid Wolf SpiderRabidosa rabidaCan biteAsian Tiger MosquitoAsian Tiger MosquitoAedes albopictusCan spread germs or diseaseYellow Fever MosquitoYellow Fever MosquitoAedes aegyptiCan spread germs or diseaseFall Webworm MothFall Webworm MothHyphantria cuneaDamages trees, gardens or cropsYellow-legged Mud-dauber WaspYellow-legged Mud-dauber WaspSceliphron caementariumCan stingBark Lice, Book Lice, and Parasitic LiceBark Lice, Book Lice, and Parasitic LicePsocopteraCan damage your homeLeafhopper Assassin BugLeafhopper Assassin BugZelus renardiiCan biteTexas Brown TarantulaTexas Brown TarantulaAphonopelma hentziCan biteWestern Black WidowWestern Black WidowLatrodectus hesperusVenomousFall Armyworm MothFall Armyworm MothSpodoptera frugiperdaDamages trees, gardens or crops

Most reported bugs

MonarchMonarchDanaus plexippusGulf FritillaryGulf FritillaryDione vanillaeAmerican Bumble BeeAmerican Bumble BeeBombus pensylvanicusCan stingQueenQueenDanaus gilippusEastern PondhawkEastern PondhawkErythemis simplicicollisPipevine SwallowtailPipevine SwallowtailBattus philenorBlue DasherBlue DasherPachydiplax longipennisGray HairstreakGray HairstreakStrymon melinusCommon BuckeyeCommon BuckeyeJunonia coeniaFiery SkipperFiery SkipperHylephila phyleusDamages trees, gardens or cropsRed AdmiralRed AdmiralVanessa atalantaVariegated FritillaryVariegated FritillaryEuptoieta claudiaSalt Marsh MothSalt Marsh MothEstigmene acreaWhite-lined SphinxWhite-lined SphinxHyles lineataDamages trees, gardens or cropsCommon WhitetailCommon WhitetailPlathemis lydiaAmerican SnoutAmerican SnoutLibytheana carinentaDamages trees, gardens or cropsBlack SwallowtailBlack SwallowtailPapilio polyxenesWidow SkimmerWidow SkimmerLibellula luctuosaOrange SulphurOrange SulphurColias eurythemeDamages trees, gardens or cropsPearl CrescentPearl CrescentPhyciodes tharosNorthern CrescentNorthern CrescentPhyciodes cocytaField CrescentField CrescentPhyciodes pulchellaHackberry EmperorHackberry EmperorAsterocampa celtisDainty SulphurDainty SulphurNathalis ioleBordered PatchBordered PatchChlosyne laciniaVariegated MeadowhawkVariegated MeadowhawkSympetrum corruptumPainted LadyPainted LadyVanessa carduiCheckered WhiteCheckered WhitePontia protodiceDamages trees, gardens or cropsFamiliar BluetFamiliar BluetEnallagma civileSleepy OrangeSleepy OrangeEurema nicippePhaon CrescentPhaon CrescentPhyciodes phaonAmerican LadyAmerican LadyVanessa virginiensisBlue-ringed DancerBlue-ringed DancerArgia sedulaRoseate SkimmerRoseate SkimmerOrthemis ferrugineaCommon Green DarnerCommon Green DarnerAnax juniusQuestion MarkQuestion MarkPolygonia interrogationis

How this page works

All states in this region. House pests first.

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