Bugs in Texas

1550 bugs with full pages have records in Texas. House pests come first, then the bugs people report most.

House and yard pests in Texas

Western Honey BeeApis melliferaCan stingAsian Lady BeetleHarmonia axyridisCan biteYellow Garden SpiderArgiope aurantiaCan biteSouthern House MosquitoCulex quinquefasciatusCan spread germs or diseaseCommon Pill WoodlouseArmadillidium vulgareHarmlessBold Jumping SpiderPhidippus audaxCan biteSeven-spotted Lady BeetleCoccinella septempunctataSpotted Cucumber BeetleDiabrotica undecimpunctataDamages trees, gardens or cropsRed Imported Fire AntSolenopsis invictaCan stingEastern Carpenter BeeXylocopa virginicaCan stingStriped Bark ScorpionCentruroides vittatusCan stingNorth American Wheel BugArilus cristatusCan biteAsian Tiger MosquitoAedes albopictusCan spread germs or diseaseYellow Fever MosquitoAedes aegyptiCan spread germs or diseaseRabid Wolf SpiderRabidosa rabidaCan biteFall Webworm MothHyphantria cuneaDamages trees, gardens or cropsRed Harvester AntPogonomyrmex barbatusVenomousConvergent Lady BeetleHippodamia convergensCan biteYellow-legged Mud-dauber WaspSceliphron caementariumCan stingBark Lice, Book Lice, and Parasitic LicePsocopteraCan damage your homeFall Armyworm MothSpodoptera frugiperdaDamages trees, gardens or cropsGreen Stink BugChinavia hilarisDamages trees, gardens or cropsAmerican CockroachPeriplaneta americanaCan spread germs or diseaseSouthern Flannel MothMegalopyge opercularisVenomous

Other bugs seen in Texas

Senecio Gall FlySphenella fascigeraDamages trees, gardens or cropsPriest CicadaSinfonia opaliferaDead-nettle Leaf BeetleFasta fastuosaDotted Paropsine Leaf BeetleParopsis atomariaDamages trees, gardens or cropsAustralian CockroachValidiblatta australasiaeCommon Mime SwallowtailPapilio clytiaButterfliesIpana junctilineaEurasian White AdmiralLimenitis camillaMonarchDanaus plexippusGulf FritillaryDione vanillaeAmerican Bumble BeeBombus pensylvanicusCan stingEastern PondhawkErythemis simplicicollisQueenDanaus gilippusCommon BuckeyeJunonia coeniaPipevine SwallowtailBattus philenorBlue DasherPachydiplax longipennisGray HairstreakStrymon melinusFiery SkipperHylephila phyleusDamages trees, gardens or cropsRed AdmiralVanessa atalantaSalt Marsh MothEstigmene acreaVariegated FritillaryEuptoieta claudiaCommon WhitetailPlathemis lydiaBlack SwallowtailPapilio polyxenesWidow SkimmerLibellula luctuosaOrange SulphurColias eurythemeDamages trees, gardens or cropsPhaon CrescentPhyciodes phaonPearl CrescentPhyciodes tharosNorthern CrescentPhyciodes cocytaField CrescentPhyciodes pulchellaHackberry EmperorAsterocampa celtisAmerican SnoutLibytheana carinentaDamages trees, gardens or cropsBordered PatchChlosyne laciniaTawny EmperorAsterocampa clytonQuestion MarkPolygonia interrogationisAmerican LadyVanessa virginiensisRoseate SkimmerOrthemis ferruginea

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

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