Bugs in West Virginia

1180 bugs with full pages have records in West Virginia. House pests come first, then the bugs people report most.

House and yard pests in West Virginia

Common Eastern Bumble BeeBombus impatiensCan stingWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaCan stingAsian Lady BeetleHarmonia axyridisCan biteEastern Black-legged TickIxodes scapularisCan spread germs or diseaseSpotted LanternflyLycorma delicatulaDamages trees, gardens or cropsEastern Carpenter BeeXylocopa virginicaCan stingBrown Marmorated Stink BugHalyomorpha halysDamages trees, gardens or cropsJapanese BeetlePopillia japonicaDamages trees, gardens or cropsBlack-and-gold Flat MillipedeApheloria virginiensisBold Jumping SpiderPhidippus audaxCan biteEastern Tent Caterpillar MothMalacosoma americanaDamages trees, gardens or cropsDark Fishing SpiderDolomedes tenebrosusCan biteIo MothAutomeris ioCan stingSpongy MothLymantria disparDamages trees, gardens or cropsFurrow OrbweaverLarinioides cornutusCan biteGreen Stink BugChinavia hilarisDamages trees, gardens or cropsEastern YellowjacketVespula maculifronsCan stingFall Webworm MothHyphantria cuneaDamages trees, gardens or cropsEastern Boxelder BugBoisea trivittataCan damage your homeAmerican Dog TickDermacentor variabilisCan spread germs or diseaseSpotted Cucumber BeetleDiabrotica undecimpunctataDamages trees, gardens or cropsEastern Black Carpenter AntCamponotus pennsylvanicusCan damage your homeEuropean HornetVespa crabroCan stingNorthern Paper WaspPolistes fuscatusCan sting

Other bugs seen in West Virginia

Dead-nettle Leaf BeetleFasta fastuosaDotted Paropsine Leaf BeetleParopsis atomariaDamages trees, gardens or cropsAustralian CockroachValidiblatta australasiaePriest CicadaSinfonia opaliferaSenecio Gall FlySphenella fascigeraDamages trees, gardens or cropsCommon Mime SwallowtailPapilio clytiaButterfliesIpana junctilineaEurasian White AdmiralLimenitis camillaMonarchDanaus plexippusPure Green Sweat beeAugochlora puraGolden Sweat BeeAugochlorella aurataBrown-belted Bumble BeeBombus griseocollisTwo-spotted Bumble BeeBombus bimaculatusCan stingEastern Tiger SwallowtailPapilio glaucusSpurred CeratinaCeratina calcarataLigated Furrow BeeHalictus ligatusHalf-black Bumble BeeBombus vagansPipevine SwallowtailBattus philenorIsabella Tiger MothPyrrharctia isabellaSilver-spotted SkipperEpargyreus clarusDamages trees, gardens or cropsCelery Leaftier MothUdea rubigalisDamages trees, gardens or cropsNimble CeratinaCeratina strenuaGreat Spangled FritillaryArgynnis cybeleCommon WhitetailPlathemis lydiaPlague Soldier BeetleChauliognathus lugubrisTricolor Soldier BeetleChauliognathus tricolorFine striped sweat beeAgapostemon subtiliorSpicebush SwallowtailPapilio troilusPearl CrescentPhyciodes tharosEbony JewelwingCalopteryx maculataNorthern CrescentPhyciodes cocytaField CrescentPhyciodes pulchellaGreen Cloverworm MothHypena scabraHuron SkipperAtalopedes huronLong DashLimochores mysticZebra SwallowtailEurytides marcellusDamages trees, gardens or crops

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

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