Jun 6, 2026
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Bugs Guide
Bugs Guide for Alabama
Forests, rivers, wetlands, and Gulf Coast wildlife
Bug highlights, common sightings, and the best places to look for bugs in Alabama. Use the highlight list to start quickly, then work through the full guide for a broader local view.
Sightings
445
Species
163
Active Months
12
Category Overview
Bugs across Alabama
This guide focuses on butterflies, bees, beetles, and other small species within Alabama's wider region guide, making local walks, gardens, and close-up exploring feel richer.
Latest Sightings
Recent insect sightings in Alabama
A recent look at insect sightings across Alabama.
Jun 5, 2026
Auburn University Historic Districti
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Jun 5, 2026
Auburn University Historic Districti
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Jun 4, 2026
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Sightings Map
See where insect sightings cluster
Start wide, then zoom in to see where insect sightings cluster across Alabama.
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Top Highlights
Top 5 bugs to look for in Alabama
These bugs are snapped the most across this region.
Asian Lady Beetle
53 snaps
Bee
18 snaps
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Eastern Lubber Grasshopper
10 snaps
Golden Silk Spider
9 snaps
Versute Sharpshooter
9 snaps
Places to Start
Best places for bugs in Alabama
These place guides connect well with the bugs covered in this region.
Park92 sightings9 species
Alabama, US
Birmingham Botanical Gardens
You might spot Common Eastern Bumble Bee and Eastern Carpenter Bee.
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Park46 sightings50 species
Alabama, US
Downtown Tuscaloosa Historic District
You might spot Anole, Eastern Gray Squirrel, and Asian Lady Beetle.
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Park45 sightings50 species
Alabama, US
Audubon Place Historic District
You might spot Anole, Eastern Gray Squirrel, and Asian Lady Beetle.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Alabama, US
Auburn University Historic District
You might spot Eastern Gray Squirrel and Northern Mockingbird.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Alabama, US
Colbert County Courthouse Square Historic District
You might spot Duck, Canada Goose, and Pinkladies.
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Park29 sightings12 species
Alabama, US
Tuscumbia Historic District
You might spot Duck, Canada Goose, and Virginia Springbeauty.
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Full Guide
Full Alabama bugs list
The complete ranked list for this guide, ordered by sightings count.
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Asian Lady Beetle
Bee
Eastern Lubber Grasshopper
Golden Silk Spider
Versute Sharpshooter
Magnolia Green Jumping Spider
Polyphemus Moth
Eastern Eyed Click Beetle
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Monarch Butterfly
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Common Buckeye
Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Glassy-winged Sharpshooter
Gulf Fritillary
Hackberry Emperor
Eastern Carpenter Bee
Giant leaf-footed bug
Two-Lined Spittlebug
Black Widow
Blue Dasher
Common Pill Woodlouse
Eastern Hercules Beetle
Eastern Leaf-footed Bug
Ebony Jewelwing
Japanese Beetle
Silver-spotted Skipper
Admiral Butterfly
American Lady
American Nursery Web Spider
Common Eastern Velvet Ant
Common Whitetail
Dark Flower Scarab
Dobsonfly
Eastern Pondhawk
Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth
Fragile Forktail
Hardwood Stump Borer
Io Moth
Luna Moth
Margined Calligrapher
Margined Leatherwing Beetle
North American Wheel Bug
Northern Flatid Planthopper
Orchard Orbweaver
Pipevine Swallowtail
Red-banded Leafhopper
Spicebush Swallowtail
Spotted Cucumber Beetle
Tulip-tree Beauty
Twin-Flagged Jumping Spider
Viceroy
Widow Skimmer
Yellow Garden Spider
Acanthocephala terminalis
American Bird Grasshopper
Asian Tiger Mosquito
Banded Tussock Moth
Black Soldier Fly
Blue-fronted Dancer
Blueberry Digger Bee
Broad-headed Sharpshooter
Bronzed Tiger Beetle
Carolina Mantis
Carolina Satyr
Cecropia Moth
Eastern Black Carpenter Ant
Eastern Phantom Crane Fly
Eastern Tailed-Blue
Firefly
Galerita Bicolor
Horace's Duskywing
Horned Passalid
Mabel Orchard Orbweaver
Mourning Cloak
Oleander Aphid
Painted Lichen Moth
Palamedes Swallowtail
Pantropical Jumping Spider
Pearl Crescent
Rabidosa
Red Admiral
Rosy Maple Moth
Seven-spotted Lady Beetle
Sleepy Orange
Smokybrown Cockroach
Southern Masked Chafer
Tiger Bee Fly
Virginia Creeper Sphinx
Yellow-fringed Dolichomia Moth
Aerial Brown
American Carpenter Ant
Arrowhead Orbweaver
Asian Clam
Banded Pennant
Black Stink Bug
Black Swallowtail
Blinded Sphinx
Blue Corporal
Blue-Faced Meadowhawk
Bluegrass Webworm Moth
Bold Jumping Spider
Bowl-And-Doily Spider
Broad-tipped Conehead
Brown Recluse Spider
Cabbage White
Changeable Mantleslug
Cloudless Sulphur
Common Green June Beetle
Common Micropanther
Common Picture-winged Fly
Common True Katydid
Coppery Leafhopper
Dicromantispa Interrupta
Differential Grasshopper
Eastern Amberwing
Eastern Boxelder Bug
Eastern Buck Moth
Eastern Calligrapher
Eastern Giant Swallowtail
Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth
Eastern Yellowjacket
Eight-spotted Forester Moth
End Band Net-winged Beetle
Fall Webworm Moth
Ferruginous Carpenter Ant
Fiery Skipper
Florida Predatory Stink Bug
Four-Spotted Pennant
Garden Tortrix
Giant Leopard Moth
Gray Wall Jumping Spider
Great Blue Skimmer
Great Spangled Fritillary
House Centipede
Hummingbird Hawk-Moth
Isabella Tiger Moth
Kudzu Bug
Ladybug
Micromus Posticus
Obscure Bird Grasshopper
Painted Lady
Pandorus Sphinx
Question Mark
Rainbow Scarab
Red-Banded Hairstreak
Red-Headed Bush Cricket
Red-shouldered Bug
Slaty Skimmer
Southern Flannel Moth
Southern Pink-striped Oakworm Moth
Spotted Apatelodes Moth
Spring Fishfly
Surinam Cockroach
Three-ridge Mussel
Tulip-tree Silkmoth
Variable Dancer
Variegated Fritillary
Virginian Tiger Moth
Wharf Louse
White-dotted Prominent
Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp
Zebra Swallowtail
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