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Bugs Guide
Bugs Guide for Arkansas
Woodlands, rivers, mountains, and quiet wildlife
Bug highlights, common sightings, and the best places to look for bugs in Arkansas. Use the highlight list to start quickly, then work through the full guide for a broader local view.
Sightings
127
Species
86
Active Months
12
Category Overview
Bugs across Arkansas
This guide focuses on butterflies, bees, beetles, and other small species within Arkansas' wider region guide, making local walks, gardens, and close-up exploring feel richer.
Latest Sightings
Recent insect sightings in Arkansas
A recent look at insect sightings across Arkansas.
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Sightings Map
See where insect sightings cluster
Start wide, then zoom in to see where insect sightings cluster across Arkansas.
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Top Highlights
Top 5 bugs to look for in Arkansas
These bugs are snapped the most across this region.
Luna Moth
5 snaps
Monarch Butterfly
5 snaps
Question Mark
5 snaps
Blue Dasher
3 snaps
Blue-fronted Dancer
3 snaps
Places to Start
Best places for bugs in Arkansas
These place guides connect well with the bugs covered in this region.
Park28 sightings12 species
Arkansas, US
Marked Tree Lock and Siphons
You might spot Green Treefrog, Blue-Fronted Dancer, and Question Mark.
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Park28 sightings12 species
Arkansas, US
Clover Bend Historic District
You might spot Slaty Skimmer and Common Eastern Bumble Bee.
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Park25 sightings12 species
Arkansas, US
Calico Rock Historic District
You might spot Widow's-Cross, Yucca Giant-Skipper, and Outis Skipper.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Arkansas, US
Louisiana Purchase State Park
You might spot Water Tupelo, Banded Watersnake, and Prothonotary Warbler.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Arkansas, US
Charlotte Street Historic District
You might spot Pear-Shaped Puffball and American Beautyberry.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Arkansas, US
Eureka Springs Historic District
You might spot Rose Vervain, Ozark Leatherwood, and Trelease's Larkspur.
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Full Guide
Full Arkansas bugs list
The complete ranked list for this guide, ordered by sightings count.
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Luna Moth
Monarch Butterfly
Question Mark
Blue Dasher
Blue-fronted Dancer
Bronzed Tiger Beetle
Ebony Jewelwing
Northern Cloudywing
Bee
Bold Jumping Spider
Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Common Eastern Velvet Ant
Dark Flower Scarab
Eastern Buck Moth
Eastern Giant Swallowtail
Eastern Pondhawk
Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth
Giant Leopard Moth
Hackberry Emperor
Huron Skipper
Obscure Bird Grasshopper
Pearl Crescent
Red-Banded Hairstreak
Slaty Skimmer
Spotted Cucumber Beetle
Tan Jumping Spider
Two-Lined Spittlebug
Acanthocephala terminalis
Admiral Butterfly
American Bumble Bee
American Carrion Beetle
American Cockroach
American Lady
Asian Lady Beetle
Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee
Black Swallowtail
Black Widow
Broad-headed Sharpshooter
Brown Recluse Spider
Canopy Jumping Spider
Clouded Skipper
Cloudless Sulphur
Common Pill Woodlouse
Common Wood-Nymph
Dainty Sulphur
Dark Fishing Spider
Eastern Black Carpenter Ant
Eastern Comma
Eastern Eyed Click Beetle
Eastern Tailed-Blue
Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Fiery Skipper
Firefly
Fragile Forktail
Great Spangled Fritillary
Greater Anglewing
Gulf Fritillary
Horace's Duskywing
Horned Passalid
Juniper Hairstreak
Large Maple Spanworm Moth
Ligated Furrow Bee
Little Wood Satyr
North American Wheel Bug
Orchard Orbweaver
Pale Green Assassin Bug
Pipevine Swallowtail
Polyphemus Moth
Red Admiral
Red Imported Fire Ant
Red-banded Leafhopper
Rosy Maple Moth
Seven-spotted Lady Beetle
Silvery Checkerspot
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle
Spicebush Swallowtail
Spring Fishfly
Stable Fly
Texas Brown Tarantula
Variegated Fritillary
Virginian Tiger Moth
White-marked Tussock Moth
Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly
Zebra Mussel
Zebra Swallowtail
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