Jun 17, 2026
Glastonbury Historic Districti
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Bugs Guide
Bugs Guide for Connecticut
Coastal nature, woodlands, marshes, and birdlife
Bug highlights, common sightings, and the best places to look for bugs in Connecticut. Use the highlight list to start quickly, then work through the full guide for a broader local view.
Sightings
640
Species
179
Active Months
12
Category Overview
Bugs across Connecticut
This guide focuses on butterflies, bees, beetles, and other small species within Connecticut's wider region guide, making local walks, gardens, and close-up exploring feel richer.
Latest Sightings
Recent insect sightings in Connecticut
A recent look at insect sightings across Connecticut.
Jun 16, 2026
East Windsor Hill Historic Districti
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Jun 15, 2026
East Windsor Hill Historic Districti
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Jun 14, 2026
Bean Hill Historic Districti
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Jun 14, 2026
East Windsor Hill Historic Districti
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Jun 11, 2026
Old Lyme Historic Districti
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Sightings Map
See where insect sightings cluster
Start wide, then zoom in to see where insect sightings cluster across Connecticut.
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Top Highlights
Top 5 bugs to look for in Connecticut
These bugs are snapped the most across this region.
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Spotted Lanternfly
38 snaps
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Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth
29 snaps
Asian Lady Beetle
28 snaps
Monarch Butterfly
28 snaps
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle
25 snaps
Places to Start
Best places for bugs in Connecticut
These place guides connect well with the bugs covered in this region.
Park42 sightings50 species
Connecticut, US
South Britain Historic District
You might spot Spongy Moth and Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth.
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Park46 sightings50 species
Connecticut, US
Capen-Clark Historic District
You might spot American Robin, Eastern Poison Ivy, and Duck.
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Park45 sightings50 species
Connecticut, US
Brett Woods Open Space
You might spot Eastern Skunk Cabbage and Eastern White Pine.
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Park42 sightings50 species
Connecticut, US
Russian Village Historic District
You might spot Spongy Moth, Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth, and Monarch.
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Park42 sightings50 species
Connecticut, US
Pines Bridge Historic District
You might spot Asian Lady Beetle and Baltimore Snout.
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Park46 sightings50 species
Connecticut, US
Dayville Historic District
You might spot Hay-Scented Fern, Canada Mayflower, and Wood Frog.
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Full Guide
Full Connecticut bugs list
The complete ranked list for this guide, ordered by sightings count.
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Spotted Lanternfly
Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth
Asian Lady Beetle
Monarch Butterfly
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle
Bee
Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth
Pale Green Assassin Bug
Spicebush Swallowtail
Hickory Tussock Moth
Common Whitetail
Two-spotted Bumble Bee
Isabella Tiger Moth
Bold Jumping Spider
Eastern Eyed Click Beetle
Eastern Carpenter Bee
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Juvenal's Duskywing
Little Wood Satyr
Silver-spotted Skipper
Tan Jumping Spider
Wool Sower Gall Wasp
American Dog Tick
American Lady
Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Ebony Jewelwing
Fourteen-spotted Lady Beetle
Orchard Orbweaver
Spring Fishfly
American Nursery Web Spider
Black Swallowtail
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Eastern Forktail
Eastern Pondhawk
Fragile Forktail
Margined Calligrapher
Narcissus Bulb Fly
Red Admiral
Zebra Jumping Spider
American Carrion Beetle
Blue Dasher
Cabbage White
Eastern Yellowjacket
Ferruginous Carpenter Ant
Luna Moth
Pale Beauty
Peck's Skipper
Tulip-tree Beauty
Acanthocephala terminalis
Admiral Butterfly
American Copper
Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee
Dobsonfly
Eastern Black Carpenter Ant
Eight-spotted Forester Moth
Green Cloverworm Moth
Large Yellow Underwing
Ligated Furrow Bee
Pearl Crescent
Polyphemus Moth
Question Mark
Summer Fishfly
Tawny-Edged Skipper
Unequal Cellophane Bee
Varied Carpet Beetle
Wetland Giant Wolf Spider
Witch-Hazel Cone Gall Aphid
American Dagger
Aurora Damsel
Bald-faced Hornet
Black-And-Gold Flat Millipede
Chestnut Carpenter Ant
Chinese Mantis
Common Aerial Yellowjacket
Common Blue Mud-Dauber Wasp
Common Green Darner
Dark Fishing Spider
Dot-tailed Whiteface
Eastern Calligrapher
Eastern Tailed-Blue
End Band Net-winged Beetle
Horseshoe Crab
House Centipede
Megalodacne heros
Mourning Cloak
Odorous House Ant
Promethea Silkmoth
Red Milkweed Beetle
Rosy Maple Moth
Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle
Variegated Lady Beetle
Virginian Tiger Moth
Widow Skimmer
Yellow-fringed Dolichomia Moth
Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp
American Copper Underwing
American Winter Ant
Atlantic Ribbed Mussel
Autumn Meadowhawk
Banded Hairstreak
Black Vine Weevil
Blinded Sphinx
Broad-necked Root Borer
Brown Elfin
Brown-lipped Snail
Carolina Grasshopper
Cecropia Moth
Changeable Mantleslug
Common Atlantic Slippersnail
Common Green June Beetle
Common Idia Moth
Common Picture-winged Fly
Common Pill Woodlouse
Common Ringlet
Common Rough Woodlouse
Delicate Cycnia Moth
Dichelotarsus
Downy Yellowjacket
Earthworm
Eastern Boxelder Bug
Eastern Comma
Eastern Regal Oak Mirid
Eastern Subterranean Termite
Four-lined Plant Bug
Funnel-web Spider
Gerris
Giant Leopard Moth
Golden-backed Snipe Fly
Gray Comma
Great Spangled Fritillary
Half-black Bumble Bee
Hemlock Looper Moth
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
Holarctic Alderflies
Io Moth
Japanese Beetle
Keeled Treehopper
Lancet Clubtail
Large Lace-Border Moth
Lesser Anglewing
Lone Star Tick
Long Dash
Meadow Plant Bug
Milkweed Tussock Moth
Northern Paper Wasp
Oleander Aphid
Painted Lady
Peppered Moth
Porcelain Gray
Rathke'S Woodlouse
Red-Banded Hairstreak
Scarce Straw Pearl
Seven-spotted Lady Beetle
Shadow Darner
Slaty Skimmer
Small Milkweed Bug
Southern Yellowjacket
Speziorchestia Grillus
Spongy Moth
Spotted Longhorn Beetle
Sulphur Moth
Summer Azure
Transverse-banded Flower Fly
Tulip-tree Silkmoth
Twenty-spotted Lady Beetle
Variable Dancer
Viceroy
Western Conifer Seed Bug
White Corporal
White-dotted Prominent
White-lined Sphinx
White-striped Black
Wild Indigo Duskywing
Willow Leaf Beetle
Woodlouse Spider
Yellow-Collared Scape Moth
Yellow-banded Bumble Bee
Zabulon Skipper
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