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Bugs Guide
Bugs Guide for Florida
Wetlands, coasts, springs, birds, and alligators
Bug highlights, common sightings, and the best places to look for bugs in Florida. Use the highlight list to start quickly, then work through the full guide for a broader local view.
Sightings
467
Species
119
Active Months
12
Category Overview
Bugs across Florida
This guide focuses on butterflies, bees, beetles, and other small species within Florida's wider region guide, making local walks, gardens, and close-up exploring feel richer.
Latest Sightings
Recent insect sightings in Florida
A recent look at insect sightings across Florida.
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Sightings Map
See where insect sightings cluster
Start wide, then zoom in to see where insect sightings cluster across Florida.
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Top Highlights
Top 5 bugs to look for in Florida
These bugs are snapped the most across this region.
Bee
57 snaps
Monarch Butterfly
44 snaps
Asian Lady Beetle
38 snaps
Gulf Fritillary
22 snaps
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Eastern Lubber Grasshopper
21 snaps
Places to Start
Best places for bugs in Florida
These place guides connect well with the bugs covered in this region.
Park30 sightings2 species
Florida, US
Orlando Festival Park
You might spot Monarch, Pin-Tailed Pondhawk, and Polydamas Swallowtail.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Florida, US
Goethe State Forest
You might spot Great Blue Skimmer, Blue Dasher, and Queen.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Florida, US
Bok Tower Gardens
You might spot Atala, Monarch, and Brown Anole.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Florida, US
Florida Botanical Gardens
You might spot American Alligator, Common Gallinule, and Brown Anole.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Florida, US
Kanapaha Botanical Gardens
You might spot Brown Anole, Green Treefrog, and Southern Toad.
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Park21 sightings4 species
Florida, US
Cherry Tree Park
You might spot Passiflora 'scarlet Flame' and Carolina Burying Beetle.
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Full Guide
Full Florida bugs list
The complete ranked list for this guide, ordered by sightings count.
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Bee
Monarch Butterfly
Asian Lady Beetle
Gulf Fritillary
Eastern Lubber Grasshopper
Atala
Zebra Longwing
Eastern Pondhawk
Eastern Giant Swallowtail
Black Swallowtail
White Peacock
Blue Dasher
Fiery Skipper
Hackberry Emperor
Halloween Pennant
Spicebush Swallowtail
Cassius Blue
Dainty Sulphur
Diaprepes Root Weevil
Eastern Amberwing
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Echo Moth
Florida Carpenter Ant
Gray Wall Jumping Spider
Great Southern White
Magnolia Green Jumping Spider
Ceraunus Blue
Common Buckeye
Common Green June Beetle
Dark Flower Scarab
Delaware Skipper
Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp
Julia Heliconian
Milkweed Assassin Bug
Palamedes Swallowtail
Phaon Crescent
Polydamas Swallowtail
Polyphemus Moth
Rambur's Forktail
Slaty Skimmer
Viceroy
Zebra Swallowtail
Air Potato Leaf Beetle
Atlantic Sand Fiddler Crab
Blue-tipped Dancer
Checkered White
Common Lovebug
Common Pill Woodlouse
Cuban Brown Snail
Eastern Eyed Click Beetle
Florida Harvester Ant
Florida Woods Cockroach
Golden Silk Spider
Great Golden Digger Wasp
Horace's Duskywing
Horseshoe Crab
Hummingbird Hawk-Moth
Io Moth
Monk Skipper
North American Wheel Bug
Obscure Bird Grasshopper
Pearl Crescent
Queen
Red Admiral
Red Imported Fire Ant
Red-tailed Pennant
Southern Two-striped Walkingstick
Spotless Lady Beetle
Sri Lanka Weevil
Twin-Flagged Jumping Spider
Yellow Garden Spider
American Bird Grasshopper
American Lady
Band-winged Dragonlet
Bar-winged Skimmer
Barred Yellow
Blue Corporal
Blue Crab
Broad-tipped Conehead
Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Common Eastern Velvet Ant
Compact Carpenter Ant
Dot-Lined White
Eastern Black Carpenter Ant
Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth
Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth
Giant Leopard Moth
Golden-winged Skimmer
Gray Hairstreak
Greater Anglewing
Live Oak Metria Moth
Lone Star Tick
Long-tailed Skipper
Luna Moth
Lyric Cicada
Mabel Orchard Orbweaver
Malachite
Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak
Mangrove Skipper
Margined Leatherwing Beetle
Narrow-winged Tree Cricket
Oak Treehopper
Oleander Aphid
Olive-green Swamp Grasshopper
Orange-barred Sulphur
Palmetto Weevil
Phytomyza opacae
Polka-Dot Wasp Moth
Rainbow Scarab
Red-Banded Hairstreak
Sleepy Orange
Southern Flannel Moth
Southern Pink-striped Oakworm Moth
Spotted-winged Grasshopper
Surinam Cockroach
Tawny-Edged Skipper
Two-spotted Bumble Bee
Vella americana
Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp
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