Jun 18, 2026
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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
548
Species
143
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.
Jun 15, 2026
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Jun 10, 2026
St. Augustine Town Plan Historic Districti
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Jun 3, 2026
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Jun 2, 2026
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Jun 2, 2026
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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
45 snaps
Asian Lady Beetle
39 snaps
Gulf Fritillary
24 snaps
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Eastern Lubber Grasshopper
23 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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Park37 sightings50 species
Florida, US
Bok Tower Gardens
You might spot Atala, Monarch, and Brown Anole.
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Park39 sightings50 species
Florida, US
Harry P. Leu Gardens
You might spot Brown Anole, White Ibis, and Anhinga.
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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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Park36 sightings50 species
Florida, US
Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park
You might spot Anole, Eastern Box Turtle, and Golden Silk Spider.
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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
Ceraunus Blue
Eastern Amberwing
Fiery Skipper
Golden Silk Spider
Halloween Pennant
Spicebush Swallowtail
Cassius Blue
Dark Flower Scarab
Diaprepes Root Weevil
Eastern Eyed Click Beetle
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Echo Moth
Florida Carpenter Ant
Great Southern White
Hackberry Emperor
Magnolia Green Jumping Spider
Common Buckeye
Dainty Sulphur
Gray Wall Jumping Spider
Milkweed Assassin Bug
Palamedes Swallowtail
Polydamas Swallowtail
Yellow Garden Spider
Common Green June Beetle
Delaware Skipper
Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp
Horace's Duskywing
Io Moth
Julia Heliconian
Mabel Orchard Orbweaver
North American Wheel Bug
Obscure Bird Grasshopper
Phaon Crescent
Polyphemus Moth
Rambur's Forktail
Slaty Skimmer
Viceroy
Zebra Swallowtail
Air Potato Leaf Beetle
Atlantic Sand Fiddler Crab
Australian Cockroach
Blue-tipped Dancer
Brown Widow
Checkered White
Common Lovebug
Common Pill Woodlouse
Cuban Brown Snail
Florida Harvester Ant
Florida Woods Cockroach
Great Golden Digger Wasp
Horseshoe Crab
Hummingbird Hawk-Moth
Luna Moth
Lyric Cicada
Monk Skipper
Olive-green Swamp Grasshopper
Pearl Crescent
Queen
Red Admiral
Red Imported Fire Ant
Red-tailed Pennant
Southern Flannel Moth
Southern Two-striped Walkingstick
Spotless Lady Beetle
Sri Lanka Weevil
Twin-Flagged Jumping Spider
American Bird Grasshopper
American Bumble Bee
American Lady
Arrowhead Orbweaver
Band-winged Dragonlet
Bar-winged Skimmer
Barred Yellow
Blue Corporal
Blue Crab
Broad-tipped Conehead
Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Brown-winged Striped Sweat Bee
Buren'S Pyramid Ant
Carolina Burying Beetle
Common Eastern Velvet Ant
Compact Carpenter Ant
Dilemma Orchid Bee
Dobsonfly
Dot-Lined White
Eastern Black Carpenter Ant
Eastern Carpenter Bee
Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth
Elephantear
Epione Underwing
Faint-Spotted Palthis 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
Malachite
Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak
Mangrove Skipper
Margined Leatherwing Beetle
Narrow-winged Tree Cricket
Northern Cloudywing
Oak Treehopper
Oleander Aphid
Orange Virbia Moth
Orange-barred Sulphur
Palmetto Weevil
Phytomyza opacae
Pipevine Swallowtail
Polka-Dot Wasp Moth
Rainbow Scarab
Red-Banded Hairstreak
Red-Headed Bush Cricket
Red-shouldered Bug
Rosy Maple Moth
Salt Marsh Skipper
Six-Spotted Fishing Spider
Sleepy Orange
Southern Pink-striped Oakworm Moth
Southern Yellowjacket
Spinybacked Orbweaver
Spotted-winged Grasshopper
Surinam Cockroach
Tawny-Edged Skipper
Tiger Bee Fly
Two-spotted Bumble Bee
Vella americana
Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp
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