Jun 20, 2026
Fairlie-Poplari
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Bugs Guide
Bugs Guide for Georgia
Mountains, marshes, forests, and coastal wildlife
Bug highlights, common sightings, and the best places to look for bugs in Georgia. Use the highlight list to start quickly, then work through the full guide for a broader local view.
Sightings
393
Species
168
Active Months
12
Category Overview
Bugs across Georgia
This guide focuses on butterflies, bees, beetles, and other small species within Georgia's wider region guide, making local walks, gardens, and close-up exploring feel richer.
Latest Sightings
Recent insect sightings in Georgia
A recent look at insect sightings across Georgia.
Jun 20, 2026
Fairlie-Poplari
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(c) Dan Vickers, some rights reserved (CC BY)
License: CC BY 4.0 ↗
Image may be shown cropped inside the card frame.
Jun 20, 2026
Fairlie-Poplari
Photo attribution
(c) Dan Vickers, some rights reserved (CC BY)
License: CC BY 4.0 ↗
Image may be shown cropped inside the card frame.
Jun 20, 2026
Fairlie-Poplari
Photo attribution
(c) Dan Vickers, some rights reserved (CC BY)
License: CC BY 4.0 ↗
Image may be shown cropped inside the card frame.
Jun 20, 2026
Fairlie-Poplari
Photo attribution
(c) Dan Vickers, some rights reserved (CC BY)
License: CC BY 4.0 ↗
Image may be shown cropped inside the card frame.
Jun 20, 2026
Fairlie-Poplari
Photo attribution
(c) Dan Vickers, some rights reserved (CC BY)
License: CC BY 4.0 ↗
Image may be shown cropped inside the card frame.
Sightings Map
See where insect sightings cluster
Start wide, then zoom in to see where insect sightings cluster across Georgia.
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Top Highlights
Top 5 bugs to look for in Georgia
These bugs are snapped the most across this region.
Asian Lady Beetle
23 snaps
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
14 snaps
Common Buckeye
13 snaps
Fiery Skipper
12 snaps
Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth
9 snaps
Places to Start
Best places for bugs in Georgia
These place guides connect well with the bugs covered in this region.
Park34 sightings50 species
Georgia, US
The State Botanical Garden of Georgia
You might spot Asian Lady Beetle, Anole, and Joro Spider.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Georgia, US
St. Catherines Island
You might spot Monarch, Sandhill Milkweed, and Fiery Skipper.
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Park41 sightings50 species
Georgia, US
Georgia Institute of Technology Historic District
You might spot Eastern Gray Squirrel, Domestic Cat, and American Robin.
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Park92 sightings9 species
Georgia, US
Stone Mountain Park
You might spot Elf Orpine, Dimpled Trout Lily, and Porter's Sunflower.
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Park41 sightings50 species
Georgia, US
Inman Park
You might spot Eastern Gray Squirrel, Domestic Cat, and Anole.
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Park43 sightings50 species
Georgia, US
Fairlie-Poplar
You might spot Eastern Gray Squirrel, Domestic Cat, and American Robin.
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Full Guide
Full Georgia bugs list
The complete ranked list for this guide, ordered by sightings count.
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Asian Lady Beetle
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Common Buckeye
Fiery Skipper
Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth
Eastern Eyed Click Beetle
Blue Dasher
Japanese Beetle
Magnolia Green Jumping Spider
Monarch Butterfly
Two-spotted Bumble Bee
Banded Tussock Moth
Bee
Giant leaf-footed bug
Horace's Duskywing
Lichen-carrying Green Lacewing
North American Wheel Bug
Twin-Flagged Jumping Spider
Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Carolina Mantis
Eastern Giant Swallowtail
Eastern Lubber Grasshopper
Eastern Tailed-Blue
Fir Tussock Moth
Riley's 13-Year Cicada
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle
Acanthocephala terminalis
Admiral Butterfly
American Lady
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Common Pill Woodlouse
Common Whitetail
Dun Skipper
Eastern Boxelder Bug
Eastern Pondhawk
Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth
Fall Webworm Moth
Gray Hairstreak
Gulf Fritillary
Horned Passalid
Luna Moth
Oriental Beetle
Pearl Crescent
Smokybrown Cockroach
Southern Masked Chafer
Two-Lined Spittlebug
Blue Corporal
Broad-Winged Skipper
Broad-headed Sharpshooter
Carolina Satyr
Common Eastern Velvet Ant
Eastern Amberwing
Eastern Black Carpenter Ant
Eastern Carpenter Bee
Ebony Jewelwing
Firefly
Fragile Forktail
Giant Leopard Moth
Golden Silk Spider
Great Blue Skimmer
Great Spangled Fritillary
Large Milkweed Bug
Milkweed Assassin Bug
Organ-Pipe Mud-Dauber Wasp
Periodical Cicadas
Phaon Crescent
Queen
Red-Banded Hairstreak
Salt Marsh Skipper
Sculptured Resin Bee
Seven-spotted Lady Beetle
Tan Jumping Spider
Tulip-tree Silkmoth
Variable Dancer
Waved Sphinx
Widow Skimmer
Yellow Garden Spider
Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp
Zebra Swallowtail
American Bird Grasshopper
American Cockroach
American Dog Tick
Appalachian Brown
Bedbug
Bent-Spined Acorn Ant
Broad-tipped Conehead
Brown Widow
Cabbage White
Calico Pennant
Canadian Melanolophia Moth
Cassin's 13-Year Cicada
Catalpa Sphinx
Cecropia Moth
Changeable Mantleslug
Chestnut Carpenter Ant
Cloudless Sulphur
Colorado Potato Beetle
Common Green June Beetle
Common Micropanther
Common Picture-winged Fly
Dark Flower Scarab
Diversibipalium Multilineatum
Dobsonfly
Eastern Beach Tiger Beetle
Eastern Calligrapher
Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp
Eastern Comma
Eastern Hercules Beetle
Eastern Leaf-footed Bug
Eastern Subterranean Termite
Eastern Yellowjacket
Elegant Grass-veneer
False Milkweed Bug
Ferruginous Carpenter Ant
Florida Predatory Stink Bug
Glassy-winged Sharpshooter
Great Golden Digger Wasp
Groundselbush beetle
Hackberry Emperor
Halloween Pennant
Isabella Tiger Moth
Little Wood Satyr
Live Oak Metria Moth
Lone Star Tick
Margined Calligrapher
Margined Tiger Beetle
Northern Flatid Planthopper
Northern Fungus-farming Ant
Northern Pearly-eye
Obscure Bird Grasshopper
Orange Sulphur
Painted Lichen Moth
Pipevine Swallowtail
Polyphemus Moth
Question Mark
Rainbow Scarab
Red Admiral
Red-Headed Bush Cricket
Ring-legged Earwig
Silver-spotted Skipper
Sleepy Orange
Southern Flannel Moth
Southern Pink-striped Oakworm Moth
Spicebush Swallowtail
Spotted Cucumber Beetle
Spotted Lanternfly
Summer Azure
Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle
Sycamore Tussock Moth
Taeniaptera Trivittata
Tailed Cellar Spider
Tiger Bee Fly
Transverse-banded Flower Fly
Tulip-tree Beauty
Two-spotted Longhorn Bee
Varied Carpet Beetle
Variegated Fritillary
Versute Sharpshooter
Viceroy
Whirlabout
White-dotted Prominent
White-marked Tussock Moth
Witch-Hazel Cone Gall Aphid
Wool Sower Gall Wasp
Yellow-fringed Dolichomia Moth
Yellow-striped Leafhopper
Zabulon Skipper
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