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Bugs Guide
Bugs Guide for Indiana
Woodlands, lakes, dunes, and birdlife corridors
Bug highlights, common sightings, and the best places to look for bugs in Indiana. Use the highlight list to start quickly, then work through the full guide for a broader local view.
Sightings
337
Species
138
Active Months
12
Category Overview
Bugs across Indiana
This guide focuses on butterflies, bees, beetles, and other small species within Indiana's wider region guide, making local walks, gardens, and close-up exploring feel richer.
Latest Sightings
Recent insect sightings in Indiana
A recent look at insect sightings across Indiana.
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Jun 6, 2026
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Jun 6, 2026
J. Edward Roush Lakei
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Sightings Map
See where insect sightings cluster
Start wide, then zoom in to see where insect sightings cluster across Indiana.
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Top Highlights
Top 5 bugs to look for in Indiana
These bugs are snapped the most across this region.
Asian Lady Beetle
39 snaps
Red Admiral
16 snaps
Tan Jumping Spider
14 snaps
Monarch Butterfly
11 snaps
Brown-belted Bumble Bee
8 snaps
Places to Start
Best places for bugs in Indiana
These place guides connect well with the bugs covered in this region.
Park43 sightings50 species
Indiana, US
Town Run Trail Park
You might spot Virginia Springbeauty and Amur Honeysuckle.
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Park39 sightings50 species
Indiana, US
Chatham Arch
You might spot Eastern Fox Squirrel, Duck, and Canada Goose.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Indiana, US
Johnny Appleseed Park
You might spot Asian Lady Beetle, Eastern Fox Squirrel, and Canada Goose.
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Park47 sightings50 species
Indiana, US
Irvington Historic District
You might spot Monarch, Black Swallowtail, and American Pokeweed.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Indiana, US
Laurel and Prospect District
You might spot Eastern Fox Squirrel, Duck, and Canada Goose.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Indiana, US
Massachusetts Avenue
You might spot Eastern Fox Squirrel, Duck, and Canada Goose.
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Full Guide
Full Indiana bugs list
The complete ranked list for this guide, ordered by sightings count.
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Asian Lady Beetle
Red Admiral
Tan Jumping Spider
Monarch Butterfly
Brown-belted Bumble Bee
North American Wheel Bug
Eastern Eyed Click Beetle
Bold Jumping Spider
Margined Calligrapher
Bee
Black Swallowtail
Common Whitetail
Eastern Forktail
Zebra Jumping Spider
American Nursery Web Spider
Cabbage White
Common Pill Woodlouse
Eastern Pondhawk
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Odorous House Ant
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle
Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle
Blue Dasher
Eastern Boxelder Bug
Golden-backed Snipe Fly
Great Spangled Fritillary
Green Cloverworm Moth
Hackberry Emperor
Margined Leatherwing Beetle
Question Mark
Red-banded Leafhopper
Virginian Tiger Moth
American Dog Tick
Bald-faced Hornet
Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Cecropia Moth
Eastern Calligrapher
Eastern Giant Swallowtail
Eight-spotted Forester Moth
Elegant Grass-veneer
European Hornet
Fall Webworm Moth
Large Lace-Border Moth
Large Milkweed Bug
Large Yellow Underwing
Lunate Zale Moth
May Beetles
Mourning Cloak
Orchard Orbweaver
Pale Green Assassin Bug
Pearl Crescent
Polyphemus Moth
Red Milkweed Beetle
Red-banded Leafroller Moth
Salt Marsh Moth
Seven-spotted Lady Beetle
Spring Fishfly
Twice-Stabbed Stink Bug
Two-spotted Bumble Bee
Viceroy
Acanthocephala terminalis
Admiral Butterfly
Ailanthus Webworm Moth
American Dagger
American Lady
American Winter Ant
Banded Pennant
Black Cherry Leaf Gall Mite
Blue Corporal
Blue-fronted Dancer
Brown Rove Beetle
Canadian Petrophila
Carolina Mantis
Catalpa Sphinx
Common Buckeye
Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Common Green Darner
Common Green June Beetle
Dark Fishing Spider
Differential Grasshopper
Dragonhunter
Eastern Black Carpenter Ant
Eastern Carpenter Bee
Eastern Comma
Eastern Hercules Beetle
Eastern Tailed-Blue
Ebony Jewelwing
End Band Net-winged Beetle
European Woolcarder Bee
Festive Tiger Beetle
Firefly
Formica fusca
Four-lined Plant Bug
Fragile Forktail
Giant Leopard Moth
Goldenrod Soldier Beetle
Grass Spiders
Green Bottle Fly
Hickory Tussock Moth
Isabella Tiger Moth
Jewel Beetle
Juniper Geometer Moth
Large Maple Spanworm Moth
Lesser Maple Spanworm Moth
Luna Moth
Meadow Fritillary
Megalodacne heros
Milkweed Tussock Moth
Narrow-headed Marsh Fly
Northeastern Hammertail
Northern Pearly-eye
Orange Sulphur
Oriental Beetle
Oriental Cockroach
Painted Lady
Painted Lichen Moth
Pale Beauty
Pipevine Swallowtail
Promethea Silkmoth
Pure Green Sweat bee
Reddish-brown Stag Beetle
Slaty Skimmer
Smeared Dagger
Spicebush Swallowtail
Spotted Lanternfly
Spotted Orbweavers
Stable Fly
Summer Azure
Summer Fishfly
Tulip-tree Beauty
Twenty-spotted Lady Beetle
Varied Carpet Beetle
Variegated Fritillary
Widow Skimmer
Wild Indigo Duskywing
Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp
Zabulon Skipper
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