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Bugs Guide
Bugs Guide for Maine
Rocky coasts, forests, lakes, and seabirds
Bug highlights, common sightings, and the best places to look for bugs in Maine. Use the highlight list to start quickly, then work through the full guide for a broader local view.
Sightings
118
Species
71
Active Months
12
Category Overview
Bugs across Maine
This guide focuses on butterflies, bees, beetles, and other small species within Maine's wider region guide, making local walks, gardens, and close-up exploring feel richer.
Latest Sightings
Recent insect sightings in Maine
A recent look at insect sightings across Maine.
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Sightings Map
See where insect sightings cluster
Start wide, then zoom in to see where insect sightings cluster across Maine.
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Top Highlights
Top 5 bugs to look for in Maine
These bugs are snapped the most across this region.
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle
7 snaps
Banded Tussock Moth
5 snaps
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Acanthocephala terminalis
4 snaps
Asian Lady Beetle
3 snaps
Bee
3 snaps
Places to Start
Best places for bugs in Maine
These place guides connect well with the bugs covered in this region.
Park30 sightings12 species
Maine, US
Alfred Historic District
You might spot New England Blazing Star and Eastern Musk Turtle.
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Park23 sightings12 species
Maine, US
Sheepscot Historic District
You might spot Black-Shouldered Drone Fly and Dimorphic Sickleleg.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Maine, US
China Village
You might spot Pink Lady's Slipper and Common Ribbon Snake.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Maine, US
Rockport Historic District
You might spot Black Tar Spot, Norway Maple, and Himalayan Balsam.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Maine, US
Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village
You might spot American Toad, Spring Peeper, and Eastern Teaberry.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Maine, US
Pennellville Historic District
You might spot Pink Lady's Slipper, Wood Lily, and Great Blue Heron.
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Full Guide
Full Maine bugs list
The complete ranked list for this guide, ordered by sightings count.
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Six-spotted Tiger Beetle
Banded Tussock Moth
Acanthocephala terminalis
Asian Lady Beetle
Bee
Canadian Tiger Swallowtail
Common Drone Fly
Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth
Hickory Tussock Moth
Juvenal's Duskywing
Narcissus Bulb Fly
Small Milkweed Bug
Winter Firefly
American Nursery Web Spider
Bold Jumping Spider
Brown-tail Moth
European Green Crab
Fall Webworm Moth
Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth
Four-spotted Chaser
Golden Ground Beetle
Goldenrod Crab Spider
Mourning Cloak
Pale Green Assassin Bug
White-marked Tussock Moth
American Copper
American Dog Tick
Autumn Meadowhawk
Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee
Blackjacket
Cabbage White
Cecropia Moth
Chinese Mantis
Clouded Sulphur
Common Aerial Yellowjacket
Common Whitetail
Crackling Forest Grasshopper
Dark Fishing Spider
Dot-tailed Whiteface
Eastern Black Carpenter Ant
Eastern Carpenter Bee
Eastern Comma
End Band Net-winged Beetle
Goldenrod Soldier Beetle
Gray Hairstreak
Great Golden Digger Wasp
Green Stink Bug
Hemlock Looper Moth
Hoary Elfin
Horseshoe Crab
Isabella Tiger Moth
Japanese Beetle
Long-nosed Swamp Fly
Monarch Butterfly
Narrow-winged Tree Cricket
Northern Amber Bumble Bee
Polyphemus Moth
Seaside Dragonlet
Seven-spotted Lady Beetle
Silvery Blue
Spotted Cucumber Beetle
Summer Fishfly
Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle
Tan Jumping Spider
Transverse-banded Flower Fly
Two-striped Grasshopper
Virginia Ctenucha Moth
Western Conifer Seed Bug
White-lined Sphinx
Woodlouse Spider
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