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Bugs Guide
Bugs Guide for Massachusetts
Coasts, woodlands, marshes, and seasonal birdlife
Bug highlights, common sightings, and the best places to look for bugs in Massachusetts. Use the highlight list to start quickly, then work through the full guide for a broader local view.
Sightings
619
Species
136
Active Months
12
Category Overview
Bugs across Massachusetts
This guide focuses on butterflies, bees, beetles, and other small species within Massachusetts' wider region guide, making local walks, gardens, and close-up exploring feel richer.
Latest Sightings
Recent insect sightings in Massachusetts
A recent look at insect sightings across Massachusetts.
Jun 6, 2026
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Sightings Map
See where insect sightings cluster
Start wide, then zoom in to see where insect sightings cluster across Massachusetts.
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Top Highlights
Top 5 bugs to look for in Massachusetts
These bugs are snapped the most across this region.
Asian Lady Beetle
87 snaps
Bee
69 snaps
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Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth
26 snaps
Common Whitetail
22 snaps
Bold Jumping Spider
18 snaps
Places to Start
Best places for bugs in Massachusetts
These place guides connect well with the bugs covered in this region.
Park108 sightings11 species
Massachusetts, US
Dugger Park
You might spot Duck, Ring-Necked Duck, and American Pokeweed.
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Park98 sightings13 species
Massachusetts, US
Spy Pond Field
You might spot White Mulberry and Mourning Dove.
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Park30 sightings12 species
US
Winter Island
You might spot Common Eastern Bumble Bee and Common Eider.
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Park157 sightings10 species
Massachusetts, US
Lucy Larcom Park
You might spot Grey Cross Spider, Common Milkweed, and Roses.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Massachusetts, US
Charter Street Historic District
You might spot Common Eastern Bumble Bee and Asian Lady Beetle.
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Park96 sightings13 species
Massachusetts, US
Arnold Arboretum
You might spot American Robin and Eastern Gray Squirrel.
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Full Guide
Full Massachusetts bugs list
The complete ranked list for this guide, ordered by sightings count.
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Asian Lady Beetle
Bee
Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth
Common Whitetail
Bold Jumping Spider
Horseshoe Crab
Spring Fishfly
Monarch Butterfly
Hickory Tussock Moth
Narcissus Bulb Fly
Mourning Cloak
Tan Jumping Spider
Rosy Maple Moth
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle
Isabella Tiger Moth
Little Wood Satyr
Common Pill Woodlouse
Wool Sower Gall Wasp
Pale Green Assassin Bug
Stripe-legged Robber Fly
Zebra Jumping Spider
American Nursery Web Spider
Chalk-fronted Corporal
Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Io Moth
Pale Beauty
American Lady
Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth
Question Mark
Red Admiral
Seven-spotted Lady Beetle
American Copper
Bald-faced Hornet
Brown-lipped Snail
Common Ringlet
Dot-tailed Whiteface
Fourteen-spotted Lady Beetle
Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle
American Dog Tick
Dark Fishing Spider
Eastern Black Carpenter Ant
European Paper Wasp
House Centipede
Painted Lady
Spotted Lanternfly
Two-spotted Bumble Bee
Widow Skimmer
Winter Firefly
American Carrion Beetle
Banded Tussock Moth
Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee
Common Rough Woodlouse
Eastern Calligrapher
Eastern Carpenter Bee
Eastern Yellowjacket
Ferruginous Carpenter Ant
Fragile Forktail
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
Juvenal's Duskywing
Luna Moth
Margined Calligrapher
Mediterranean Katydid
Northern Paper Wasp
Orchard Orbweaver
Peck's Skipper
Porcelain Gray
Spicebush Swallowtail
Viceroy
Virginian Tiger Moth
White-striped Black
Witch-Hazel Cone Gall Aphid
Acanthocephala terminalis
American Giant Millipede Complex
Apple Sphinxes
Black Cherry Leaf Gall Mite
Black Swallowtail
Blue Dasher
Box Tree Moth
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Chinese Mantis
Chinese Mystery Snail
Common Aerial Yellowjacket
Common Atlantic Slippersnail
Dicyrtomina Ornata
Differential Grasshopper
Dobsonfly
Eastern Eyed Click Beetle
Eastern Forktail
Eastern Giant Swallowtail
Eastern Pondhawk
Eastern Regal Oak Mirid
Eastern Tailed-Blue
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Ebony Jewelwing
Eight-spotted Forester Moth
Emerald Ash Borer
European Mantis
European Woolcarder Bee
F-winged Barklouse
Fall Cankerworm Moth
Giant Leopard Moth
Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil
Holarctic Alderflies
Hummingbird Hawk-Moth
Immigrant Pavement Ant
Indian-Meal Moth
Keeled Treehopper
Large Yellow Underwing
Larger Empty Oak Apple Wasp
Ligated Furrow Bee
Linden Looper Moth
Lone Star Tick
Northern Broken-Dash
Oak Bush-cricket
Painted Lichen Moth
Pearl Crescent
Peppered Moth
Portly Spider Crab
Promethea Silkmoth
Quahog Clam
Red-Headed Bush Cricket
Reddish-brown Stag Beetle
Round Bullet Gall Wasp
Small Milkweed Bug
Speziorchestia Grillus
Spongy Moth
Three-lined Potato Beetle
Tricolored Bumble Bee
Twelve-spotted Skimmer
Two-spotted Lady Beetle
Two-striped Grasshopper
White Corporal
White-dotted Prominent
Widow Yellowjacket
Yellow Garden Spider
Zabulon Skipper
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