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Bugs Guide
Bugs Guide for Michigan
Great Lakes shores, forests, dunes, wildlife
Bug highlights, common sightings, and the best places to look for bugs in Michigan. Use the highlight list to start quickly, then work through the full guide for a broader local view.
Sightings
201
Species
84
Active Months
12
Category Overview
Bugs across Michigan
This guide focuses on butterflies, bees, beetles, and other small species within Michigan's wider region guide, making local walks, gardens, and close-up exploring feel richer.
Latest Sightings
Recent insect sightings in Michigan
A recent look at insect sightings across Michigan.
May 13, 2026
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Sightings Map
See where insect sightings cluster
Start wide, then zoom in to see where insect sightings cluster across Michigan.
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Top Highlights
Top 5 bugs to look for in Michigan
These bugs are snapped the most across this region.
Places to Start
Best places for bugs in Michigan
These place guides connect well with the bugs covered in this region.
Park48 sightings11 species
Michigan, US
Lakeview Park
You might spot Star-Flowered Lily-Of-The-Valley and Common Silverweed.
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Zoo16 sightings12 species
Michigan, US
Binder Park Zoo
You might spot Ailanthus Webworm Moth and Lesser Maple Spanworm Moth.
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Park79 sightings11 species
Michigan, US
Heritage Park
You might spot White-Tailed Deer, Wild Bergamot, and Turkey.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Michigan, US
Bronson Park Historic District
You might spot White-Tailed Deer and Common Eastern Bumble Bee.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Michigan, US
New Center
You might spot Eastern Gray Squirrel, House Sparrow, and Rock Pigeon.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Michigan, US
Packard Proving Grounds
You might spot Eastern Skunk Cabbage, Eastern Gray Squirrel, and Duck.
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Full Guide
Full Michigan bugs list
The complete ranked list for this guide, ordered by sightings count.
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Monarch Butterfly
Bee
Polyphemus Moth
Red Admiral
Pale Beauty
Tan Jumping Spider
Black Swallowtail
Bold Jumping Spider
Asian Lady Beetle
Autumn Meadowhawk
Common Whitetail
Eight-spotted Forester Moth
Green Cloverworm Moth
Hemlock Looper Moth
Isabella Tiger Moth
Large Maple Spanworm Moth
Margined Leatherwing Beetle
Spring Fishfly
Acanthocephala terminalis
Cecropia Moth
Chinese Mantis
Common Tan Wave
Dark Fishing Spider
Eastern Boxelder Bug
Elegant Grass-veneer
Golden-backed Snipe Fly
Hickory Tussock Moth
Hobomok Skipper
Little Wood Satyr
Luna Moth
Mourning Cloak
Narcissus Bulb Fly
Orchard Orbweaver
Question Mark
Silver-spotted Skipper
Widow Skimmer
Zabulon Skipper
Admiral Butterfly
American Dog Tick
American Emerald
American Lady
American Nursery Web Spider
Bicolored Sallow
Cabbage White
Common Aerial Yellowjacket
Common Green Darner
Dark Flower Scarab
Eastern Black Carpenter Ant
Eastern Calligrapher
Eastern Eyed Click Beetle
Eastern Giant Swallowtail
Eastern Pondhawk
Eastern Tailed-Blue
Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Eastern Yellowjacket
Ebony Jewelwing
Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth
Four-lined Plant Bug
Garden Tortrix
Great Golden Digger Wasp
Great Spangled Fritillary
Green Comma
Large Yellow Underwing
Leafy Spurge Hawkmoth
Margined Calligrapher
Milkweed Tussock Moth
North American Common Water Strider
Orange Sulphur
Painted Lady
Pale Green Assassin Bug
Pearl Crescent
Seven-spotted Lady Beetle
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle
Spicebush Swallowtail
Spotted Spreadwing
Stripe-legged Robber Fly
Tulip-tree Beauty
White-dotted Prominent
Willow Leaf Beetle
Witch-Hazel Cone Gall Aphid
Wool Sower Gall Wasp
Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth
Zadontomerus
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