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Bugs Guide
Bugs Guide for New Hampshire
Mountains, forests, lakes, and changing seasons
Bug highlights, common sightings, and the best places to look for bugs in New Hampshire. Use the highlight list to start quickly, then work through the full guide for a broader local view.
Sightings
171
Species
81
Active Months
12
Category Overview
Bugs across New Hampshire
This guide focuses on butterflies, bees, beetles, and other small species within New Hampshire's wider region guide, making local walks, gardens, and close-up exploring feel richer.
Latest Sightings
Recent insect sightings in New Hampshire
A recent look at insect sightings across New Hampshire.
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Sightings Map
See where insect sightings cluster
Start wide, then zoom in to see where insect sightings cluster across New Hampshire.
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Top Highlights
Top 5 bugs to look for in New Hampshire
These bugs are snapped the most across this region.
Common Ringlet
10 snaps
American Dog Tick
6 snaps
American Nursery Web Spider
6 snaps
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle
6 snaps
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American Copper
5 snaps
Places to Start
Best places for bugs in New Hampshire
These place guides connect well with the bugs covered in this region.
Park30 sightings12 species
New Hampshire, US
Harrisville Rural District
You might spot Eastern Newt, American Beech, and American Toad.
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Park30 sightings12 species
New Hampshire, US
Dorchester Common Historic District
You might spot Creek Chub, Eastern Newt, and Moose.
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Park30 sightings12 species
New Hampshire, US
Highland Road Historic District
You might spot Multiflora Rose, Asian Bittersweet, and Staghorn Sumac.
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Park30 sightings12 species
New Hampshire, US
Newmarket Industrial and Commercial Historic District
You might spot American Beaver, Duck, and Garter Snake.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Massachusetts, US
Amesbury and Salisbury Mills Village Historic District
You might spot Eastern White Pine, Multiflora Rose, and Asian Bittersweet.
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Park30 sightings12 species
New Hampshire, US
Lower Village District
You might spot White-Tailed Deer and Eastern White Pine.
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Full Guide
Full New Hampshire bugs list
The complete ranked list for this guide, ordered by sightings count.
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Common Ringlet
American Dog Tick
American Nursery Web Spider
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle
American Copper
Dark Fishing Spider
Mourning Cloak
Asian Lady Beetle
Bold Jumping Spider
Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth
Hickory Tussock Moth
Hobomok Skipper
Pale Green Assassin Bug
Peck's Skipper
Bee
Canadian Tiger Swallowtail
Chalk-fronted Corporal
Common Whitetail
Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth
Long Dash
Luna Moth
Rosy Maple Moth
Silvery Blue
Atlantis Fritillary
Clouded Sulphur
Dragonhunter
Eastern Tailed-Blue
Festive Tiger Beetle
Giant Leopard Moth
Gray Hairstreak
Holarctic Alderflies
Isabella Tiger Moth
Little Wood Satyr
Spongy Moth
Tan Jumping Spider
Tricolored Bumble Bee
Virginia Ctenucha Moth
Zabulon Skipper
Admiral Butterfly
American Carpenter Ant
American Carrion Beetle
American Lady
Bald-faced Hornet
Black Swallowtail
Bronzed Tiger Beetle
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Cabbage White
Cecropia Moth
Chain Tunicate
Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Common Rough Woodlouse
Dobsonfly
Dot-tailed Whiteface
Dun Skipper
Eastern Calligrapher
Eastern Forktail
Eight-spotted Forester Moth
European Hornet
Great Spangled Fritillary
Horseshoe Crab
Juvenal's Duskywing
Large Yellow Underwing
Monarch Butterfly
Narcissus Bulb Fly
Northern Flatid Planthopper
Painted Lichen Moth
Powdered Bigwing Moth
Stripe-legged Robber Fly
Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle
Two-spotted Bumble Bee
Unequal Cellophane Bee
Variable Carpet Moth
Variegated Lady Beetle
Waved Sphinx
Western Conifer Seed Bug
Wetland Giant Wolf Spider
White-striped Black
Wild Indigo Duskywing
Winter Firefly
Woodlouse Spider
Wool Sower Gall Wasp
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