Jun 6, 2026
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Bugs Guide
Bugs Guide for New Jersey
Marshes, shorelines, forests, and migration habitats
Bug highlights, common sightings, and the best places to look for bugs in New Jersey. Use the highlight list to start quickly, then work through the full guide for a broader local view.
Sightings
317
Species
119
Active Months
12
Category Overview
Bugs across New Jersey
This guide focuses on butterflies, bees, beetles, and other small species within New Jersey's wider region guide, making local walks, gardens, and close-up exploring feel richer.
Latest Sightings
Recent insect sightings in New Jersey
A recent look at insect sightings across New Jersey.
Jun 6, 2026
Reeves-Reed Arboretumi
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Jun 5, 2026
Bamboo Brook Outdoor Education Centeri
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Jun 4, 2026
Belleplain State Foresti
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Jun 2, 2026
Stone Harbor Bird Sanctuaryi
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Jun 1, 2026
Monmouth Battlefield State Parki
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Sightings Map
See where insect sightings cluster
Start wide, then zoom in to see where insect sightings cluster across New Jersey.
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Top Highlights
Top 5 bugs to look for in New Jersey
These bugs are snapped the most across this region.
Bee
21 snaps
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
19 snaps
Monarch Butterfly
19 snaps
Asian Lady Beetle
12 snaps
Horseshoe Crab
11 snaps
Places to Start
Best places for bugs in New Jersey
These place guides connect well with the bugs covered in this region.
Park114 sightings18 species
New Jersey, US
Colonial Park
You might spot Huron Skipper, Great Blue Heron, and American Robin.
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Park30 sightings12 species
New Jersey, US
Duke Farms
You might spot Wild Teasel, Monarch, and Large Milkweed Bug.
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Park30 sightings12 species
New Jersey, US
Belleplain State Forest
You might spot Blue Corporal and Mountain Laurel.
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Park30 sightings12 species
New Jersey, US
Lake Carnegie
You might spot Spotted Lanternfly and Eastern Gray Squirrel.
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Park30 sightings12 species
New Jersey, US
Monmouth Battlefield State Park
You might spot White-Tailed Deer and Spotted Lanternfly.
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Park30 sightings12 species
New Jersey, US
Bamboo Brook Outdoor Education Center
You might spot Eastern Tiger Swallowtail.
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Full Guide
Full New Jersey bugs list
The complete ranked list for this guide, ordered by sightings count.
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Bee
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Monarch Butterfly
Asian Lady Beetle
Horseshoe Crab
Bold Jumping Spider
Common Whitetail
Orchard Orbweaver
Red Admiral
Bald-faced Hornet
Blue Corporal
Cabbage White
Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth
Margined Leatherwing Beetle
Spotted Lanternfly
Luna Moth
Polyphemus Moth
Silver-spotted Skipper
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle
Zabulon Skipper
American Carrion Beetle
Atlantic Ghost Crab
Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Common Pill Woodlouse
Eastern Black Carpenter Ant
Eastern Forktail
Ferruginous Carpenter Ant
Horned Passalid
Large Milkweed Bug
Little Wood Satyr
Painted Lady
Periodical Cicadas
Two-spotted Bumble Bee
Atlantic Sand Fiddler Crab
Black Swallowtail
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Chalk-fronted Corporal
Chinese Mantis
Common Drone Fly
Eastern Carpenter Bee
European Green Crab
False Milkweed Bug
Golden-backed Snipe Fly
Harlequin Bug
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
Isabella Tiger Moth
Mourning Cloak
Narcissus Bulb Fly
Oak Treehopper
Pale Green Assassin Bug
Question Mark
Red Milkweed Beetle
Spongy Moth
Spring Fishfly
Wool Sower Gall Wasp
Zebra Jumping Spider
American Nursery Web Spider
Atlantic Sand Crab
Bent-Spined Acorn Ant
Birch Catkin Bug
Black Soldier Fly
Black-And-Gold Flat Millipede
Blue Dasher
Broad-headed Sharpshooter
Brown-lipped Snail
Carolina Mantis
Carolina Sphinx
Colorado Potato Beetle
Common Picture-winged Fly
Dark Flower Scarab
Delicate Cycnia Moth
Eastern Boxelder Bug
Eastern Buck Moth
Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp
Eastern Comma
Elm Sphinx
F-winged Barklouse
Fall Field Cricket
Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth
Fourteen-spotted Lady Beetle
Green Cloverworm Moth
Huron Skipper
Imperial Moth
Jewel Beetle
Large Yellow Underwing
Margined Calligrapher
Meadow Plant Bug
Mediterranean Katydid
Milkweed Tussock Moth
Mud Fiddler Crab
North American Common Water Strider
Odorous House Ant
Oriental Beetle
Pandorus Sphinx
Pearl Crescent
Peck's Skipper
Phytomyza opacae
Pipevine Swallowtail
Planthopper Parasite Moth
Pure Green Sweat bee
Quahog Clam
Rosy Maple Moth
Seven-spotted Lady Beetle
Slaty Skimmer
Spotted Apatelodes Moth
Tan Jumping Spider
Tawny Emperor
Transverse-banded Flower Fly
Turfgrass Ant
Unequal Cellophane Bee
Variable Dancer
Varied Carpet Beetle
Variegated Lady Beetle
Versute Sharpshooter
Western Conifer Seed Bug
Widow Yellowjacket
Willow Leaf Beetle
Witch-Hazel Cone Gall Aphid
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