Jun 19, 2026
Duke Gardensi
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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
422
Species
147
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 19, 2026
Duke Gardensi
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Jun 18, 2026
Willowwood Arboretumi
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Jun 13, 2026
Norvin Green State Foresti
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Jun 12, 2026
Willowwood Arboretumi
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Jun 10, 2026
Willowwood Arboretumi
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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
25 snaps
Monarch Butterfly
21 snaps
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
19 snaps
Asian Lady Beetle
15 snaps
Bold Jumping Spider
13 snaps
Places to Start
Best places for bugs in New Jersey
These place guides connect well with the bugs covered in this region.
Park45 sightings50 species
New Jersey, US
Colonial Park
You might spot American Robin, Spotted Lanternfly, and Monarch.
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Park49 sightings50 species
New Jersey, US
Willowwood Arboretum
You might spot Eastern Tiger Swallowtail.
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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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Park45 sightings50 species
New Jersey, US
Norvin Green State Forest
You might spot Mountain Laurel, Pink Lady's Slipper, and Fowler's Toad.
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Park46 sightings50 species
New Jersey, US
Duke Gardens
You might spot Monarch, Great Blue Heron, and American Robin.
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Park46 sightings50 species
New Jersey, US
Verona Park
You might spot White-Tailed Deer, American Robin, and Spotted Lanternfly.
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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
Monarch Butterfly
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Asian Lady Beetle
Bold Jumping Spider
Common Whitetail
Horseshoe Crab
Orchard Orbweaver
Spotted Lanternfly
Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth
Margined Leatherwing Beetle
Red Admiral
Bald-faced Hornet
Blue Corporal
Cabbage White
Periodical Cicadas
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle
Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Common Pill Woodlouse
Ferruginous Carpenter Ant
Luna Moth
Mourning Cloak
Polyphemus Moth
American Carrion Beetle
Little Wood Satyr
Oriental Beetle
Silver-spotted Skipper
Two-spotted Bumble Bee
Zabulon Skipper
Zebra Jumping Spider
Atlantic Ghost Crab
Black Swallowtail
Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Chinese Mantis
Eastern Black Carpenter Ant
Eastern Boxelder Bug
Eastern Forktail
Ebony Jewelwing
False Milkweed Bug
Horned Passalid
Jewel Beetle
Large Milkweed Bug
Painted Lady
Pale Green Assassin Bug
Red Milkweed Beetle
Red-banded Leafhopper
Tan Jumping Spider
American Nursery Web Spider
Atlantic Sand Crab
Atlantic Sand Fiddler Crab
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Brown-lipped Snail
Chalk-fronted Corporal
Common Drone Fly
Delicate Cycnia Moth
Eastern Carpenter Bee
European Green Crab
European Woolcarder Bee
Fourteen-spotted Lady Beetle
Golden-backed Snipe Fly
Harlequin Bug
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
Isabella Tiger Moth
Margined Calligrapher
Narcissus Bulb Fly
Oak Treehopper
Question Mark
Rounded Snail
Seven-spotted Lady Beetle
Spongy Moth
Spring Fishfly
Transverse-banded Flower Fly
Willow Leaf Beetle
Wool Sower Gall Wasp
Acanthocephala terminalis
American Dog Tick
American Lady
Bent-Spined Acorn Ant
Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee
Birch Catkin Bug
Black Soldier Fly
Black-And-Gold Flat Millipede
Black-Horned Green Lacewing
Blue Dasher
Broad-headed Sharpshooter
Carolina Mantis
Carolina Sphinx
Cecropia Moth
Colorado Potato Beetle
Common Picture-winged Fly
Common Wood-Nymph
Dark Fishing Spider
Dark Flower Scarab
Eastern Black-Legged Tick
Eastern Buck Moth
Eastern Calligrapher
Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp
Eastern Comma
Eastern Pondhawk
Elm Sphinx
F-winged Barklouse
Fall Field Cricket
Familiar Bluet
Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth
Four-lined Plant Bug
Gerrini
Green Cloverworm Moth
Halloween Pennant
Huron Skipper
Imperial Moth
Large Lace-Border Moth
Large Yellow Underwing
Leopard Slug
Meadow Plant Bug
Mediterranean Katydid
Milkweed Tussock Moth
Mud Fiddler Crab
North American Common Water Strider
Odorous House Ant
Orange Sulphur
Pandorus Sphinx
Pearl Crescent
Peck's Skipper
Phytomyza opacae
Pipevine Swallowtail
Planthopper Parasite Moth
Pure Green Sweat bee
Quahog Clam
Reddish-brown Stag Beetle
Rosy Maple Moth
Slaty Skimmer
Small Engrailed
Southern Yellowjacket
Spotted Apatelodes Moth
Spotted Cucumber Beetle
Tawny Emperor
Turfgrass Ant
Twenty-spotted Lady Beetle
Unequal Cellophane Bee
Variable Dancer
Varied Carpet Beetle
Variegated Lady Beetle
Versute Sharpshooter
Western Conifer Seed Bug
Widow Skimmer
Widow Yellowjacket
Witch-Hazel Cone Gall Aphid
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