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Bugs Guide
Bugs Guide for New York
Mountains, forests, lakes, coasts, and parks
Bug highlights, common sightings, and the best places to look for bugs in New York. Use the highlight list to start quickly, then work through the full guide for a broader local view.
Sightings
579
Species
160
Active Months
12
Category Overview
Bugs across New York
This guide focuses on butterflies, bees, beetles, and other small species within New York's wider region guide, making local walks, gardens, and close-up exploring feel richer.
Latest Sightings
Recent insect sightings in New York
A recent look at insect sightings across New York.
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Sightings Map
See where insect sightings cluster
Start wide, then zoom in to see where insect sightings cluster across New York.
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Top Highlights
Top 5 bugs to look for in New York
These bugs are snapped the most across this region.
Bee
38 snaps
Asian Lady Beetle
35 snaps
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Spotted Lanternfly
28 snaps
Monarch Butterfly
19 snaps
Widow Skimmer
16 snaps
Places to Start
Best places for bugs in New York
These place guides connect well with the bugs covered in this region.
Park66 sightings15 species
New York, US
Black Creek Park
You might spot Stream Bluet, Variable Dancer, and Eastern Pondhawk.
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Park30 sightings12 species
New York, US
Cutler Botanic Garden
You might spot Eastern Carpenter Bee and Milkweed Tussock Moth.
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Park30 sightings12 species
New York, US
Bedford Village Historic District
You might spot Common Eastern Bumble Bee and Asian Lady Beetle.
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Park30 sightings12 species
New York, US
Fort Tryon Park
You might spot Monarch and Common Eastern Bumble Bee.
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Park30 sightings12 species
New York, US
Teatown Lake Reservation
You might spot American Beech and Garter Snake.
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Park137 sightings14 species
New York, US
Onondaga Lake Park
You might spot Ring-Billed Gull, Canada Goose, and Rough Cocklebur.
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Full Guide
Full New York bugs list
The complete ranked list for this guide, ordered by sightings count.
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Bee
Asian Lady Beetle
Spotted Lanternfly
Monarch Butterfly
Widow Skimmer
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Bold Jumping Spider
Eastern Eyed Click Beetle
Blue Dasher
Silver-spotted Skipper
Zebra Jumping Spider
Eastern Carpenter Bee
Hickory Tussock Moth
Spicebush Swallowtail
American Lady
American Nursery Web Spider
Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Cabbage White
Polyphemus Moth
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle
Zabulon Skipper
Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Common Whitetail
Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth
Margined Calligrapher
Orchard Orbweaver
Pale Beauty
Red Admiral
Spongy Moth
Two-spotted Bumble Bee
Chinese Mantis
Eastern Boxelder Bug
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Fourteen-spotted Lady Beetle
Fragile Forktail
Large Yellow Underwing
Mourning Cloak
Pale Green Assassin Bug
Spring Fishfly
Tan Jumping Spider
Black Swallowtail
Eastern Black Carpenter Ant
Eastern Comma
Ferruginous Carpenter Ant
Horseshoe Crab
Question Mark
American Dog Tick
Brown-lipped Snail
Cecropia Moth
Common Pill Woodlouse
Dark Fishing Spider
Eastern Calligrapher
Ebony Jewelwing
European Hornet
European Paper Wasp
Isabella Tiger Moth
Little Wood Satyr
Painted Lady
Red-Banded Hairstreak
Small Milkweed Bug
Woodlouse Spider
Admiral Butterfly
Ailanthus Webworm Moth
Black-And-Gold Flat Millipede
Carolina Grasshopper
Carolina Mantis
Dobsonfly
Earthworm
Eastern Giant Swallowtail
Eurasian Drone Fly
Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth
Four-lined Plant Bug
Golden-backed Snipe Fly
Great Spangled Fritillary
Hobomok Skipper
House Centipede
Immigrant Pavement Ant
Io Moth
Japanese Beetle
Keeled Treehopper
Ligated Furrow Bee
Margined Leatherwing Beetle
Milkweed Tussock Moth
Narcissus Bulb Fly
Northern Crescent
Reddish-brown Stag Beetle
Spotted Cucumber Beetle
Wetland Giant Wolf Spider
Wool Sower Gall Wasp
American Carpenter Ant
American Carrion Beetle
American Copper
American Winter Ant
Black Vine Weevil
Brown Rove Beetle
Chalk-fronted Corporal
Clouded Sulphur
Common Blue Mud-Dauber Wasp
Common Buckeye
Common Green Darner
Delicate Cycnia Moth
Eastern Forktail
Eastern Pondhawk
Eastern Regal Oak Mirid
Eastern Yellow-Backed Laphria
Eastern Yellowjacket
Eight-spotted Forester Moth
European Mantis
European Woolcarder Bee
Giant Leopard Moth
Great Golden Digger Wasp
Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil
Half-black Bumble Bee
Halloween Pennant
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
Holarctic Alderflies
Hummingbird Hawk-Moth
Jewel Beetle
Larger Empty Oak Apple Wasp
Luna Moth
Mediterranean Katydid
Megalodacne heros
Milky Slug
Narrow-winged Tree Cricket
Northeastern Hammertail
Northern Dog-day Cicada
Oak Bush-cricket
Oleander Aphid
Orange Sulphur
Pearl Crescent
Peppered Moth
Periodical Cicadas
Pharaoh Cicada
Porcelain Gray
Quahog Clam
Red Milkweed Beetle
Ruby Tiger Moth
Sculptured Resin Bee
Seven-spotted Lady Beetle
Shadow Darner
Small Magpie
Southern Masked Chafer
Stripe-legged Robber Fly
Three-lined Potato Beetle
Tiger Bee Fly
Transverse-banded Flower Fly
Tricolored Bumble Bee
Twelve-spotted Skimmer
Two-spotted Lady Beetle
Two-striped Grasshopper
Unequal Cellophane Bee
Variable Duskyface Fly
Virginia Ctenucha Moth
Virginian Tiger Moth
Waterlily Leaf Beetle
Waved Sphinx
White-dotted Prominent
White-striped Black
Willow Leaf Beetle
Witch-Hazel Cone Gall Aphid
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