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Bugs Guide
Bugs Guide for Ohio
Forests, wetlands, rivers, and Lake Erie
Bug highlights, common sightings, and the best places to look for bugs in Ohio. Use the highlight list to start quickly, then work through the full guide for a broader local view.
Sightings
531
Species
156
Active Months
12
Category Overview
Bugs across Ohio
This guide focuses on butterflies, bees, beetles, and other small species within Ohio's wider region guide, making local walks, gardens, and close-up exploring feel richer.
Latest Sightings
Recent insect sightings in Ohio
A recent look at insect sightings across Ohio.
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(c) Anna Hess, some rights reserved (CC BY)
License: CC BY 4.0 ↗
Image may be shown cropped inside the card frame.
Sightings Map
See where insect sightings cluster
Start wide, then zoom in to see where insect sightings cluster across Ohio.
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Top Highlights
Top 5 bugs to look for in Ohio
These bugs are snapped the most across this region.
Eastern Carpenter Bee
32 snaps
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Spotted Lanternfly
25 snaps
Monarch Butterfly
23 snaps
Ebony Jewelwing
21 snaps
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Eastern Forktail
20 snaps
Places to Start
Best places for bugs in Ohio
These place guides connect well with the bugs covered in this region.
Zoo30 sightings12 species
Ohio, US
Toledo Zoo
You might spot Eastern Carpenter Bee and Common Eastern Bumble Bee.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Ohio, US
Lake Ridge Island Mounds
You might spot Bluegill, Duck, and Eastern Forktail.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Ohio, US
Toledo Botanical Garden
You might spot Common Eastern Bumble Bee, Rudbeckia, and Bee.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Ohio, US
Mount Airy Forest
You might spot Spotted Lanternfly and Virginia Springbeauty.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Ohio, US
Franklin Park Conservatory
You might spot Spotted Lanternfly, Bee, and Brown-Belted Bumble Bee.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Ohio, US
Hocking Valley Scenic Railway Historic District
You might spot Common Pawpaw, Eastern Newt, and Spotted Salamander.
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Full Guide
Full Ohio bugs list
The complete ranked list for this guide, ordered by sightings count.
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Eastern Carpenter Bee
Spotted Lanternfly
Monarch Butterfly
Ebony Jewelwing
Eastern Forktail
Asian Lady Beetle
Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Fragile Forktail
Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle
Bald-faced Hornet
Bold Jumping Spider
Eastern Black Carpenter Ant
Eastern Calligrapher
Familiar Bluet
Common Whitetail
Orange Bluet
Black Saddlebags
Blue Dasher
Isabella Tiger Moth
Red Admiral
American Nursery Web Spider
Bee
Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Eastern Pondhawk
Pale Green Assassin Bug
Powdered Dancer
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle
Zebra Jumping Spider
Black Swallowtail
Cabbage White
Four-lined Plant Bug
Golden-backed Snipe Fly
Stream Bluet
Tan Jumping Spider
Bearded Carpenter ant
Common Green Darner
Hickory Tussock Moth
Immigrant Pavement Ant
Margined Calligrapher
Silver-spotted Skipper
Spring Fishfly
Zebra Swallowtail
Common Buckeye
Dark Fishing Spider
Eastern Comma
Eastern Eyed Click Beetle
Eight-spotted Forester Moth
Ferruginous Carpenter Ant
Hackberry Emperor
Little Wood Satyr
Margined Leatherwing Beetle
Meadow Fritillary
Promethea Silkmoth
White-dotted Prominent
American Winter Ant
Black-and-gold Bumble Bee
Blue-fronted Dancer
Blue-tipped Dancer
Brown-lipped Snail
Chinese Mantis
Dark Flower Scarab
Double-striped Bluet
Eastern Amberwing
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Giant Leopard Moth
Greater Bee Fly
Luna Moth
Mourning Cloak
Narcissus Bulb Fly
Pipevine Swallowtail
Polyphemus Moth
Porcelain Gray
Question Mark
Red Milkweed Beetle
Smeared Dagger
Two-spotted Bumble Bee
Widow Skimmer
Yellow Garden Spider
Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp
Acanthocephala terminalis
Admiral Butterfly
Agromyza vockerothi
Ailanthus Webworm Moth
American Bird Grasshopper
American Bumble Bee
American Carrion Beetle
American Dog Tick
American Giant Millipede Complex
American Rubyspot
Asian Tiger Mosquito
Bent-Spined Acorn Ant
Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee
Black-And-Gold Flat Millipede
Blue Corporal
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Brown Rove Beetle
Carolina Mantis
Carolina Saddlebags
Carolina Sphinx
Common Micropanther
Common Pill Woodlouse
Coppery Leafhopper
Delicate Cycnia Moth
Dobsonfly
Dot-Lined White
Dot-tailed Whiteface
Eastern Boxelder Bug
Eastern Tailed-Blue
Eastern Yellow-Backed Laphria
Evergreen Bagworm Moth
Fall Webworm Moth
False Leptura Beetle
False Milkweed Bug
Firefly
Fourteen-spotted Lady Beetle
Great Spangled Fritillary
Green Cloverworm Moth
Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil
Guano Beetle
Hairy-Headed Acrobat Ant
Hummingbird Hawk-Moth
Imperial Moth
Japanese Beetle
Large Lace-Border Moth
Ligated Furrow Bee
Mining Bees
Orange Sulphur
Orchard Orbweaver
Oriental Cockroach
Painted Lady
Pale Beauty
Pearl Crescent
Rainbow Scarab
Rathke'S Woodlouse
Red-banded Leafhopper
Rosy Maple Moth
Royal River Cruiser
Running Crab Spiders
Shaded Fuzzy Ant
Short-winged Green Grasshopper
Silvery Checkerspot
Small Bird-dropping Moth
Small Milkweed Bug
Spicebush Swallowtail
Sycamore Tussock Moth
Turfgrass Ant
Twelve-spotted Skimmer
Virginia Ctenucha Moth
Virginian Tiger Moth
Western Conifer Seed Bug
Wetland Giant Wolf Spider
White-marked Tussock Moth
Winnow Ant
Woodlouse Spider
Wool Sower Gall Wasp
Yellow-fringed Dolichomia Moth
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