Jun 7, 2026
Prallsvillei
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Bugs Guide
Bugs Guide for Pennsylvania
Forests, ridges, rivers, and Appalachian wildlife
Bug highlights, common sightings, and the best places to look for bugs in Pennsylvania. Use the highlight list to start quickly, then work through the full guide for a broader local view.
Sightings
398
Species
135
Active Months
12
Category Overview
Bugs across Pennsylvania
This guide focuses on butterflies, bees, beetles, and other small species within Pennsylvania's wider region guide, making local walks, gardens, and close-up exploring feel richer.
Latest Sightings
Recent insect sightings in Pennsylvania
A recent look at insect sightings across Pennsylvania.
Jun 7, 2026
Prallsvillei
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Jun 6, 2026
Colonial Germantown Historic Districti
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Jun 6, 2026
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Sightings Map
See where insect sightings cluster
Start wide, then zoom in to see where insect sightings cluster across Pennsylvania.
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Top Highlights
Top 5 bugs to look for in Pennsylvania
These bugs are snapped the most across this region.
Asian Lady Beetle
35 snaps
Monarch Butterfly
19 snaps
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Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth
14 snaps
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Spotted Lanternfly
12 snaps
Bee
10 snaps
Places to Start
Best places for bugs in Pennsylvania
These place guides connect well with the bugs covered in this region.
Park30 sightings12 species
Pennsylvania, US
Longwood Gardens
You might spot Blue Dasher, Cottony Cushion Scale, and Common Drone Fly.
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Park47 sightings9 species
Pennsylvania, US
Spring Mill Park
You might spot Paulownia, Asian Lady Beetle, and Spotted Lanternfly.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Pennsylvania, US
Morris Arboretum
You might spot Harlequin Bug, White-Tailed Deer, and Bee.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Pennsylvania, US
Bartram's Garden
You might spot House Sparrow, Spotted Lanternfly, and American Robin.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Pennsylvania, US
All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors
You might spot House Sparrow, Spotted Lanternfly, and American Robin.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Pennsylvania, US
Schuylkill Canal
You might spot Mourning Dove, Spotted Lanternfly, and White-Tailed Deer.
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Full Guide
Full Pennsylvania bugs list
The complete ranked list for this guide, ordered by sightings count.
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Asian Lady Beetle
Monarch Butterfly
Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth
Spotted Lanternfly
Bee
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Red Admiral
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle
Common Drone Fly
Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Admiral Butterfly
Margined Leatherwing Beetle
Silver-spotted Skipper
Cabbage White
Eastern Comma
Isabella Tiger Moth
Two-spotted Bumble Bee
Bicolored Sallow
Eastern Eyed Click Beetle
Luna Moth
Orchard Orbweaver
Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp
Golden-backed Snipe Fly
Great Spangled Fritillary
Little Wood Satyr
Margined Calligrapher
Pale Green Assassin Bug
Red Milkweed Beetle
Red-banded Leafhopper
Summer Azure
Tan Jumping Spider
American Lady
Bold Jumping Spider
Changeable Mantleslug
European Woolcarder Bee
Harlequin Bug
Hickory Tussock Moth
Huron Skipper
Juvenal's Duskywing
Meadow Fritillary
Orange Sulphur
Peck's Skipper
Polyphemus Moth
Red-Banded Hairstreak
Spicebush Swallowtail
Zabulon Skipper
American Copper
American Nursery Web Spider
Bald-faced Hornet
Blue Dasher
Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Common Whitetail
Dark Fishing Spider
Dobsonfly
Eastern Black Carpenter Ant
Eastern Calligrapher
Fourteen-spotted Lady Beetle
Giant Leopard Moth
Gray Hairstreak
Green Cloverworm Moth
Green Stink Bug
House Centipede
Large Lace-Border Moth
Large Yellow Underwing
Lone Star Tick
Oriental Cockroach
Small Milkweed Bug
Spotted Cucumber Beetle
Twenty-spotted Lady Beetle
White-lined Sphinx
Wool Sower Gall Wasp
Zebra Jumping Spider
Acanthocephala terminalis
American Carrion Beetle
American Cockroach
American Giant Millipede Complex
Banded Tussock Moth
Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee
Black Swallowtail
Black Vine Weevil
Black-And-Gold Flat Millipede
Bronzed Tiger Beetle
Carolina Mantis
Cecropia Moth
Common Buckeye
Common Checkered-Skipper
Common Picture-winged Fly
Crab Spider
Delicate Cycnia Moth
Eastern Boxelder Bug
Eastern Carpenter Bee
Eastern Forktail
Eastern Harvestman
Ebony Jewelwing
Eight-spotted Forester Moth
European Mantis
Familiar Bluet
Fatmucket
Ferruginous Carpenter Ant
Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth
Four-lined Plant Bug
Fragile Forktail
Garden Snail
Gerris
Greater Bee Fly
Greenbottle Flies
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
Hobomok Skipper
Holarctic Azures
Io Moth
Juniper Geometer Moth
Keeled Treehopper
Magnolia Green Jumping Spider
Meadow Spittlebug
Mourning Cloak
Northern Walkingstick
Ocola Skipper
Painted Lady
Porcelain Gray
Question Mark
Rathke'S Woodlouse
Seven-spotted Lady Beetle
Stripe-legged Robber Fly
Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle
Tulip-tree Silkmoth
Variegated Fritillary
Virginia Ctenucha Moth
Virginian Tiger Moth
Walnut Lace Bug
Western Conifer Seed Bug
Wetland Giant Wolf Spider
White-dotted Prominent
White-spotted Sawyer
Woodlouse Spider
Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp
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