Jun 18, 2026
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Bugs Guide
Bugs Guide for Tennessee
Forests, mountains, rivers, and rich birdlife
Bug highlights, common sightings, and the best places to look for bugs in Tennessee. Use the highlight list to start quickly, then work through the full guide for a broader local view.
Sightings
309
Species
141
Active Months
12
Category Overview
Bugs across Tennessee
This guide focuses on butterflies, bees, beetles, and other small species within Tennessee's wider region guide, making local walks, gardens, and close-up exploring feel richer.
Latest Sightings
Recent insect sightings in Tennessee
A recent look at insect sightings across Tennessee.
Jun 18, 2026
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Sightings Map
See where insect sightings cluster
Start wide, then zoom in to see where insect sightings cluster across Tennessee.
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Top Highlights
Top 5 bugs to look for in Tennessee
These bugs are snapped the most across this region.
Asian Lady Beetle
17 snaps
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
16 snaps
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Margined Leatherwing Beetle
11 snaps
Japanese Beetle
9 snaps
Pipevine Swallowtail
7 snaps
Places to Start
Best places for bugs in Tennessee
These place guides connect well with the bugs covered in this region.
Park39 sightings50 species
Tennessee, US
Oak Ridge Historic District
You might spot Monarch and Eastern Tiger Swallowtail.
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Park47 sightings50 species
Tennessee, US
Market Square
You might spot American Robin and Eastern Gray Squirrel.
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Park43 sightings50 species
Tennessee, US
American Baptist College
You might spot House Sparrow, Northern Mockingbird, and Gulf Fritillary.
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Park40 sightings50 species
Tennessee, US
Concord
You might spot American Robin, Northern Cardinal, and Eastern Chipmunk.
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Park29 sightings12 species
Tennessee, US
Glenview Historic District
You might spot American Robin and Prairie Trillium.
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Park27 sightings12 species
Tennessee, US
Overton Park
You might spot American Robin and Eastern Tiger Swallowtail.
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Full Guide
Full Tennessee bugs list
The complete ranked list for this guide, ordered by sightings count.
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Asian Lady Beetle
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Margined Leatherwing Beetle
Japanese Beetle
Pipevine Swallowtail
Spicebush Swallowtail
Eastern Eyed Click Beetle
Ebony Jewelwing
Silver-spotted Skipper
Admiral Butterfly
Bee
Hackberry Emperor
Margined Calligrapher
Polyphemus Moth
Acanthocephala terminalis
Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Eastern Carpenter Bee
Luna Moth
Red-Banded Hairstreak
Ailanthus Webworm Moth
Bronzed Tiger Beetle
Common Whitetail
Coppery Leafhopper
Dark Fishing Spider
Eight-spotted Forester Moth
Great Spangled Fritillary
Jewel Beetle
Large Lace-Border Moth
Large Milkweed Bug
Orchard Orbweaver
Red Admiral
Red-banded Leafhopper
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle
Small Milkweed Bug
Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle
Tan Jumping Spider
Two-Lined Spittlebug
White-dotted Prominent
American Bird Grasshopper
Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee
Bold Jumping Spider
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Chinese Mantis
Common Micropanther
Eastern Hercules Beetle
Eastern Tailed-Blue
Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth
Fall Webworm Moth
Firefly
Four-lined Plant Bug
Fragile Forktail
Kudzu Bug
Lone Star Tick
Oleander Aphid
Red Milkweed Beetle
Seven-spotted Lady Beetle
Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp
American Bumble Bee
American Lady
American Nursery Web Spider
Arcane Grass Tubeworm Moth
Black Soldier Fly
Black Widow
Black-Horned Green Lacewing
Blinded Sphinx
Blue Dasher
Blue-fronted Dancer
Blue-tipped Dancer
Bluegrass Webworm Moth
Broad-headed Sharpshooter
Brown-Shaded Gray
Cabbage White
Carolina Mantis
Cecropia Moth
Changeable Mantleslug
Chestnut Carpenter Ant
Colorado Potato Beetle
Common Buckeye
Common Checkered-Skipper
Common Green June Beetle
Common Picture-winged Fly
Common True Katydid
Diana Fritillary
Dragonhunter
Eastern Amberwing
Eastern Black Carpenter Ant
Eastern Comma
Eastern Giant Swallowtail
Eastern Leaf-footed Bug
Eastern Pondhawk
Elegant Grass-veneer
Elm Sphinx
Emerald Ash Borer
European Woolcarder Bee
False Milkweed Bug
Festive Tiger Beetle
Filbertworm Moth
Giant Leopard Moth
Great Blue Skimmer
Green Stink Bug
Guinea Paper Wasp
Gulf Fritillary
Horace's Duskywing
House Spider
Huron Skipper
Juniper Geometer Moth
Juniper Hairstreak
Larinioides Cornutus
Lichen-carrying Green Lacewing
Little Wood Satyr
Milkweed Tussock Moth
Monarch Butterfly
Monocrepidius Lividus
Mourning Cloak
North American Wheel Bug
Painted Lady
Pale Beauty
Pale Green Assassin Bug
Pearl Crescent
Periodical Cicadas
Porcelain Gray
Red-banded Leafroller Moth
Reddish-brown Stag Beetle
Sculptured Resin Bee
Slaty Skimmer
Snowberry Clearwing
Soldier Beetle
Southern Yellowjacket
Spangled Skimmer
Spotted Longhorn Beetle
Tersa Sphinx
Tulip-tree Beauty
Twenty-spotted Lady Beetle
Two-spotted Bumble Bee
Two-spotted Longhorn Bee
Two-striped Planthopper
Variegated Fritillary
Waved Sphinx
Widow Skimmer
Yellow Garden Spider
Zebra Swallowtail
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