Jun 5, 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
215
Species
106
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 3, 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.
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
14 snaps
Asian Lady Beetle
11 snaps
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Margined Leatherwing Beetle
7 snaps
Pipevine Swallowtail
7 snaps
Japanese Beetle
6 snaps
Places to Start
Best places for bugs in Tennessee
These place guides connect well with the bugs covered in this region.
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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Park27 sightings12 species
Tennessee, US
Oak Ridge Historic District
You might spot Monarch and Eastern Tiger Swallowtail.
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Park29 sightings10 species
Tennessee, US
T.O. Fuller State Park
You might spot Red Buckeye, Prairie Trillium, and Largeflower Bellwort.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Tennessee, US
Concord
You might spot American Robin and Northern Cardinal.
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Zoo30 sightings12 species
Tennessee, US
Tennessee Aquarium
You might spot Butterfly Milkweed and Pipevine 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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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Asian Lady Beetle
Margined Leatherwing Beetle
Pipevine Swallowtail
Japanese Beetle
Spicebush Swallowtail
Ebony Jewelwing
Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Eastern Eyed Click Beetle
Hackberry Emperor
Polyphemus Moth
Silver-spotted Skipper
Admiral Butterfly
Ailanthus Webworm Moth
Bronzed Tiger Beetle
Common Whitetail
Great Spangled Fritillary
Large Lace-Border Moth
Luna Moth
Orchard Orbweaver
Red Admiral
Red-banded Leafhopper
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle
Small Milkweed Bug
White-dotted Prominent
Acanthocephala terminalis
American Bird Grasshopper
Bee
Bold Jumping Spider
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Common Micropanther
Dark Fishing Spider
Eastern Tailed-Blue
Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth
Fall Webworm Moth
Fragile Forktail
Lone Star Tick
Oleander Aphid
Red-Banded Hairstreak
Seven-spotted Lady Beetle
Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle
Tan Jumping Spider
Two-Lined Spittlebug
Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp
American Bumble Bee
Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee
Black Soldier Fly
Blinded Sphinx
Blue Dasher
Blue-fronted Dancer
Blue-tipped Dancer
Bluegrass Webworm Moth
Brown-Shaded Gray
Cabbage White
Cecropia Moth
Chinese Mantis
Colorado Potato Beetle
Common Buckeye
Common Checkered-Skipper
Common Picture-winged Fly
Coppery Leafhopper
Dragonhunter
Eastern Black Carpenter Ant
Eastern Carpenter Bee
Eastern Comma
Eastern Giant Swallowtail
Eastern Leaf-footed Bug
Eastern Pondhawk
Eight-spotted Forester Moth
Elegant Grass-veneer
Emerald Ash Borer
European Woolcarder Bee
False Milkweed Bug
Festive Tiger Beetle
Firefly
Four-lined Plant Bug
Giant Leopard Moth
Great Blue Skimmer
Green Stink Bug
Guinea Paper Wasp
Horace's Duskywing
House Spider
Jewel Beetle
Juniper Geometer Moth
Large Milkweed Bug
Little Wood Satyr
Margined Calligrapher
Milkweed Tussock Moth
Monarch Butterfly
Mourning Cloak
Painted Lady
Pale Beauty
Pearl Crescent
Periodical Cicadas
Red Milkweed Beetle
Slaty Skimmer
Spotted Longhorn Beetle
Tulip-tree Beauty
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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