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Bugs Guide
Bugs Guide for Vermont
Forests, mountains, rivers, and seasonal color
Bug highlights, common sightings, and the best places to look for bugs in Vermont. Use the highlight list to start quickly, then work through the full guide for a broader local view.
Sightings
91
Species
51
Active Months
6
Category Overview
Bugs across Vermont
This guide focuses on butterflies, bees, beetles, and other small species within Vermont's wider region guide, making local walks, gardens, and close-up exploring feel richer.
Latest Sightings
Recent insect sightings in Vermont
A recent look at insect sightings across Vermont.
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Sightings Map
See where insect sightings cluster
Start wide, then zoom in to see where insect sightings cluster across Vermont.
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Top Highlights
Top 5 bugs to look for in Vermont
These bugs are snapped the most across this region.
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American Copper
7 snaps
Peck's Skipper
6 snaps
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Six-spotted Tiger Beetle
5 snaps
Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth
4 snaps
Places to Start
Best places for bugs in Vermont
These place guides connect well with the bugs covered in this region.
Park30 sightings12 species
Vermont, US
Brattleboro Downtown Historic District
You might spot Asian Bittersweet, Alder Buckthorn, and Eastern Newt.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Vermont, US
City Hall Park Historic District
You might spot American Robin and Black-Capped Chickadee.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Vermont, US
Rutland Courthouse Historic District
You might spot Northern Cardinal, Dark-Eyed Junco, and Mourning Dove.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Vermont, US
Battery Street Historic District
You might spot American Robin and Black-Capped Chickadee.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Vermont, US
Stockbridge Common Historic District
You might spot Eastern White Pine, Eastern Newt, and Painted Bunting.
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Park16 sightings12 species
Vermont, US
Kents Corner Historic District
You might spot Turkey, White-Tailed Deer, and American Red Squirrel.
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Full Guide
Full Vermont bugs list
The complete ranked list for this guide, ordered by sightings count.
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American Copper
Peck's Skipper
Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle
Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth
Pale Green Assassin Bug
American Dog Tick
Common Ringlet
Tricolored Bumble Bee
American Nursery Web Spider
Asian Lady Beetle
Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Eastern Tailed-Blue
Hobomok Skipper
Long Dash
Luna Moth
Meadow Plant Bug
Winter Firefly
Acanthocephala terminalis
American Carrion Beetle
Bee
Blinded Sphinx
Brown Rove Beetle
Cabbage White
Cecropia Moth
Clouded Sulphur
Dark Fishing Spider
Eastern Black Carpenter Ant
Eastern Boxelder Bug
Eastern Calligrapher
Eastern Carpenter Bee
Goldenrod Crab Spider
Green Comma
Green Stink Bug
Japanese Beetle
Juvenal's Duskywing
Larger Empty Oak Apple Wasp
Little Wood Satyr
Monarch Butterfly
Mourning Cloak
Northern Paper Wasp
Painted Lady
Pandorus Sphinx
Peppered Moth
Seven-spotted Lady Beetle
Spotted Tussock Moth
Stripe-legged Robber Fly
Tan Jumping Spider
Virginia Ctenucha Moth
Wild Indigo Duskywing
Zebra Jumping Spider
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