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Bugs Guide
Bugs Guide for West Virginia
Mountains, forests, rivers, and rugged landscapes
Bug highlights, common sightings, and the best places to look for bugs in West Virginia. Use the highlight list to start quickly, then work through the full guide for a broader local view.
Sightings
156
Species
104
Active Months
12
Category Overview
Bugs across West Virginia
This guide focuses on butterflies, bees, beetles, and other small species within West Virginia's wider region guide, making local walks, gardens, and close-up exploring feel richer.
Latest Sightings
Recent insect sightings in West Virginia
A recent look at insect sightings across West Virginia.
Sightings Map
See where insect sightings cluster
Start wide, then zoom in to see where insect sightings cluster across West Virginia.
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Top Highlights
Top 5 bugs to look for in West Virginia
These bugs are snapped the most across this region.
Pipevine Swallowtail
6 snaps
Dobsonfly
4 snaps
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Spotted Lanternfly
4 snaps
Ailanthus Webworm Moth
3 snaps
Bee
3 snaps
Places to Start
Best places for bugs in West Virginia
These place guides connect well with the bugs covered in this region.
Park42 sightings50 species
West Virginia, US
Shepherdstown Historic District
You might spot Virginia Bluebells, Bloodroot, and Maidenhair Spleenwort.
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Park46 sightings50 species
West Virginia, US
Hedgesville Historic District
You might spot Spotted Lanternfly and Eastern Box Turtle.
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Park36 sightings50 species
West Virginia, US
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
You might spot Great Rhododendron and Mountain Laurel.
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Park30 sightings12 species
West Virginia, US
Beverly Historic District
You might spot Wide Leek, Eastern Newt, and Golden Ragwort.
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Park30 sightings12 species
West Virginia, US
Elkins Coal and Coke Company Historic District
You might spot Eastern Black-Legged Tick and Celery Leaftier Moth.
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Park30 sightings12 species
West Virginia, US
Harlan Spring Historic District
You might spot Spotted Lanternfly and Eastern Box Turtle.
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Full Guide
Full West Virginia bugs list
The complete ranked list for this guide, ordered by sightings count.
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Pipevine Swallowtail
Dobsonfly
Spotted Lanternfly
Ailanthus Webworm Moth
Bee
Blue Dasher
Dark Fishing Spider
Eastern Eyed Click Beetle
Eight-spotted Forester Moth
Io Moth
Isabella Tiger Moth
Luna Moth
Margined Leatherwing Beetle
North American Wheel Bug
Spicebush Swallowtail
American Carrion Beetle
American Lady
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Chinese Mantis
Differential Grasshopper
Eastern Boxelder Bug
Great Spangled Fritillary
Hackberry Emperor
Juniper Hairstreak
Monarch Butterfly
Pale Beauty
Red Admiral
Tan Jumping Spider
White-lined Sphinx
White-marked Tussock Moth
Zabulon Skipper
Zebra Swallowtail
American Dagger
American Emerald
American Snout
American Winter Ant
Asian Lady Beetle
Baltimore Snout
Banded Tussock Moth
Black Cherry Leaf Gall Mite
Black Widow
Black-And-Gold Flat Millipede
Bold Jumping Spider
Cabbage White
Carolina Mantis
Catalpa Sphinx
Cecropia Moth
Celery Leaftier Moth
Common Buckeye
Common Eastern Velvet Ant
Common Ringlet
Common Whitetail
Crab Spider
Dark Flower Scarab
Dot-tailed Whiteface
Eastern Buck Moth
Eastern Calligrapher
Eastern Comma
Eastern Pondhawk
Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth
Eastern Yellow-Backed Laphria
Eastern Yellowjacket
End Band Net-winged Beetle
Eurasian Drone Fly
Evergreen Bagworm Moth
Fall Webworm Moth
Ferruginous Carpenter Ant
Fourteen-spotted Lady Beetle
Grey Cross Spider
Hackberry Petiole Gall Psyllid
Harlequin Bug
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
Horned Passalid
Jewel Beetle
Juniper Geometer Moth
Large Yellow Underwing
Little Wood Satyr
Margined Calligrapher
Meadow Fritillary
Northern Pearly-eye
Orange Sulphur
Oriental Cockroach
Painted Lichen Moth
Peck's Skipper
Polyphemus Moth
Promethea Silkmoth
Red-Banded Hairstreak
Rosy Maple Moth
Silver-spotted Skipper
Southern Masked Chafer
Spotted Apatelodes Moth
Spotted Cucumber Beetle
Spotted Orbweavers
Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle
Tulip-tree Beauty
Twenty-spotted Lady Beetle
Two-spotted Bumble Bee
Variegated Fritillary
Versute Sharpshooter
Virginian Tiger Moth
White-striped Black
Widow Skimmer
Yellow Garden Spider
Zebra Jumping Spider
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