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Bugs Guide
Bugs Guide for Wisconsin
Lakes, forests, wetlands, and northern wildlife
Bug highlights, common sightings, and the best places to look for bugs in Wisconsin. Use the highlight list to start quickly, then work through the full guide for a broader local view.
Sightings
310
Species
107
Active Months
12
Category Overview
Bugs across Wisconsin
This guide focuses on butterflies, bees, beetles, and other small species within Wisconsin's wider region guide, making local walks, gardens, and close-up exploring feel richer.
Latest Sightings
Recent insect sightings in Wisconsin
A recent look at insect sightings across Wisconsin.
Jun 15, 2026
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Sightings Map
See where insect sightings cluster
Start wide, then zoom in to see where insect sightings cluster across Wisconsin.
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Top Highlights
Top 5 bugs to look for in Wisconsin
These bugs are snapped the most across this region.
Monarch Butterfly
33 snaps
Bee
17 snaps
Common Eastern Bumble Bee
14 snaps
Brown-belted Bumble Bee
11 snaps
Asian Lady Beetle
10 snaps
Places to Start
Best places for bugs in Wisconsin
These place guides connect well with the bugs covered in this region.
Park46 sightings50 species
Wisconsin, US
Olbrich Botanical Gardens
You might spot Common Eastern Bumble Bee, Bee, and Monarch.
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Park36 sightings50 species
Wisconsin, US
Green Bay Botanical Garden
You might spot Common Eastern Bumble Bee, Monarch, and Bee.
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Park45 sightings50 species
Wisconsin, US
Greenfield Park
You might spot White-Tailed Deer, American Robin, and Canada Goose.
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Park42 sightings50 species
Wisconsin, US
Ice Age Trail
You might spot American Cancer-Root and Eastern White Pine.
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Park45 sightings50 species
Wisconsin, US
Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory
You might spot Common Eastern Bumble Bee, Red-Belted Bumble Bee, and Duck.
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Park61 sightings12 species
Wisconsin, US
McKinley Park
You might spot Red-Belted Bumble Bee, Red-Breasted Merganser, and Duck.
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Full Guide
Full Wisconsin bugs list
The complete ranked list for this guide, ordered by sightings count.
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Monarch Butterfly
Bee
Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Asian Lady Beetle
Two-spotted Bumble Bee
Zebra Jumping Spider
Eastern Forktail
Mourning Cloak
Red Admiral
Silver-spotted Skipper
Widow Skimmer
Admiral Butterfly
American Dog Tick
American Lady
Bold Jumping Spider
Common Whitetail
Cabbage White
Ebony Jewelwing
Fragile Forktail
Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee
Eastern Black Carpenter Ant
Eastern Comma
Four-lined Plant Bug
Great Spangled Fritillary
Isabella Tiger Moth
Margined Calligrapher
Pale Beauty
Polyphemus Moth
Red Milkweed Beetle
Red-banded Leafhopper
Rusty-Patched Bumble Bee
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle
Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle
Western Conifer Seed Bug
Banded Tussock Moth
Black-and-gold Bumble Bee
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Common Buckeye
Eastern Eyed Click Beetle
Eight-spotted Forester Moth
Golden-backed Snipe Fly
Hackberry Emperor
Little Wood Satyr
Narcissus Bulb Fly
Northern Paper Wasp
Painted Lady
Pale Green Assassin Bug
Red-belted Bumble Bee
Satyr Comma
Twelve-spotted Skimmer
Virginia Ctenucha Moth
White-striped Black
Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp
Black Swallowtail
Bombus Fervidus
Boreal Burying Beetle
Canadian Petrophila
Chalk-fronted Corporal
Chickweed Geometer Moth
Chinese Mystery Snail
Colorado Potato Beetle
Common Blue Mud-Dauber Wasp
Common Pill Woodlouse
Common Wood-Nymph
Dot-tailed Whiteface
Eastern Carpenter Bee
Eastern Giant Swallowtail
Eastern Pondhawk
Eastern Tailed-Blue
Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth
Eastern Yellow-Backed Laphria
Essex Skipper
Eurasian Drone Fly
European Woolcarder Bee
Firefly
Gerris
Giant Leopard Moth
Goldenrod Crab Spider
Gray Comma
Green Bottle Fly
Green Comma
Immigrant Pavement Ant
Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee
Margined Leatherwing Beetle
Meadow Fritillary
Milkweed Tussock Moth
Northern Amber Bumble Bee
Northern Broken-Dash
Orange-Legged Furrow Bee
Plain Pocketbook
Powdered Dancer
Rathke'S Woodlouse
Red-Lined Panopoda Moth
Round Bullet Gall Wasp
Seven-spotted Lady Beetle
Silvery Checkerspot
Skimming Bluet
Spongy Moth
Tan Jumping Spider
Transverse-banded Flower Fly
Tule Bluet
Viceroy
White-dotted Prominent
White-lined Sphinx
White-marked Tussock Moth
Wool Sower Gall Wasp
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