Bug Profiles

Learn more about your favorite insects! Learn their interesting features, habitats, and roles in our ecosystem.

Greenhouse Millipede

Discover the Greenhouse Millipede, a unique greenish-brown insect known for its peculiar locomotion and affinity for gardens and greenhouses.

Deer Tick

Explore the Deer Tick, an oval insect known for spreading Lyme disease. Learn about its habitat, behavior, and the health risks it poses.

Kissing Bug

Discover the unique Triatoma infestans, also known as the Kissing Bug, a strikingly marked, nocturnal insect infamous for its unusual feeding habits.

Brown Dog Tick

Explore the resilient Brown Dog Tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, a reddish-brown insect that thrives in various climates, often infesting homes.

Lone Star Tick

Discover the Lone Star Tick, an aggressive, disease-carrying insect found in US woodlands. Identified by a distinctive white spot on females.

Brazilian Wandering Spider

Discover the Brazilian Wandering Spider, a potent venomous arachnid known for its wandering behavior and adaptability in Brazilian habitats.

Sand Fly

Explore the unique world of the Sand Fly, a small, moth-like insect thriving in tropical and subtropical regions with a distinct look.

Clover Mite

Discover the adaptable Clover Mite (Bryobia praetiosa), a reddish to green-brown insect thriving in diverse garden and field environments.

Water Bug

Explore the unique life of the Water Bug, an oval-shaped, brown insect honing strong piercing mouthparts, vital for freshwater ecosystems.

Boxelder Bug

Discover the Boxelder Bug, a black insect with distinctive red markings, thriving in both urban and forest environments. Explore its adaptability.

Black Garden Ant

Explore the industrious Black Garden Ant, renowned for its complex social structure, vital role in soil aeration, and organic decomposition.

Whitefly

Explore the world of the Whitefly, a tiny, winged insect known for its white hue and destructive feeding habits in warm climates.

Weevil

Explore the adaptable Weevil (Curculionoidea), an oval-shaped insect commonly found in stored grain environments, causing significant damage.

Pea Aphid

Discover the Pea Aphid, a small, bright green insect causing damage to legumes worldwide. Learn about its habitats, diet, and impact on crops.

Tent Caterpillar

Discover the Tent Caterpillar (Malacosoma), a vibrant forest insect known for communal silk webs and crucial role in ecosystem balance.

Braconid Wasps

Explore Braconid Wasps, beneficial insects of varying colors that play a key role in pest control by targeting harmful insects with their parasitic larvae.

Boxwood Borer

Discover the Boxwood Borer, a moth known for its unique white and brown appearance and destructive feeding habits on boxwood plants.

Bordered Plant Bug

Discover the Bordered Plant Bug (Largus succinctus), a vibrant insect thriving in fields & gardens, known for its distinctive black and orange-red hues.

Snail Killing Flies

Discover Sciomyzidae, the Snail Killing Flies, crucial in controlling snail populations. Found in wetlands, they contribute to biodiversity conservation.

Shield Bug

Discover the Shield Bug, an insect renowned for its shield-like body and vibrant colors, adapting to diverse habitats worldwide.

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