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class

Insects

Insecta

Includes
28,419 native 1,319 introduced 2,271 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Winged and Once-winged Insects 28,401 native
  • Bristletails 9 native
  • Silverfish 9 native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native insects All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Monarch Danaus plexippus 533,578 observations
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee Bombus impatiens 314,135 observations
  • Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta 291,090 observations
  • Painted Lady Vanessa cardui 204,784 observations
  • Gulf Fritillary Dione vanillae 185,930 observations
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Papilio glaucus 170,876 observations
  • Blue Dasher Pachydiplax longipennis 160,863 observations
  • Black Swallowtail Papilio polyxenes 143,150 observations
  • Eastern Pondhawk Erythemis simplicicollis 142,506 observations
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee Xylocopa virginica 133,836 observations
  • Common Whitetail Plathemis lydia 130,781 observations
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee Bombus griseocollis 128,670 observations
  • Red-spotted Admiral Limenitis arthemis 122,487 observations
  • Fiery Skipper Hylephila phyleus 114,963 observations
  • Pearl Crescent Phyciodes tharos 114,697 observations
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