Sheltered animals among native insects
180 native animals that nest or roost in plants, by observations.
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Margined Calligrapher
Toxomerus marginatus
75,744 observations
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Northern Paper Wasp
Polistes fuscatus
73,956 observations
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Convergent Lady Beetle
Hippodamia convergens
72,331 observations
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Pale Green Assassin Bug
Zelus luridus
51,944 observations
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Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp
Sceliphron caementarium
48,341 observations
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Common House Fly
Musca domestica
40,183 observations
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Arizona Mantis
Stagmomantis limbata
35,854 observations
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Leafhopper Assassin Bug
Zelus renardii
32,064 observations
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American Winter Ant
Prenolepis imparis
26,594 observations
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American Carrion Beetle
Necrophila americana
23,639 observations
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Common Blue Mud-dauber Wasp
Chalybion californicum
23,104 observations
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Northeastern Hammertail
Efferia aestuans
22,578 observations
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Jagged Ambush Bug
Phymata americana
17,125 observations
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Long-necked Seed Bug
Myodocha serripes
16,576 observations
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Twenty-spotted Lady Beetle
Psyllobora vigintimaculata
14,035 observations
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Long-legged Fly
Condylostylus longicornis
12,516 observations
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Large-tailed Aphideater
Eupeodes volucris
12,215 observations
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California Bordered Plant Bug
Largus californicus
11,899 observations
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Clubbed Mydas Fly
Mydas clavatus
8,981 observations
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Spined Soldier Bug
Podisus maculiventris
8,807 observations
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Tree Cattle
Cerastipsocus venosus
7,479 observations
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Monocrepidius lividus
7,460 observations
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Stenolophus ochropezus
5,976 observations
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Blue Fungus Beetle
Cypherotylus californicus
5,640 observations
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Western Velvety Tree Ant
Liometopum occidentale
5,046 observations
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Western Calligrapher
Toxomerus occidentalis
4,965 observations
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Bearded Carpenter Ant
Camponotus subbarbatus
4,699 observations
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Blueberry Stem Gall Wasp
Hemadas nubilipennis
4,591 observations
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Black Corsair
Melanolestes picipes
4,573 observations
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False Mealworm Beetle
Alobates pensylvanicus
4,300 observations
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Cabbage White Parasitoid Wasp
Cotesia glomerata
4,260 observations
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Cylindrical Click Beetle
Sylvanelater cylindriformis
4,236 observations
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Insidious Flower Bug
Orius insidiosus
4,101 observations
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Downy Leather-winged Beetle
Podabrus pruinosus
3,994 observations
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Woodland Fuzzy Ant
Lasius americanus
3,926 observations
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Notiobia terminata
3,882 observations
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Brown Pine Lacewing
Hemerobius stigma
3,408 observations
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Wasp
Leucospis affinis
3,181 observations
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Spined Stilt Bug
Jalysus wickhami
2,970 observations
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Coelocnemis magna
2,958 observations
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Corrupt Barklouse
Polypsocus corruptus
2,728 observations
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Central Texas Leaf-Katydid
Paracyrtophyllus robustus
2,719 observations
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Orange-spotted Drone Fly
Eristalis anthophorina
2,717 observations
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Carolinian Elegant
Meromacrus acutus
2,648 observations
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Copestylum marginatum
2,644 observations
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Spined Assassin Bug
Sinea diadema
2,625 observations
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Acholla multispinosa
2,425 observations
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Eastern Bee Assassin
Apiomerus crassipes
2,282 observations
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Bicolored Pyramid Ant
Dorymyrmex bicolor
2,174 observations
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Woodland Malaria Mosquito
Anopheles punctipennis
2,147 observations