All the Insects of Bermuda
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Every insect species with a documented record from Bermuda: 463 species in 12 orders, from butterflies and dragonflies to tiny beetles, flies and wasps that only a specialist would notice. Many were blown here from North America, many more arrived with plants and cargo, and some were seen only once. Grouped by order, then by family; use the search box or the buttons to find an insect.
The list is certainly not complete: many insects found in older surveys of Bermuda have not yet been added to the online databases, so new names will keep appearing.
Source: species recorded in Bermuda in GBIF (the Global Biodiversity Information Facility: museum specimens, scientific surveys and verified sightings, including research-grade iNaturalist records), using GBIF’s current names; fossils are left out. Common names and the “introduced” flags come from iNaturalist’s Bermuda checklist where it has them, so the flags are a guide only and many introduced insects are not marked. Compiled October 2026. Click a scientific name for its GBIF page, or a record count to see the Bermuda records. A few old records may be misidentifications.
Jump to: True bugs, aphids, cicadas and scale insects | Butterflies and moths | Flies and mosquitoes | Bees, wasps and ants | Beetles | Thrips | Grasshoppers and crickets | Barklice and lice | Cockroaches and termites | Dragonflies and damselflies | Earwigs | Lacewings
Key: found only in Bermuda endemic introduced brought in by people protected protected by Bermuda law (Bermuda’s protected species) in our photo guide
463 species
True bugs, aphids, cicadas and scale insects: Hemiptera (160)
Butterflies and moths: Lepidoptera (118)
Flies and mosquitoes: Diptera (54)
Bees, wasps and ants: Hymenoptera (43)
Beetles: Coleoptera (34)
| Common name | Scientific name | |
|---|---|---|
| Buprestidae | ||
| – | Acmaeodera cribricollis | |
| Carabidae | ||
| Punctiform Harp Ground Beetle | Agonum punctiforme | |
| Cosmopolitan Ground Beetle | Laemostenus complanatus | |
| Lined Stenolophus | Stenolophus lineola | |
| Cerambycidae | ||
| Cryptic Flat-faced Longhorn | Amniscus praemorsus | |
| Curtomerus Longhorned Beetle | Curtomerus flavus | |
| – | Oeme rigida | |
| Chrysomelidae | ||
| – | Acanthoscelides calvus | |
| Buttonwood Flea Beetle | Chaetocnema brunnescens | |
| Leaf beetle | Epitrix fasciata | |
| – | Metaparia prosopis | |
| Coccinellidae | ||
| Cactus Lady Beetleintroduced | Chilocorus cacti | |
| –introduced | Decadiomus hughesi | |
| Firefly Duskyling | Diomus terminatus | |
| Jamaican shield ladybeetleintroduced | Exochomus jamaicensis | |
| Asian Lady Beetleintroduced | Harmonia axyridis | |
| Purple Scale Predatorintroduced | Rhyzobius lophanthae | |
| – | Scymnus creperus | |
| – | Scymnus floralis | |
| Curculionidae | ||
| – | Agraphus bellicus | |
| – | Allopentarthrum elumbe | |
| Donkey beetle | Diaprepes famelicus | |
| Pea Weevil | Sitona lineatus | |
| Bark beetle | Xyleborus volvulus | |
| Dermestidae | ||
| Black Larder Beetle | Dermestes ater | |
| Dryophthoridae | ||
| Hunting Billbug | Sphenophorus venatus | |
| Dryopidae | ||
| – | Pelonomus obscurus | |
| Hydrophilidae | ||
| Water scavenger beetle | Dactylosternum abdominale | |
| Lateral-banded Water Scavenger Beetle | Tropisternus lateralis | |
| Scarabaeidae | ||
| Hardback | Ligyrus cuniculus | |
| Carrot Beetle | Ligyrus gibbosus | |
| Staphylinidae | ||
| – | Cafius bistriatus | |
| Tenebrionidae | ||
| –introduced | Leichenum canaliculatum | |
| – | Phaleria picipes | |
Thrips: Thysanoptera (16)
| Common name | Scientific name | |
|---|---|---|
| Merothripidae | ||
| Large-legged thrip | Merothrips floridensis | |
| Phlaeothripidae | ||
| Thrip | Aleurodothrips fasciapennis | |
| Cuban Laurel Thrips | Gynaikothrips ficorum | |
| Thrip | Stephanothrips occidentalis | |
| Thripidae | ||
| Thrip | Anisopilothrips venustulus | |
| Thrips | Caliothrips insularis | |
| Common thrip | Dendrothripoides innoxius | |
| Common thrip | Echinothrips americanus | |
| – | Frankliniella bispinosa | |
| Thrip | Frankliniella cephalica | |
| Common thrip | Frankliniella insularis | |
| Greenhouse Thrips | Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis | |
| Banana silvering thrips | Hercinothrips bicinctus | |
| Banded Greenhouse Thrips | Hercinothrips femoralis | |
| Gladiolus Thrips | Thrips simplex | |
| Onion Thrips | Thrips tabaci | |
Grasshoppers and crickets: Orthoptera (14)
| Common name | Scientific name | |
|---|---|---|
| Acrididae | ||
| Southern Green-striped Grasshopperin our photo guide | Chortophaga australior | |
| Black-winged Grasshopper | Dissosteira carolina | |
| Slant-faced Grasshopperintroduced | Orphulella punctata | |
| Gryllidae | ||
| Tropical House Cricketintroduced | Gryllodes sigillatus | |
| Jamaican Field Cricket | Gryllus assimilis | |
| Bermuda Beach Cricket | Gryllus bermudensis | |
| Sand field cricket | Gryllus firmus | |
| Mogoplistidae | ||
| Zebra Scaly Cricket | Cycloptilum zebra | |
| Myrmecophilidae | ||
| Eastern Ant Cricket | Myrmecophilus pergandei | |
| Tettigoniidae | ||
| Slender Meadow Katydid | Conocephalus fasciatus | |
| Greater Anglewing | Microcentrum rhombifolium | |
| Round-tipped Conehead | Neoconocephalus retusus | |
| Broad-tipped Conehead | Neoconocephalus triops | |
| Trigonidiidae | ||
| Gundlach's trig | Cyrtoxipha gundlachi | |
Barklice and lice: Psocodea (8)
| Common name | Scientific name | |
|---|---|---|
| Ancistronidae | ||
| – | Austromenopon beckii | |
| Ectopsocidae | ||
| Bark lice | Ectopsocus richardsi | |
| Lepidopsocidae | ||
| – | Echmepteryx atlantica | |
| Bark lice | Echmepteryx madagascariensis | |
| Philopteridae | ||
| – | Halipeurus spadix | |
| – | Saemundssonia uppalensis | |
| – | Trabeculus mirabilis | |
| Psoquillidae | ||
| Bird nest bark louse | Psoquilla marginepunctata | |
Cockroaches and termites: Blattodea (7)
| Common name | Scientific name | |
|---|---|---|
| Blaberidae | ||
| Cinereous Cockroach | Nauphoeta cinerea | |
| Surinam Cockroachintroduced | Pycnoscelus surinamensis | |
| Blattidae | ||
| American Cockroachintroduced | Periplaneta americana | |
| Australian Cockroach | Periplaneta australasiae | |
| Ectobiidae | ||
| – | Aglaopteryx occulta | |
| German Cockroachintroduced | Blattella germanica | |
| Kalotermitidae | ||
| Florida Drywood Termite | Cryptotermes cavifrons | |
Dragonflies and damselflies: Odonata (5)
| Common name | Scientific name | |
|---|---|---|
| Coenagrionidae | ||
| Familiar Bluet | Enallagma civile | |
| Rambur's Forktailin our photo guide | Ischnura ramburii | |
| Libellulidae | ||
| Blue Dasherin our photo guide | Pachydiplax longipennis | |
| Wandering Glider | Pantala flavescens | |
| Vermilion Saddlebagsin our photo guide | Tramea abdominalis | |
Earwigs: Dermaptera (3)
| Common name | Scientific name | |
|---|---|---|
| Anisolabididae | ||
| Maritime Earwig | Anisolabis maritima | |
| Ring-legged Earwigintroduced | Euborellia annulipes | |
| Labiduridae | ||
| Shore Earwig | Labidura riparia | |
Lacewings: Neuroptera (1)
| Common name | Scientific name | |
|---|---|---|
| Hemerobiidae | ||
| – | Micromus posticus | |