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Advanced Search
- Click here to view photographs of all Insects and Spiders:  Show All Images
- Use Simple Search for an easier search screen.
- Need help? Click on Search Tips

Choose one category from the list below. Click "About Types" to see which insects and spiders the type categories include.
Aphidlike Insects Mantids And Walkingsticks
Flealike Insects Ants And Termites
Earwigs And Silverfish Lacewings And Other Long-winged Insects
Diving Beetles And Water Bugs Dragonflies And Damselflies
Hopperlike Insects Flies
Plant Bugs, Toad Bugs, And Cockroaches Bees, Wasps, And Kin
Weevils Ticks, Mites, And Scorpions
Beetles Spiders
Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Cicadas
 

Choose one or more colors that appear on the insect or spider you are searching for.
  red   green   brown
  pink   blue   black
  orange   purple   gray
  yellow   tan   white
 

Choose the size category that best fits the insect or spider you are trying to identify.
less than .25 inch .25-.5 inch .5-1 inch 1-1.5 inches 1.5-3 inches
over 3 inches
 

Choose one or more habitats from the choices below. Go to Habitat Guides to read about and see photographs of North American habitats.
Shorelines, salt marshes & tidal flats Scrub, shrub & brushlands
Freshwater swamps, marshes & bogs Grasslands & prairies
Rivers & streams Canyons & caves
Lakes & ponds Deserts
Forests & woodlands Cities, suburbs & towns
Alpine & subalpine habitats Inside homes & buildings
Arctic habitats Dumps
Meadows & fields Carrion
 
Choose the region of North America in which you saw the insect or spider. Click "View Map" to see the regions.
New England
Plains
Northwest
Mid Atlantic
Texas
Eastern Canada
Southeast
Rocky Mountains
Western Canada
Florida
Southwest
The North
Great Lakes
California

Text Search
Type the common or scientific name of an insect or spider or type of insect or spider into the text box and click the "Find" button.
 
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