Home and Garden IPM from Cooperative Extension

Alphabetical List of Critters

Maine Home & Garden Insects (and related critters):

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) (G) (H) (I) (J) (K) (L) (M) (N) (O) (P) (R) (S) SPIDERS (T) (V) (W) (Y)

• Acrobat Ant
• Allegheny Mound Ant
• Ambush Bugs
  
• American Cockroach
• American Dog Tick — see ‘TICKS‘
• Ants
• Aphids 
• Apple Maggot
• Apple Mealybug
• Armyworms
• Asian Longhorned Beetle (invasive) (no confirmed sightings in Maine as yet)
• Asiatic Garden Beetle
• Asparagus Beetles (Common and Spotted)
• Assassin Bugs
• Aster Leafhopper

• Bald-faced Hornets
• Bark Beetles
• Bed Bugs
• Black-legged Tick – see ‘TICKS‘
• Black Flies
• Black Vine Weevil
• Blister Beetles
• Blow Flies and Flesh Flies
• Blueberry (specific to Maine low-bush blueberry) Insect Pests:
  • Blueberry Flea Beetle
  • Blueberry Maggot Fly
  • Blueberry Spanworm
  • Blueberry Thrips
  • Red-striped Fireworm
  • Spotted-wing Drosophila (invasive) (University of New Hampshire) — see also our Bug Reporter notices about this pest as we track its presence throughout Maine.
• Booklice
• Brown-banded Cockroach
• Brown-tail Moth / Caterpillar
• Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Northeastern IPM Center)

• Cabbage Looper
• Cabbage Maggot
• Cabbageworm / Imported Cabbageworm
• Camel Crickets
• Carpenter Ants
• Carpet Beetles
• Cecropia Moth
• Centipedes
• Chinch Bugs
• Cicadas
• Click Beetles
• Clothes Moths
• Cluster Flies
• Cockroaches
• Codling Moth
• Colorado Potato Beetle
• Common Asparagus Beetle
• Common Stalk Borer
• Corn Earworm
• Corn Rootworm (Northern, Western & Southern)
• Cornfield Ant
• Crane Flies
• Crazy Ant
• Crickets
• Cucumber Beetle (Striped Cucumber Beetle)
• Cutworms

• Deer Flies
• Deer Tick – see ‘TICKS‘
• Diamondback Moth
• Dobsonflies
• Dog Tick – see ‘TICKS‘
• Dragonflies
• Drain Flies (also called Moth Flies)
• Dust Mites

• Earwigs
• Eastern Tent Caterpillars
• Elm Sawfly
• Emerald Ash Borer (invasive)
• European Apple Sawfly
• European Chafer
• European Corn Borer
• European Crane Fly (invasive)
• European Pine Sawfly
• European Red Ant (invasive) – see also the brand new UMaine site that’s all about this ant!
• European Red Mite
• Eyed Click Beetle (Eyed Elater)

• Fall Armyworm
• Fall Webworm
• False Honey Ant
• Field Crickets
• Firebrats (and Silverfish)
• Fishflies
• Flea Beetles
• Fleas
• Flesh Flies and Blow Flies
• Flour Beetles
• Forest Tent Caterpillars
• Fruit Flies
• Fungus Gnats

• German Cockroach
  
• Giant Water Bugs
• Grain Beetles
• Green Peach Aphids
• Gypsy Moth

• Head Lice
• Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (invasive)
• Hornets: Baldfaced Hornets — see also Hornets / Wasps / Yellowjackets (University of Kentucky) En Español
• Horntails
• Hornworms
• Horse Flies
• Horsehair Worm (Iowa State Univ.)
• House Centipede
• House Crickets (most often in basements)
• House Flies (Univ. of Florida) – see also listing for Cluster Flies.
• Hover Flies / Syrphid Flies (eduwebs.org)
• Hummingbird Clearwing Moths (or Hummingbird Hawk-moths) (USGS)

• Imported Cabbageworm
• Inchworms (also called Loopers or Geometers) (USGS)
• Indian Mealmoth (Penn State)

• Japanese Beetles — see also our VIDEO: How to Get Rid of Japanese Beetles

• Katydids (BugGuide.net)

• Lacewings (Wikipedia)
• Ladybugs (Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle) (USDA) and Lady Beetles in Homes (Cornell); Ladybugs / Ladybird Beetles [pdf] (Univ. of Kentucky)
• Larder Beetles
• Larger Yellow Ants and Pavement Ants (Univ. of Minnesota Extension)
• Leafhoppers — see also Aster Leafhopper (Univ. of Minnesota)
• Leafminers (Univ. of Florida)
• Lesser Mealworms
• Lice / Booklice
• Lice / Head Lice
• Lily Leaf Beetles — see also html (UMass) and html (Univ. of Rhode Island)
• Little Black Ant (Wikipedia)
• Longhorned Beetles (and Roundheaded Borers) (Iowa State Univ.) — see also listing for Asian Longhorned Beetle
• Loopers (also called Inchworms or Geometers) (USGS)
• Luna Moth (USGS)

• Masked Hunter (Univ. of Minnesota)
• Mayflies (Texas A&M)
• Mealworms– see also html (Univ. of Guelph)
• Mealybugs (Washington State Univ.)
• Metallic Wood-Boring Beetles (Univ. of Minnesota Extension)
• Mexican Bean Beetles (Univ. of Florida)
• Millipedes– see also pdf (Univ. of Maryland / UMD Cooperative Extension)
• Mites (Dust Mites) (Spider Mites) (Parasitic Mites of Humans)
• Mosquitoes:
  • Mosquito Biology (UMaine Extension)
  • Mosquito Management (UMaine Extension)
  • Insect Repellents (UMaine Extension)
  • West Nile Virus (CDC)
• Moth Flies (also called Drain Flies)
  
• Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle (USDA)

• Northern Corn Rootworm (includes Western & Southern also) (Univ. of Illinois)

• Oblique-banded Leafroller (Cornell)
• Odorous House Ant (Univ. of Minnesota Extension)
• Onion Maggots
• Onion Thrips (Cornell)

• Pavement Ants (Univ. of Minnesota Extension)
• Pennsylvania Wood Roach
• Pharaoh Ant (Univ. of Minnesota Extension)
• Pine Sawyer Beetle / Spotted Pine Sawyer Beetle / Whitespotted Sawyer Beetle (Massachusetts Introduced Pests Outreach Project)
• Plum Curculio (Univ. of Kentucky)
• Polyphemus Moth (Virginia)
• Potato Aphids
• Potato Leafhopper (Univ. of Kentucky)
• Powderpost Beetles
• Praying Mantids (Univ. of Arizona)
• Pseudoscorpions (BugGuide.net)

• Raspberry Insect Pests (Univ. of Minnesota Extension)
  • Raspberry Cane Borer
  • Raspberry Cane Maggot
  • Raspberry Crown Borer
  • Raspberry Fruitworm (Ohio State)
• Red-banded Leafroller (Cornell)
• Red-headed Flea Beetle
• Roaches / Cockroaches
• Rose Chafer (Univ. of Minnesota Extension)
• Rose Leafhopper (Univ. of Washington)
• Round-headed Apple Tree Borer
• Rove Beetles (Iowa State Univ.)

• Sap Beetles (Univ. of Minnesota Extension)
• Scorpionflies (Texas A&M)
• Seed Corn Maggot (Univ. of Minnesota Extension)
• Silverfish (and Firebrats)
• Slug Caterpillars (USGS)
• Slugs
• Sod Webworm (Penn State)
• Southern Corn Rootworm (includes Western & Northern also) (Univ. of Illinois)
• Sowbugs and Pillbugs [pdf] (Univ. of Maryland / UMD Cooperative Extension)
• SPIDERS
• Spider Mites– see also html (ME Forest Service)
• Spotted Pine Sawyer Beetle / Pine Sawyer Beetle / Whitespotted Sawyer Beetle (Massachusetts Introduced Pests Outreach Project)
• Spotted Asparagus Beetle
• Spotted-wing Drosophila (invasive) (University of New Hampshire) — see also our Bug Reporter notices about this pest as we track its presence throughout Maine.
• Springtails: html (Univ. of Arizona) and html (Wikipedia)
• Squash Bug
• Squash Vine Borer (Ohio State and Penn State)
• Stalk Borer / Common Stalk Borer
• Stink Bugs
• Stoneflies (Univ. of Arizona)
• Strawberry Rootworm (bottom of the page) — see also html (Univ. of Illinois Extension)
• Strawberry Root Weevil — see also html [pdf] (Oregon State Univ.)
• Striped Cucumber Beetle
• Syrphid Flies (also called Hover Flies or Flower Flies) (eduwebs.org)

• Tachina (Tachinid) Flies (Wikipedia)
• Tarnished Plant Bug [Cornell: pdf] — see also Canada (Government of Ontario) Fact Sheet: English or Français
• Tent Caterpillars: Eastern Tent Caterpillars and Forest Tent Caterpillars
• Termites – Very rare in Maine; mostly occur only in pocket areas in some southern and coastal locations.
• Thief Ant (Univ. of Minnesota Extension)
• Thrips
• TICKS
• Tiger Beetles (Wikipedia); (Common genus: Cicindela) (USGS: species listing for Maine)
• Toe-Biter (also called Giant Water Bug)
• Tussock Caterpillars
• Two-Spotted Spider Mite

• Viburnum Leaf Beetle (Cornell)

• Water Boatmen (Texas A&M)
• Water Scavenger Beetles (Texas A&M)
• Water Scorpions (Texas A&M)
• Water Striders (Texas A&M)
• West Nile Virus (CDC)
• Western Conifer Seed Bug
• Western Corn Rootworm (includes Northern and Southern also) (University of Illinois)
• Whiteflies (University of Missouri) — see also html (Univ. of Guelph — Ontario, Canada)
• White Grubs
• White Pine Weevil
• Whitespotted Sawyer Beetle / Pine Sawyer Beetle / Spotted Pine Sawyer Beetle (Massachusetts Introduced Pests Outreach Project)
• Wireworms — see also pdf (UMaine’s Potato IPM Program)
• Woodchuck Tick
• Wood Roach
• Woollybear Caterpillars (Univ. of Missouri Extension): Banded Woollybear and Yellow Woollybear

• Yellowjackets / Hornets / Wasps (University of Kentucky) En Español

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