Meet the bugs. For real.
Beetles, butterflies, spiders and other little creatures. Cute on top, real science underneath, and a real photo of every single one.
What bug are you?
10 fun questions. Find your inner bug and share your card with friends.
Bug TOP lists
The longest, the widest wings, the fastest and the tiniest. Pick a list and see who wins!
🐞 Bug battle
Pick your bugs and see who would win!
Pick your favourite kind
Tap a group to see all of them.
Ladybirds24 bugsBeetles204 bugsButterflies163 bugsMoths172 bugsBees and bumblebees65 bugsWasps and hornets73 bugsAnts60 bugsFlies and mosquitoes87 bugsDragonflies and damselflies48 bugs
Grasshoppers and crickets63 bugs
True bugs and cicadas100 bugsMantises21 bugs
Stick and leaf insects18 bugsCockroaches and termites30 bugsOther insects44 bugsbug cousinSpiders160 bugsbug cousinScorpions, ticks and friends50 bugsbug cousinCentipedes and millipedes38 bugsbug cousinWoodlice17 bugsbug cousinSnails, slugs and worms43 bugsbug cousinPrehistoric giants20 bugsWhere do bugs live?
Bugs live almost everywhere on Earth. Pick a place and see who is at home there.
Gardens and meadows
Flowers, grass and sunshine. Look closely and something is always moving.
663 bugs
Forests and woods
Under bark, in dead wood and high up in the leaves.
271 bugs
Ponds, rivers and shores
On the water, under it, or zooming above it.
119 bugs
Houses and farms
Some bugs like to live right next to people.
153 bugs
Deserts and dry places
Hot sand, rocks and very little water.
99 bugs
Rainforests and jungles
Warm, wet and full of the biggest and brightest bugs.
175 bugs
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No trackers, no cookies
No cookies, no cookie pop-ups, no Google Analytics, no trackers. We don't follow you around, and fonts and pictures come from our own site.
Real photos, real facts
Every bug has a real photo, and every page says where its facts and its photo come from. Science changes, and so will we.
For kids and grown-ups
Simple words and fun facts on top, the full science further down each page.
The Bug Wiki app is coming
Every bug, every photo and the quiz in your pocket, even without internet. Free, like the website. Want one email when it is out?