North Louisiana Wildlife

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At A Glance

As you know if you’ve spent more than five minutes in the area, bugs make up a disproportionate swath of our animal portfolio. Between butterflies, grasshoppers, dragonflies, spiders, and other kinds of invertebrates, more than 8,000 species of bugs live in North Louisiana!

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Species of Bees

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Species of Beetles

By The Numbers

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Species of Crickets and Grasshoppers

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Species of Butterflies

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Species of Wasps

Bees

American Bumble Bees

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Two-Spotted Bumble Bees

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Hibiscus turret bee pollinating a reversed clover

Hibiscus Turret Bees

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Common eastern bumble bee pollinating a pink flower

Common Eastern Bumble Bees

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Eastern Carpenter Bees

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Western honey bee fluttering around a Chinese privet

Western Honey Bees

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Butterflies

Buckeye Butterflies

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Northern crescent butterfly perched on a yellow flower

Northern Crescent Butterflies

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Phaon Crescent Butterflies

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Red-banded hairstreak butterfly foraging on dead leaves

Red-Banded Hairstreak Butterflies

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American Lady Butterflies

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Red-spotted purple butterfly on a green leaf

Red-Spotted Purple Butterflies

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American snout butterfly on a bare bush branch

American Snout Butterflies

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Cloudless Sulphur Butterflies

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Pipevine swallowtail butterfly flying close to the ground

Pipevine Swallowtail Butterflies

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Zebra swallowtail butterfly drinking nectar

Zebra Swallowtail Butterflies

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Viceroy butterfly on a gravel pathway

Viceroy Butterflies

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Checkered skipper on a green weed

Checkered Skippers

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Silver-spotted skipper butterfly hanging from a bush

Silver-Spotted Skippers

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Eastern Tent Caterpillars

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Eastern Comma Butterflies

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Pearl crescent butterflies on the mud

Pearl Crescent Butterflies

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Gulf Fritillary Butterfly

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Monarch butterfly on a flower in a meadow

Monarch Butterflies

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Red admiral butterfly on a dirt and gravel road

Red Admiral Butterflies

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Carolina satyr butterfly on a dead, brown leaf

Carolina Satyr Butterflies

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Southern dogface butterfly on a weed flower

Southern Dogface Butterflies

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Orange Sulphur Butterflies

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Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly on a buttonbush plant over water

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterflies

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Eastern tailed-blue butterfly on a green blade of grass

Eastern Tailed-Blue Butterflies

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Little yellow butterfly pollinating on a white bloom

Little Yellow Butterflies

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Little glasswing skipper snacking on a bush leaf

Little Glasswing Skippers

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Buck Moth Caterpillars

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Beetles

Asian lady beetle on a dried weed

Asian Lady Beetles

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Rainbow scarab tunneling beneath scat

Rainbow Scarab Beetles

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Polished lady beetle on a plant against a blue sky

Polished Lady Beetles

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Six-spotted tiger beetle on cement

Six-Spotted Tiger Beetles

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Crickets & Grasshoppers

Field crickets and a snails on a duck decoy in a swamp

Field Crickets

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Differential grasshopper on red twigs of a green plant

Differential Grasshoppers

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Mischievous Bird Grasshoppers

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Red-legged grasshopper on gravel

Red-Legged Grasshoppers

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Sulphur-winged grasshopper on a gravel path

Sulphur-Winged Grasshoppers

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Male admirable grasshopper on a blade of grass

Admirable Grasshoppers

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Eastern Lubber Grasshoppers

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Pallid-winged grasshopper on gravel

Pallid-Winged Grasshoppers

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Short-winged grasshopper clinging to a tall weed

Short-winged Grasshoppers

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Dragonflies

Eastern Amberwings

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Common Green Darners

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Male ebony jewelwing on a green leaf over water

Ebony Jewelwings

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Four-spotted pennant perched at the edge of a weed against a pretty, blue sky

Four-Spotted Pennants

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Mature female pondhawk dragonfly on a limb

Eastern Pondhawks

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Painted Skimmers

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Female common whitetail dragonfly perched on the vine of a green and brown weed

Common Whitetail Dragonflies

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Blue-tipped dancer on a rock at a shallow creek

Blue-Tipped Dancers

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Blue Dashers

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Variegated meadowhawk on a gravel rock.

Variegated Meadowhawks

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Halloween Pennant

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Great blue skimmer perched on a twig

Great Blue Skimmers

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Slaty skimmer standing on a leaf

Slaty Skimmers

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Flies

Green Bottleflies

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House fly on metal

House Flies

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Australian sheep blowfly on a green plant

Australian Sheep Blowflies

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Hairy maggot blowfly on a green leafy bush

Hairy Maggot Blowflies

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Northern plushback fly on a large-bur marigold

Northern Plushback Flies

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Mildly Venomous Spiders (Not Dangerous to Humans or Pets)

White-banded fishing spider foraging in shallow water

White-Banded Fishing Spiders

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Orchard orbweaver spider on its web

Orchard Orb Weavers

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Golden Silk Spiders

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Furrow orb weaver spider wrapping its prey in a web

Furrow Orb Weavers

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Star-Belled Orb Weavers

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Wasps

Bent-shielded besieger wasp on a bright green leaf

Bent-Shielded Besieger Wasps

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Fine-backed paper wasp on a painted, wooden sign

Fine-Backed Paper Wasps

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Ringed paper wasp on foliage on the ground

Ringed Paper Wasps

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Blue-Winged Wasps

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Metric paper wasp on a cement platform

Metric Paper Wasps

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Fraternal potter wasp on a yellow bloom with a white petals

Fraternal Potter Wasps

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