Most Beautiful Insects — Photo Identification Quiz
These are the showstoppers of the insect world — iridescent beetles, ornate moths, and jewel-toned dragonflies captured in stunning research-grade photography. How many of these beautiful bugs can you identify?
114 species · 122 research-grade photos · Free to play
All 114 species in this set
- African Social Spider (Stegodyphus dumicola)
- Alpine Black Swallowtail (Papilio maackii)
- Alpine longhorn Rosalia (Rosalia alpina)
- Amber Arctiid Moth (Dasysphinx volatilis)
- American Carrion Beetle (Necrophila americana)
- Argentine White-crested Mantis (Stagmatoptera hyaloptera)
- Asian Lady Beetle (Harmonia axyridis)
- Asian Weaver Ant (Oecophylla smaragdina)
- Australian Black Field Cricket (Teleogryllus commodus)
- Bald-faced Hornet (Dolichovespula maculata)
- Banded Sphinx (Eumorpha fasciatus)
- Black Witch (Ascalapha odorata)
- Blue Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa caerulea)
- Blue Featherleg (Platycnemis pennipes)
- Blue-eyed Setwing (Dythemis nigra)
- Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans)
- Carolina Mantis (Stagmomantis carolina)
- Caterpillar jumping spider (Uroballus carlei)
- Cattail Toothpick Grasshopper (Leptysma marginicollis)
- Cherry-faced Meadowhawk (Sympetrum internum)
- Chinese Mantis (Tenodera sinensis)
- Chinquapin Leafminer Moth (Dyseriocrania griseocapitella)
- Common Bark Mantid (Oxypiloidea tridens)
- Common Bark Spider (Caerostris sexcuspidata)
- Common Blue Damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum)
- Common Bluetail (Ischnura senegalensis)
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee (Bombus impatiens)
- Common Ghost Mantis (Phyllocrania paradoxa)
- Common Green Darner (Anax junius)
- Common Green Mantis (Sphodromantis gastrica)
- Common Spiny Flower Mantis (Pseudocreobotra wahlbergi)
- Common Whitetail (Plathemis lydia)
- Coral-winged Grasshopper (Pardalophora apiculata)
- Coromandel Marsh Dart (Ceriagrion coromandelianum)
- Desert Hairy Scorpion (Hadrurus arizonensis)
- Diana Fritillary (Argynnis diana)
- Dusky Lilysquatter (Paracercion calamorum)
- Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)
- Egyptian Praying Mantis (Miomantis paykullii)
- Elm Zigzag Sawfly (Aproceros leucopoda)
- Elusive Skimmer (Orthetrum rubens)
- Emerald Cuckoo Wasp (Stilbum cyanurum)
- Emerald-banded Skimmer (Cratilla lineata)
- European Hornet (Vespa crabro)
- European Mantis (Mantis religiosa)
- European Paper Wasp (Polistes dominula)
- Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile)
- Fourteen-spotted Lady Beetle (Propylea quatuordecimpunctata)
- Frigid Mining Bee (Andrena frigida)
- Frosted Phoenix (Titanomis sisyrota)
- Gaudy Baron (Euthalia lubentina)
- German Yellowjacket (Vespula germanica)
- Giant African Mantis (Sphodromantis viridis)
- Giant Devil's Flower Mantis (Idolomantis diabolica)
- Giraffe Weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa)
- Golden-spotted Tiger Beetle (Cosmodela aurulenta)
- Great Green Bush-cricket (Tettigonia viridissima)
- Grubauer's Carpenter (Xylocopa grubaueri)
- Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth (Spoladea recurvalis)
- Hieroglyphic Moth (Diphthera festiva)
- Huron Skipper (Atalopedes huron)
- Iranian Fat-tailed Scorpion (Androctonus crassicauda)
- Jewel Weevil (Eurhinus magnificus)
- Lesser Marbled Fritillary (Brenthis ino)
- Malabar Raven Butterfly (Papilio dravidarum)
- Mediterranean Slant-faced Grasshopper (Acrida ungarica)
- Monarch (Danaus plexippus)
- Monster Gnashing Cricket (Henicus monstrosus)
- Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)
- Muir's Hairstreak (Callophrys muiri)
- Neptune Beetle (Dynastes neptunus)
- New Zealand Mantis (Orthodera novaezealandiae)
- North American Luna Moth (Actias luna)
- Orange Bluet (Enallagma signatum)
- Orange-faced Sprite (Pseudagrion rubriceps)
- Orange-spotted fruit chafer (Amaurodes passerinii)
- Orchid Mantis (Hymenopus coronatus)
- Pacific Spiketail (Zoraena dorsalis)
- Pea Blue (Lampides boeticus)
- Predatory Bush-cricket (Saga pedo)
- Pūriri moth (Aenetus virescens)
- Quebec Emerald (Somatochlora brevicincta)
- Red Flat Bark Beetle (Cucujus clavipes)
- Red-barbed Ant (Formica rufibarbis)
- Red-eyed Damselfly (Erythromma najas)
- Red-rumped Hawklet (Epithemis wayanadensis)
- Rhinoceros Dung Beetle (Oxysternon conspicillatum)
- Rock Hooktail (Paragomphus cognatus)
- Rosemary Beetle (Chrysolina americana)
- Rosy Maple Moth (Dryocampa rubicunda)
- Scarlet Basker (Urothemis signata)
- Seven-spined Crab Spider (Epicadus heterogaster)
- Shilouvane Splitnose Weevil (Sciobius angustus)
- Shortnosed Kauri Weevil (Xenocnema spinipes)
- Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus)
- Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae)
- Sonoran Tiger Mantis (Stagmomantis clauseni)
- South African Mantis (Miomantis caffra)
- Southern Oak Bush-cricket (Meconema meridionale)
- Southern Skimmer (Orthetrum brunneum)
- Spongy Moth (Lymantria dispar)
- Sundowner moth (Sphingomorpha chlorea)
- Target Longhorn Beetle (Hypsideroides junodi)
- The Relic (Dichagyris reliqua)
- Timor Giant Mantis (Hierodula timorensis)
- Treeline Emerald (Somatochlora sahlbergi)
- Two-spotted Tree Cricket (Neoxabea bipunctata)
- Walker's Owl (Erebus walkeri)
- Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens)
- Western Forest Scorpion (Uroctonus mordax)
- White Flower Moth (Schinia bimatris)
- White-lined Sphinx (Hyles lineata)
- Whitemark Goliath Beetle (Goliathus albosignatus)
- Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp (Sceliphron caementarium)