Bug Wiki
Bug Wiki / TOP lists / Most famous
TOP 50

The most famous bugs

Which bugs is the world most curious about? This list counts how many times each one was read about on Wikipedia in a year.

  1. 1SilverfishOther insects642,000 readers a year
  2. 2Spotted lanternflyTrue bugs and cicadas520,000 readers a year
  3. 3Brown recluseSpiders not an insect514,000 readers a year
  4. 4Monarch butterflyButterflies407,000 readers a year
  5. 5Lone star tickScorpions, ticks and friends not an insect394,000 readers a year
  6. 6Northern giant hornetWasps and hornets383,000 readers a year
  7. 7Hummingbird hawk-mothMoths341,000 readers a year
  8. 8Goliath birdeaterSpiders not an insect333,000 readers a year
  9. 9Brown marmorated stink bugTrue bugs and cicadas331,000 readers a year
  10. 10New World screwworm flyFlies and mosquitoes327,000 readers a year
  11. 11House centipedeCentipedes and millipedes not an insect311,000 readers a year
  12. 12Domestic silk mothMoths270,000 readers a year
  13. 13AnomalocarisPrehistoric giants not an insect259,000 readers a year
  14. 14German cockroachCockroaches and termites256,000 readers a year
  15. 15Luna mothMoths242,000 readers a year
  16. 16Redback spiderSpiders not an insect233,000 readers a year
  17. 17LovebugFlies and mosquitoes231,000 readers a year
  18. 18Yellow garden spiderSpiders not an insect228,000 readers a year
  19. 19CochinealTrue bugs and cicadas227,000 readers a year
  20. 20Tsetse flyFlies and mosquitoes227,000 readers a year
  21. 21Harlequin ladybirdLadybirds203,000 readers a year
  22. 22Common fruit flyFlies and mosquitoes200,000 readers a year
  23. 23Bold jumping spiderSpiders not an insect200,000 readers a year
  24. 24Bullet antAnts195,000 readers a year
  25. 25Bald-faced hornetWasps and hornets193,000 readers a year
  26. 26HouseflyFlies and mosquitoes186,000 readers a year
  27. 27American cockroachCockroaches and termites182,000 readers a year
  28. 28Asian tiger mosquitoFlies and mosquitoes180,000 readers a year
  29. 29Isabella tiger mothMoths178,000 readers a year
  30. 30Western honey beeBees and bumblebees176,000 readers a year
  31. 31Chigoe fleaOther insects162,000 readers a year
  32. 32Yellow fever mosquitoFlies and mosquitoes162,000 readers a year
  33. 33European hornetWasps and hornets158,000 readers a year
  34. 34ArthropleuraPrehistoric giants not an insect157,000 readers a year
  35. 35Spotted orb-weaverSpiders not an insect155,000 readers a year
  36. 36Tongue-eating louseWoodlice not an insect153,000 readers a year
  37. 37European garden spiderSpiders not an insect151,000 readers a year
  38. 38Sydney funnel-web spiderSpiders not an insect150,000 readers a year
  39. 39Polyphemus mothMoths150,000 readers a year
  40. 40Boxelder bugTrue bugs and cicadas147,000 readers a year
  41. 41Noble false widowSpiders not an insect145,000 readers a year
  42. 42Daddy long-legs spiderSpiders not an insect143,000 readers a year
  43. 43CockchaferBeetles143,000 readers a year
  44. 44Woodlouse spiderSpiders not an insect142,000 readers a year
  45. 45Mealworm beetleBeetles138,000 readers a year
  46. 46Joro spiderSpiders not an insect137,000 readers a year
  47. 47Western conifer seed bugTrue bugs and cicadas137,000 readers a year
  48. 48Red velvet antWasps and hornets132,000 readers a year
  49. 49HallucigeniaPrehistoric giants not an insect131,000 readers a year
  50. 50Cupboard spiderSpiders not an insect131,000 readers a year

Sizes are the biggest ones in our sources, and most top speeds are estimates. Only the bugs on Bug Wiki are counted, and there are millions more out there! Tap a bug to see where its numbers come from.