List of insects that start with W

Name: Wafer-Tailed Mayfly

Order: Ephemeroptera

Habitat: Aquatic

Scientific name: Siphlonurus alternatus

Name: Walnut Caterpillar

Order: Lepidoptera

Habitat: Tree

Scientific name: Datana integerrima

Name: Walnut Husk Fly

Order: Diptera

Habitat: Walnut orchards

Scientific name: Rhagoletis juglandis

Name: Walnut Pinion Moth

Order: Lepidoptera

Habitat: Deciduous forests

Scientific name: Lithophane antennata

Name: Walnut Shuckworm

Order: Lepidoptera

Habitat: Walnut Trees

Scientific name: Eriphanes juglanzella

Name: Walnut Sphinx Moth

Order: Lepidoptera

Habitat: Deciduous forests

Scientific name: Amorpha juglandis

Name: Walnut Sphinx Worm

Order: Lepidoptera

Habitat: Deciduous forests

Scientific name: Amorpha juglandis

Name: Walrus Beetle

Order: Coleoptera

Habitat: Old-growth forests

Scientific name: Trictenotoma childreni

Name: Wanderer Butterfly

Order: Lepidoptera

Habitat: Grasslands

Scientific name: Danaus plexippus

Name: Wandering Crab Spider

Order: Araneae

Habitat: Forests and grasslands

Scientific name: Olios argelasius

Name: Wandering Dagger

Order: Coleoptera

Habitat: Forest

Scientific name: Stenus juno

Name: Wandering Glider

Order: Odonata

Habitat: Freshwater ponds, lakes

Scientific name: Pantala flavescens

Name: Wandering Spider

Order: Araneae

Habitat: Tropical and subtropical regions

Scientific name: Ctenidae

Name: Wart-Biter Cricket

Order: Orthoptera

Habitat: Grasslands

Scientific name: Decticus verrucivorus

Name: Wart-Biting Cricket

Order: Orthoptera

Habitat: Grasslands, meadows

Scientific name: Decticus verrucivorus

Name: Wart-Eating Beetle

Order: Coleoptera

Habitat: Decaying wood, fungi

Scientific name: Bolitophagus reticulatus

Name: Warted Bark Beetle

Order: Coleoptera

Habitat: Tree Bark

Scientific name: Phloeotribus liminaris

Name: Warty Beetle

Order: Coleoptera

Habitat: Deciduous Forests

Scientific name: Bolitophagus corticola

Name: Warty Leaf Beetle

Order: Coleoptera

Habitat: Deciduous forests

Scientific name: Boloschesis lunata

Name: Wasp Beetle

Order: Coleoptera

Habitat: Flowers

Scientific name: Clytus arietis

Name: Wasp Mimic Moth

Order: Lepidoptera

Habitat: Deciduous forests

Scientific name: Sphecodina abbottii

Name: Wasp-Tailed Dragonfly

Order: Odonata

Habitat: Wetlands

Scientific name: Phyllogomphus selysi

Name: Water Beetle

Order: Coleoptera

Habitat: Aquatic

Scientific name: Various

Name: Water Boatman

Order: Hemiptera

Habitat: Freshwater ponds, lakes

Scientific name: Corixidae

Name: Water Leek Aphid

Order: Hemiptera

Habitat: Aquatic Plants

Scientific name: Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae

Name: Water Measurer

Order: Hemiptera

Habitat: Aquatic

Scientific name: Hydrometra stagnorum

Name: Water Measurer Bug

Order: Hemiptera

Habitat: Freshwater habitats

Scientific name: Hydrometra australis

Name: Water Measurer Specialist

Order: Hemiptera

Habitat: Freshwater streams, ponds

Scientific name: Hydrometra stagnorum

Name: Water Measurer Treader

Order: Hemiptera

Habitat: Freshwater

Scientific name: Hydrometra martini

Name: Water Mite

Order: Trombidiformes

Habitat: Freshwater Aquatic

Scientific name: Hydrachnidia

Name: Water Penny

Order: Coleoptera

Habitat: Freshwater streams

Scientific name: Psephenidae

Name: Water Penny Beetle

Order: Coleoptera

Habitat: Aquatic

Scientific name: Psephenidae

Name: Water Scavenger Beetle

Order: Coleoptera

Habitat: Aquatic

Scientific name: Hydrophilidae

Name: Water Scorpion

Order: Hemiptera

Habitat: Aquatic

Scientific name: Nepa cinerea

Name: Water Scorpion Snout Moth

Order: Lepidoptera

Habitat: Freshwater ponds

Scientific name: Parapoynx stratiotata

Name: Water Strider

Order: Hemiptera

Habitat: Freshwater ponds, lakes

Scientific name: Gerridae

Name: Water Treader

Order: Hemiptera

Habitat: Freshwater ponds, lakes

Scientific name: Mesoveliidae

Name: Water-Penny Beetle

Order: Coleoptera

Habitat: Freshwater streams, rivers

Scientific name: Psephenus herricki

Name: Waterfall Spider

Order: Araneae

Habitat: Waterfalls

Scientific name: Tetragnathidae

Name: Waved Ermine Moth

Order: Lepidoptera

Habitat: Deciduous forests

Scientific name: Yponomeuta cagnagella

Name: Waved Sedge Moth

Order: Lepidoptera

Habitat: Wetlands

Scientific name: Cosmopterix pulchrimella

Name: Wavy-Lined Emerald Moth

Order: Lepidoptera

Habitat: Forest

Scientific name: Synchlora aerata

Name: Wax Cicada

Order: Hemiptera

Habitat: Tropical forests

Scientific name: Oxyrhachis tarandus

Name: Wax Moth

Order: Lepidoptera

Habitat: Bee hives

Scientific name: Galleria mellonella

Name: Wax-Eared Beetle

Order: Coleoptera

Habitat: Oak and elm forests

Scientific name: Serica iricolor

Name: Weavil

Order: Coleoptera

Habitat: Grains, nuts, dried fruits

Scientific name: Curculionidae

Name: Web-Spinning Sawfly

Order: Hymenoptera

Habitat: Coniferous and deciduous forests

Scientific name: Pamphiliidae

Name: Webbing Clothes Moth

Order: Lepidoptera

Habitat: Fabrics

Scientific name: Tineola bisselliella

Name: Webspinner

Order: Embioptera

Habitat: Various

Scientific name: Embia major

Name: Webworm Moth

Order: Lepidoptera

Habitat: Deciduous forests

Scientific name: Hyphantria cunea

Name: Weevil Fly

Order: Diptera

Habitat: Grasslands

Scientific name: Cylindromyia

Name: Weevil-Hunting Wasp

Order: Hymenoptera

Habitat: Meadows, grasslands

Scientific name: Cerceris fumipennis

Name: Western Banded Glider

Order: Odonata

Habitat: Wetlands

Scientific name: Progomphus borealis

Name: Western Blue Butterfly

Order: Lepidoptera

Habitat: Grasslands

Scientific name: Glaucopsyche lygdamus

Name: Western Brocade Moth

Order: Lepidoptera

Habitat: Coniferous forests

Scientific name: Diarsia rosaria

Name: Western Conifer Seed Bug

Order: Hemiptera

Habitat: Coniferous Trees

Scientific name: Leptoglossus occidentalis

Name: Western Harvester Ant

Order: Hymenoptera

Habitat: Dry Soil

Scientific name: Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Name: Western Hercules Beetle

Order: Coleoptera

Habitat: Tropical forests

Scientific name: Dynastes grantii

Name: Western Horse Bot Fly

Order: Diptera

Habitat: Horses

Scientific name: Gasterophilus intestinalis

Name: Western Lily Aphid

Order: Hemiptera

Habitat: Lilies

Scientific name: Macrosiphum lilii

Name: Western Pine Beauty Moth

Order: Lepidoptera

Habitat: Pine forests

Scientific name: Panolis flammea

Name: Western Pine Elfin

Order: Lepidoptera

Habitat: Pine Forests

Scientific name: Callophrys eryphon

Name: Western Pine Jewel Beetle

Order: Coleoptera

Habitat: Pine forests

Scientific name: Buprestis confluenta

Name: Western Poplar Sphinx Moth

Order: Lepidoptera

Habitat: Poplar forests

Scientific name: Pachysphinx modesta

Name: Western Pygmy Blue Butterfly

Order: Lepidoptera

Habitat: Open habitats

Scientific name: Brephidium exilis

Name: Western Soapberry Bug

Order: Hemiptera

Habitat: Soapberry trees

Scientific name: Jadera haematoloma

Name: Wheat Aphid

Order: Hemiptera

Habitat: Agricultural fields

Scientific name: Schizaphis graminum

Name: Wheat Bug

Order: Hemiptera

Habitat: Wheat Fields

Scientific name: Nysius raphanus

Name: Wheat Bulb Fly

Order: Diptera

Habitat: Wheat fields

Scientific name: Delia coarctata

Name: Wheat Midge

Order: Diptera

Habitat: Wheat Fields

Scientific name: Sitodiplosis mosellana

Name: Wheat Straw Worm

Order: Coleoptera

Habitat: Wheat Fields

Scientific name: Haplothrips tritici

Name: Whip Scorpion

Order: Thelyphonida

Habitat: Tropical forests

Scientific name: Uroproctus assamensis

Name: Whirligig Beetle

Order: Coleoptera

Habitat: Freshwater habitats

Scientific name: Gyrinus spp.

Name: Whirligig Midge

Order: Diptera

Habitat: Freshwater habitats

Scientific name: Clinotanypus pinguis

Name: Whirligig Moth

Order: Lepidoptera

Habitat: Aquatic

Scientific name: Petrophila

Name: White-Dotted Emerald Moth

Order: Lepidoptera

Habitat: Deciduous forests

Scientific name: Nemoria mimosaria

Name: White-Edged Brocade Moth

Order: Lepidoptera

Habitat: Grasslands, meadows

Scientific name: Lacanobia w-latinum

Name: White-Faced Darter

Order: Odonata

Habitat: Freshwater ponds

Scientific name: Leucorrhinia dubia

Name: White-Margined Brocade Moth

Order: Lepidoptera

Habitat: Deciduous forests

Scientific name: Protorthodes oviduca

Name: White-Marked Tussock Moth

Order: Lepidoptera

Habitat: Deciduous forests

Scientific name: Orgyia leucostigma

Name: White-Oak Tussock Moth

Order: Lepidoptera

Habitat: Oak Trees

Scientific name: Halysidota harrisii

Name: White-Striped Longhorn Beetle

Order: Coleoptera

Habitat: Deciduous forests

Scientific name: Tetropium castaneum

Name: White-Tailed Bumblebee

Order: Hymenoptera

Habitat: Meadows, urban gardens

Scientific name: Bombus lucorum

Name: Whitebanded Crab Spider

Order: Araneae

Habitat: Foliage

Scientific name: Misumena vatia

Name: Whiteflies

Order: Hemiptera

Habitat: Various habitats

Scientific name: Aleyrodidae spp.

Name: Whitefringed Beetle

Order: Coleoptera

Habitat: Grasslands

Scientific name: Graphognathus

Name: Whitespot Eyed Moth

Order: Lepidoptera

Habitat: Grasslands

Scientific name: Scoliopteryx libatrix

Name: Whitespotted Sable Moth

Order: Lepidoptera

Habitat: Wetlands

Scientific name: Odontia dentata

Name: Wicwi Leafhopper

Order: Hemiptera

Habitat: Wetlands

Scientific name: Draeculacephala wicwi

Name: Widow Skimmer

Order: Odonata

Habitat: Freshwater ponds

Scientific name: Libellula luctuosa

Name: Widow Skimmer Dragonfly

Order: Odonata

Habitat: Wetlands

Scientific name: Libellula luctuosa

Name: Willow Aphid

Order: Hemiptera

Habitat: Riparian habitats

Scientific name: Chaitophorus spp.

Name: Willow Aphid Gall

Order: Hemiptera

Habitat: Willow trees

Scientific name: Tuberolachnus salignus

Name: Willow Betle

Order: Coleoptera

Habitat: Willow trees

Scientific name: Plagiodera versicolora

Name: Willow Clearwing Moth

Order: Lepidoptera

Habitat: Willow Trees

Scientific name: Synanthedon culiciformis

Name: Willow Emerald Damselfly

Order: Odonata

Habitat: Freshwater streams, ponds

Scientific name: Chalcolestes viridis

Name: Willow Gall Midge

Order: Diptera

Habitat: Willow trees

Scientific name: Rhabdophaga salicis

Name: Willow Leaf Beetle

Order: Coleoptera

Habitat: Willow trees

Scientific name: Chrysomela lapponum

Name: Willow Pinion Moth

Order: Lepidoptera

Habitat: Willow trees

Scientific name: Bena prasinana

Name: Winged Ant

Order: Hymenoptera

Habitat: Various habitats

Scientific name: Formicidae spp.

Name: Winged Assassin Bug

Order: Hemiptera

Habitat: Grasslands, shrublands

Scientific name: Apiomerus crassipes

Name: Winged Jewel Beetle

Order: Coleoptera

Habitat: Deciduous forests

Scientific name: Buprestis spp.

Name: Winged Sawfly

Order: Hymenoptera

Habitat: Deciduous forests

Scientific name: Perga affinis

Name: Winged Termite

Order: Blattodea

Habitat: Tropical forests

Scientific name: Macrotermes spp.

Name: Winter Crane Fly

Order: Diptera

Habitat: Grasslands, woodlands

Scientific name: Trichocera maculipennis

Name: Witches' Broom Moth

Order: Lepidoptera

Habitat: Deciduous forests

Scientific name: Lindemannia spp.

Name: Wood Ant

Order: Hymenoptera

Habitat: Forested habitats

Scientific name: Formica spp.

Name: Wood Borer Beetle

Order: Coleoptera

Habitat: Decaying Wood

Scientific name: Buprestidae

Name: Wood Boring Beetle

Order: Coleoptera

Habitat: Forested habitats

Scientific name: Cerambycidae spp.

Name: Wood Cockroach

Order: Blattodea

Habitat: Deciduous forests

Scientific name: Parcoblatta spp.

Name: Wood Cricket

Order: Orthoptera

Habitat: Deciduous forests

Scientific name: Nemobius sylvestris

Name: Wood Gnat

Order: Diptera

Habitat: Woodland, urban areas

Scientific name: Sciara thomae

Name: Wood Wasp

Order: Hymenoptera

Habitat: Forests

Scientific name: Siricidae

Name: Woolly Aphid

Order: Hemiptera

Habitat: Deciduous trees

Scientific name: Eriosomatinae spp.

Name: Woolly Beanstalk Moth

Order: Lepidoptera

Habitat: Deciduous forests

Scientific name: Apoda limacodes

Name: Woolly Bear Caterpillar

Order: Lepidoptera

Habitat: Various habitats

Scientific name: Arctiidae spp.

Name: Woolly Dune Bug

Order: Hemiptera

Habitat: Coastal dunes

Scientific name: Thaumastella aradoides

Name: Woolly Louse

Order: Hemiptera

Habitat: Coniferous trees

Scientific name: Adelges spp.