Bug identifier
People search "what bug is this" when it's already in the kitchen.
Insects are the largest group of living things and the worst served by paper guides: too many species, too many tiny details. One photo is enough for SafaRoll. Ladybird, shield bug, hornet, caterpillar, dragonfly — the name arrives with the group and the rarity.
How do you identify an insect with your phone?
Photographing the insect is enough: SafaRoll sends the image to a model trained on the tree of life, which returns the species name in about a second. No identification key, no counting antennal segments. This is the group where the gap between paper guides and image identification is widest: insects number over a million described species, and telling them apart by eye often needs a binocular microscope. A shot from above, subject sharp and whole in frame, gives the best results. SafaRoll covers 124 insects in the collection catalogue — ladybirds, shield bugs, butterflies, dragonflies, beetles, wasps and bees — each with its rarity. Identification is free and unlimited: no paid tier degrades the accuracy of the answer.
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On something that flew in through the window, before deciding what to do with it.
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In the garden, to work out who is eating what.
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With a child, when "what is it?" arrives faster than the answer.
124 species · insects
Commonest firstWestern Honey Bee
Apis mellifera
Asian Lady Beetle
Harmonia axyridis
Monarch
Danaus plexippus
Seven-spotted Lady Beetle
Coccinella septempunctata
Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Bombus impatiens
Red Admiral
Vanessa atalanta
Small White
Pieris rapae
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Papilio glaucus
Black Swallowtail
Papilio polyxenes
European Peacock Butterfly
Aglais io
Common Whitetail
Plathemis lydia
Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus griseocollis
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Halyomorpha halys
Common Buckeye
Junonia coenia
Common Carder Bumble Bee
Bombus pascuorum
European Mantis
Mantis religiosa
European Firebug
Pyrrhocoris apterus
Buff-tailed Bumble Bee
Bombus terrestris
Pipevine Swallowtail
Battus philenor
Small Tortoiseshell
Aglais urticae
Large Milkweed Bug
Oncopeltus fasciatus
Widow Skimmer
Libellula luctuosa
Western Conifer Seed Bug
Leptoglossus occidentalis
Japanese Beetle
Popillia japonica
Two-spotted Bumble Bee
Bombus bimaculatus
European Hornet
Vespa crabro
Green Shield Bug
Palomena prasina
Convergent Lady Beetle
Hippodamia convergens
Northern Paper Wasp
Polistes fuscatus
Queen
Danaus gilippus
North American Luna Moth
Actias luna
Chinese Mantis
Tenodera sinensis
Great Green Bush-cricket
Tettigonia viridissima
Old World Swallowtail
Papilio machaon
American Bumble Bee
Bombus pensylvanicus
Common Brimstone
Gonepteryx rhamni
Bald-faced Hornet
Dolichovespula maculata
Spicebush Swallowtail
Papilio troilus
Carolina Mantis
Stagmomantis carolina
Eastern Black Carpenter Ant
Camponotus pennsylvanicus
Southern Green Stink Bug
Nezara viridula
European Stag Beetle
Lucanus cervus
Eastern Boxelder Bug
Boisea trivittata
Differential Grasshopper
Melanoplus differentialis
Yellow-faced Bumble Bee
Bombus vosnesenskii
Hackberry Emperor
Asterocampa celtis
Fourteen-spotted Lady Beetle
Propylea quatuordecimpunctata
German Yellowjacket
Vespula germanica
Sloe Bug
Dolycoris baccarum
Eurasian Hummingbird Hawkmoth
Macroglossum stellatarum
Bathroom Moth Fly
Clogmia albipunctata
Forest Bug
Pentatoma rufipes
Four-spotted Skimmer
Libellula quadrimaculata
White-marked Tussock Moth
Orgyia leucostigma
Slaty Skimmer
Libellula incesta
American Snout
Libytheana carinenta
Eastern Yellowjacket
Vespula maculifrons
Small Milkweed Bug
Lygaeus kalmii
Black Soldier Fly
Hermetia illucens
Common House Fly
Musca domestica
Beautiful Demoiselle
Calopteryx virgo
Scarce Swallowtail
Iphiclides podalirius
Tricolored Bumble Bee
Bombus ternarius
Western Tiger Swallowtail
Papilio rutulus
Egyptian Bird Grasshopper
Anacridium aegyptium
Variegated Lady Beetle
Hippodamia variegata
Asian Weaver Ant
Oecophylla smaragdina
Twelve-spotted Skimmer
Libellula pulchella
Yellow-legged Hornet
Vespa velutina
Common European Yellowjacket
Vespula vulgaris
European Earwig
Forficula auricularia
European Rhinoceros Beetle
Oryctes nasicornis
Blue Emperor
Anax imperator
Argentine Ant
Linepithema humile
Asian Tiger Mosquito
Aedes albopictus
Perplexing Bumble Bee
Bombus perplexus
Orange Ladybird
Halyzia sedecimguttata
Giant Honey Bee
Apis dorsata
Apollo
Parnassius apollo
Capricorn beetle
Cerambyx scopolii
Southern Skimmer
Orthetrum brunneum
Purple Emperor
Apatura iris
giant red-winged grasshopper
Tropidacris cristata
Oriental Hornet
Vespa orientalis
French stick insect
Clonopsis gallica
Big Rose-chafer
Protaetia speciosissima
Lesser Black Glow-worm
Phosphaenus hemipterus
Red Glider
Tramea transmarina
Royal Blue Pansy
Junonia rhadama
Gray's Leaf Insect
Pulchriphyllium bioculatum
Green-striped Grasshopper
Chortophaga viridifasciata
Red-shouldered Bug
Jadera haematoloma
European Rose Chafer
Cetonia aurata
Red-tailed Bumble Bee
Bombus lapidarius
Two-striped Grasshopper
Melanoplus bivittatus
Carolina Grasshopper
Dissosteira carolina
Red Imported Fire Ant
Solenopsis invicta
Meadow Grasshopper
Pseudochorthippus parallelus
Imperial Moth
Eacles imperialis
Two-spotted Lady Beetle
Adalia bipunctata
Early Bumble Bee
Bombus pratorum
22-spot Ladybird
Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Spotted Pink Lady Beetle
Coleomegilla maculata
Canadian Tiger Swallowtail
Papilio canadensis
Tree Bumble Bee
Bombus hypnorum
Grapevine Beetle
Pelidnota punctata
Anise Swallowtail
Papilio zelicaon
Broad-bodied Chaser
Libellula depressa
Asian Honey Bee
Apis cerana
Zebra Swallowtail
Eurytides marcellus
Red-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus rufocinctus
Mottled Stink Bug
Rhaphigaster nebulosa
Two-tailed Swallowtail
Papilio multicaudata
Violet Carpenter Bee
Xylocopa violacea
Death's Head Hawkmoth
Acherontia atropos
Atlas Moth
Attacus atlas
Asian Giant Hornet
Vespa mandarinia
Predatory Bush-cricket
Saga pedo
Cerulean Chafer Beetle
Hoplia coerulea
Spanish Moon Moth
Graellsia isabellae
Empress Cicada
Megapomponia imperatoria
Giraffe Weevil
Trachelophorus giraffa
Menelaus Morpho
Morpho menelaus
Queen Alexandra's Birdwing
Ornithoptera alexandrae
What people often ask
Approach slowly and shoot from further away than you would like: a whole insect, slightly small in frame, identifies better than a blurred close-up. On a settled insect, early morning is the best window — many are sluggish before the sun warms them.
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