Home›Insects›Where It LivesBrowse ByWhere It LivesWhere it lives names the country or region a species actually calls home. Wikipedia describes the giant panda as a species "endemic to China," found nowhere else in the wild. This dimension lets a visitor find every species native to the same part of the world.FactsWhere It LivesSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonReproductive ModeWell-attestedOviparous (Egg-Laying) 1Where It LivesFilter Results198 entriesCommon GroupAllBees, Wasps And Ants (Hymenoptera) (82)Beetles (Coleoptera) (95)Butterflies And Moths (Lepidoptera) (83)Cockroaches And Termites (Blattodea) (30)Dragonflies And Damselflies (Odonata) (34)Fleas And Lice (12)Flies (Diptera) (136)Grasshoppers And Crickets (Orthoptera) (100)Lacewings, Antlions And Allies (Neuroptera And Kin) (7)Mantises (Mantodea) (26)Other Insects (53)True Bugs (Hemiptera) (39)Everyday GroupAllBees, Wasps And Ants (Hymenoptera) (82)Beetles (Coleoptera) (95)Butterflies And Moths (Lepidoptera) (83)Cockroaches And Termites (Blattodea) (30)Dragonflies And Damselflies (Odonata) (34)Fleas And Lice (12)Flies (Diptera) (136)Grasshoppers And Crickets (Orthoptera) (100)Lacewings, Antlions And Allies (Neuroptera And Kin) (7)Mantises (Mantodea) (26)Other Insects (53)True Bugs (Hemiptera) (39)HabitatAllAlpine (41)Bog (49)Boreal Forest (41)Chaparral (94)Desert (94)Fen (8)Freshwater (11)Grassland (102)Ice Sheet (7)Lake (24)Mangrove Forest (14)Riparian Zone (53)River (30)Savanna (72)Steppe (7)Temperate Coniferous Forest (4)Temperate Forest (64)Tropical Rainforest (61)Tundra (33)Wetlands (71)Xeric Shrubland (10)Conservation StatusAllData Deficient (36)Endangered (12)Extinct (12)Least Concern (73)Near Threatened (5)Not Evaluated (183)DietAllCarnivore (43)Detritivore or Scavenger (50)Frugivore (11)Herbivore (150)Insectivore (36)Omnivore (105)Parasitic (25)System (Realm)AllFreshwater (81)Marine (66)Terrestrial (197)Terrestrial and Freshwater (3)Living or ExtinctAllYes (198)ThreatsAllInvasive and Other Problematic Species, Genes and Diseases (33)Pollution (5)Relationship to PeopleAllAgricultural or Structural Pest (158)Disease Vector (116)Domesticated (37)Eaten or Drunk by People (6)Ecotourism and Research (18)Farmed or Commercially Raised (34)Hunted or Fished (3)Invasive or Introduced Species (97)Kept as Pets (29)Natural Pest Control (7)No Significant Interaction with Humans (35)Pollinator (75)Used in Traditional Medicine (11)Venomous or Dangerous to Humans (7)CITES AppendixAllAppendix II (1)Not Listed (196)NatureServe RankAllG2 Imperiled (2)G4 Apparently Secure (30)G5 Secure (87)GNR Unranked (149)EcosystemAllAmazon Rainforest (6)Arctic Tundra (4)Borneo Rainforest (1)Caspian Sea (11)Cerrado (2)Chihuahuan Desert (4)Fynbos (28)Great Plains (2)Heath (7)Kruger National Park (5)Mojave Desert (7)Moorland (4)Okavango Delta (1)Pampas (3)Pantanal (26)Sahara Desert (41)Sahel (41)Serengeti (1)TaxonomyAllAnopheles (6)Apidae (2)Apis (7)Blattodea (30)Bombus (7)Buprestidae (6)Carabidae (5)Carabus (30)Cerambycidae (64)Chrysomelidae (47)Coccinellidae (3)Coleoptera (51)Crambidae (2)Culicidae (66)Curculionidae (9)Danaus (10)Dermaptera (8)Dermestidae (5)Diptera (115)Dytiscidae (4)Erebidae (22)Euphydryas (1)Formicidae (3)Geometridae (5)Grylloblattodea (7)Heliconius (3)Hemiptera (20)Hymenoptera (78)Insecta (50)Lepidoptera (39)Lycaenidae (10)Mantodea (26)Megaloptera (6)Neuroptera (5)Nitidulidae (9)Noctuidae (17)Nymphalidae (46)Odonata (34)Orthoptera (100)Papilionidae (4)Phasmatodea (1)Pieridae (45)Plecoptera (5)Saturniidae (5)Scarabaeidae (13)Sphingidae (9)Tenebrionidae (13)Thysanoptera (32)Tortricidae (10)Trichoptera (4)Zygaenidae (1)Area (sq km)All26.26 (1)160.5 (1)181.43 (1)261 (1)298 (1)316 (1)2040 (1)2235 (1)2586.4 (1)2831 (1)10,452 (1)10,991 (1)11,300 (1)12,189 (1)13,880 (1)13,883 (1)15,007 (1)17,818 (1)18,274 (1)20,272 (1)21,041 (1)22,072 (1)22,966 (1)23,200 (1)25,436 (1)27,700 (1)27,834 (1)28,050 (1)28,748 (1)28,896 (1)29,743 (1)30,689 (1)100,472 (1)103,125 (1)108,889 (1)110,860 (1)110,993.6 (1)111,369 (1)112,492 (1)114,763 (1)118,484 (1)120,000 (1)130,375 (1)132,049 (1)143,100 (1)147,181 (1)148,460 (1)163,610 (1)176,215 (1)180,000 (1)181,035 (1)185,180 (1)196,722 (1)200,105 (1)207,600 (1)214,969 (1)236,800 (1)238,397 (1)239,567 (1)242,500 (1)245,857 (1)263,310 (1)267,668 (1)272,000 (1)274,223 (1)283,561 (1)302,069 (1)312,696 (1)315,331 (1)322,462 (1)1,030,000 (1)1,098,581 (1)1,104,300 (1)1,141,748 (1)1,220,813 (1)1,241,238 (1)1,246,700 (1)1,267,000 (1)1,280,000 (1)1,285,216 (1)1,564,116 (1)1,648,195 (1)1,759,541 (1)1,886,068 (1)1,904,569 (1)1,972,550 (1)2,149,690 (1)2,345,409 (1)2,381,741 (1)2,650,670 (1)2,724,910 (1)2,780,085 (1)7,688,287 (2)10,186,000 (1)11,840,000 (1)13,100,000 (1)17,075,400 (1)17,840,000 (1)24,709,000 (1)30,370,000 (1)Showing the 100 most common of 196 options.Country CountAll1 (1)12 (1)23 (1)44 (1)49 (1)54 (1)Government TypeAllAbsolute Monarchy (3)Constitutional Monarchy (32)One-Party (4)Republic (122)Highest Elevation (m)All2228 (1)5642 (1)5895 (1)6190 (1)6967 (1)8849 (1)Income GroupAllHigh (59)Low (21)Lower-Middle (41)Upper-Middle (57)Independence or Founding YearAll843 (1)1000 (1)1139 (1)1492 (1)1523 (1)1768 (1)1769 (1)1776 (1)1795 (1)1801 (1)1804 (1)1806 (1)1810 (1)1811 (2)1816 (1)1818 (1)1820 (1)1821 (7)1822 (1)1825 (2)1830 (1)1832 (1)1839 (1)1844 (1)1847 (1)1848 (1)1861 (1)1867 (1)1877 (1)1901 (1)1902 (1)1903 (1)1905 (1)1907 (1)1908 (1)1910 (1)1912 (2)1917 (1)1918 (5)1919 (1)1921 (1)1922 (2)1923 (1)1932 (2)1943 (1)1944 (1)1945 (3)1946 (3)1947 (4)1948 (3)1949 (2)1951 (1)1953 (2)1956 (3)1957 (2)1958 (1)1960 (18)1961 (3)1962 (5)1963 (1)1964 (2)1965 (3)1966 (3)1968 (2)1970 (3)1971 (3)1973 (1)1974 (2)1975 (6)1976 (2)1977 (1)1978 (3)1979 (3)1980 (2)1981 (2)1983 (1)1984 (1)1986 (2)1988 (1)1990 (2)1991 (14)1992 (1)1993 (4)1995 (1)2006 (2)LandlockedAllNo (141)Yes (35)PopulationAll10,643 (1)100,179 (1)106,365 (1)109,296 (1)114,621 (1)121,355 (1)184,100 (1)205,557 (1)281,998 (1)335,908 (1)1,025,200 (1)1,066,809 (1)1,235,260 (1)1,341,737 (1)1,362,954 (1)1,382,000 (1)1,512,779 (1)1,588,670 (1)1,795,834 (1)1,836,713 (1)1,842,226 (1)2,080,000 (1)2,135,107 (1)2,335,930 (1)2,359,609 (1)2,365,645 (1)2,422,712 (1)2,647,400 (1)2,824,913 (1)2,897,430 (1)3,022,401 (1)3,100,100 (1)10,147,200 (1)10,185,363 (1)10,186,738 (1)10,353,296 (1)10,610,485 (1)10,915,839 (1)10,978,599 (1)11,027,129 (1)11,365,333 (1)11,424,031 (1)11,484,805 (1)11,532,151 (1)11,867,634 (1)11,906,096 (1)11,972,169 (1)14,151,540 (1)15,170,420 (1)16,300,000 (1)17,166,852 (1)17,483,326 (1)17,521,167 (1)17,638,801 (1)18,130,208 (1)18,636,532 (1)18,847,519 (1)19,043,151 (1)19,629,588 (1)19,655,000 (1)20,031,602 (1)20,547,909 (1)21,756,000 (1)22,224,282 (1)22,489,126 (1)23,299,132 (1)24,745,000 (1)26,657,437 (1)27,801,023 (2)28,814,878 (1)30,987,821 (1)31,122,387 (1)31,500,000 (1)31,800,000 (1)31,964,956 (1)32,283,000 (1)32,684,503 (1)33,702,731 (1)103,439,000 (1)109,139,000 (1)114,000,000 (1)116,452,000 (1)122,587,000 (1)134,000,000 (1)138,000,000 (1)142,557,000 (1)169,828,911 (1)190,000,000 (1)213,421,037 (1)241,499,431 (1)242,747,130 (1)270,500,000 (1)288,315,089 (1)313,450,000 (1)340,587,000 (1)1,210,854,977 (1)1,393,676,444 (1)1,407,698,000 (1)1,600,000,000 (1)2,040,000,000 (1)Showing the 100 most common of 196 options.Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 50DenmarkWhere It Lives87 entriesDjiboutiWhere It Lives2 entriesDominicaWhere It Lives1 entryDominican RepublicWhere It Lives7 entriesEast AsiaWhere It Lives1 entryEcuadorWhere It Lives20 entriesEgyptWhere It Lives10 entriesEl SalvadorWhere It Lives1 entryEquatorial GuineaWhere It Lives2 entriesEritreaWhere It Lives4 entriesEstoniaWhere It Lives15 entriesEthiopiaWhere It Lives5 entriesEuropeWhere It Lives19 entriesFederated States of MicronesiaWhere It Lives1 entryFijiWhere It Lives5 entriesFinlandWhere It Lives15 entriesFranceWhere It Lives29 entriesGabonWhere It Lives2 entriesGambiaWhere It Lives2 entriesGeorgiaWhere It Lives10 entriesGermanyWhere It Lives24 entriesGhanaWhere It Lives8 entriesGreeceWhere It Lives18 entriesGrenadaWhere It Lives1 entryGuatemalaWhere It Lives7 entriesGuineaWhere It Lives7 entriesGuinea-BissauWhere It Lives1 entryGuyanaWhere It Lives10 entriesHaitiWhere It Lives2 entriesHondurasWhere It Lives4 entriesHungaryWhere It Lives15 entriesIcelandWhere It Lives3 entriesIndiaWhere It Lives10 entriesIndonesiaWhere It Lives7 entriesIranWhere It Lives6 entriesIraqWhere It Lives6 entriesIrelandWhere It Lives18 entriesIsraelWhere It Lives9 entriesItalyWhere It Lives22 entriesJamaicaWhere It Lives4 entriesJapanWhere It Lives24 entriesJordanWhere It Lives1 entryKashmirWhere It Lives1 entryKazakhstanWhere It Lives5 entriesKenyaWhere It Lives4 entriesKuwaitWhere It Lives1 entryKyrgyzstanWhere It Lives2 entriesLaosWhere It Lives6 entriesLatviaWhere It Lives12 entriesLebanonWhere It Lives2 entriesShowing 51 to 100 of 198, page 2 of 4.← Previous1234Next →Sources1. 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