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 50LiberiaWhere It Lives2 entriesLibyaWhere It Lives5 entriesLiechtensteinWhere It Lives7 entriesLithuaniaWhere It Lives9 entriesLuxembourgWhere It Lives10 entriesMadagascarWhere It Lives5 entriesMalawiWhere It Lives2 entriesMalaysiaWhere It Lives5 entriesMaldivesWhere It Lives1 entryMaliWhere It Lives2 entriesMaltaWhere It Lives5 entriesManchuriaWhere It Lives2 entriesMarshall IslandsWhere It Lives2 entriesMauritaniaWhere It Lives2 entriesMauritiusWhere It Lives3 entriesMexicoWhere It Lives15 entriesMoldovaWhere It Lives12 entriesMongoliaWhere It Lives7 entriesMontenegroWhere It Lives9 entriesMoroccoWhere It Lives6 entriesMozambiqueWhere It Lives6 entriesMyanmarWhere It Lives9 entriesNamibiaWhere It Lives3 entriesNepalWhere It Lives3 entriesNetherlandsWhere It Lives14 entriesNew ZealandWhere It Lives10 entriesNicaraguaWhere It Lives2 entriesNigerWhere It Lives1 entryNigeriaWhere It Lives4 entriesNorth AfricaWhere It Lives2 entriesNorth AmericaWhere It Lives70 entriesNorth MacedoniaWhere It Lives9 entriesNorwayWhere It Lives87 entriesOmanWhere It Lives2 entriesPakistanWhere It Lives4 entriesPalestineWhere It Lives3 entriesPanamaWhere It Lives1 entryPapua New GuineaWhere It Lives2 entriesParaguayWhere It Lives5 entriesPeruWhere It Lives9 entriesPhilippinesWhere It Lives3 entriesPolandWhere It Lives13 entriesPortugalWhere It Lives29 entriesPunjabWhere It Lives1 entryRepublic of the CongoWhere It Lives3 entriesRomaniaWhere It Lives9 entriesRussiaWhere It Lives10 entriesSaint Kitts and NevisWhere It Lives2 entriesSaint LuciaWhere It Lives2 entriesSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesWhere It Lives1 entryShowing 101 to 150 of 198, page 3 of 4.← Previous1234Next →Sources1. 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