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Summer Insect Discovery
Use your camera to identify beetles, butterflies and more, and grow your field collection. Peak insect season is on.
InsectLens: Bug Identifier
Spider, Ant & Insect Scanner
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
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Point your camera at any bug to identify it and learn instantly whether it bites, stings, or is harmless. Great for curious kids, gardeners, and hikers.
Will it bite? Will it sting? Is it even dangerous? Point your camera at a beetle on the path, a butterfly in the garden, or the mystery bug crawling across the kitchen floor, and InsectLens names it, explains it, and gives you a clear safety answer — harmless, use caution, or stay back — in seconds.
WHY PEOPLE KEEP IT ON THE HOME SCREEN
Identify the bug, common name and scientific name.
Snap a photo and InsectLens matches the most likely species — butterflies, beetles, bees and wasps, ants, true bugs, dragonflies, grasshoppers, moths, and the spiders and other crawlers people meet alongside them. You get the everyday name plus the scientific name, and a confidence indicator so you know how sure the match is.
Know if it bites, stings, or is harmless.
Every find shows a clear safety level — harmless, use caution, or stay back — written in plain language. Read whether a species can bite or sting, how much a sting tends to hurt, when an allergic reaction is a real risk, and the calm, sensible thing to do. No more frantic searching while a kid asks "is it dangerous?"
Tell a garden friend from a garden foe.
Ladybirds and lacewings devour aphids; honey bees and hoverflies pollinate; some caterpillars chew your seedlings. InsectLens explains whether the insect in front of you helps your plants or harms them, so you can welcome the allies and manage the pests without reaching for spray on sight.
Learn the living creature, not just its name.
Each species profile covers what it eats, where it lives, its life cycle from egg to adult, when it is active, how to tell it from look-alikes, and its conservation status — written for a curious mind, eight years old or eighty.
Keep an observation log you'll actually return to.
Save every bug you identify into a personal log on your device, with the place and date you spotted it. Watch your list of species grow across seasons, fill out the orders and families you've met, and earn naturalist badges as your log expands. The specimen stays alive on its leaf — only the record comes home with you.
HOW IT WORKS
1. Snap or pick a photo of the insect (get close, keep it in focus).
2. InsectLens matches the most likely species with a confidence indicator — confirm it or adjust by hand.
3. Read the safety level, whether it bites or stings, and whether it helps or harms a garden.
4. Save it to your observation log and keep exploring.
A NOTE ON SAFETY
InsectLens is an educational identification and nature-learning tool, not medical or pest-control advice. A photo match can be wrong, especially for look-alike species, so never handle a bug you are unsure about, and treat any creature cautiously when identity is uncertain. For bites, stings, or allergic reactions, contact a medical professional. For an infestation, contact a licensed pest-control specialist.
PRIVACY YOU CAN READ
Your observation log, identification history, and preferences live on your device. No accounts, no third-party trackers, no ad SDKs. When online recognition is on, the photo you scan is sent securely to our recognition service to identify the insect and is never used for advertising or tracking. Full details in the in-app Privacy Policy.
SUBSCRIPTION
InsectLens Pro is an auto-renewing subscription, offered weekly and annually (for example $12.99 per week or $89.99 per year; promotional annual pricing may be shown at times). Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically at the same price and period unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Prices may vary by region.
Terms of Use: https://insectlens.app/terms
Privacy Policy: https://insectlens.app/privacy
Point your camera at the next bug you meet — and finally know what it is and whether it's safe.
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What's new in 1.1.0
- All-new guided first scan with an interactive identification demo
- Reveal-style results show the species profile, facts and habitat at a glance
- Clearer retry and error states during recognition
- Interface refinements throughout the app
Thank you for exploring with us. More improvements are on the way.
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The developer, 懿峰 吕, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Purchases
- Contact Info
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- User Content
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- 懿峰 吕
- Size
- 87 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 25 more
- English, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- InsectLens Pro Annual $39.99
- InsectLens Pro Annual $39.99
- InsectLens Pro 年订阅回归优惠 $69.99
- InsectLens Pro 年订阅优惠 $59.99
- InsectLens Pro 年订阅 $89.99
- InsectLens Pro 周订阅 $12.99
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