Bug Lab – Insect Generator for Blender

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Insect Generator builds anatomically correct insects in Blender with one click. Pick one of 68 real species from a picture gallery, from ladybugs and stag beetles to honey bees, hornets, house flies, praying mantises, grasshoppers, dragonflies and cicadas, then change anything you like: head, neck shield, thorax, waist, abdomen, legs, antennae, jaws, horns, wings and colors.

Every insect is real geometry with true anatomy: a segmented body, six jointed legs with thigh, shin, foot segments and claws, antennae of eleven real kinds, compound eyes, and wings that fold over the back or spread for flight. It stands on the ground at its real size, and one click scales it 10x or 100x for hero shots.

68 real species

68 real species
Stag beetles, honey bees, ladybugs, mantises, hornets, grasshoppers, jewel beetles, ants, flies and cicadas. Pick one and change anything.

Wings that really open

Wings that really open
Wing cases lift and the clear, veined flight wings unfold. One slider from folded to flying.

Surprise me

Surprise me
One click gives a random species with new proportions and colors. Endless bugs for crowds and collections.

New colors in one click

New colors in one click
Glossy, metallic, iridescent, fuzzy or waxy shells with spots, bands, stripes and mottling, all real PBR materials.

Species

  • 68 species in eight families: beetles, ants and termites, bees and wasps, flies and mosquitoes, mantises and stick insects, grasshoppers and crickets, dragonflies, cicadas and bugs
  • Stag, rhinoceros, Hercules, Goliath, scarab, jewel and longhorn beetles, ladybugs, fireflies with glowing lanterns, weevils, bullet ants, trap-jaw ants, hornets, bumblebees, mosquitoes, orchid mantises, leaf insects, locusts, katydids, damselflies, lanternflies and more

Full control

  • Eleven antenna kinds: thread, bristle, beads, club, knob, elbowed, fan, comb, feathery, pod and saw
  • Walking, grabbing, digging, jumping and paddle legs
  • Wing cases, leathery wings, half-hard bug wings, one or two clear pairs, open or folded
  • Stag jaws, sickle jaws, horns, stingers, pincers, ovipositors and snouts
  • Standing, walking, flying, pinned specimen and defensive poses
  • Surprise, Vary and Colors buttons for endless new bugs

Photoreal materials

  • Glossy, satin, matte, metallic, waxy, fuzzy and iridescent shells with real thin-film rainbow colors
  • Clear veined wings with spots, bands and tinted tips; faceted compound eyes
  • Spots, bands, stripes and mottling, all in PBR materials that work in Cycles and EEVEE

Rigged and game ready

  • Optional rig: a bone for every body part, leg segment, antenna, jaw and wing, ready to pose or animate
  • Low to ultra detail, one mesh per insect, convert to a normal mesh at any time

Requires Blender 4.2 or newer. Tested on Blender 4.2, 4.5 and 5.2 LTS. Works in Cycles and EEVEE.


  • For one individual: personal and freelance projects.

    $9
  • For one person or small company using it in commercial client and product work.

    $18
  • For teams and studios: use by up to 100 artists in one organization.

    $90
$9

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Details
Blender Extension Compatible Yes
Published about 13 hours ago
Blender Version 4.2 - 5.2
Extension Type Add-on
Render Engine Used Cycles, Eevee
License GPL