Charles Thomas Brues (June 20, 1879, Wheeling, West Virginia – July 22, 1955, Crescent City, Florida) was an American entomologist.
He was appointed field agent of the Bureau of Entomology, United States Department of Agriculture 1904–05, curator of invertebrate zoology at the Milwaukee Public Museum 1905–09, and then became instructor in economic entomology at Harvard University.
His contributions on embryology and the habits of insects, notably Hymenoptera (ants, bees, etc.)
In 1913, while employed at the Bussey Institution, he was part of a three-person team (along with Ernest Tyzzer and Dr. Richard P. Strong) that studied tropical diseases in Peru and Ecuador.
[1] Brues is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of Caribbean snake, Mastigodryas bruesi.