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Jagged ambush bug on a plant stem

Ambush Bugs

Phymata spp. and others in subfamily Phymatinae (ambush bugs)

Venomous

image of Walker's Cicada clinging to a perch

Annual Cicadas

Neotibicen spp. (in Missouri) (formerly Tibicen)

several yellow aphids on plant

Aphids

More than 1,300 species in North America north of Mexico

Several regal fritillaries feeding on butterfly weed

Butterflies and Skippers

More than 700 species in North America north of Mexico

Photo of a sod webworm adult moth on a window with hind end propped up

Crambid Snout Moths

More than 860 species in North America north of Mexico

Photo of an adult damselfly on a twig next to water.

Damselflies

Species in the suborder Zygoptera

Photo of a male Banded Pennant dragonfly

Dragonflies

Species in the suborder Anisoptera

A wavy-lined emerald moth resting on a glass window

Geometrid Moths

About 250 species recorded for Missouri

Polyphemus Moth, Belton MO

Giant Silkworm and Royal Moths

About 75 species in North America north of Mexico

image of Fiery Searcher on dead leaves

Ground Beetles

About 2,400 species in North America north of Mexico

Swamp milkweed leaf beetle on a leaf it has chewed on.

Leaf Beetles

About 2,000 species in North America

image of a Leafhopper on leaf

Leafhoppers

More than 3,000 species in North America north of Mexico

Red milkweed beetle eating a common milkweed leaf.

Longhorned Beetles (Borers; Sawyer Beetles)

About 1,000 species in North America north of Mexico

Forage looper moth perched on a brick wall, viewed from side

Moths

More than 12,000 species in North America north of Mexico

image of a Dagger Moth

Noctuid Moths

More than 2,500 species in North America north of Mexico

image of a Yellow-Fringed Dolichomia Moth

Pyralid Moths

More than 680 species in North America north of Mexico

image of Sand Wasp perched on sand

Sand Wasps

Numerous species and genera in Missouri

Male eastern Hercules beetle walking in grass

Scarab Beetles

About 1,700 species in North America north of Mexico.

image of a Spittlebug and nest on plant stem

Spittlebugs and Froghoppers

About 60 species in North America north of Mexico

Elongate-bodied springtail on a brown leaf

Springtails

More than 8,000 species globally

image of Six-Spotted Tiger Beetle crawling on dead leaves

Tiger Beetles

Subfamily Cicindelinae (about 100 species in North America)

Two-marked treehopper clinging to a stem

Treehoppers

More than 260 species in North America North of Mexico

Tussock moth resting on a wooden board

Tussock Moths

About 30 species in subfamily Lymantriinae (formerly a family) in North America

White-Lined Sphinx Moth

White-Lined Sphinx

Hyles lineata