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Ambush Bugs

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



Venomous


Annual Cicadas
Neotibicen spp. (in Missouri) (formerly Tibicen)

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

Butterflies and Skippers
More than 700 species in North America north of Mexico

Cecropia Moth
Hyalophora cecropia

Checkered White
Pontia protodice

Click Beetles
Approximately 1,000 species in North America

Crambid Snout Moths
More than 860 species in North America north of Mexico

Daddy Longlegs (Harvestmen)
About 6,500 species have been named so far, worldwide.

Damselflies
Species in the suborder Zygoptera

Dragonflies
Species in the suborder Anisoptera

Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth
Malacosoma americana

Foliage Flower Spiders
Mecaphesa spp. and Misumessus spp.

Four-Humped Flat-Faced Longhorn
Acanthoderes quadrigibba

Geometrid Moths
About 250 species recorded for Missouri

Georgia Mason
Osmia georgica

Giant Silkworm and Royal Moths
About 75 species in North America north of Mexico

Grass Spiders
Agelenopsis spp.

Great Spangled Fritillary
Speyeria cybele

Ground Beetles
About 2,400 species in North America north of Mexico

Ground Crab Spiders
Xysticus spp.

Heptagonal Orbweaver
Gea heptagon

Ichneumon Wasps
More than 5,000 species in North America

Ivory-Marked Beetle
Eburia quadrigeminata

Lace Bugs
About 165 species in North American north of Mexico

Lady Beetles (Ladybird Beetles; Ladybugs)
Nearly 500 species in North America north of Mexico

Land Snails and Slugs
Approx. 150 species of land snails and slugs in Missouri

Leaf Beetles
About 2,000 species in North America

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

Litter Moths
Subfamily Herminiinae

Longhorn Bees
More than 200 species of tribe Eucerini (longhorn bees) in North America north of Mexico

Longhorned Beetles (Borers; Sawyer Beetles)
About 1,000 species in North America north of Mexico

Marbled Orbweaver
Araneus marmoreus

Mosquitoes
About 50 species of mosquitoes in Missouri

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

Nessus Sphinx
Amphion floridensis

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

Northern Crab Spider
Mecaphesa asperata

Openfield Orbweaver
Araneus pratensis

Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui

Peacock Flies (Tephritid Fruit Flies)
About 300 species in North America north of Mexico

Picture-Winged Flies
About 130 species in North America north of Mexico

Plume Moths
Nearly 150 species in North America north of Mexico

Pyralid Moths
More than 680 species in North America north of Mexico

Regal Fritillary
Speyeria idalia

Sand Wasps
More than 1,200 species in North America north of Mexico

Scarab Beetles
About 1,700 species in North America north of Mexico

Silvery Checkerspot
Chlosyne nycteis

Skippers
About 275 species in North America north of Mexico

Spittlebugs and Froghoppers
About 60 species in North America north of Mexico

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