White

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.

Geometrid Moths
About 250 species recorded for Missouri

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

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

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

Mosquitoes
There are about 50 species of mosquitoes in our state.

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

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
Numerous species and genera in Missouri

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

Springtails
More than 8,000 species globally

Tent Caterpillar And Lappet Moths
About 35 species in North America north of Mexico

Tiger and Lichen Moths
Subfamily Arctiinae (formerly a family)

Tiger Beetles
Subfamily Cicindelinae (about 100 species in North America)

Tortricid Moths
About 1,400 species in North America north of Mexico

Treehoppers
More than 260 species in North America North of Mexico

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

White-Lined Sphinx
Hyles lineata

Pages