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Adder's Tongues
Ophioglossum spp.
Ailanthus Webworm Moth
Atteva aurea
American Carrion Beetle
Necrophila americana
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos
American Hazelnut
Corylus americana
Edible
American Lady
Vanessa virginiensis
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
Ammophila Wasps
Ammophila spp.
Andrenid Bees (Miner Bees)
More than 1,200 species in North America north of Mexico
Annual Cicadas
Neotibicen spp. (in Missouri) (formerly Tibicen)
Antlion Adults
More than 100 species in North America north of Mexico
Antlion Larvae (Doodlebug Larvae)
More than 100 species in North America north of Mexico
Ants
More than 700 species in North America
Aphids
More than 1,300 species in North America north of Mexico
Apid Bees
About 1,000 species in North America north of Mexico
Arabesque Orbweaver
Neoscona arabesca
Armored Harvestmen
Members of suborder Laniatores
Assassin Bugs
Nearly 200 species in North America north of Mexico
Venomous
Banded Tiger Moth
Apantesis vittata
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
Beautiful Wood-Nymph
Eudryas grata
Bee Flies
About 800 species in North America
Black Swallowtail (Parsnip Swallowtail)
Papilio polyxenes
Black Vulture
Coragyps atratus
Black-and-Yellow Lichen Moth
Lycomorpha pholus
Black-Bordered Lemon Moth
Marimatha nigrofimbria
Black-Legged Meadow Katydid
Orchelimum nigripes
Blister Beetles
More than 400 species in North America north of Mexico
Blow Flies (Bottle Flies)
About 84 species in North America.
Blue Vervain
Verbena hastata
Blue-Winged Wasp
Scolia dubia
Bronze Copper
Lycaena hyllus (syn. Hyllolycaena hyllus; Lycaena thoe)
Brown-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia triloba
Brown-Headed Cowbird
Molothrus ater
Buckbrush (Coralberry)
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
Bumble Bees
Bombus spp.
Bush Honeysuckles
Lonicera maackii (Amur) and Lonicera x bella (bella)
Invasive
Butterflies and Skippers
More than 700 species in North America north of Mexico
Cabbage White
Pieris rapae
Callery Pear (Bradford Pear)
Pyrus calleryana
Invasive
Carolina False Dandelion
Pyrrhopappus carolinianus
Edible
Carrion Beetles (Burying Beetles)
Nicrophorus, Necrophila, Necrodes, and others
Cecropia Moth
Hyalophora cecropia
Celery Looper
Anagrapha falcifera
Checkered White
Pontia protodice
Chickweed Geometer
Haematopis grataria
Chiggers
Trombicula alfreddugesi and other Trombicula spp. (syn. Eutrombicula)
Chinese Yam
Dioscorea oppositifolia (sometimes called D. batatas)
Invasive
Citrus Flatid Planthopper
Metcalfa pruinosa
Cleavers (Bedstraw; Goose Grass)
Galium aparine
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