Lakes and ponds

Antlion Adults
More than 100 species in North America north of Mexico

Ants
More than 700 species in North America

Apid Bees
About 1,000 species in North America north of Mexico


Assassin Bugs

Nearly 200 species in North America north of Mexico



Venomous


Bee Flies
About 800 species in North America

Blister Beetles
More than 400 species in North America north of Mexico

Blow Flies (Bottle Flies)
About 84 species in North America.

Click Beetles
Approximately 1,000 species in North America

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

Dotted Wolf Spider
Rabidosa punctulata

Dung Beetles (Tumblebugs)
Subfamilies Scarabaeinae and Aphodiinae

Entypus Spider Wasps
Entypus aratus, E. unifasciatus, E. fulvicornis, and others

Field Crickets
Gryllus spp., Acheta domesticus, and other in subfamily Gryllinae

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

Green June Beetle
Cotinis nitida

Green Lacewings
About 85 species in North America north of Mexico

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

Honeybee
Apis mellifera

Horse and Deer Flies
Tabanus, Chrysops, and related genera

House Cricket
Acheta domesticus

Ichneumon Wasps
More than 5,000 species in North America


Japanese Beetle

Popillia japonica



Invasive


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

Large Crane Flies
More than 500 species in North America north of Mexico

Leaf Beetles
About 2,000 species in North America

Litter Moths
Subfamily Herminiinae

Little Brown Myotis (Little Brown Bat)
Myotis lucifugus

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

May Beetles (June Bugs)
Phyllophaga spp.

Midges
Nearly 1,100 species in North America

Millipedes
More than 900 species in North America north of Mexico

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

Mud Daubers
Three genera: Sceliphron, Trypoxylon, and Chalybion

Nine-Banded Armadillo
Dasypus novemcinctus

Nursery Web Spiders
Pisaurina spp.

Owlflies
8 species in North America north of Mexico

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

Rabid Wolf Spider
Rabidosa rabida

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

Soil Centipedes
Estimated 4,000 species globally

Spider Wasps
About 300 species in North America north of Mexico

Spotted Orbweavers
Neoscona spp.

Springtails
More than 8,000 species globally

Stink Bugs
In North America, more than 200 species in 64 genera.

Striped Skunk
Mephitis mephitis

Ticks
Three common Missouri species

Weevils (Snout Beetles; Bark Beetles)
About 2,500 species in North America north of Mexico


Wheel Bug

Arilus cristatus



Venomous

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