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image of Assassin Bug crawling on a leaf

Assassin Bugs

Nearly 200 species in North America north of Mexico

Venomous

image of Bee Fly on leaf

Bee Flies

About 800 species in North America

Closeup of brown recluse spider on floor.

Brown Recluse (Violin Spider)

Loxosceles reclusa

Venomous

photo of bumblebee on a wild rose flower

Bumble Bees

Bombus spp.

Image of Tomentose Burying Beetle crawling on the ground

Carrion Beetles (Burying Beetles)

Nicrophorus, Necrophila, Necrodes, and other Silphid genera

image of Cicada Killer on Goldenrod

Cicada Killer Wasp

Sphecius speciosus

Photo of eyed click beetle on bark

Click Beetles

Approximately 1,000 species in North America

image of Crane Fly clinging to a twig

Crane Flies

There are over 500 species of crane flies in North America.

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

Damselflies

Species in the suborder Zygoptera

Image of a differential grasshopper.

Differential Grasshopper

Melanoplus differentialis

Photo of a male Banded Pennant dragonfly

Dragonflies

Species in the suborder Anisoptera

Photo of a female and male European earwig on a dead leaf.

Earwigs

Forficula auricularia, Euborellia anulipes, and others.

Image of a giant red-headed centipede.

Giant Red-Headed Centipede

Scolopendra heros

Venomous

Green June beetle on goldenrod

Green June Beetle

Cotinis nitida

image of Fiery Searcher on dead leaves

Ground Beetles

About 2,400 species in North America north of Mexico

Photo of a Pigeon Tremex Horntail

Horntails

About 28 species in North America

image of Horse Fly on tree trunk

Horse and Deer Flies

Tabanus, Chrysops, and related genera

image of an Ichneumon Wasp on tree trunk

Ichneumon Wasps

More than 5,000 species in North America

Leaf-footed bug on a leaf

Leaf-Footed Bugs

Nearly 90 species in North America north of Mexico

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

Photo of a mayfly

Mayflies

Hundreds of species in North America.

image of Narceus Millipede crawling across gravel

Millipedes

More than 900 species in North America north of Mexico

image of Black-and-Yellow Mud Dauber

Mud Daubers

Three genera: Sceliphron, Trypoxylon, and Chalybion

image of a Mydas Fly

Mydas Flies

About 80 species in North America

Photo of mating pair of musk mares, on a gravel surface, viewed from above.

Northern Two-Striped Walkingstick (Musk Mare)

Anisomorpha ferruginea

image of a Four-Spotted Owlfly

Owlflies

There are 8 species in North America

image of Paper Wasp on flowers

Paper Wasps

Species in the genus Polistes

Photo of a periodical cicada shown from the side.

Periodical Cicadas

Magicicada spp.

image of Robber Fly

Robber Flies

More than 1,000 species in North America

Male eastern Hercules beetle walking in grass

Scarab Beetles

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

image of a Carolina Grasshopper

Short-Horned Grasshoppers

About 620 species in North America

A reddish centipede crawls over a rock

Soil Centipedes

There are many species of soil centipedes in our state.

Glossy black spider wasp manipulating paralyzed spider

Spider Wasps

About 300 species in North America north of Mexico

photo of a male reddish-brown stag beetle

Stag Beetles

About 24 species in North America north of Mexico

striped bark scorpion

Striped Bark Scorpion

Centruroides vittatus

Venomous

image of Six-Spotted Tiger Beetle crawling on dead leaves

Tiger Beetles

Subfamily Cicindelinae (about 100 species in North America)

Photo of a northern walkingstick on autumn dogwood leaves

Walkingsticks (Stick Insects)

Diapheromera femorata, Megaphasma denticrus, and others

image of a Wheel Bug, Side View

Wheel Bug

Arilus cristatus

Venomous