Farms, croplands, old fields, hedgerows

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

Aphids
More than 1,300 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.

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

Common Checkered Skipper
Pyrgus communis

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 Comma
Polygonia comma

Evergreen Bagworm Moth
Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis

Field Crickets (House Crickets)
Gryllus spp., Acheta domesticus, and relatives

Geometrid Moths
About 250 species recorded for Missouri

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

Gray Comma
Polygonia progne

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

Horse and Deer Flies
Tabanus, Chrysops, and related genera

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

Leaf Beetles
About 2,000 species in North America

Leaf-Footed Bugs
Nearly 90 species in North America north of Mexico

Leafcutter Bees
Species in the genus Megachile.

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

Magdalen Underwing
Catocala illecta

Midges
Nearly 1,100 species in North America

Millipedes
More than 900 species in North America north of Mexico

Morning-Glory Prominent
Schizura ipomoeae

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

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

Mourning Cloak
Nymphalis antiopa

Nessus Sphinx
Amphion floridensis

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

Northern Cloudywing
Thorybes pylades

Nursery Web Spiders
Pisaurina spp.

Owlflies
There are 8 species in North America

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

Planthoppers
More than 900 species in North America north of Mexico

Prominent Moths
About 50 species recorded from Missouri

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

Red-Banded Hairstreak
Calycopis cecrops

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