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Ants
More than 700 species in North America
Assassin Bugs
Nearly 200 species in North America north of Mexico
Venomous
Bee Flies
About 800 species in North America
Black-and-Yellow Garden Spider
Argiope aurantia
Blister Beetles
More than 400 species in North America north of Mexico
Eastern Carpenter Bee
Xylocopa virginica
Ground Beetles
About 2,400 species in North America north of Mexico
Honeybee
Apis mellifera
Horntails
About 28 species in North America
Horse and Deer Flies
Tabanus, Chrysops, and related genera
Ichneumon Wasps
More than 5,000 species in North America
Leaf Beetles
About 2,000 species in North America
Longhorned Beetles (Borers; Sawyer Beetles)
About 1,000 species in North America north of Mexico
Millipedes
More than 900 species in North America north of Mexico
Mud Daubers
Three genera: Sceliphron, Trypoxylon, and Chalybion
Nursery Web Spiders
Pisaurina spp.
Paper Wasps
Species in the genus Polistes
Sand Wasps
Numerous species and genera in Missouri
Scarab Beetles
About 1,700 species in North America north of Mexico.
Spider Wasps
About 300 species in North America north of Mexico
Wolf Spiders
Numerous species and genera in our state.
Yellowjackets (Vespula Wasps)
Vespula spp.
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