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Acrobat ants on a leaf

Ants

More than 700 species in North America

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

Photo of a meloe blister beetle, female, on ground

Blister Beetles

More than 400 species in North America north of Mexico

image of greenbottle fly on carcass

Blow Flies (Bottle Flies)

About 84 species in North America.

Photo of eyed click beetle on bark

Click Beetles

Approximately 1,000 species in North America

image of Dung Beetle rolling a dung ball

Dung Beetles (Tumblebugs)

Subfamilies Scarabaeinae and Aphodiinae

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

Earwigs

Forficula auricularia, Euborellia anulipes, and others.

Photo of eastern dobsonfly

Eastern Dobsonfly

Corydalus cornutus

Photo of an adult female field cricket

Field Crickets (House Crickets)

Gryllus spp., Acheta domesticus, and relatives

image of Fiery Searcher on dead leaves

Ground Beetles

About 2,400 species in North America north of Mexico

Image of a honeybee worker.

Honeybee

Apis mellifera

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

Japanese beetle on a leaf

Japanese Beetle

Popillia japonica

Swamp milkweed leaf beetle on a leaf it has chewed on.

Leaf Beetles

About 2,000 species in North America

Red milkweed beetle eating a common milkweed leaf.

Longhorned Beetles (Borers; Sawyer Beetles)

About 1,000 species in North America north of Mexico

image of May Beetle on wood

May Beetles (June Bugs)

Phyllophaga spp.

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

Photo of a nursery web spider on a plant

Nursery Web Spiders

Pisaurina spp.

image of Sand Wasp perched on sand

Sand Wasps

Numerous species and genera in Missouri

Male eastern Hercules beetle walking in grass

Scarab Beetles

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

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

Green stink bug on a leaf

Stink Bugs

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

Photo of a tan jumping spider

Tan Jumping Spider

Platycriptus undatus

image of a Wheel Bug, Side View

Wheel Bug

Arilus cristatus

Venomous

Photo of wolf spider with young

Wolf Spiders

Numerous species and genera in our state.

Photo of an eastern yellowjacket

Yellowjackets (Vespula Wasps)

Vespula spp.