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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

Image of a female Argiope garden spider.

Black-and-Yellow Garden Spider

Argiope aurantia

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 a bold jumping spider.

Bold Jumper

Phidippus audax

Closeup of brown recluse spider on floor.

Brown Recluse (Violin Spider)

Loxosceles reclusa

Venomous

Image of Chinese mantis.

Chinese Mantis

Tenodera aridifolia

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 female field cricket

Field Crickets (House Crickets)

Gryllus spp., Acheta domesticus, and relatives

Photo of a furrow orbweaver hanging head down with a green background

Furrow Orbweavers

Larinioides spp.

image of Green Lacewing clinging to rock

Green Lacewings

About 85 species in North America north of Mexico

image of Fiery Searcher on dead leaves

Ground Beetles

About 2,400 species in North America north of Mexico

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 Narceus Millipede crawling across gravel

Millipedes

More than 900 species in North America north of Mexico

Photo of a nursery web spider on a plant

Nursery Web Spiders

Pisaurina spp.

Male eastern Hercules beetle walking in grass

Scarab Beetles

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

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

Squash bug on sand

Squash Bugs

Anasa tristis and other Anasa spp.

Green stink bug on a leaf

Stink Bugs

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

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.