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Admirable Grasshopper on grass stem

Admirable Grasshopper

Syrbula admirabilis

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

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.

Image of a differential grasshopper.

Differential Grasshopper

Melanoplus differentialis

image of Fiery Searcher on dead leaves

Ground Beetles

About 2,400 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

image of Narceus Millipede crawling across gravel

Millipedes

More than 900 species in North America north of Mexico

image of a Mydas Fly

Mydas Flies

About 80 species in North America

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.

photo of a male reddish-brown stag beetle

Stag Beetles

About 24 species in North America north of Mexico

Photo of an adult stonefly on a leaf

Stoneflies

There are hundreds of species in North America

Photo of a northern walkingstick on autumn dogwood leaves

Walkingsticks (Stick Insects)

Diapheromera femorata, Megaphasma denticrus, and others