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Ambush Bugs
Phymata spp. and others in subfamily Phymatinae (ambush bugs)
Venomous
Andrenid Bees (Miner Bees)
More than 1,200 species in North America north of Mexico
Angulate and Roundshouldered Orbweavers
Araneus spp.
Antlion Larvae (Doodlebug Larvae)
More than 100 species in North America north of Mexico
Apid Bees
About 1,000 species in North America north of Mexico
Assassin Bugs
Nearly 200 species in North America north of Mexico
Venomous
Barn Spider
Neoscona crucifera
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.
Brown Recluse (Violin Spider)
Loxosceles reclusa
Venomous
Carolina Grasshopper
Dissosteira carolina
Cellar Spiders
Pholcus, Psilochorus, and others in the Pholcid family
Chinese Mantis
Tenodera sinensis (formerly T. aridifolia)
Citrus Flatid Planthopper
Metcalfa pruinosa
Click Beetles
Approximately 1,000 species in North America
Common House Spider
Parasteatoda tepidariorum (syn. Achaeranea tepidariorum)
Daddy Longlegs (Harvestmen)
About 6,500 species have been named so far, worldwide.
Diamondback Spittlebug
Lepyronia quadrangularis
Eastern Boxelder Bug
Boisea trivittata
Elm Borer
Saperda tridentata
Field Crickets
Gryllus spp., Acheta domesticus, and other in subfamily Gryllinae
Four-Humped Flat-Faced Longhorn
Acanthoderes quadrigibba
Ground Beetles
About 2,400 species in North America north of Mexico
Ground Crab Spiders
Xysticus spp.
Halictid Bees (Sweat Bees)
More than 500 species in North America north of Mexico
Heptagonal Orbweaver
Gea heptagon
Ichneumon Wasps
More than 5,000 species in North America
Lady Beetles (Ladybird Beetles; Ladybugs)
Nearly 500 species in North America north of Mexico
Land Snails and Slugs
Approx. 150 species of land snails and slugs in Missouri
Large Crane Flies
More than 500 species in North America north of Mexico
Leaf Beetles
About 2,000 species in North America
Leaf Skeletonizer Moths (Smoky Moths)
About 25 species in North America north of Mexico
Leafcutter Bees
Megachile spp.
Leafhoppers
More than 3,000 species in North America north of Mexico
Longhorn Bees
More than 200 species of tribe Eucerini (longhorn bees) in North America north of Mexico
Longhorned Beetles (Borers; Sawyer Beetles)
About 1,000 species in North America north of Mexico
Marbled Orbweaver
Araneus marmoreus
Megachilid Bees
More than 630 species in North America north of Mexico
Midges
Nearly 1,100 species in North America
Millipedes
More than 900 species in North America north of Mexico
Nursery Web Spiders
Pisaurina spp.
Nut Weevils (Acorn Weevils)
Curculio spp.
Parasitic Flies (Tachinid Flies)
About 1,350 species in North America north of Mexico
Picture-Winged Flies
About 130 species in North America north of Mexico
Planthoppers
More than 900 species in North America north of Mexico
Scarab Beetles
About 1,700 species in North America north of Mexico
Small Milkweed Bug
Lygaeus kalmii
Spittlebugs and Froghoppers
About 60 species in North America north of Mexico
Spotted Orbweavers
Neoscona spp.
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