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Asian Longhorned Beetle
Anoplophora glabripennis
Invasive
Black Swallowtail (Parsnip Swallowtail)
Papilio polyxenes
Blister Beetles
More than 400 species in North America north of Mexico
Blow Flies (Bottle Flies)
About 84 species in North America.
Blue Dasher
Pachydiplax longipennis
Blue Orchard Bee
Osmia lignaria
Blue-Winged Wasp
Scolia dubia
Broad-Headed Skink
Plestiodon laticeps
Butterflies and Skippers
More than 700 species in North America north of Mexico
Channel Catfish
Ictalurus punctatus
Common Five-Lined Skink
Plestiodon fasciatus
Common Whitetail
Plathemis lydia
Damselflies
Species in the suborder Zygoptera
Darters
Etheostoma, Percina, Ammocrypta, and Crystallaria spp.
Dead Man’s Fingers
Xylaria polymorpha
Dragonflies
Species in the suborder Anisoptera
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Papilio glaucus
Eastern Yellow-Bellied Racer
Coluber constrictor flaviventris
Entypus Spider Wasps
Entypus aratus, E. unifasciatus, E. fulvicornis, and others
Freshwater Mussels
Bivalve molluscs in order Unionoida
Geometrid Moths
About 250 species recorded for Missouri
Georgia Mason
Osmia georgica
Giant Silkworm and Royal Moths
About 75 species in North America north of Mexico
Great Black Wasp
Sphex pensylvanicus
Ground Beetles
About 2,400 species in North America north of Mexico
Io Moth
Automeris io
Leaf Beetles
About 2,000 species in North America
Leaf Skeletonizer Moths (Smoky Moths)
About 25 species in North America north of Mexico
Leafhoppers
More than 3,000 species in North America north of Mexico
Lilliput
Toxolasma parvus
Longpincered Crayfish
Faxonius longidigitus (formerly Orconectes longidigitus)
Minnows
Notropis, Cyprinella, Hybognathus, Luxilus, and others
Moths
More than 12,000 species in North America north of Mexico
Mud Daubers
Three genera: Sceliphron, Trypoxylon, and Chalybion
Oil Beetles
Meloe spp.
Orchard Orbweaver
Leucauge venusta
Pipevine Swallowtail (Blue Swallowtail)
Battus philenor
Planthoppers
More than 900 species in North America north of Mexico
Prairie Lizard
Sceloporus consobrinus
Prairie Ring-Necked Snake
Diadophis punctatus arnyi
Pronghorn Clubtail
Phanogomphus graslinellus
Rainbow Darter
Etheostoma caeruleum
Red-Banded Hairstreak
Calycopis cecrops
Red-Spotted Purple
Limenitis arthemis
Scoliid Wasps
About 20 species in North America north of Mexico
Six-Lined Racerunner
Aspidoscelis sexlineata
Slaty Skimmer
Libellula incesta
Southern Coal Skink
Plestiodon anthracinus pluvialis
Spangled Skimmer
Libellula cyanea
Sphinx Moths (Hawk Moths)
More than 50 species in Missouri
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