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Jagged ambush bug on a plant stem

Ambush Bugs

Phymata spp. and others in subfamily Phymatinae (ambush bugs)

Venomous

several yellow aphids on plant

Aphids

More than 1,300 species in North America north of Mexico

Photo of a triangle orbweaver, or arrowhead spider

Arrowhead Spider (Triangle Orbweaver)

Verrucosa arenata

Photo of a cellar spider in her cobweb with egg sac

Cellar Spiders

Pholcus, Psilochorus, and others in the Pholcid family

Photo of a Harvestman, viewed from above

Daddy Longlegs (Harvestmen)

About 6,500 species have been named so far, worldwide.

filmy dome spider

Filmy Dome Spider

Neriene radiata (formerly Prolinyphia marginata)

Photo of a green crab spider on a leaf

Foliage Flower Spiders

Mecaphesa spp. and Misumessus spp.

Photo of several prosobranch pond snails crawling on a rock.

Gilled Aquatic Snails (Prosobranch Pond Snails)

Over 20 Missouri species in former subclass Prosobranchia

Photo of a Xysticus crab spider, tan individual

Ground Crab Spiders

Xysticus spp.

Photo of female heptagonal orbweaver in web.

Heptagonal Orbweaver

Gea heptagon

No photo available

Hydras

Various species in the genus Hydra

image of an Ichneumon Wasp on tree trunk

Ichneumon Wasps

More than 5,000 species in North America

Seven-spotted lady beetle on a flower

Lady Beetles (Ladybird Beetles; Ladybugs)

Nearly 500 species in North America north of Mexico

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

Leaf Beetles

About 2,000 species in North America

image of a Leafhopper on leaf

Leafhoppers

More than 3,000 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

Marbled orbweaver spider in web

Marbled Orbweaver

Araneus marmoreus

Photo of a northern crab spider

Northern Crab Spider

Mecaphesa asperata

Photo of a female openfield orbweaver spider crouching on a plant stalk

Openfield Orbweaver

Araneus pratensis

Male eastern Hercules beetle walking in grass

Scarab Beetles

About 1,700 species in North America north of Mexico

Photo of amphipod on a rock

Scuds and Sideswimmers (Amphipods)

Species in the crustacean order Amphipoda

Photo of a firebrat, a type of silverfish

Silverfish (Firebrat)

Lepisma saccharina, Thermobia domestica, and other species

Photo of female spiny-bellied orbweaver (spined micrathena) on a leaf

Spined Micrathena

Micrathena gracilis

Photo of a white micrathena spider in her web

Spiny Orbweavers (Micrathena Spiders)

Micrathena spp.

image of a Spittlebug and nest on plant stem

Spittlebugs and Froghoppers

About 60 species in North America north of Mexico

Elongate-bodied springtail on a brown leaf

Springtails

More than 8,000 species globally

Photo of a swift crab spider, female, from above.

Swift Crab Spider

Mecaphesa celer (formerly Misumenops celer)

Two-marked treehopper clinging to a stem

Treehoppers

More than 260 species in North America North of Mexico

Photo of a pink planarian on a rock.

Turbellarians (Planarians; Free-Living Flatworms)

Species in genera Dugesia, Planaria, etc.

Photo of a whitebanded crab spider, yellow individual, on ox-eye daisy flower

Whitebanded Crab Spider

Misumenoides formosipes