Farms, croplands, old fields, hedgerows

Ambush Bugs

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



Venomous


American Carrion Beetle
Necrophila americana

Andrenid Bees (Miner Bees)
More than 1,200 species in North America north of Mexico

Angulate and Roundshouldered Orbweavers
Araneus spp.

Ants
More than 700 species in North America

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

Apid Bees
About 1,000 species in North America north of Mexico

Arabesque Orbweaver
Neoscona arabesca

Armored Harvestmen
Members of suborder Laniatores

Arrowhead Spider (Triangle Orbweaver)
Verrucosa arenata

Arrowshaped Micrathena
Micrathena sagittata


Assassin Bugs

Nearly 200 species in North America north of Mexico



Venomous


Auplopus Spider Wasps
Auplopus spp.

Baltimore Checkerspot
Euphydryas phaeton

Banded Longhorn
Typocerus velutinus

Beautiful Wood-Nymph
Eudryas grata

Bee Flies
About 800 species in North America

Blister Beetles
More than 400 species in North America north of Mexico


Brown Recluse (Violin Spider)

Loxosceles reclusa



Venomous


Bumble Bees
Bombus spp.

Butterflies and Skippers
More than 700 species in North America north of Mexico

Carolina Grasshopper
Dissosteira carolina

Carrion Beetles (Burying Beetles)
Nicrophorus, Necrophila, Necrodes, and others

Cockroaches and Termites
About 100 species of cockroaches and termites in North America north of Mexico

Common House Spider
Parasteatoda tepidariorum (syn. Achaeranea tepidariorum)

Common Wood Nymph
Cercyonis pegala

Crambid Snout Moths
More than 860 species in North America north of Mexico

Daddy Longlegs (Harvestmen)
About 6,500 species have been named so far, worldwide.

Damselflies
Species in the suborder Zygoptera

Delaware Skipper
Anatrytone logan

Delta Flower Scarab
Trigonopeltastes delta

Differential Grasshopper
Melanoplus differentialis

Dogwood Spittlebug
Clastoptera proteus

Dotted Wolf Spider
Rabidosa punctulata

Dragonflies
Species in the suborder Anisoptera

Eastern Cicada Killer
Sphecius speciosus

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Papilio glaucus

Entypus Spider Wasps
Entypus aratus, E. unifasciatus, E. fulvicornis, and others

Feather-Legged Flies
Trichopoda spp.

Featherlegged Orbweaver
Uloborus glomosus

Fiery Skipper
Hylephila phyleus

Filmy Dome Spider
Neriene radiata (formerly Prolinyphia marginata)

Fireflies (Lightning Bugs)
Approx. 175 species in North America north of Mexico

Flannel Moths
Eleven species in North America north of Mexico

Flower Flies (Syrphids)
Nearly 900 species in North America

Foliage Flower Spiders
Mecaphesa spp. and Misumessus spp.

Geometrid Moths
About 250 species recorded for Missouri


Giant Red-Headed Centipede

Scolopendra heros



Venomous


Giant Silkworm and Royal Moths
About 75 species in North America north of Mexico

Giant Swallowtail
Papilio cresphontes

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