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Angulate and Roundshouldered Orbweavers
Araneus spp.
Antlion Adults
More than 100 species in North America north of Mexico
Ants
More than 700 species in North America
Apid Bees
About 1,000 species in North America north of Mexico
Asian Lady Beetle
Harmonia axyridis
Assassin Bugs
Nearly 200 species in North America north of Mexico
Venomous
Auplopus Spider Wasps
Auplopus spp.
Barn Spider
Neoscona crucifera
Bats
About 14 species in Missouri
Bee Flies
About 800 species in North America
Black Widow Spiders
Latrodectus mactans and L. variolus
Venomous
Black-and-Yellow Garden Spider
Argiope aurantia
Blister Beetles
More than 400 species in North America north of Mexico
Blow Flies (Bottle Flies)
About 84 species in North America.
Bold Jumper
Phidippus audax
Brown Recluse (Violin Spider)
Loxosceles reclusa
Venomous
Chinese Mantis
Tenodera sinensis (formerly T. aridifolia)
Click Beetles
Approximately 1,000 species in North America
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 Purslane
Portulaca oleracea
Edible
Daddy Longlegs (Harvestmen)
About 6,500 species have been named so far, worldwide.
Dotted Wolf Spider
Rabidosa punctulata
Dung Beetles (Tumblebugs)
Subfamilies Scarabaeinae and Aphodiinae
Earwigs
Forficula auricularia, Euborellia anulipes, and others.
Eastern Boxelder Bug
Boisea trivittata
Eastern Carpenter Bee
Xylocopa virginica
Eastern Dobsonfly
Corydalus cornutus
Eastern Gray Squirrel and Eastern Fox Squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis and Sciurus niger
Eastern Mole
Scalopus aquaticus
Entypus Spider Wasps
Entypus aratus, E. unifasciatus, E. fulvicornis, and others
Field Crickets
Gryllus spp., Acheta domesticus, and other in subfamily Gryllinae
Filmy Dome Spider
Neriene radiata (formerly Prolinyphia marginata)
Furrow Orbweavers
Larinioides spp.
Giant Silkworm and Royal Moths
About 75 species in North America north of Mexico
Green June Beetle
Cotinis nitida
Green Lacewings
About 85 species in North America north of Mexico
Ground Beetles
About 2,400 species in North America north of Mexico
Ground Crab Spiders
Xysticus spp.
Honeybee
Apis mellifera
Horse and Deer Flies
Tabanus, Chrysops, and related genera
House Cricket
Acheta domesticus
Ichneumon Wasps
More than 5,000 species in North America
Ivory-Marked Beetle
Eburia quadrigeminata
Japanese Beetle
Popillia japonica
Invasive
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
Litter Moths
Subfamily Herminiinae
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