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image of Walker's Cicada clinging to a perch

Annual Cicadas

Neotibicen spp. (in Missouri) (formerly Tibicen)

Photo of adult antlion with wings spread

Antlion Adults

More than 100 species in North America north of Mexico

image of Bee Fly on leaf

Bee Flies

About 800 species in North America

Click beetle resting on a brick wall

Click Beetles

Approximately 1,000 species in North America

Photo of an adult damselfly on a twig next to water.

Damselflies

Species in the suborder Zygoptera

Image of a differential grasshopper.

Differential Grasshopper

Melanoplus differentialis

Photo of a male Banded Pennant dragonfly

Dragonflies

Species in the suborder Anisoptera

image of Fiery Searcher on dead leaves

Ground Beetles

About 2,400 species in North America north of Mexico

Common true katydid female on a leaf

Katydids

About 250 species in North America north of Mexico

Large crane fly perched on a white-painted surface, side view

Large Crane Flies

More than 500 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

Narceus Millipede crawling across gravel

Millipedes

More than 900 species in North America north of Mexico

Photo of mating pair of musk mares, on a gravel surface, viewed from above.

Northern Two-Striped Walkingstick (Musk Mare)

Anisomorpha ferruginea

Photo of a meloe blister beetle, female, on ground

Oil Beetles

Meloe spp.

image of a Four-Spotted Owlfly

Owlflies

8 species in North America north of Mexico

periodical cicada shown from the side

Periodical Cicadas

Magicicada spp.

Male eastern Hercules beetle walking in grass

Scarab Beetles

About 1,700 species in North America north of Mexico

A reddish centipede crawls over a rock

Soil Centipedes

Estimated 4,000 species globally

image of Six-Spotted Tiger Beetle crawling on dead leaves

Tiger Beetles

Subfamily Cicindelinae (about 100 species in North America)

image of Xystodesmid Millipede crawling on a forest floor

Xystodesmid Millipedes

8 tribes, with about 23 genera, in North America north of Mexico