Forests, woodlands

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

Annual Cicadas
Neotibicen spp. (in Missouri) (formerly Tibicen)

Antlion Adults
More than 100 species in North America north of Mexico

Antlion Larvae (Doodlebug Larvae)
More than 100 species in North America north of Mexico

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

Arabesque Orbweaver
Neoscona arabesca

Armored Harvestmen
Members of suborder Laniatores


Assassin Bugs

Nearly 200 species in North America north of Mexico



Venomous


Barn Spider
Neoscona crucifera

Bee Flies
About 800 species in North America

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

Blow Flies (Bottle Flies)
About 84 species in North America.

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

Cecropia Moth
Hyalophora cecropia

Celery Looper
Anagrapha falcifera

Chickweed Geometer
Haematopis grataria

Citrus Flatid Planthopper
Metcalfa pruinosa

Click Beetles
Approximately 1,000 species in North America

Common Buckeye
Junonia coenia

Common Wood Nymph
Cercyonis pegala

Coral Hairstreak
Satyrium titus (syn. Harkenclenus titus)

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

Diamondback Spittlebug
Lepyronia quadrangularis

Differential Grasshopper
Melanoplus differentialis

Dotted Wolf Spider
Rabidosa punctulata

Dragonflies
Species in the suborder Anisoptera

Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth
Malacosoma americana

Field Crickets
Gryllus spp., Acheta domesticus, and other in subfamily Gryllinae

Flannel Moths
Eleven species in North America north of Mexico

Four-Humped Flat-Faced Longhorn
Acanthoderes quadrigibba

Geometrid Moths
About 250 species recorded for Missouri

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

Gray Comma
Polygonia progne

Great Spangled Fritillary
Speyeria cybele

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

Halictid Bees (Sweat Bees)
More than 500 species in North America north of Mexico

Horntails
About 28 species in North America

Horse and Deer Flies
Tabanus, Chrysops, and related genera

House Cricket
Acheta domesticus

Ichneumon Wasps
More than 5,000 species in North America

Io Moth
Automeris io

Isabella Tiger Moth (Woolly Bear; Woolly Worm)
Pyrrharctia isabella

Katydids
About 250 species in North America north of Mexico

Lace Bugs
About 165 species in North American north of Mexico

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

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