Red

American Burying Beetle
Nicrophorus americanus

Endangered

Ammophila Wasps
Ammophila spp.

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


Assassin Bugs

Nearly 200 species in North America north of Mexico



Venomous


Banded Tiger Moth
Apantesis vittata


Black Widow Spiders

Latrodectus mactans and L. variolus



Venomous


Black-and-Yellow Lichen Moth
Lycomorpha pholus

Black-Legged Meadow Katydid
Orchelimum nigripes

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

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

Camel Crickets (Cave Crickets)
About 150 species in North America north of Mexico

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

Cecropia Moth
Hyalophora cecropia

Chickweed Geometer
Haematopis grataria

Chiggers
Trombicula alfreddugesi and other Trombicula spp. (syn. Eutrombicula)

Cocklebur Weevil
Rhodobaenus quinquepunctatus

Common Buckeye
Junonia coenia

Convergent Lady Beetle
Hippodamia convergens

Coral Hairstreak
Satyrium titus (syn. Harkenclenus titus)

Damselflies
Species in the suborder Zygoptera

Dragonflies
Species in the suborder Anisoptera

Eastern Boxelder Bug
Boisea trivittata

Elm Borer
Saperda tridentata

Feather-Legged Flies
Trichopoda spp.

Flower Flies (Syrphids)
Nearly 900 species in North America

Four-Spotted Lady Beetle
Brachiacantha quadripunctata


Giant Red-Headed Centipede

Scolopendra heros



Venomous


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

Golden Tortoise Beetle
Charidotella sexpunctata

Goldenrod Crab Spider
Misumena vatia

Great Golden Digger Wasp
Sphex ichneumoneus

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

Honey Locust Moth
Syssphinx bicolor (syn. Sphingicampa bicolor)

Hummingbird Clearwing
Hemaris thysbe

Ichneumon Wasps
More than 5,000 species in North America

Io Moth
Automeris io

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

Leaf Beetles
About 2,000 species in North America

Leafhoppers
More than 3,000 species in North America north of Mexico

Locust Borer
Megacyllene robiniae

Longhorned Beetles (Borers; Sawyer Beetles)
About 1,000 species in North America north of Mexico

Magdalen Underwing
Catocala illecta

Marbled Orbweaver
Araneus marmoreus

Milkweed Longhorns
Tetraopes spp.

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