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Jagged ambush bug on a plant stem

Ambush Bugs

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

Venomous

image of Walker's Cicada clinging to a perch

Annual Cicadas

Neotibicen spp. (in Missouri) (formerly Tibicen)

several yellow aphids on plant

Aphids

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

Image of black-legged meadow katydid

Black-Legged Meadow Katydid

Orchelimum nigripes

Photo of a meloe blister beetle, female, on ground

Blister Beetles

More than 400 species in North America north of Mexico

image of greenbottle fly on carcass

Blow Flies (Bottle Flies)

About 84 species in North America.

image of a Common True Katydid

Common True Katydid

Pterophylla camellifolia

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 Dung Beetle rolling a dung ball

Dung Beetles (Tumblebugs)

Subfamilies Scarabaeinae and Aphodiinae

image of Firefly crawling on a leaf

Fireflies (Lightning Bugs)

Approx. 175 species in North America north of Mexico

Green June beetle on goldenrod

Green June Beetle

Cotinis nitida

image of Green Lacewing clinging to rock

Green Lacewings

About 85 species in North America north of Mexico

image of Fiery Searcher on dead leaves

Ground Beetles

About 2,400 species in North America north of Mexico

Japanese beetle on a leaf

Japanese Beetle

Popillia japonica

Swamp milkweed leaf beetle on a leaf it has chewed on.

Leaf Beetles

About 2,000 species in North America

image of a Leafhopper on leaf

Leafhoppers

More than 3,000 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

Photo of a longjawed orbweaver walking on a plant stalk

Longjawed Orbweavers

Tetragnatha spp.

Photo of an orchard orbweaver with a black background

Orchard Orbweaver

Leucauge venusta

Peacock fly resting on a thistle leaf

Peacock Flies (Tephritid Fruit Flies)

About 300 species in North America north of Mexico

Citrus flatid planthopper on twig

Planthoppers

More than 900 species in North America north of Mexico

Image of a red-legged grasshopper.

Red-Legged Grasshopper

Melanoplus femurrubrum

image of Sand Wasp perched on sand

Sand Wasps

Numerous species and genera in Missouri

Male eastern Hercules beetle walking in grass

Scarab Beetles

About 1,700 species in North America north of Mexico.

image of a Spittlebug and nest on plant stem

Spittlebugs and Froghoppers

About 60 species in North America north of Mexico

Photo of a spotted orbweaver or barn spider, Neoscona crucifera, with black background

Spotted Orbweavers

Neoscona spp.

Elongate-bodied springtail on a brown leaf

Springtails

More than 8,000 species globally

Green stink bug on a leaf

Stink Bugs

In North America, more than 200 species in 64 genera.

Image of a sweat bee

Sweat Bees

Numerous species and genera in Missouri

image of Six-Spotted Tiger Beetle crawling on dead leaves

Tiger Beetles

Subfamily Cicindelinae (about 100 species in North America)

Two-marked treehopper clinging to a stem

Treehoppers

More than 260 species in North America North of Mexico

Photo of a northern walkingstick on autumn dogwood leaves

Walkingsticks (Stick Insects)

Diapheromera femorata, Megaphasma denticrus, and others

image of Cocklebur Weevil

Weevils (Snout Beetles; Bark Beetles)

About 2,500 species in North America north of Mexico