Farms, croplands, old fields, hedgerows

Ambush Bugs

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



Venomous


Ammophila Wasps
Ammophila spp.

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

Antlion Larvae (Doodlebug Larvae)
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

Arabesque Orbweaver
Neoscona arabesca

Armored Harvestmen
Members of suborder Laniatores


Assassin Bugs

Nearly 200 species in North America north of Mexico



Venomous


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.

Click Beetles
Approximately 1,000 species in North America

Common Scorpionflies
Panorpa spp.

Convergent Lady Beetle
Hippodamia convergens

Daddy Longlegs (Harvestmen)
About 6,500 species have been named so far, worldwide.

Delta Flower Scarab
Trigonopeltastes delta

Elm Borer
Saperda tridentata

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

Flower Flies (Syrphids)
Nearly 900 species in North America

Four-Spotted Lady Beetle
Brachiacantha quadripunctata

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

Ichneumon Wasps
More than 5,000 species in North America


Japanese Beetle

Popillia japonica



Invasive


Lady Beetles (Ladybird Beetles; Ladybugs)
Nearly 500 species in North America north of Mexico

Leaf Beetles
About 2,000 species in North America

Leaf Skeletonizer Moths (Smoky Moths)
About 25 species in North America north of Mexico

Leafcutter Bees
Megachile spp.

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

Longhorn Bees
More than 200 species of tribe Eucerini (longhorn bees) in North America north of Mexico

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

Megachilid Bees
More than 630 species in North America north of Mexico

Midges
Nearly 1,100 species in North America

Milkweed Longhorns
Tetraopes spp.

Millipedes
More than 900 species in North America north of Mexico

Ninebark Calligraphy Beetle
Calligrapha spiraea

Nursery Web Spiders
Pisaurina spp.

Parasitic Flies (Tachinid Flies)
About 1,350 species in North America north of Mexico

Peacock Flies (Tephritid Fruit Flies)
About 300 species in North America north of Mexico

Picture-Winged Flies
About 130 species in North America north of Mexico

Planthoppers
More than 900 species in North America north of Mexico

Poecilopompilus Spider Wasps
Poecilopompilus algidus and P. interruptus

Polished Lady Beetle
Cycloneda munda

Red-Legged Grasshopper
Melanoplus femurrubrum

Scarab Beetles
About 1,700 species in North America north of Mexico

Seed Bugs
About 80 species in North America north of Mexico

Seven-Spotted Lady Beetle
Coccinella septempunctata

Small Milkweed Bug
Lygaeus kalmii

Soldier Beetles
Nearly 500 species in North America north of Mexico

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