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Ambush Bugs
Phymata spp. and others in subfamily Phymatinae (ambush bugs)
Venomous
Andrenid Bees (Miner Bees)
More than 1,200 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
Common Scorpionflies
Panorpa spp.
Daddy Longlegs (Harvestmen)
About 6,500 species have been named so far, worldwide.
Delta Flower Scarab
Trigonopeltastes delta
Flower Flies (Syrphids)
Nearly 900 species in North America
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
Lady Beetles (Ladybird Beetles; Ladybugs)
Nearly 500 species in North America north of Mexico
Leaf Beetles
About 2,000 species in North America
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
Millipedes
More than 900 species in North America north of Mexico
Nursery Web Spiders
Pisaurina spp.
Parasitic Flies (Tachinid Flies)
About 1,350 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
Red-Legged Grasshopper
Melanoplus femurrubrum
Scarab Beetles
About 1,700 species in North America north of Mexico
Soldier Beetles
Nearly 500 species in North America north of Mexico
Spider Wasps
About 300 species in North America north of Mexico
Spittlebugs and Froghoppers
About 60 species in North America north of Mexico
Spotted Orbweavers
Neoscona spp.
Ticks
Three common Missouri species
Treehoppers
More than 260 species in North America North of Mexico
Two-Lined Spittlebug
Prosapia bicincta
Weevils (Snout Beetles; Bark Beetles)
About 2,500 species in North America north of Mexico
Wolf Spiders
Nearly 250 species in North America north of Mexico
Xystodesmid Millipedes
8 tribes, with about 23 genera, in North America north of Mexico
Yellowjackets (Vespula Wasps)
Vespula spp.
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