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Admirable Grasshopper on grass stem

Admirable Grasshopper

Syrbula admirabilis

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.

Photo of a bold jumping spider.

Bold Jumper

Phidippus audax

Gray, speckled, translucent gelatinous blob cut in half to show structure

Bryozoans (Moss Animals)

Freshwater species in the phylum Bryozoa

Photo of an adult damselfly on a twig next to water.

Damselflies

Species in the suborder Zygoptera

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

Monkey Face Mussel

Freshwater Mussels

Bivalve molluscs in order Unionoida

image of Fiery Searcher on dead leaves

Ground Beetles

About 2,400 species in North America north of Mexico

No photo available

Hydras

Various species in the genus Hydra

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

lilliput

Lilliput

Toxolasma parvus

Red milkweed beetle eating a common milkweed leaf.

Longhorned Beetles (Borers; Sawyer Beetles)

About 1,000 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 Carolina Grasshopper

Short-Horned Grasshoppers

About 620 species in North America

Squash bug on sand

Squash Bugs

Anasa tristis and other Anasa spp.

Green stink bug on a leaf

Stink Bugs

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

Photo of an adult stonefly on a leaf

Stoneflies

There are hundreds of species in North America

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)

Photo of a pink planarian on a rock.

Turbellarians (Planarians; Free-Living Flatworms)

Species in genera Dugesia, Planaria, etc.

Photo of a collared water scavenger beetle showing back.

Water Scavenger Beetles

Beetles in the family Hydrophilidae