Pictures of Insects/Bugs/Bees/Butterflies Found in Kansas & Missouri Display by Name 12 Spotted Skimmer Dragonfly Admirable Grasshopper American Painted Lady American Snout Ant Apoid Wasp Armyworm Moth Amorpha Borer Arcigera Flower Moth Assassin Bug Autumn Meadowhawk Autumn Yellow-winged Grasshopper Bagworm Moth Bald-faced Hornet Bean Weevil/Pea Weevil Bee Assassin/Ambush Bug Bee Fly Bi-lobed Looper Moth Black Blister Beetle Black Saddlebags Dragonfly Black Soldier Fly Black Swallowtail Black-winged Damselfly Blue-Black Spider Wasp Blue-winged Wasp Blue Dasher Bold Jumper Braconid Wasp Broad-headed Bug Brown Lacewing Brown Stink Bug Buckeye Bumblebee Cabbage White Cardinal Jumper Carolina Grasshopper Carpet Beetle Caterpillar Celery Leaftier Moth Centipede Checkered White Cicada Cixiid Planthopper Clouded Sulphur Cloudless Sulphur Clover Leaf Weevil Cobweb Spider/Comb-footed Spider Common Checkered-Skipper Common Oblique Syrphid Common Whitetail Skimmer Confused Eusarca Corn Earworm Moth Crab Spider Crane Fly/Mosquito Hawk Cuckoo Bee Cylindromyia Damselfly Differential Grasshopper Digger Bee Dogwood Borer Drone Fly Dusky Dancer Duskywing Skipper Dwarf Spider Eastern Carpenter Bee Earthworm Eastern Boxelder Bug Eastern Comma Eastern Forktail Eastern Tailed-Blue Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Eastern Pondhawk Eastern Yellowjacket European Hornet European Paper Wasp Feather-legged Fly Field Cricket Fire-colored Beetle Firefly/Lightning Bug Fiery Skipper Five-banded Tiphiid Wasp Flit Fly Flower Fly Flower Moth Fork-tailed Bush Katydid Four-spotted Aphid Fly Free-living Hemipterans Garden Webworm Moth Gem Moth Giant Bark Aphid Giant Ichneumon Wasp Goatweed Leafwing Goldenrod Soldier-beetle Granddaddy Long-legs/Harvestmen Grass-carrying Wasp Grass Spider Grasshopper Gray Hairstreak Gray-green Clubtail Great Black Wasp Great Golden Digger Wasp Great Spangled Fritillary Great Spreadwing Green Bottle Fly/Blow Fly Green Darner Green June Beetle Ground Beetle Ground Cricket Gulf Fritillary Hackberry Emperor Halloween Pennant Hawk Moth Head-clipping Weevil Honey Bee/Sweat Bee Horace's Duskywing House Fly Syrphid Fly/Hoverfly Hummingbird Clearwing Moth Ichneumon Wasp Insects - Unidentified Japanese Beetle Jumping Spider Junebug Juvenal's Duskywing Katydid Lace Bug Lacewing Fly Ladybug Large Maple Spanworm Large Milkweed Bug Leaf Beetle Leafcutter Bee/Mason Bee Leafhopper - Agallia constricta Leafhopper - Green Leafhopper Leafhopper - Privet Leafhopper Leafhopper - Sharpshooters Leaf-footed Bug Leafhopper Assassin Bug Locust Borer Long-horned Bee Long-horned Grasshopper Long-legged Fly Lucerne Moth Mayfly Metallic Green Sweat Bee Milkweed Beetle Mud Dauber Wasp Monarch Moths - Unidentified Mourning Cloak Northern Crab Spider Northern Green Striped Grasshopper Northern Paper Wasp Nursery Web Spider Nut Weevil/Acorn Weevil Obscure Bird Grasshopper Obtuse Euchlaena Oleander Aphid One-spotted Stink Bug Orange Sulphur Orange-winged Fly Oriental Cockroach Owlet Moth Painted Lady Palamedes Swallowtail Parsley Worm Parson Spider Peachtree Borer Pearl Crescent Peck's Skipper Pill Bug Picture-winged Fly Pipevine Swallowtail Plant Bug Plume Moth Potter Wasp/Mason Wasp Praying Mantis Question Mark Ragweed Flower Moth Ragweed Leaf Beetle Red Admiral Red-banded Hairstreak Red-legged Grasshopper Red-lined Panopoda Red-spotted Purple Regal Fritillary Rhubarb Weevil Robber Fly Rose Hip Fly Sachem Sand Wasp Scentless Plant Bug Scoliid Wasp Shining Flower Beetle Short-winged Green Grasshopper Short-winged Meadow Katydid Silver Spotted Skipper Silvery Checkerspot Six-Spotted Tiger Beetle Skippers - Unidentified Slaty Skimmer Slug Small Milkweed Bug Snail Snowberry Clearwing Moth Soldier Fly Spider Wasp Spiders - Unidentified Spined Soldier Bug Spiny Assassin Bug Spotted Beet Webworm Moth Spotted Cucumber Beetle Spotted Tan Beetle Spotted Thyris Springwater Dancer Square-headed Wasp Squash Bug Squash Vine Borer Stilt Bug Stilt-legged Fly Stink Bug/Shield Bug Striped Cucumber Beetle Striped Lynx Sulphurs Summer Azure Sunflower Bee Sweat Bee Swordsman Dart Tachinid Fly Tarantula Hawk Wasp Tarnished Plant Bug Tawny-edged Skipper Tawny Emperor Thread-waisted Wasp Tobacco Budworm Treehopper Tumbling Flower Beetle Two-horned Treehopper Variegated Fritillary Variegated Meadowhawk Velvet Ant Viceroy Virgin Tiger Moth Ponderous Spur-throat Grasshopper Wasp/Yellow Jacket - Unidentified Webworm Moth Weevil Wasp Wheel Bug Whitebanded Fishing Spider/Banded Fishing Spider Widow Skimmer Wolf Spider Wrinkled Grasshopper Yellow-collared Scape Moth Yellow-legged Meadowhawk Zabulon Skipper Zebra Jumper Zebra Swallowtail Display by Order/Family Araneae (Spiders) -Araneae:Salticidae (Jumping Spiders) Blattodea (Cockroaches) Coleoptera (Beetles) -Coleoptera:Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles) -Coleoptera:Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles) Diptera (Flies, Hover Flies/Bee Mimics) Ephemeroptera (Mayflies) Gastropoda (Snails, Slugs) Hemiptera (Cicadas, Aphids, Leafhoppers, Stink Bugs, Shield Bugs) -Hemiptera:Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers) -Hemiptera:Pentatomidae (Stink Bugs) -Hemiptera:Reduviidae (Assassin Bugs) Hymenoptera (Hornets, Wasps, Bees, Ants) Lepidoptera (Moths, Butterflies) -Lepidoptera:Geometridae (Geometrid Moths) -Lepidoptera:Hesperiidae (Skippers) -Lepidoptera:Lycaenidae (Gossamer-winged Butterflies) -Lepidoptera:Nymphalidae (Emperors, Admirals, Fritillaries) -Lepidoptera:Papilionidae (Swallowtails) -Lepidoptera:Pieridae (Whites, Sulphurs) -Lepidoptera:Pterophoridae (Plume Moths) -Lepidoptera:Sesiidae (Clearwing Moths) -Lepidoptera:Sphingidae (Hawk Moths, Sphinx Moths) -Lepidoptera:Thyrididae (Picture-winged Leaf Moths) Mantodea (Praying Mantis, Walking Stick) Neuroptera (Lacewings, Mantidflies, Antlions) Odonata (Dragonflies, Damselflies) Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Locusts) 12 Spotted Skimmer Dragonfly 5 pictures Admirable Grasshopper 4 pictures American Painted Lady 35 pictures American Snout 14 pictures Ant 12 pictures Apoid Wasp 6 pictures Armyworm Moth 5 pictures Amorpha Borer 16 pictures Arcigera Flower Moth 9 pictures Assassin Bug 14 pictures Autumn Meadowhawk 1 picture Autumn Yellow-winged Grasshopper 2 pictures Bagworm Moth 11 pictures Bald-faced Hornet 23 pictures Bean Weevil/Pea Weevil 14 pictures Bee Assassin/Ambush Bug 18 pictures Bee Fly 20 pictures Bi-lobed Looper Moth 8 pictures Black Blister Beetle 39 pictures Black Saddlebags Dragonfly 3 pictures Black Soldier Fly 5 pictures Black Swallowtail 43 pictures Black-winged Damselfly 1 picture Blue-Black Spider Wasp 5 pictures Blue-winged Wasp 11 pictures Blue Dasher 4 pictures Bold Jumper 4 pictures Braconid Wasp 2 pictures Broad-headed Bug 8 pictures Brown Lacewing 2 pictures Brown Stink Bug 3 pictures Buckeye 65 pictures Bumblebee 13 pictures Cabbage White 27 pictures Cardinal Jumper 12 pictures Carolina Grasshopper 8 pictures Carpet Beetle 5 pictures Caterpillar 5 pictures Celery Leaftier Moth 1 picture Centipede 4 pictures Checkered White 20 pictures Cicada 37 pictures Cixiid Planthopper 2 pictures Clouded Sulphur 23 pictures Cloudless Sulphur 3 pictures Clover Leaf Weevil 7 pictures Cobweb Spider/Comb-footed Spider 22 pictures Common Checkered-Skipper 23 pictures Common Oblique Syrphid 3 pictures Common Whitetail Skimmer 15 pictures Confused Eusarca 1 picture Corn Earworm Moth 14 pictures Crab Spider 25 pictures Crane Fly/Mosquito Hawk 4 pictures Cuckoo Bee 3 pictures Cylindromyia 11 pictures Damselfly 2 pictures Differential Grasshopper 23 pictures Digger Bee 2 pictures Dogwood Borer 2 pictures Drone Fly 3 pictures Dusky Dancer 4 pictures Duskywing Skipper 21 pictures Dwarf Spider 9 pictures Eastern Carpenter Bee 46 pictures Earthworm 1 picture Eastern Boxelder Bug 14 pictures Eastern Comma 4 pictures Eastern Forktail 6 pictures Eastern Tailed-Blue 31 pictures Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 36 pictures Eastern Pondhawk 17 pictures Eastern Yellowjacket 4 pictures European Hornet 16 pictures European Paper Wasp 33 pictures Feather-legged Fly 1 picture Field Cricket 14 pictures Fire-colored Beetle 20 pictures Firefly/Lightning Bug 1 picture Fiery Skipper 14 pictures Five-banded Tiphiid Wasp 17 pictures Flit Fly 2 pictures Flower Fly 8 pictures Flower Moth 6 pictures Fork-tailed Bush Katydid 2 pictures Four-spotted Aphid Fly 17 pictures Free-living Hemipterans 0 pictures Garden Webworm Moth 4 pictures Gem Moth 1 picture Giant Bark Aphid 2 pictures Giant Ichneumon Wasp 2 pictures Goatweed Leafwing 2 pictures Goldenrod Soldier-beetle 26 pictures Granddaddy Long-legs/Harvestmen 13 pictures Grass-carrying Wasp 2 pictures Grass Spider 7 pictures Grasshopper 1 picture Gray Hairstreak 25 pictures Gray-green Clubtail 2 pictures Great Black Wasp 10 pictures Great Golden Digger Wasp 17 pictures Great Spangled Fritillary 33 pictures Great Spreadwing 22 pictures Green Bottle Fly/Blow Fly 17 pictures Green Darner 2 pictures Green June Beetle 10 pictures Ground Beetle 5 pictures Ground Cricket 1 picture Gulf Fritillary 7 pictures Hackberry Emperor 2 pictures Halloween Pennant 8 pictures Hawk Moth 2 pictures Head-clipping Weevil 3 pictures Honey Bee/Sweat Bee 41 pictures Horace's Duskywing 3 pictures House Fly 15 pictures Syrphid Fly/Hoverfly 29 pictures Hummingbird Clearwing Moth 7 pictures Ichneumon Wasp 28 pictures Insects - Unidentified 14 pictures Japanese Beetle 5 pictures Jumping Spider 7 pictures Junebug 10 pictures Juvenal's Duskywing 2 pictures Katydid 13 pictures Lace Bug 1 picture Lacewing Fly 8 pictures Ladybug 24 pictures Large Maple Spanworm 1 picture Large Milkweed Bug 70 pictures Leaf Beetle 3 pictures Leafcutter Bee/Mason Bee 21 pictures Leafhopper - Agallia constricta 5 pictures Leafhopper - Green Leafhopper 9 pictures Leafhopper - Privet Leafhopper 2 pictures Leafhopper - Sharpshooters 26 pictures Leaf-footed Bug 9 pictures Leafhopper Assassin Bug 16 pictures Locust Borer 18 pictures Long-horned Bee 25 pictures Long-horned Grasshopper 8 pictures Long-legged Fly 6 pictures Lucerne Moth 1 picture Mayfly 1 picture Metallic Green Sweat Bee 26 pictures Milkweed Beetle 1 picture Mud Dauber Wasp 6 pictures Monarch 55 pictures Moths - Unidentified 6 pictures Mourning Cloak 18 pictures Northern Crab Spider 5 pictures Northern Green Striped Grasshopper 5 pictures Northern Paper Wasp 30 pictures Nursery Web Spider 10 pictures Nut Weevil/Acorn Weevil 8 pictures Obscure Bird Grasshopper 8 pictures Obtuse Euchlaena 3 pictures Oleander Aphid 19 pictures One-spotted Stink Bug 3 pictures Orange Sulphur 14 pictures Orange-winged Fly 17 pictures Oriental Cockroach 7 pictures Owlet Moth 2 pictures Painted Lady 26 pictures Palamedes Swallowtail 1 picture Parsley Worm 14 pictures Parson Spider 2 pictures Peachtree Borer 7 pictures Pearl Crescent 24 pictures Peck's Skipper 18 pictures Pill Bug 4 pictures Picture-winged Fly 4 pictures Pipevine Swallowtail 13 pictures Plant Bug 7 pictures Plume Moth 3 pictures Potter Wasp/Mason Wasp 22 pictures Praying Mantis 27 pictures Question Mark 25 pictures Ragweed Flower Moth 1 picture Ragweed Leaf Beetle 2 pictures Red Admiral 28 pictures Red-banded Hairstreak 3 pictures Red-legged Grasshopper 9 pictures Red-lined Panopoda 1 picture Red-spotted Purple 1 picture Regal Fritillary 1 picture Rhubarb Weevil 5 pictures Robber Fly 8 pictures Rose Hip Fly 4 pictures Sachem 12 pictures Sand Wasp 22 pictures Scentless Plant Bug 25 pictures Scoliid Wasp 4 pictures Shining Flower Beetle 6 pictures Short-winged Green Grasshopper 4 pictures Short-winged Meadow Katydid 4 pictures Silver Spotted Skipper 19 pictures Silvery Checkerspot 16 pictures Six-Spotted Tiger Beetle 1 picture Skippers - Unidentified 48 pictures Slaty Skimmer 5 pictures Slug 4 pictures Small Milkweed Bug 2 pictures Snail 5 pictures Snowberry Clearwing Moth 25 pictures Soldier Fly 18 pictures Spider Wasp 5 pictures Spiders - Unidentified 3 pictures Spined Soldier Bug 10 pictures Spiny Assassin Bug 12 pictures Spotted Beet Webworm Moth 3 pictures Spotted Cucumber Beetle 35 pictures Spotted Tan Beetle 1 picture Spotted Thyris 8 pictures Springwater Dancer 21 pictures Square-headed Wasp 1 picture Squash Bug 2 pictures Squash Vine Borer 35 pictures Stilt Bug 7 pictures Stilt-legged Fly 21 pictures Stink Bug/Shield Bug 19 pictures Striped Cucumber Beetle 6 pictures Striped Lynx 10 pictures Sulphurs 23 pictures Summer Azure 2 pictures Sunflower Bee 7 pictures Sweat Bee 4 pictures Swordsman Dart 11 pictures Tachinid Fly 6 pictures Tarantula Hawk Wasp 0 pictures Tarnished Plant Bug 20 pictures Tawny-edged Skipper 3 pictures Tawny Emperor 2 pictures Thread-waisted Wasp 48 pictures Tobacco Budworm 3 pictures Treehopper 2 pictures Tumbling Flower Beetle 0 pictures Two-horned Treehopper 1 picture Variegated Fritillary 32 pictures Variegated Meadowhawk 13 pictures Velvet Ant 3 pictures Viceroy 7 pictures Virgin Tiger Moth 12 pictures Ponderous Spur-throat Grasshopper 4 pictures Wasp/Yellow Jacket - Unidentified 7 pictures Webworm Moth 30 pictures Weevil Wasp 1 picture Wheel Bug 25 pictures Whitebanded Fishing Spider/Banded Fishing Spider 3 pictures Widow Skimmer 23 pictures Wolf Spider 1 picture Wrinkled Grasshopper 13 pictures Yellow-collared Scape Moth 5 pictures Yellow-legged Meadowhawk 1 picture Zabulon Skipper 1 picture Zebra Jumper 14 pictures Zebra Swallowtail 6 pictures 2,985 pictures of insects found

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