This seems to be the week for longhorn borers as our woodpile came to life on Saturday with dozens of these long-legged, longhorn beauties...

The Painted Hickory Borer ( Megacyllene caryae ) in the family Cerambycidae , is one of the most frequently misidentified beetles in thei...

Red Velvet Mites in the family Trombidiidae include more than a 1,000 species Worldwide. They are classified as arachnids, but differ from...

This beautiful pin-striped spider is a Dotted Wolf Spider ( Rabidosa punctulata formerly Lycosa punctulata ). There are over 2300 species...

Spider Wasps in the family Pompilidae are a cosmopolitan group of wasp with somewhere around 5,000 known species and subspecies Worldwide....

Imperial Moths ( Eacles imperialis ) in the family Saturniidae are large silk moths commonly found in forested areas throughout Missouri...

Differential Grasshoppers ( Melanoplus differentialis ) are probably one of the most common of all the grasshoppers in Missouri. They ha...

Obscure Bird-Wing Grasshoppers ( Schistocerca obscura ) are extremely large grasshoppers that can be found from the Northeastern United St...

Eastern Pondhawk Dragonflies ( Erythemis simplicicollis) are one of the most common dragonflies throughout eastern North America. There ...

This small black beetle is the Scooped Scarab Beetle ( Onthophagus hecate), they are a dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae and subfamil...