Jun 16, 2026
Shaw Nature Reservei
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Bugs Guide
Bugs Guide for Missouri
Ozarks, rivers, forests, caves, and wildlife
Bug highlights, common sightings, and the best places to look for bugs in Missouri. Use the highlight list to start quickly, then work through the full guide for a broader local view.
Sightings
211
Species
98
Active Months
12
Category Overview
Bugs across Missouri
This guide focuses on butterflies, bees, beetles, and other small species within Missouri's wider region guide, making local walks, gardens, and close-up exploring feel richer.
Latest Sightings
Recent insect sightings in Missouri
A recent look at insect sightings across Missouri.
Jun 16, 2026
Shaw Nature Reservei
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Jun 13, 2026
Missouri Botanical Gardeni
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Jun 13, 2026
Missouri Botanical Gardeni
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Jun 8, 2026
Shaw Nature Reservei
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May 28, 2026
Shaw Nature Reservei
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Sightings Map
See where insect sightings cluster
Start wide, then zoom in to see where insect sightings cluster across Missouri.
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Top Highlights
Top 5 bugs to look for in Missouri
These bugs are snapped the most across this region.
Hackberry Emperor
10 snaps
Asian Lady Beetle
7 snaps
Great Spangled Fritillary
6 snaps
Bee
5 snaps
Blue Dasher
5 snaps
Places to Start
Best places for bugs in Missouri
These place guides connect well with the bugs covered in this region.
Park44 sightings50 species
Missouri, US
Missouri Botanical Garden
You might spot Eastern Carpenter Bee, Duck, and American Robin.
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Park36 sightings50 species
Missouri, US
Shaw Nature Reserve
You might spot Painted-Cup Paintbrush and Great Spangled Fritillary.
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Zoo30 sightings14 species
Missouri, US
Dickerson Park Zoo
You might spot Giraffes, African Lion, and Tiger.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Missouri, US
Nathan and Olive Boone Homestead State Historic Site
You might spot Purple Passionflower and Variegated Fritillary.
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Aquarium30 sightings12 species
Missouri, US
Sea Life Kansas City
You might spot Great White Shark and Gray Treefrog Species Complex.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Missouri, US
Seiwa-en
You might spot Brown-Belted Bumble Bee, Bee, and Eastern Carpenter Bee.
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Full Guide
Full Missouri bugs list
The complete ranked list for this guide, ordered by sightings count.
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Hackberry Emperor
Asian Lady Beetle
Great Spangled Fritillary
Bee
Blue Dasher
Bold Jumping Spider
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
False Milkweed Bug
Monarch Butterfly
Pipevine Swallowtail
Common Buckeye
Common Whitetail
Eastern Tailed-Blue
Large Milkweed Bug
Margined Leatherwing Beetle
Red Milkweed Beetle
Two-Lined Spittlebug
Variegated Fritillary
Ailanthus Webworm Moth
Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Dark Flower Scarab
Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp
Eastern Eyed Click Beetle
Firefly
Red Admiral
American Lady
Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee
Black-and-gold Bumble Bee
Cabbage White
Dun Skipper
Eastern Amberwing
Eastern Black Carpenter Ant
Eastern Calligrapher
Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth
Ebony Jewelwing
European Woolcarder Bee
Harlequin Bug
Luna Moth
Margined Calligrapher
Obscure Bird Grasshopper
Oriental Cockroach
Red-banded Leafhopper
Reddish-brown Stag Beetle
Seven-spotted Lady Beetle
Silver-spotted Skipper
Small Milkweed Bug
Southern Masked Chafer
Summer Azure
Tan Jumping Spider
Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp
Zebra Jumping Spider
Zebra Swallowtail
Acanthocephala terminalis
Admiral Butterfly
American Bird Grasshopper
American Bumble Bee
American Dagger
American Snout
Black Soldier Fly
Blinded Sphinx
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Cecropia Moth
Common Wood-Nymph
Cottonwood Leaf Beetle
Dark Fishing Spider
Eastern Carpenter Bee
Eastern Comma
Eastern Hercules Beetle
Eight-spotted Forester Moth
Fiery Skipper
Grass Spiders
Hackberry Nipplegall Psyllid
House Centipede
Hummingbird Hawk-Moth
Huron Skipper
Io Moth
Japanese Beetle
Lone Star Tick
Mourning Cloak
Narrow-winged Tree Cricket
North American Wheel Bug
Northern Pearly-eye
Orange Sulphur
Pearl Crescent
Polyphemus Moth
Question Mark
Smeared Dagger
Spotted Cucumber Beetle
Summer Fishfly
Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle
Tawny-Edged Skipper
Texas Brown Tarantula
Twice-Stabbed Stink Bug
White-Margined Burrowing Bug
Widow Skimmer
Wool Sower Gall Wasp
Zabulon Skipper
Zadontomerus
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