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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
168
Species
87
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.
May 27, 2026
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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
6 snaps
Bold Jumping Spider
5 snaps
Eastern Tailed-Blue
4 snaps
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
4 snaps
Places to Start
Best places for bugs in Missouri
These place guides connect well with the bugs covered in this region.
Zoo30 sightings12 species
Missouri, US
Dickerson Park Zoo
You might spot Three-Toed Box Turtle and House Sparrow.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Missouri, US
Missouri Botanical Garden
You might spot Eastern Carpenter Bee, Duck, and American Robin.
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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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Park30 sightings12 species
Missouri, US
Seiwa-en
You might spot Brown-Belted Bumble Bee, Bee, and Eastern Carpenter Bee.
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Park28 sightings12 species
Missouri, US
Shaw Nature Reserve
You might spot Painted-Cup Paintbrush and Great Spangled Fritillary.
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Zoo30 sightings12 species
Missouri, US
Monsanto Insectarium
You might spot Bee and Brown-Belted Bumble 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
Bold Jumping Spider
Eastern Tailed-Blue
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Great Spangled Fritillary
Margined Leatherwing Beetle
Pipevine Swallowtail
Two-Lined Spittlebug
Ailanthus Webworm Moth
Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Common Buckeye
Common Whitetail
Eastern Eyed Click Beetle
Large Milkweed Bug
Monarch Butterfly
Red Admiral
Red Milkweed Beetle
Variegated Fritillary
American Lady
Bee
Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee
Black-and-gold Bumble Bee
Blue Dasher
Cabbage White
Dark Flower Scarab
Eastern Black Carpenter Ant
Eastern Calligrapher
Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp
Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth
Ebony Jewelwing
False Milkweed Bug
Harlequin Bug
Luna Moth
Margined Calligrapher
Obscure Bird Grasshopper
Red-banded Leafhopper
Seven-spotted Lady Beetle
Silver-spotted Skipper
Small Milkweed Bug
Summer Azure
Tan Jumping Spider
Zebra Jumping Spider
Zebra Swallowtail
Acanthocephala terminalis
American Bird Grasshopper
American Bumble Bee
American Dagger
Black Soldier Fly
Blinded Sphinx
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Cecropia Moth
Common Wood-Nymph
Cottonwood Leaf Beetle
Dark Fishing Spider
Dun Skipper
Eastern Amberwing
Eastern Carpenter Bee
Eastern Comma
Eight-spotted Forester Moth
European Woolcarder Bee
Fiery Skipper
Hackberry Nipplegall Psyllid
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
Oriental Cockroach
Pearl Crescent
Polyphemus Moth
Question Mark
Smeared Dagger
Spotted Cucumber Beetle
Summer Fishfly
Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle
Tawny-Edged Skipper
Texas Brown Tarantula
Widow Skimmer
Wool Sower Gall Wasp
Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp
Zabulon Skipper
Zadontomerus
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