|
Common Name |
Order |
Host or Location |
Significance |
 |
Silverfish |
Thysanura |
Trunk, closet |
Pest |
 |
Mayflies |
Ephemeroptera |
Near water |
Inconsequential |
|
Black-winged damselfly |
Odonata |
Stream |
Beneficial |
|
Green darner |
Odonata |
Stream |
Beneficial |
|
Stoneflies |
Plecoptera |
Near water |
Inconsequential |
|
Banded-winged grasshoppers |
Orthoptera |
Pasture |
Pest |
|
Differential grasshopper |
Orthoptera |
Pasture |
Pest |
|
Long-horned grasshoppers |
Orthoptera |
Shrubs/grass |
Pest |
|
Field cricket |
Orthoptera |
Buildings |
Pest |
|
Mole crickets |
Orthoptera |
Sandy soil |
Pest |
|
True katydid |
Orthoptera |
Trees |
Pest |
|
American cockroach |
Blattodea |
House |
Pest |
|
German cockroach |
Blattodea |
House |
Pest |
|
Oriental cockroach |
Blattodea |
House |
Pest |
|
Praying mantids |
Mantodea |
Shrubs, vegetation |
Beneficial |
|
Walkingsticks |
Phasmatodea |
Shrubs, vegetation |
Pest |
|
Earwigs |
Dermaptera |
Ground trash |
Pest |
|
Termites |
Isoptera |
Wood, stumps |
Pest |
|
Barklice |
Psocoptera |
Tree trunk |
Pest |
|
Chicken head louse |
Phthiraptera (Mallophaga) |
Poultry |
Pest |
|
Head louse |
Phthiraptera (Anoplura) |
Humans |
Pest |
|
Hog louse |
Phthiraptera (Anoplura) |
Swine |
Pest |
|
Short-nosed cattle louse |
Phthiraptera (Anoplura) |
Cattle |
Pest |
 |
Ambush bug |
Hemiptera (Heteroptera) |
Flowers |
Beneficial |
|
Assassin bug |
Hemiptera (Heteroptera) |
Field crops |
Beneficial |
|
Backswimmer |
Hemiptera (Heteroptera) |
Pond |
Beneficial |
|
Bed bug |
Hemiptera (Heteroptera) |
Humans |
Pest |
|
Big-eyed bugs |
Hemiptera (Heteroptera) |
Field crops |
Beneficial |
|
Boxelder bug |
Hemiptera (Heteroptera) |
Boxelder trees |
Pest |
|
Burrower bug |
Hemiptera (Heteroptera) |
Grasses, peanuts |
Pest |
|
Chinch bug |
Hemiptera (Heteroptera) |
Grass |
Pest |
|
Cotton fleahopper |
Hemiptera (Heteroptera) |
Cotton |
Pest |
|
False chinch bug |
Hemiptera (Heteroptera) |
Sorghum |
Pest |
|
Giant water bug |
Hemiptera (Heteroptera) |
Water, ponds |
Pest |
|
Green stink bug |
Hemiptera (Heteroptera) |
Weeds |
Pest |
|
Harlequin bug |
Hemiptera (Heteroptera) |
Cole crops |
Pest |
|
Large milkweed bug |
Hemiptera (Heteroptera) |
Milkweed |
Beneficial |
|
Leaffooted bug |
Hemiptera (Heteroptera) |
Plants, weeds |
Pest |
|
Minute pirate bugs |
Hemiptera (Heteroptera) |
Insects |
Beneficial |
|
Squash bug |
Hemiptera (Heteroptera) |
Squash |
Pest |
|
Tarnished plant bug |
Hemiptera (Heteroptera) |
Plants, weeds |
Pest |
|
Toad bug |
Hemiptera (Heteroptera) |
Shoreline |
Beneficial |
|
Water boatman |
Hemiptera (Heteroptera) |
Pond |
Beneficial |
|
Water scorpions |
Hemiptera (Heteroptera) |
Stream |
Beneficial |
|
Water striders |
Hemiptera (Heteroptera) |
Pond |
Beneficial |
|
Wheel bug |
Hemiptera (Heteroptera) |
Vegetation |
Beneficial |
|
Cicadas |
Hemiptera (Auchenorrhyncha) |
Trees |
Pest |
|
Leafhoppers |
Hemiptera (Auchenorrhyncha) |
Grasses |
Pest |
|
Planthoppers |
Hemiptera (Auchenorrhyncha) |
Various plants |
Pest |
|
Spittlebugs |
Hemiptera (Auchenorrhyncha) |
Alfalfa |
Pest |
|
Treehoppers |
Hemiptera (Auchenorrhyncha) |
Trees |
Pest |
|
Aphids |
Hemiptera (Sternorrhyncha) |
Corn, sorghum |
Pest |
|
Greenbug |
Hemiptera (Sternorrhyncha) |
Small grains |
Pest |
|
Pecan phylloxera |
Hemiptera (Sternorrhyncha) |
Pecans |
Pest |
|
Psyllids |
Hemiptera (Sternorrhyncha) |
Potato |
Pest |
|
Scales, armored |
Hemiptera (Sternorrhyncha) |
Trees, shrubs |
Pest |
|
Scales, soft |
Hemiptera (Sternorrhyncha) |
Ornamental trees |
Pest |
|
Whiteflies |
Hemiptera (Sternorrhyncha) |
Vegetables, cotton |
Pest |
|
Thrips |
Thysanoptera |
Flowers |
Variable |
|
Dobsonflies |
Megaloptera |
Stream |
Beneficial |
|
Antlions |
Neuroptera |
Plants |
Beneficial |
|
Brown lacewings |
Neuroptera |
Insects |
Beneficial |
|
Green lacewings |
Neuroptera |
Insects |
Beneficial |
|
Mantispids (Mantidflies) |
Neuroptera |
Woodlots |
Beneficial |
|
Owlflies |
Neuroptera |
At lights |
Beneficial |
|
Alfalfa weevil |
Coleoptera |
Alfalfa |
Pest |
|
Blister beetles |
Coleoptera |
Plants, alfalfa, weeds |
Pest |
|
Boll weevil |
Coleoptera |
Cotton |
Pest |
|
Carpet beetles |
Coleoptera |
Wool carpets |
Pest |
|
Carrion beetles |
Coleoptera |
Dead animals |
Beneficial |
|
Caterpillar hunter |
Coleoptera |
Woodland |
Beneficial |
|
Click beetles |
Coleoptera |
Corn, field crops |
Pest |
|
Colorado potato beetle |
Coleoptera |
Potatoes |
Pest |
|
Confused flour beetle |
Coleoptera |
Stored grain |
Pest |
|
Cottonwood borer |
Coleoptera |
Cottonwood trees |
Pest |
|
Elm leaf beetle |
Coleoptera |
Elm trees |
Pest |
|
Fireflies (lightningbugs)
|
Coleoptera |
Weeds |
Inconsequential |
|
Flat-headed borer (Metallic wood borer) |
Coleoptera |
Trees |
Pest |
|
Flea beetles |
Coleoptera |
Weeds |
Pest |
|
Japanese beetle |
Coleoptera |
Crops |
Pest |
|
Lady beetles |
Coleoptera |
Weeds |
Beneficial |
|
Lesser grain borer |
Coleoptera |
Stored grain |
Pest |
|
Locust borer |
Coleoptera |
Black locust |
Pest |
|
Maize weevil (rice weevil) |
Coleoptera |
Stored grain |
Pest |
|
May beetles (June beetles or Junebugs) |
Coleoptera |
Shrubs |
Pest |
|
Mealworm |
Coleoptera |
Stored grain |
Pest |
|
Plum curculio |
Coleoptera |
Peaches |
Pest |
|
Predaceous diving beetles |
Coleoptera |
Ponds |
Beneficial |
|
Rove beetles |
Coleoptera |
At lights |
Inconsequential |
|
Sawtoothed grain beetle |
Coleoptera |
Stored grain |
Pest |
|
Soldier beetles |
Coleoptera |
Flowers |
Inconsequential |
|
Spotted cucumber beetle |
Coleoptera |
Weeds |
Pest |
|
Sweet potato weevil |
Coleoptera |
Sweet potatoes |
Pest |
|
Tiger beetles |
Coleoptera |
Shady trails |
Beneficial |
|
Tumbling flower beetles |
Coleoptera |
On flowers |
Inconsequential |
|
Water scavenger beetles |
Coleoptera |
Stream |
Inconsequential |
|
Whirlygig beetles |
Coleoptera |
Stream |
Inconsequential |
|
Scorpionflies |
Mecoptera |
Plants |
Inconsequential |
|
Fleas |
Siphonaptera |
Cat, dog |
Pest |
|
Bee flies |
Diptera |
Flowers |
Beneficial |
|
Black flies |
Diptera |
Stream |
Pest |
|
Blow flies |
Diptera |
Carrion |
Variable |
|
Common cattle grub |
Diptera |
Cattle |
Pest |
|
Crane flies |
Diptera |
Meadow |
Inconsequential |
|
Deer fly |
Diptera |
Woodlands |
Pest |
|
Flesh flies |
Diptera |
Carrion |
Pest |
|
Horn fly |
Diptera |
Cattle |
Pest |
|
Horse fly |
Diptera |
Woodlands |
Pest |
|
House fly |
Diptera |
Barn |
Pest |
|
Mosquitoes |
Diptera |
Yard and meadow |
Pest |
|
Robber flies |
Diptera |
Woodlands |
Beneficial |
|
Sheep keds |
Diptera |
Sheep |
Pest |
|
Sorghum midge |
Diptera |
Sorghum |
Pest |
|
Stable fly |
Diptera |
Cattle |
Pest |
|
Syrphid fly (flower fly) |
Diptera |
Flowers |
Beneficial |
|
Caddisflies |
Trichoptera |
Near stream |
Inconsequential |
|
Alfalfa caterpillar (clouded sulfur) |
Lepidoptera |
Alfalfa |
Pest |
|
Armyworm |
Lepidoptera |
Grasses |
Pest |
|
Bagworm |
Lepidoptera |
Juniper |
Pest |
|
Black swallowtail |
Lepidoptera |
Carrots, weeds |
Pest |
|
Bollworm or corn earworm |
Lepidoptera |
Cotton, corn, others |
Pest |
|
Buckeye |
Lepidoptera |
Plantain |
Inconsequential |
|
Cabbage butterflies |
Lepidoptera |
Cole crops |
Pest |
|
Cabbage looper |
Lepidoptera |
General feeder |
Pest |
|
Cecropia |
Lepidoptera |
Oak |
Pest |
|
Cutworms |
Lepidoptera |
General feeder |
Pest |
|
Fall armyworm |
Lepidoptera |
Grasses |
Pest |
|
Fall webworm |
Lepidoptera |
Pecans |
Pest |
|
Forest tent caterpillar |
Lepidoptera |
Broad-leaved trees |
Pest |
|
Giant swallowtail |
Lepidoptera |
Citrus |
Pest |
|
Gray hairstreak (Cotton square borer) |
Lepidoptera |
Cotton |
Pest |
|
Great leopard moth |
Lepidoptera |
Weeds |
Inconsequential |
|
Greater wax moth |
Lepidoptera |
Beehive |
Pest |
|
Indianmeal moth |
Lepidoptera |
Stored grain |
Pest |
|
Io moth |
Lepidoptera |
Trees, corn |
Pest |
|
Luna moth |
Lepidoptera |
Oak |
Pest |
|
Monarch |
Lepidoptera |
Milkweed |
Pest |
|
Mourningcloak butterfly |
Lepidoptera |
Willow |
Inconsequential |
|
Peach tree borer |
Lepidoptera |
Peach trees |
Pest |
|
Pecan nut casebearer |
Lepidoptera |
Pecans |
Pest |
|
Pink bollworm |
Lepidoptera |
Cotton |
Pest |
|
Polyphemus |
Lepidoptera |
Oaks |
Pest |
|
Question mark |
Lepidoptera |
Elms |
Pest |
|
Red admiral |
Lepidoptera |
Nettles |
Inconsequential |
|
Saltmarsh caterpillar |
Lepidoptera |
Grasses, weeds |
Pest |
|
Silver‑spotted skipper |
Lepidoptera |
Black locust |
Inconsequential |
|
Sorghum webworm |
Lepidoptera |
Sorghum |
Pest |
|
Southwestern corn borer |
Lepidoptera |
Grain crops |
Pest |
|
Tiger swallowtail |
Lepidoptera |
Cherry |
Pest |
|
Tomato hornworm |
Lepidoptera |
Tomatoes |
Pest |
|
Underwing moths |
Lepidoptera |
Trees |
Inconsequential |
|
Viceroy |
Lepidoptera |
Poplar |
Inconsequential |
|
Wood nymph |
Lepidoptera |
Thick woods |
Inconsequential |
|
Baldfaced hornet |
Hymenoptera |
Woodlands |
Pest |
|
Bumblebees |
Hymenoptera |
Meadow |
Beneficial |
|
Carpenter bees |
Hymenoptera |
Fence posts |
Pest |
|
Cicada killer |
Hymenoptera |
Soil |
Beneficial |
|
Honeybee |
Hymenoptera |
Flowers |
Beneficial |
|
Horntails |
Hymenoptera |
Logs |
Pest |
|
Ichneumon wasps |
Hymenoptera |
Flowers |
Beneficial |
|
Leafcutting bees |
Hymenoptera |
Flowers |
Pest |
|
Mud daubers |
Hymenoptera |
Buildings |
Beneficial |
|
Red harvester ant |
Hymenoptera |
Pastures |
Pest |
|
Red imported fire ant |
Hymenoptera |
Pastures, lawns |
Pest |
|
Sawflies |
Hymenoptera |
|
Pest |
|
Tarantula hawk |
Hymenoptera |
Woodlands |
Beneficial |
|
Texas leafcutting ant |
Hymenoptera |
Woodlands |
Pest |
|
Velvet ants |
Hymenoptera |
Soil |
Pest |
|
Yellowjackets |
Hymenoptera |
House eaves |
Pest |
|
Brown dog tick |
Acarina |
Dog |
Pest |
|
Fowl tick (blue bug) |
Acarina |
Poultry |
Pest |
|
Lone star tick |
Acarina |
Cattle |
Pest |
|
Spider mites |
Acarina |
Plants |
Pest |
|
Crab spiders |
Araneae |
Flowers |
Beneficial |
|
Jumping spiders |
Araneae |
Garden |
Beneficial |
|
Recluse spiders |
Araneae |
Board piles |
Pest |
|
Tarantulas |
Araneae |
Soil |
Beneficial |
|
Widow spiders |
Araneae |
Woodlots |
Pest |
|
Wolf spiders |
Araneae |
Under rocks |
Beneficial |
|
Yellow garden spider |
Araneae |
Garden |
Beneficial |
|
Scorpions |
Scorpiones |
Log piles |
Pest |
|
Sun spiders (Wind scorpions) |
Solifugae |
Arid regions |
Inconsequential |
|
Vinegaroons |
Thelyphonida |
Arid regions |
Pest |
|
Centipedes |
Class Chilopoda |
|
Pest |
|
Millipedes |
Class Diplopoda |
Leaf litter |
Pest |
|
Springtails |
Collembola |
Surface of puddles |
Variable |
|
Sowbugs and pillbugs |
Isopoda |
Compost |
Pest |