Polyphemus Moth
Antheraea polyphemus
11.5 cm wingspan
Fun fact:
One of the largest moths in the United States.

Polyphemus Moth
Antheraea polyphemus
4 cm length

Clear-Winged Humming Bird Moth
Hemaris sp.
5 cm wingspan

Carpenter Ant
Camponotus sp.
1 cm length
Fun fact:
These ants herd and tend aphids as livestock.

Red Imported Fire Ant x2
Solenopsis invicta
.5 cm length
Fun fact:
Ants develop wings when they are ready to mate.

Leaf-footed Bug x2
Leptoglossus zonatus
2.5 cm in length
Fun fact:
This species of Leaf-footed bug is the most destructive to gardeners.

Brown Stinkbug
Halyomorpha sp.
1 cm in length

Magpie Crow Butterfly
Euploea rhadamanthus
7.5 cm wingspan

Orange Gull Butterfly x2
Cepora iudith
5.5 cm wingspan

Chocolate Albatross Butterfly x2
Appias lyncida
6 cm wingspan

Straight-line Map-wing Butterfly
Cyrestis nivea
5 cm wingspan

Periodical Cicada
Magicicada sp.
7 cm wingspan
Fun fact:
Periodical cicadas are burrowed underground during their development stage for 13 to 17 years. When they mature into adults and live above ground, they only live for a few weeks.

Bumblebee
Bombus sp.
1.5 cm length
Fun fact:
The term "bumblebee" was first recorded in this quote from 1530, "I bomme, as a bombyll bee dothe."

Sweat Bee
Family Halictidae
1 cm length
Fun fact:
Sweat bees are called that because they are genuinely attracted to sweat.

Short-tailed Ichneumonide Wasp
Family Ichneumonidae
1.5 cm length

Ichneumon Wasp
Family Ichneumonidae
2 cm length

Predaceous Diving Beetle
Family Dytiscidae
1 cm length
Fun fact:
They are can be found in almost every kind of fresh water habitat.

Grapevine Beetle
Pelidnota punctata
2.5 cm length

Colorado Potato Beetle
Leptinotarsa decemlineata
1 cm length

Horse Fly
Family Tabaninae
1.5 cm length
Fun fact:
They will aggressively try to bite you.

Cockroach
Order Blattodea
1.5 cm length
Fun fact:
Cockroaches have the ability to compress their bodies to withstand a force 300 times their body weight when traversing small crevices.

Velvet Ant
Family Mutillidae
2 cm length
Fun fact:
Velvet ants are actually wasps. They have an extremely tough exoskeleton, allowing them to invade nests of stinging bees and wasps.

Giant Water Scavenger Beetle
Hydrophilus sp.
3 cm length

Red-lined Carrion Beetle
Necrodes surinamensis
2 cm length

Click Beetle
Family Elateridae
2 cm length

Black Soldier Fly
Hermetia illucens
2 cm length

Spider Wasp
Family Pompilidae
1 cm length
Really cool battle between a Tarantula Hawk and its prey: https://youtu.be/mq8916ZbjfE?si=p_xMLkntmLB5XfCG

Blow Fly
Family Calliphoridae
1 cm length

Two-lined Spittlebug
Prosapia bicincta
1 cm length

Stripped Blister Beetle
Epicauta vittata
2 cm length

Hover Fly
Family Syrphidae
1 cm length

Harlequin Lady Beetle x3
Harmonia axyridis
1 cm length

Ground Beetle
Family Carabidae
2.5 cm length

Robber Fly
Family Asilidae
1.5 cm length

Leafhopper
Family Cicadellidae
.5 cm length

Backswimmer
Family Notonectoidea
1 cm length
Fun fact:
They bite. And it hurts a lot. Do not pick them up.

Firefly
Family Lampyridae
1 cm length
Fun fact:
They emit light due to a chemical process in order to attract mates.

Bristle Fly
Family Tachinidae
1.5 cm length

Fishfly
Subfamily Chauliodinae
2.5 cm length
Fun fact:
I fucking hate these things. They are impossible to pin.

Cricket
Infraorder Gryllidea
3.5 cm length

Grasshopper x2
Infraorder Acrididea
5 cm length, 3 cm length