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Arthropods
True katydid
True katydid Order: Orthoptera Family: Tettigoniidae Genus and species: Pterophylla camellifolia (Fabricius) True katydids are flightless or nearly flightless inhabitants of crowns of deciduous trees in oak-hickory forests, parks, and yards. They are leaf green in...
Common meadow katydid
Common meadow katydid Order: Orthoptera Family: Tettigoniidae Genus and species: Orchelimum vulgare Harris The genus Orchelimum includes 21 meadow katydid species, all of them restricted to North America. Only 5 species are likely to be found in Arkansas. Orchelimum...
Grasshopper
Autumn yellow-winged grasshopper Order: Orthopera Family: Acrididae (Subfamily: Oedipodinae) Genus and species: Arphia xanthoptera (Burmeister) The Oedopodinae, or band-winged grasshoppers, are among our most conspicuous grasshoppers. Those of the genus Arphia are...
Post-oak locust
Post-oak locust Order: Orthoptera Family: Acrididae Genus and species: Dendrotettix quercus Packard The post-oak locust occasionally appears in outbreaks of devastating local abundance in oak forests of the eastern United States, and then populations subside to levels...
Camel cricket
Camel cricket Order: Orthoptera Family: Rhaphidophoridae Genus and species: Ceuthophilus spp. Camel crickets get their common name from their arched, tan bodies. Adults are wingless and up to 1 ½” long. The antennae are very long and fragile, and the long hind legs...
Chinese Mantid
Chinese mantid Order: Mantodea Family: Mantidae Genus and species: Tenodera aridifolia sinensis Saussure The Chinese mantid is a large species. Some individuals reach 3½ inches in length. They are variable in color, from brown to green, but most Arkansas specimens...
Giant walking stick
Giant walking stick Order: Phasmatodea Family: Heteronemiidae Genus and species: Megaphasma denticrus (Stål) Insects in the Order Phasmatodea are referred to as the walking sticks and leaf insects. The various species have evolved to resemble sticks, twigs, or leaves,...
Wood Roach
Woods roach Order: Blattodea Family: Blattellidae Genus and species: Parcoblatta pennsylvanica (DeGeer) The woods cockroach, Parcoblatta pennsylvanica, is a fairly large, harmless, native species. It normally lives outdoors in hollow trees, under bark, and in piles of...
Silverfish
Silverfish Order: Thysanura Family: Lepismatidae Genus and species: Lepisma saccharina Linnaeus Insects of the Order Thysanura are known as bristletails. They are ancient and primitive. Living species are relatively small omnivores. They run rapidly and hide to escape...
House centipede
House centipede Order: Scutigeromorpha Family: Scutigeridae Genus and species: Scutigera coleoptrata (Linnaeus) The house centipede is often seen darting across floors at high speed, occasionally stopping suddenly and remaining motionless for some time before racing...
Giant redheaded centipede
Giant redheaded centipede Order: Scolopendromorpha Family: Scolopendridae Genus and species: Scolopendra heros Girard These fast moving and aggressive titans are among the largest of the many-legged centipedes and millipedes, the group collectively known as the...
Bold jumping spider
Bold jumping spider Order: Araneae: Family: Salticidae Genus and species: Phidippus audax (Hentz) The jumping spiders, Family Salticidae, are bold daytime hunters with acute vision. They are robust and hairy, and they have a distinctive eye arrangement. The front row...
Agrarian sac spider
Agrarian sac spider Order: Araneae Family: Clubionidae Genus and species: Cheiracanthium inclusum (Hentz) Sac spiders are the probable cause of more spider bites than any other kind of spider, and their bites are probably often misdiagnosed as brown recluse...
Dark Fishing Spider
Dark fishing spider Order: Araneae Family: Pisauridae Genus and species: Dolomedes tenebrosus Hentz When the dark fishing spider shows up in Arkansas homes, it can cause much excitement. The large female has a body (cephalothorax and abdomen) that reaches about 1”...
Yellow Garden Spider
Yellow garden spider Order: Araneae Family: Araneidae Genus and species: Argiope aurantia Lucas This is a brightly colored and conspicuous species frequently observed in open, sunny areas, especially in late summer and early fall. Female yellow garden spiders can...
Spined Micrathena
Spined micrathena Order: Araneae Family: Araneidae Genus and species: Micrathena gracilis (Walckenaer) The dark-spotted, whitish abdomen surrounded by 5 pairs of black-tipped spines distinguishes the female of this common woodland spider. As in other Micrantha...
Hentz’s Orbweaver
Hentz's orbweaver Order: Araneae Family: Araneidae Genus and species: Neoscona crucifera (Lucas) In late summer and early autumn, after the severe heat of summer and before the leaves of trees begin to turn color, Hentz’s orbweaver spiders become conspicuous elements...
Lichenmarked orbweaver
Lichenmarked orbweaver Order: Araneae Family: Araneidae Genus and species: Araneus bicentenarius (McCook) The orbweavers are spiders of the large family Araneidae. They are sedentary spiders readily recognized by their somewhat circular, spiral, wheel-shaped, silken...