Common Name Species Name Order Family
bed bug Cimex lectularius Hemiptera Cimicidae
black flies Simuliidae spp. Diptera Simuliidae
black widow spider Latrodectus mactans Araneida Theridiidae
brown recluse spider Loxosceles reclusa Araneida Loxoscelidae
chiggers Trombiculidae spp. Acari Trombiculidae
conenose bugs Triatominae spp. Hemiptera Reduviidae
fleas Pulex and Xenopsylla spp. Siphonaptera Pulicidae
horse and deer flies Tabanidae spp. Diptera Tabanidae
house fly Musca domestica Diptera Muscidae
body louse Pediculus humanus Anoplura Pediculidae
head louse Pediculus capitis Anoplura Pediculidae
crab louse (= pubic louse) Pthirus pubis Anoplura Pthiridae
itch mite Sarcoptes scabiei Acari Sarcoptidae
mosquitoes Culicidae spp. Diptera Culicidae
punkies Ceratopogonidae spp. Diptera Ceratopogonidae
stinging ants Formicidae spp. Hymenoptera Formicidae
bumble bees Bombidae spp. Hymenoptera Bombidae
honey bee Apis mellifera Hymenoptera Apidae
hornets, wasps, yellow jackets, etc. Vespidae spp. Hymenoptera Vespidae
American dog tick Dermacentor variabilis Acari Ixodidae
deer tick Ixodes dammini Acari Ixodidae
Rocky Mountain wood tick Dermacentor americanum Acari Ixodidae

spp. = more than one species.