Fire-coloured beetles are the beetles of the Pyrochroidae family, which includes the red cardinal beetles. This family contains some 150 species. Many species in the subfamily Pyrochroinae have comb- or antler-like antennae. This family also now includes most former members of the defunct family Pedilidae.
The Ochteridae comprise a small family of insects. Eight genera with about 80 species have been described. They occur worldwide along the shore of various types of water and the greatest diversity is in tropical regions. They are "true bugs", being members of the order Hemiptera, and are in the suborder Heteroptera. Ochteridae commonly are known as the velvety shore bugs. They resemble the Saldidae shore bugs and have lengths ranging from 4.5 to 9 mm (0.18–0.35 in).
Hebrus is a genus of velvet water bugs in the family Hebridae. There are at least 160 described species in Hebrus.
Harpalus vagans is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America.
Pelastoneurus vagans is a species of long-legged fly in the family Dolichopodidae.
Clidophleps vagans is a species of cicada in the family Cicadidae. It is found in North America.
Xanthonia vagans is a species of leaf beetle. Its range spans from Central Texas to Sonora, Mexico. It is associated with junipers.
Iridopsis larvaria, the bent-line gray, is a species of geometrid moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in North America.
Orthocephalus saltator is a Palearctic species of plant bug in the family Miridae. It is found in Europe as far as the Caspian Sea and Siberia and to the south North Africa. O. saltator feeds on Asteraceae especially Hieracium pilosella and Poaceae
Ceratocombus is a genus of litter bugs in the family Ceratocombidae. There are about nine described species in Ceratocombus.
Euphilotes spaldingi, or Spalding's blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1917. It is found in North America.
Ophiogomphus carolus, the riffle snaketail, is a species of clubtail in the family of dragonflies known as Gomphidae. It is found in North America.
Argia rhoadsi, the golden-winged dancer, is a species of narrow-winged damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Ischnura denticollis, the black-fronted forktail, is a species of narrow-winged damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Eucyllus vagans is a species of broad-nosed weevil in the beetle family Curculionidae. It is found in North America.
Hylaeus hyalinatus, the hyaline spatulate-masked bee, is a species of hymenopteran in the family Colletidae. It is found in North America.
Neoneura aaroni, the coral-fronted threadtail, is a species of threadtail in the family of damselflies known as Protoneuridae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Trimerotropis occidentiloides is a species of band-winged grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in North America.
Cochliomyia macellaria, the secondary screwworm, is a species of blow fly in the family Calliphoridae.
