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a note on Common Names:
most of the species below don't have "standardized" common names - or common names even in widespread use.  Where I could not find a common name, I either "created" one by translating the scientific name or simply used a very generic one.

CLASS ARACHNIDA
Amblypygi (Tailless Whipscorpions)
Mexican Amblypigid (Paraphrynus mexicanus)
unid Tailless Whipscorpion (Phyrnus sp)  



Aranae (Spiders)
Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia)  
Golden Silk Orbweaver (Nephila clavipes)  
Long-jawed Orbweaver (Tetragnatha sp)  
unid Orbweaver  
unid African Orb Weaver   
Dark Fishing Spider (Dolomedes tenebrosus)
Six-spotted Fishing Spider (Dolomedes triton)  
unid Green Crab Spider (Misumenops sp?)  
Red-rumped Jumping Spider (Phidippus carneus)  
Red Jumping Spider (Phidippus whitmani)
Rabid Wolf Spider (Rabidosus rabidus)  
unid Wolf Spiders  
Flat Rock Spider (Selenops sp)
Arizona Blonde Tarantula (Aphonopelma chalcodes) NEW! photos added 12/18
Texas Brown Tarantula (Aphonopelma hentzi) NEW! photos added 12/18/11
Rio Grande Gold Tarantula (Aphonopelma moderatum) NEW! photos added 12/18
Pink-toed Tarantula (Avicularia avicularia) NEW! photos added 12/18/11
Mexican Red-rumped Tarantula (Brachypelma vagans) photos added 12/18
Brazilian Black-and-White Tarantula (Nhandu coloratovillosus)
 NEW! photos added 12/18
unid Tarantula
unid Trapdoor Spider



Opiliones (Harvestman)
Daddy Longlegs (Leiobunum townsendi)



Uropygi (Whipscorpions)
Vinegaroon (Mastigoproctus giganteus)  



Scorpiones (Scorpions)
Arizona Bark Scorpion (Centruroides sculpturatus) - Gertschi Form
Striped Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) - Typical Form photos added 12/9/11
Striped Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) - Desert Form
Lindo Scorpion (Diplocentrus lindo)  
Mexican Scorpion (Diplocentrus mexicanus complex)
Big Bend Scorpion (Diplocentrus whitei)  
Texas Cave Scorpion (Pseudouroctonus reddelli) photos added 12/9/11
Lesser Striped Devil Scorpion (Vaejovis coahuilae)
Confusing Scorpion (Vaejovis confusus)
Thick-handed Scorpion (Vaejovis crassimanus) NEW! photos added 12/9/11
Globose Scorpion (Vaejovis globosus)
Intermediate Scorpion (Vaejovis intermedius)
San Marcos Scorpion (Vaejovis minckleyi)
Blackened Scorpion (Vaejovis nigrescens)
Redhanded Scorpion (Vaejovis rubrimanus)
Russell's Scorpion (Vaejovis russelli)
Striped Devil Scorpion (Vaejovis spinigerus)
Sprouse's Tesselated Scorpion (Vaejovis sprousei) NEW! photos added 12/9/11
Tesselated Scorpion (Vaejovis tesselatus)
unid African Scorpions  



Solifugae (Windscorpions)
unid Windscorpions  



CLASS CRUSTACEA
Crayfish (Procambarus ludovicianus)
unid Crayfish  



 

CLASS CHILOPODA
Scolopendramorpha (Tropical Centipedes)
Giant Red-headed Centipede (Scolopendra heros)  



CLASS DIPLOPODA
Xystodesmidae (Broad Millipedes)
Red-ringed Millipede (Sigmoria latior)



CLASS INSECTA
Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Cave Cricket (Ceuthophilus secretus)
Black-winged Grasshopper (Dissostiera carolina)
Spotted Grasshopper (Hippiscus ocelote)  
Orange-winged Grasshopper (Pardalophora phoenicoptera)
Panther-spotted Grasshopper (Poecilotettix pantherinus)
 
Obscure Bird Grasshopper (Schistocerca obscura)
unid Bird Grasshopper (Schistocerca sp.)
  NEW! photos added 1/4/12
Red-eyed Devil (Neobarrettia spinosa)  



Phasmida (Stick Insects)
unid Walkingsticks  



Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, and Allies)
Giant Water Bug (Lethocerus americana)  
Periodical Cicada (Magicicada sp)  
Giant Cicada (Quesada gigas)  
Bush Cicada (Tibicien dorsatus)
Texas Cicada (Tibicien resh)
unid Cicadas 



Neuroptera (Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies)
Wasp Mantidfly (Climaciella brunnea)  
Picture-winged Antlion (Glenurus gratus)
Antlion (Myrmeleon sp)  
Banded Fishfly (Nigronia fasciata)

Owlfly (Ululodes sp)  



Mecoptera (Scorpionflies)
Hungerford's Scorpionfly (Panorpa hungerfordi)
Common Scorpionfly (Panorpa nuptialis)  



Coleoptera (Beetles)
Buprestidae (Wood-boring Beetles)
Yellow-margined Buprestid (Acmaeodera flavomarginata)
Sculptured Pine Borer (Chalcophora virginiensis)
Drummond's Blue-legged Bupresid (Lampetis drummondi)

Cerambycidae (Longhorn Beetles)

Yellow and Black Flower Beetle (Judolia cordifera)
Pine Sawyer (Monochamus carolinensis)

Cottonwood Borer (Plectrodera scalator)
 
Cinnamon Longhorn (Stenocorus cinnamopterus)

Cincindellidae (Tiger Beetles)

Six-spotted Tiger Beetle (Cincindella scutellaris)

Lucanidae (Stag Beetles)

European Giant Stag Beetle (Lucanus cervus)
 

Meloidae (Blister Beetles)

unid African Blister Beetle

Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)

Glorious Scarab (Chrysina gloriosa)  
Leconte's Chrysina (Chrysina lecontei)  
Wood's Chrysina (Chrysina woodi)  
Western Green Flower Beetle (Cotinis mutabilis) NEW! photos added 1/4/12
Humpback Dung Beetle (Deltochilum gibbosum)
Giant Dung Beetle (Dichotomius sp)  
Dark Flower Scarab (Euphoria sepulcralis)
Harlequin Flower Beetle (Gymnetis caseyi) NEW! photos added 1/4/12
Western Lined June Beetle (Polyphylla diffracta)  
Horned Dung Beetle (Phaneus vindex)  
Rhinocerus Beetle (Xyloryctes thestalus)
unid African Dung Beetle
unid African June Beetle

Tenebrionidae (Darkling Beetles)

unid African Tenebrionid



Diptera (Flies)
Asilidae (Robberflies)
Giant Red-rumped Robberfly (Archilestris grandis) 
Orange Robberfly (Asilus sericeus)
Pale-striped Hanging Robberfly (Diogmites angustipennis)
Hanging Robberfly (Diogmites sp)   
Orange-rumped Robberfly (Eccritosia zamon)
Woodland Robberfly (Efferia sp)
Bee-mimic Robberfly (Laphria divisor)
Golden Giant Bee-mimic Robberfly (Laphria grossa)
Brown Giant Bee-mimic Robberfly (Laphria lata)
MacQuart's Bee-mimic Robberfly (Laphria macquarti)
Wasp-mimic Robberfly (Laphria saffrona)
  
Virginia Bee Killer (Laphria virginica)
Small Robberfly (Machimus sp)
Hairy Robberfly (Megaphorus acrus)
Giant Black Robberfly (Microstylum morosum)  
Small Robberfly (Ommatius sp)
White-faced Robberfly (Promachus albifacies)
Bastard Robberfly (Promachus bastardi) 
Painter's Bee Killer (Promachus painteri)
Red-backed Giant Robberfly (Proctacanthus rufus)   
Giant Robberfly (Proctacanthus sp.)
Robberfly (Sarapogon sp)
Cranefly Robber (Tipulogaster glabrata)
Banded Robberfly (Triorla interrupta)
unid Robberflies  photos added 1/4/12

Culicidae (Mosquitos)
unid Mosquito
NEW! photos added 1/4/12


Mydidae (Mydas Flies)

Mydas Fly (Mydas clavatus)
 
Orange-winged Mydas Fly (Mydas xanthopterus
 

Syrphidae (Hoverflies)
Hoverfly (Allograpta obliqua)

Black Hoverfly (Copestylum sp)

Yellowjacket Hoverfly (Milesia virginiensis)


Tabanidae (Horseflies)

American Horsefly (Tabanus americanus)  
Black Horsefly (Tabanus atratus)
Western Horsefly (Tabanus punctifer)

Tipulidae
(Large Craneflies)
Ghost Cranefly (Brachypremna dispellens)  

Striped Cranefly (Tipula furca complex)



Hymenoptera (Wasps and Ants)
Digger Bee (Centris caesalpiniae)  
White Velvet Ant (Dasymutilla gloriosa)
Giant Ichneumon (Megarhyssa atrata)  
Tarantula Hawk (Pepsis sp.)
Giant Wood Wasp (Urocercus gigas)
unid Green Bee