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Guide to the Flora and Fauna of Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve

A Natural Cienega Highlighting New Mexico’s Biodiversity

The Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve is a 35-acre nature preserve located on the I-25 frontage road in La Cienega, adjacent to El Rancho de las Golondrinas. This rare natural cienega, or “marsh” in Spanish, hosts a bountiful ...more ↓

Flame Skimmer 1
Libellula saturata
Widow Skimmer 2
Libellula luctuosa
Painted Lady 3
Vanessa cardui
Monarch 4
Danaus plexippus
Convergent Lady Beetle 5
Hippodamia convergens
Queen 4
Danaus gilippus
Black Saddlebags 6
Tramea lacerata
Pearl Crescent 7
Phyciodes tharos
European Mantis 8
Mantis religiosa
Spotted Cucumber Beetle 9
Diabrotica undecimpunctata
American Bumble Bee 10
Bombus pensylvanicus
Checkered White 11
Pontia protodice
Western Yellowjacket 12
Vespula pensylvanica
Variegated Meadowhawk 13
Sympetrum corruptum
Western Carpenter Ant 14
Camponotus modoc
Twelve-spotted Skimmer 15
Libellula pulchella
Western Pondhawk 6
Erythemis collocata
Great Spreadwing 16
Archilestes grandis
Two-striped Grasshopper 12
Melanoplus bivittatus
Rainbow Grasshopper 17
Dactylotum bicolor
Nevada Buck Moth 18
Hemileuca nevadensis
Apiomerus spissipes 19
Bumble Flower Beetle 20
Euphoria inda
Conchuela Bug 21
Chlorochroa ligata
Red-shouldered Stink Bug 22
Thyanta custator
Uhler's Stink Bug 23
Chlorochroa uhleri
Tylosis maculatus 24
Lupine Bug 22
Megalotomus quinquespinosus
Four-spurred Assassin Bug 25
Zelus tetracanthus
Spined Stilt Bug 26
Jalysus wickhami
Clearwing Borer Moth 6
Melittia snowii
Euschistus inflatus 27
Stenomorpha opaca 28
Triepeolus robustus 29

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