Arthropods of Fishers Peak State Park

Fisher's Peak is Colorado's newest state park! The 19,200-acre property connects grasslands to the east with foothills and mountains to the west, serving as an important corridor for wildlife movement. Providing habitat for large native species like elk, mule deer, white-tailed deer, mountain ...more ↓

Common candy-striped spider ¹
Enoplognatha ovata

Western Black Widow ²
Latrodectus hesperus

Tuft-legged Orbweaver ¹
Mangora placida

Cat-faced Orbweaver ³
Araneus gemmoides

Bowl-and-Doily Spider ⁴
Frontinella pyramitela

Barn Funnel Weaver ⁵
Tegenaria domestica

Hogna coloradensis ⁶

Emerton's Wolf Spider ⁷
Arctosa emertoni

Yellow Sac Spider ⁸
Cheiracanthium mildei

Goldenrod Crab Spider ⁹
Misumena vatia

Habronattus venatoris ¹⁰

Striped Bark Scorpion ¹¹
Centruroides vittatus

Buckwheat Root Borer Moth ¹²
Synanthedon polygoni

Eugnosta mexicana ¹³

Oblique-banded Leafroller Moth ¹⁴
Choristoneura rosaceana

White-lined Sphinx ¹⁵
Hyles lineata

Rocky Mountain Clearwing ¹⁶
Hemaris thetis

Asellus Sphinx ¹⁷
Sphinx asellus

Great Ash Sphinx ¹⁸
Sphinx chersis

Doll's Sphinx ¹⁹
Sphinx dollii

Small-eyed Sphinx ²⁰
Paonias myops

Glover's Silk Moth ²¹
Hyalophora columbia gloveri

Pandora Pinemoth ²²
Coloradia pandora

Range Caterpillar Moth ²³
Hemileuca oliviae

Io Moth ²⁴
Automeris io

Black Swallowtail ²⁵
Papilio polyxenes

Two-tailed Swallowtail ²⁶
Papilio multicaudata

Western Tiger Swallowtail ²⁷
Papilio rutulus

Orange-headed Roadside-Skipper ²⁸
Amblyscirtes phylace

Taxiles Skipper ²⁹
Lon taxiles

Pahaska Skipper ³⁰
Hesperia pahaska

Green Skipper ²³
Hesperia viridis

Sandhill Skipper ³¹
Polites sabuleti

Tawny-edged Skipper ³²
Polites themistocles

Dun Skipper ³³
Euphyes vestris

Edwards's Skipperling ³⁴
Oarisma edwardsii

Garita Skipperling ³⁵
Oarisma garita

Russet Skipperling ³⁶
Piruna pirus

Northern Cloudywing ³⁷
Thorybes pylades

Silver-spotted Skipper ³⁸
Epargyreus clarus

Funereal Duskywing ¹¹
Erynnis funeralis

Horace's Duskywing ³⁹
Erynnis horatius

Dreamy Duskywing ⁴⁰
Erynnis icelus

Common Checkered-Skipper ⁴¹
Burnsius communis

Common Sootywing ⁴²
Pholisora catullus

Goatweed Leafwing ⁴³
Anaea andria

Weidemeyer's Admiral ⁴⁴
Limenitis weidemeyerii

Northern Crescent ⁴⁵
Phyciodes cocyta

Mylitta Crescent ⁴⁶
Phyciodes mylitta

Painted Crescent ³⁵
Phyciodes picta

Field Crescent ⁴⁷
Phyciodes pulchella

Pearl Crescent ¹¹
Phyciodes tharos

Gorgone Checkerspot ⁴⁸
Chlosyne gorgone

Silvery Checkerspot ⁴⁹
Chlosyne nycteis

Arachne Checkerspot ³⁵
Poladryas arachne

West Coast Lady ⁵⁰
Vanessa annabella

Red Admiral ⁵¹
Vanessa atalanta

Painted Lady ⁵²
Vanessa cardui

American Lady ⁵³
Vanessa virginiensis

Mourning Cloak ⁵⁴
Nymphalis antiopa

Hoary Comma ⁵⁵
Polygonia gracilis

Satyr Comma ⁵⁶
Polygonia satyrus

Milbert's Tortoiseshell ⁵⁷
Aglais milberti

Common Buckeye ⁵⁸
Junonia coenia

Gray Buckeye ⁵⁹
Junonia grisea

Alberta Arctic ⁶⁰
Oeneis alberta

Small Wood-Nymph ³⁰
Cercyonis oetus

Aphrodite Fritillary ⁶¹
Speyeria aphrodite

Edwards's Fritillary ⁶²
Speyeria edwardsii

Northwestern Fritillary ⁶³
Speyeria hesperis

Mormon Fritillary ⁴⁶
Speyeria mormonia

Variegated Fritillary ⁶⁴
Euptoieta claudia

Monarch ⁶⁵
Danaus plexippus

American Snout ⁶⁶
Libytheana carinenta

Colorado Hairstreak ⁶⁷
Hypaurotis crysalus

Gray Hairstreak ¹
Strymon melinus

Banded Hairstreak ⁶⁸
Satyrium calanus

Coral Hairstreak ⁶⁹
Satyrium titus

Juniper Hairstreak ¹¹
Callophrys gryneus

Tailed Copper ⁷⁰
Tharsalea arota

Holarctic Azures ⁷¹
Celastrina

Silvery Blue ⁷²
Glaucopsyche lygdamus

Central Blue ³⁵
Euphilotes centralis

Western Pygmy-Blue ⁵³
Brephidium exilis

Marine Blue ⁷³
Leptotes marina

Reakirt's Blue ⁷⁴
Echinargus isola

Boisduval's Blue ⁷⁵
Icaricia icarioides

Lupine Blue ⁷⁶
Icaricia lupini

Cloudless Sulphur ⁷⁷
Phoebis sennae

Dainty Sulphur ⁷⁸
Nathalis iole

Orange Sulphur ⁷⁹
Colias eurytheme

Clouded Sulphur ⁴⁰
Colias philodice

Sleepy Orange ⁸⁰
Abaeis nicippe

Pine White ⁴⁹
Neophasia menapia

Western White ⁷⁵
Pontia occidentalis

Checkered White ⁶⁴
Pontia protodice

Mormon Metalmark ³⁷
Apodemia mormo

Apodemia mejicanus pueblo ⁸¹

Artichoke Plume Moth ⁸²
Platyptilia carduidactylus

Toothed Somberwing ⁸³
Euclidia cuspidea

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Arthropods of Fishers Peak State Park

Common candy-striped spider 1 Enoplognatha ovata

Western Black Widow 2 Latrodectus hesperus

Tuft-legged Orbweaver 1 Mangora placida

Cat-faced Orbweaver 3 Araneus gemmoides

Bowl-and-Doily Spider 4 Frontinella pyramitela

Barn Funnel Weaver 5 Tegenaria domestica

Hogna coloradensis 6

Emerton's Wolf Spider 7 Arctosa emertoni

Yellow Sac Spider 8 Cheiracanthium mildei

Goldenrod Crab Spider 9 Misumena vatia

Habronattus venatoris 10

Striped Bark Scorpion 11 Centruroides vittatus

Buckwheat Root Borer Moth 12 Synanthedon polygoni

Eugnosta mexicana 13

Oblique-banded Leafroller Moth 14 Choristoneura rosaceana

White-lined Sphinx 15 Hyles lineata

Rocky Mountain Clearwing 16 Hemaris thetis

Asellus Sphinx 17 Sphinx asellus

Great Ash Sphinx 18 Sphinx chersis

Doll's Sphinx 19 Sphinx dollii

Small-eyed Sphinx 20 Paonias myops

Glover's Silk Moth 21 Hyalophora columbia gloveri

Pandora Pinemoth 22 Coloradia pandora

Range Caterpillar Moth 23 Hemileuca oliviae

Io Moth 24 Automeris io

Black Swallowtail 25 Papilio polyxenes

Two-tailed Swallowtail 26 Papilio multicaudata

Western Tiger Swallowtail 27 Papilio rutulus

Orange-headed Roadside-Skipper 28 Amblyscirtes phylace

Taxiles Skipper 29 Lon taxiles

Pahaska Skipper 30 Hesperia pahaska

Green Skipper 23 Hesperia viridis

Sandhill Skipper 31 Polites sabuleti

Tawny-edged Skipper 32 Polites themistocles

Dun Skipper 33 Euphyes vestris

Edwards's Skipperling 34 Oarisma edwardsii

Garita Skipperling 35 Oarisma garita

Russet Skipperling 36 Piruna pirus

Northern Cloudywing 37 Thorybes pylades

Silver-spotted Skipper 38 Epargyreus clarus

Funereal Duskywing 11 Erynnis funeralis

Horace's Duskywing 39 Erynnis horatius

Dreamy Duskywing 40 Erynnis icelus

Common Checkered-Skipper 41 Burnsius communis

Common Sootywing 42 Pholisora catullus

Goatweed Leafwing 43 Anaea andria

Weidemeyer's Admiral 44 Limenitis weidemeyerii

Northern Crescent 45 Phyciodes cocyta

Mylitta Crescent 46 Phyciodes mylitta

Painted Crescent 35 Phyciodes picta

Field Crescent 47 Phyciodes pulchella

Pearl Crescent 11 Phyciodes tharos

Gorgone Checkerspot 48 Chlosyne gorgone

Silvery Checkerspot 49 Chlosyne nycteis

Arachne Checkerspot 35 Poladryas arachne

West Coast Lady 50 Vanessa annabella

Red Admiral 51 Vanessa atalanta

Painted Lady 52 Vanessa cardui

American Lady 53 Vanessa virginiensis

Mourning Cloak 54 Nymphalis antiopa

Hoary Comma 55 Polygonia gracilis

Satyr Comma 56 Polygonia satyrus

Milbert's Tortoiseshell 57 Aglais milberti

Common Buckeye 58 Junonia coenia

Gray Buckeye 59 Junonia grisea

Alberta Arctic 60 Oeneis alberta

Small Wood-Nymph 30 Cercyonis oetus

Aphrodite Fritillary 61 Speyeria aphrodite

Edwards's Fritillary 62 Speyeria edwardsii

Northwestern Fritillary 63 Speyeria hesperis

Mormon Fritillary 46 Speyeria mormonia

Variegated Fritillary 64 Euptoieta claudia

Monarch 65 Danaus plexippus

American Snout 66 Libytheana carinenta

Colorado Hairstreak 67 Hypaurotis crysalus

Gray Hairstreak 1 Strymon melinus

Banded Hairstreak 68 Satyrium calanus

Coral Hairstreak 69 Satyrium titus

Juniper Hairstreak 11 Callophrys gryneus