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 ↓

Toltec Potter Wasp 2
Parazumia tolteca
Purbeck Mason Wasp 3
Pseudepipona herrichii
Western Paper Wasp 4
Mischocyttarus flavitarsis
Punctured Tiger Beetle 6
Cicindela punctulata
Purple Tiger Beetle 7
Cicindela purpurea
Cimarron Tiger Beetle 8
Cicindela purpurea cimarrona
Checkered Melon Beetle 12
Paranapiacaba tricincta
Spotted Cucumber Beetle 17
Diabrotica undecimpunctata
Convergent Lady Beetle 18
Hippodamia convergens
Seven-spotted Lady Beetle 16
Coccinella septempunctata
Blue Fungus Beetle 16
Cypherotylus californicus
Ornate Checkered Beetle 23
Trichodes ornatus
Alfalfa Curculio 24
Sitona lineellus
Strawberry Root Weevil 25
Otiorhynchus ovatus
Kern's Flower Scarab 36
Euphoria kernii
Bee-mimic Beetle 37
Trichiotinus assimilis
Cottonwood Stag Beetle 38
Lucanus mazama
Mormon Cricket 39
Anabrus simplex
Green-striped Grasshopper 41
Chortophaga viridifasciata
Coral-winged Grasshopper 42
Pardalophora apiculata
Red-shanked Grasshopper 43
Xanthippus corallipes
Pallid-winged Grasshopper 21
Trimerotropis pallidipennis
Spotted Wing Grasshopper 12
Cordillacris occipitalis
Big-headed Grasshopper 44
Aulocara elliotti
Velvet-striped Grasshopper 33
Eritettix simplex
Harlequin Bug 57
Murgantia histrionica
Conchuela Bug 58
Chlorochroa ligata
Western Conifer Seed Bug 59
Leptoglossus occidentalis
Hyaline Grass Bug 5
Liorhyssus hyalinus
Eastern Boxelder Bug 60
Boisea trivittata
Variegated Meadowhawk 61
Sympetrum corruptum
Striped Meadowhawk 62
Sympetrum pallipes
Common Whitetail 63
Plathemis lydia
Red Rock Skimmer 64
Paltothemis lineatipes
Pale Snaketail 65
Ophiogomphus severus
Blue-eyed Darner 66
Rhionaeschna multicolor
Springwater Dancer 67
Argia plana
Northern Bluet 65
Enallagma annexum
Western Forktail 68
Ischnura perparva
Western Red Damsel 65
Amphiagrion abbreviatum
European Earwig 16
Forficula auricularia

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