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 ↓

Sleepy Orange ¹
Abaeis nicippe

Striped Cucumber Beetle ²
Acalymma vittatum

Hedgehog Fly ³
Adejeania vexatrix

Plains Floodwater Mosquito ⁴
Aedes trivittatus

Club-horned Grasshopper ⁵
Aeropedellus clavatus

Striped Sweat Bees ⁶
Agapostemon

Milbert's Tortoiseshell ⁷
Aglais milberti

Venerable Dart ⁸
Agrotis venerabilis

Oblique Stripetail ⁹
Allograpta obliqua

Orange-headed Roadside-Skipper ¹⁰
Amblyscirtes phylace

Western Red Damsel ¹¹
Amphiagrion abbreviatum

Mormon Cricket ¹²
Anabrus simplex

Goatweed Leafwing ¹³
Anaea andria

Common Gray ¹⁴
Anavitrinella pampinaria

Ancistrocerus tuberculocephalus ¹⁵

Rocky Mountain Digger Bee ¹⁶
Anthophora montana

Yellow-headed Cutworm Moth ¹⁷
Apamea amputatrix

Apantesis f-pallida ¹⁸

Apantesis incorrupta ¹⁹

Oleander Aphid ⁴
Aphis nerii

Apiomerus montanus ²⁰

Western Honey Bee ²¹
Apis mellifera

Apodemia mejicanus pueblo ²²

Mormon Metalmark ²³
Apodemia mormo

Aquarius remigis ²⁴

Painted Tiger Moth ²⁵
Arachnis picta

Cat-faced Orbweaver ²⁶
Araneus gemmoides

Emerton's Wolf Spider ²⁷
Arctosa emertoni

Springwater Dancer ²⁸
Argia plana

Argyresthia inscriptella ²⁹

Speckle-Winged Rangeland Grasshopper ³⁰
Arphia conspersa

Golden Sweat Bee ³¹
Augochlorella aurata

Big-headed Grasshopper ³²
Aulocara elliotti

Io Moth ³³
Automeris io

Batyle ignicollis ³⁴

Bicyrtes ventralis ³⁵

Bent-winged Owlet ³⁶
Bleptina caradrinalis

Eastern Boxelder Bug ³⁷
Boisea trivittata

White-shouldered Bumble Bee ¹⁶
Bombus appositus

Great Basin Bumble Bee ³⁸
Bombus centralis

Hunt's Bumble Bee ³⁹
Bombus huntii

Nevada Bumble Bee ⁴⁰
Bombus nevadensis

Greater Bee Fly ⁴¹
Bombylius major

Clover Leaf Weevil ⁴²
Brachypera zoilus

Western Pygmy-Blue ⁴³
Brephidium exilis

Bruceia pulverina ⁴⁴

Bruchomorpha dorsata ⁴⁵

Bryolymnia semifascia ⁴⁶

Common Checkered-Skipper ⁴⁷
Burnsius communis

Common Cactus Dodger ¹⁷
Cacama valvata

Gray Scoopwing ⁴⁸
Callizzia amorata

Juniper Hairstreak ⁴⁹
Callophrys gryneus

Camptoprosopella dolorosa ⁴⁴

Civil Rustic Moth ⁵⁰
Caradrina montana

Holarctic Azures ⁵¹
Celastrina

Striped Bark Scorpion ⁴⁹
Centruroides vittatus

Ceratocapsus apicatus ⁴

Small Wood-Nymph ⁵²
Cercyonis oetus

Nearctic Blue Mud-dauber Wasp ⁵³
Chalybion californicum

Yellow Sac Spider ⁵⁴
Cheiracanthium mildei

Conchuela Bug ⁵⁵
Chlorochroa ligata

Chlorosea roseitacta ²⁹

Gorgone Checkerspot ⁵⁶
Chlosyne gorgone

Silvery Checkerspot ⁵⁷
Chlosyne nycteis

Oblique-banded Leafroller Moth ⁵³
Choristoneura rosaceana

Green-striped Grasshopper ⁵⁸
Chortophaga viridifasciata

Chrysopa coloradensis ⁵⁹

Chrysops fulvaster ³⁹

Topiary Grass-veneer ⁶⁰
Chrysoteuchia topiarius

Punctured Tiger Beetle ⁶¹
Cicindela punctulata

Purple Tiger Beetle ⁶²
Cicindela purpurea

Cimarron Tiger Beetle ⁶³
Cicindela purpurea cimarrona

Clastoptera doeringae ⁶⁴

Seven-spotted Lady Beetle ²
Coccinella septempunctata

Cochisea rigidaria ⁴⁶

Cochisea sonomensis ¹⁴

Coleothorpa vittigera ³⁹

Orange Sulphur ⁶⁵
Colias eurytheme

Clouded Sulphur ⁶⁶
Colias philodice

Pandora Pinemoth ⁶⁷
Coloradia pandora

Spotted Wing Grasshopper ³⁹
Cordillacris occipitalis

Cosmopepla decorata ⁴⁴

Yellow-headed Lichen Moth ⁶⁸
Crambidia cephalica

Veined Ctenucha Moth ⁶⁹
Ctenucha venosa

Cucullia dorsalis ⁷⁰

Blue Fungus Beetle ²
Cypherotylus californicus

Monarch ⁷¹
Danaus plexippus

Wheat Head Armyworm ⁷²
Dargida diffusa

Dasymutilla vestita ⁷³

Deleaster trimaculatus ⁴⁴

Spotted Cucumber Beetle ⁷⁴
Diabrotica undecimpunctata

Dicaelus sculptilis ⁷⁵

Curve-lined Angle ⁷⁶
Digrammia continuata

Shaded Granite Moth ²⁵
Digrammia curvata

Three-spotted Flea Beetle ⁷⁷
Disonycha triangularis

Paler Graphic ⁷⁸
Drasteria pallescens

Reakirt's Blue ⁷⁹
Echinargus isola

Ectemnius sonorensis ⁸⁰

Eleodes obscura ⁸¹

Ellychnia flavicollis ¹⁸

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Arthropods of Fishers Peak State Park

Sleepy Orange 1 Abaeis nicippe

Striped Cucumber Beetle 2 Acalymma vittatum

Hedgehog Fly 3 Adejeania vexatrix

Plains Floodwater Mosquito 4 Aedes trivittatus

Club-horned Grasshopper 5 Aeropedellus clavatus

Striped Sweat Bees 6 Agapostemon

Milbert's Tortoiseshell 7 Aglais milberti

Venerable Dart 8 Agrotis venerabilis

Oblique Stripetail 9 Allograpta obliqua

Orange-headed Roadside-Skipper 10 Amblyscirtes phylace

Western Red Damsel 11 Amphiagrion abbreviatum

Mormon Cricket 12 Anabrus simplex

Goatweed Leafwing 13 Anaea andria

Common Gray 14 Anavitrinella pampinaria

Rocky Mountain Digger Bee 16 Anthophora montana

Yellow-headed Cutworm Moth 17 Apamea amputatrix

Oleander Aphid 4 Aphis nerii

Western Honey Bee 21 Apis mellifera

Mormon Metalmark 23 Apodemia mormo

Painted Tiger Moth 25 Arachnis picta

Cat-faced Orbweaver 26 Araneus gemmoides

Emerton's Wolf Spider 27 Arctosa emertoni

Springwater Dancer 28 Argia plana

Speckle-Winged Rangeland Grasshopper 30 Arphia conspersa

Golden Sweat Bee 31 Augochlorella aurata

Big-headed Grasshopper 32 Aulocara elliotti

Io Moth 33 Automeris io

Bent-winged Owlet 36 Bleptina caradrinalis

Eastern Boxelder Bug 37 Boisea trivittata

White-shouldered Bumble Bee 16 Bombus appositus

Great Basin Bumble Bee 38 Bombus centralis

Hunt's Bumble Bee 39 Bombus huntii

Nevada Bumble Bee 40 Bombus nevadensis

Greater Bee Fly 41 Bombylius major

Clover Leaf Weevil 42 Brachypera zoilus

Western Pygmy-Blue 43 Brephidium exilis

Common Checkered-Skipper 47 Burnsius communis

Common Cactus Dodger 17 Cacama valvata

Gray Scoopwing 48 Callizzia amorata

Juniper Hairstreak 49 Callophrys gryneus

Civil Rustic Moth 50 Caradrina montana

Holarctic Azures 51 Celastrina

Striped Bark Scorpion 49 Centruroides vittatus

Small Wood-Nymph 52 Cercyonis oetus

Nearctic Blue Mud-dauber Wasp 53 Chalybion californicum

Yellow Sac Spider 54 Cheiracanthium mildei

Conchuela Bug 55 Chlorochroa ligata

Gorgone Checkerspot 56 Chlosyne gorgone

Silvery Checkerspot 57 Chlosyne nycteis

Oblique-banded Leafroller Moth 53 Choristoneura rosaceana

Green-striped Grasshopper 58 Chortophaga viridifasciata

Topiary Grass-veneer 60 Chrysoteuchia topiarius

Punctured Tiger Beetle 61 Cicindela punctulata

Purple Tiger Beetle 62 Cicindela purpurea

Cimarron Tiger Beetle 63 Cicindela purpurea cimarrona

Seven-spotted Lady Beetle 2 Coccinella septempunctata

Orange Sulphur 65 Colias eurytheme

Clouded Sulphur 66 Colias philodice

Pandora Pinemoth 67 Coloradia pandora

Spotted Wing Grasshopper 39 Cordillacris occipitalis

Yellow-headed Lichen Moth 68 Crambidia cephalica

Veined Ctenucha Moth 69 Ctenucha venosa

Blue Fungus Beetle 2 Cypherotylus californicus

Monarch 71 Danaus plexippus

Wheat Head Armyworm 72 Dargida diffusa

Spotted Cucumber Beetle 74 Diabrotica undecimpunctata

Curve-lined Angle 76 Digrammia continuata

Shaded Granite Moth 25 Digrammia curvata

Three-spotted Flea Beetle 77 Disonycha triangularis

Paler Graphic 78 Drasteria pallescens

Reakirt's Blue 79 Echinargus isola