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 ↓

Graphocephala uhleri ¹

Common Cactus Dodger ²
Cacama valvata

Okanagana hesperia ³

Clastoptera doeringae ⁴

Prairie Spittlebug ⁵
Philaenarcys bilineata

Bruchomorpha dorsata ⁶

Oleander Aphid ⁷
Aphis nerii

Phymata fasciata ⁸

Apiomerus montanus ⁹

Masked Hunter ¹⁰
Reduvius personatus

Four-lined Plant Bug ¹¹
Poecilocapsus lineatus

Ceratocapsus apicatus ⁷

Aquarius remigis ¹²

Charcoal Seed Bug ¹³
Melacoryphus lateralis

Small Milkweed Bug ¹⁴
Lygaeus kalmii

Melanopleurus tener ³

Cosmopepla decorata ¹⁵

Red-shouldered Stink Bug ⁸
Thyanta custator

Harlequin Bug ¹⁶
Murgantia histrionica

Conchuela Bug ¹⁷
Chlorochroa ligata

Western Conifer Seed Bug ¹⁸
Leptoglossus occidentalis

Hyaline Grass Bug ¹⁹
Liorhyssus hyalinus

Eastern Boxelder Bug ²⁰
Boisea trivittata

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Arthropods of Fishers Peak State Park

Common Cactus Dodger 2 Cacama valvata

Prairie Spittlebug 5 Philaenarcys bilineata

Oleander Aphid 7 Aphis nerii

Masked Hunter 10 Reduvius personatus

Four-lined Plant Bug 11 Poecilocapsus lineatus

Charcoal Seed Bug 13 Melacoryphus lateralis

Small Milkweed Bug 14 Lygaeus kalmii

Red-shouldered Stink Bug 8 Thyanta custator

Harlequin Bug 16 Murgantia histrionica

Conchuela Bug 17 Chlorochroa ligata

Western Conifer Seed Bug 18 Leptoglossus occidentalis

Hyaline Grass Bug 19 Liorhyssus hyalinus

Eastern Boxelder Bug 20 Boisea trivittata