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
Enoplognatha ovata is a species of spiders belonging to the family Theridiidae.
Western Black Widow
Latrodectus hesperus, the western black widow spider or western widow, is a venomous spider species found in western regions of North America. The female's body is 14–16 mm (1/2 in) in length and is black, often with an hourglass-shaped red mark on the lower abdomen. This "hourglass" mark can be yellow, and on rare occasions, white. The male of the species is ...more ↓
Tuft-legged Orbweaver
Mangora placida is a species of spider in the family Araneidae, found in North America.
Cat-faced Orbweaver
Araneus gemmoides, commonly known as the jewel spider (a name shared with Austracantha minax) and cat-faced spider (a name shared with Araneus gemma), is a common outdoor orb-weaver spider found in the USA and Canada. They are considered harmless and have low-toxicity venom. A. gemmoides are useful natural predators for insects.
Bowl-and-Doily Spider
The bowl and doily spider (Frontinella communis) is a species of sheet weaver found in North and Central America. It is a small spider, about 4 mm (0.16 in) long, that weaves a fairly complex sheet web system consisting of an inverted dome shaped web, or "bowl", suspended above a horizontal sheet web, or "doily", hence its common name. The spider hangs from the underside of the ...more ↓
Barn Funnel Weaver
The spider species Tegenaria domestica, commonly known as the barn funnel weaver in North America and the domestic house spider in Europe, is a member of the funnel-web family Agelenidae and a close relative of the hobo spider.
Emerton's Wolf Spider
Arctosa emertoni is a species of wolf spiders in the family Lycosidae. It is found in the USA and Canada.
Yellow Sac Spider
Cheiracanthium mildei is a species of spider from the Eutichuridae family. C. mildei is commonly known as the northern yellow sac spider, a name it shares with many other spiders of its genus.
Goldenrod Crab Spider
Misumena vatia is a species of crab spider with holarctic distribution. In North America, where it is the largest and best-known flower spider, it is called the goldenrod crab spider or flower (crab) spider, because it is commonly found hunting in goldenrod sprays in the autumn. Young males in the early summer may be quite small and easily overlooked, but females ...more ↓
Striped Bark Scorpion
The striped bark scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) is an extremely common scorpion found throughout the midsection of the United States and northern Mexico. It is perhaps the most frequently encountered scorpion in the U.S.
Eugnosta mexicana
Eugnosta mexicana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah.
Oblique-banded Leafroller Moth
Choristoneura rosaceana, the oblique banded leaf roller or rosaceous leaf roller, is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is native to North America, but has been accidentally introduced into other parts of the world.
White-lined Sphinx
Hyles lineata, also known as the white-lined sphinx or hummingbird moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. They are sometimes referred to as the hummingbird moth because of their bird-like size (2-3 inch wingspan) and flight patterns.
Rocky Mountain Clearwing
The Rocky Mountain clearwing or California clearwing (Hemaris thetis) is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Colorado, New Mexico, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and Utah west to California and north to British Columbia. The habitat consists of streamsides and meadows in mountainous areas.
Asellus Sphinx
Sphinx asellus (asellus sphinx moth) is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from pinyon-juniper woodland and similar arid areas in Colorado, Nevada, Utah, extreme south-western Wyoming, Arizona, New Mexico and south-western Texas.
Great Ash Sphinx
Sphinx chersis (great ash sphinx, northern ash sphinx) is a moth that belongs to the family Sphingidae.
Doll's Sphinx
Sphinx dollii (Doll's sphinx moth) is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from arid brushlands and desert foothills from Nevada and southern California east through Utah, Arizona, Colorado, and from New Mexico to Oklahoma and Texas.
Small-eyed Sphinx
Paonias myops (small-eyed sphinx) is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from south-eastern Canada to Florida and westward almost to the Pacific Coast. It is also known from Mexico.
Pandora Pinemoth
The Pandora moth or Pandora pinemoth, Coloradia pandora, is an insect belonging to the Coloradia genus of moths. It is native to the western United States. The larvae of the Pandora moth feed on the foliage of several species of pine trees, including the lodgepole, Jeffrey, and ponderosa pines. The larvae populations sometimes reach high enough levels to cause ...more ↓
Range Caterpillar Moth
Hemileuca oliviae, the range caterpillar, is a species of insect in the family of moths known as Saturniidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Io Moth
Automeris io (Io moth) is a colorful North American moth in the family Saturniidae. It ranges from the southeast corner of Manitoba and in the southern extremes of Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick in Canada, and in the US it is found from Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, east of those states and down to the southern end ...more ↓
Black Swallowtail
Papilio polyxenes, the (eastern) black swallowtail, American swallowtail or parsnip swallowtail, is a butterfly found throughout much of North America. It is the state butterfly of Oklahoma and New Jersey. An extremely similar-appearing species, Papilio joanae, occurs in the Ozark Mountains region, but it appears to be closely related to ...more ↓
Two-tailed Swallowtail
Papilio multicaudata, the two-tailed swallowtail, is a species of the family Papilionidae found in western North America from British Columbia to Central America.
Western Tiger Swallowtail
Papilio rutulus, the western tiger swallowtail, is a common swallowtail butterfly of western North America, frequently seen in urban parks and gardens, as well as in rural woodlands and riparian areas. It is a member of the Papilio genus, of which Papilio appalachiensis and Papilio xuthus are also members. It is a large, brightly colored and active ...more ↓
Orange-headed Roadside-Skipper
Amblyscirtes phylace (the orange-headed roadside-skipper or red-headed roadside skipper) is a species of butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and western Texas to Mexico.
Taxiles Skipper
Poanes taxiles, the taxiles skipper, is a species of grass skipper in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Green Skipper
Hesperia viridis, the green skipper, is a species of grass skipper in the family of butterflies known as Hesperiidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Sandhill Skipper
Polites sabuleti, the sandhill skipper or saltgrass skipper, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found from southern British Columbia and eastern Washington, south through California and northern Arizona to Baja California and east to south-eastern Wyoming, central Colorado, and north-eastern New Mexico. It is an introduced species in Hawaii.
Tawny-edged Skipper
Polites themistocles, the tawny-edged skipper, is a North American butterfly in the family Hesperiidae.
Dun Skipper
Euphyes vestris, the dun skipper, sedge witch or dun sedge skipper, is a species of butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in North America from Nova Scotia west across southern Canada to southern Alberta, south to Florida, the Gulf Coast and eastern Texas. There are disjunct populations in the High Plains and Rocky Mountains and along the Pacific ...more ↓
Garita Skipperling
Oarisma garita, the Garita skipperling, western skipperling or Garita skipper, is a North American butterfly in the family Hesperiidae (skippers), subfamily Hesperiinae (grass skippers). This skipper ranges southeastern Manitoba to British Columbia and south through the American Midwest as far south as Mexico.
Northern Cloudywing
Thorybes pylades, the northern cloudywing, is a species of the Hesperiidae family.
Silver-spotted Skipper
Epargyreus clarus, the silver-spotted skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is claimed to be the most recognized skipper in North America. E. clarus occurs in fields, gardens, and at forest edges and ranges from southern Canada throughout most of the United States to northern Mexico, but is absent in the Great Basin and western Texas.
Funereal Duskywing
Erynnis funeralis, the funereal duskywing, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from southern California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, south to Argentina and Chile. Strays can be found north up to northern Illinois, north-eastern Nebraska, central Colorado, southern Nevada and central California.
Horace's Duskywing
Erynnis horatius, the Horace's duskywing, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Massachusetts, west to eastern South Dakota, south through most of the eastern United States to Florida, the Gulf Coast, and southern Texas, south in the west through south-eastern Utah, Colorado, north-eastern Arizona, and New Mexico.
Dreamy Duskywing
Erynnis icelus, the dreamy duskywing or aspen dusky wing, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in boreal North America, from the Northwest Territories east across southern Canada to Nova Scotia, south in the western mountains to southern Arizona and southern New Mexico, south in the east to Arkansas, north-eastern Alabama and northern Georgia.
Common Sootywing
Pholisora catullus, the common sootywing or roadside rambler, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from the central parts of the United States, south to central Mexico. Strays may colonize up to southern British Columbia, northern Michigan, southern Quebec and southern Maine. It is not found on peninsular Florida.
Goatweed Leafwing
Anaea andria, known generally as the goatweed leafwing or goatweed butterfly, is a species of leafwing in the family of butterflies known as Nymphalidae. It is found in North America.
Weidemeyer's Admiral
Limenitis weidemeyerii, or Weidemeyer's admiral, is a butterfly from the Nymphalinae subfamily, found in western North America.
Northern Crescent
Phyciodes cocyta, the northern crescent, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the Nearctic realm.
Mylitta Crescent
Phyciodes mylitta, the Mylitta crescent or Mylitta crescentspot, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in western North America.
Painted Crescent
Phyciodes picta, the painted crescent, is a species of crescents, checkerspots, anglewings, etc. in the family of butterflies known as Nymphalidae. It is found in North America.
Field Crescent
Phyciodes pulchella, the field crescent, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the Nearctic realm.
Pearl Crescent
The pearl crescent (Phyciodes tharos) is a butterfly of North America. It is found in all parts of the United States except the west coast, and throughout Mexico and parts of southern Canada, in particular Ontario. Its habitat is open areas such as pastures, road edges, vacant lots, fields, open pine woods. Its pattern is quite variable. Males usually have black antenna knobs. ...more ↓
Gorgone Checkerspot
Chlosyne gorgone, the gorgone checkerspot, is a species of Nymphalinae butterfly that occurs in North America.
Silvery Checkerspot
Chlosyne nycteis, the silvery checkerspot, is a species of Nymphalinae butterfly that occurs in North America. It is listed as a species of special concern and believed extirpated in the US state of Connecticut.
Arachne Checkerspot
Poladryas arachne, the arachne checkerspot, is a species of crescents, checkerspots, anglewings, etc. in the butterfly family Nymphalidae.
West Coast Lady
The West Coast lady (Vanessa annabella) is one of three North American species of brush-footed butterflies known colloquially as the "painted ladies". V. annabella occurs throughout much of the western US and southwestern Canada. The other two species are the cosmopolitan Vanessa cardui (painted lady) and the eastern Vanessa virginiensis (American painted ...more ↓
Red Admiral
Vanessa atalanta, the red admiral or previously, the red admirable,is a well-characterized, medium-sized butterfly with black wings, orange bands, and white spots. It has a wingspan of about 2 inches (5 cm). It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. The red admiral is widely distributed across temperate regions of ...more ↓
Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui is a well-known colorful butterfly, known as the painted lady, or in North America as the cosmopolitan. This butterfly has a strange habit of flying in a sort of screw shape.
American Lady
The American painted lady or American lady (Vanessa virginiensis) is a butterfly found throughout North America.
Mourning Cloak
Nymphalis antiopa, known as the mourning cloak in North America and the Camberwell beauty in Britain, is a large butterfly native to Eurasia and North America.
Hoary Comma
The hoary comma (Polygonia gracilis) is a species of butterfly, common in boreal North America from Alaska, across southern Canada to New England and the Maritime Provinces and south to New Mexico from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. The wings have a distinctive ragged edge.
Satyr Comma
Polygonia satyrus, the satyr comma, is a North American butterfly of the nymphalid family. It is primarily found in western Canada, where it is locally common. It bears a resemblance to Polygonia comma, the eastern comma, with which it is frequently confused.
Milbert's Tortoiseshell
Aglais milberti, the fire-rim tortoiseshell or Milbert's tortoiseshell, is the only species of Aglais that occurs in North America.
Gray Buckeye
Junonia grisea, the gray buckeye or grey buckeye, is a species in the butterfly family Nymphalidae. It is found in North America, west of the Rocky Mountains. Like the common buckeye, the gray buckeye is a brown butterfly with eyespots on its wings that distract predators from its body.
Alberta Arctic
Oeneis alberta, the Alberta Arctic, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found from the Canadian prairie provinces east to southern Manitoba. Isolated populations are found along the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona.
Small Wood-Nymph
Cercyonis oetus, the small wood-nymph or dark wood-nymph, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in western North America.
Aphrodite Fritillary
The Aphrodite fritillary (Speyeria aphrodite) is a fritillary butterfly, from North America.
Edwards's Fritillary
Speyeria edwardsii, the Edwards' fritillary, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family of North America. It is common from Alberta west to Manitoba and south as far as northern New Mexico.
Northwestern Fritillary
Speyeria hesperis, the northwestern fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the northwestern United States and western Canada, as far east as Manitoba and the Dakotas.
Mormon Fritillary
Speyeria Mormonia, commonly known as the Mormon Fritillary, is a North American butterfly belonging to the family Nymphalidae. It is highly diverse, having differentiated into several subspecies which occupy a wide geographic range. Furthermore, S. mormonia exhibit extreme protandry, or the emergence of male adults before female adults; this has several consequences on ...more ↓
Variegated Fritillary
Euptoieta claudia, the variegated fritillary, is a North and South American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. Even though the variegated fritillary has some very different characteristics from the Speyeria fritillaries, it is still closely related to them. Some of the differences are: variegated fritillaries have two or three broods per year vs. one per year in ...more ↓
Monarch
The monarch butterfly or simply monarch (Danaus plexippus) is a milkweed butterfly (subfamily Danainae) in the family Nymphalidae. Other common names depending on region include milkweed, common tiger, wanderer, and black veined brown. It may be the most familiar North American butterfly, and is considered an iconic pollinator species. Its ...more ↓
American Snout
The American snout or common snout butterfly (Libytheana carinenta) is a member of the Libytheinae subfamily, in the brush-footed butterfly family Nymphalidae. This species is found in both North and South America. The larval host plants are Celtis species on which the eggs are laid singly. Massive migrations of this species often attract attention in the Texas and ...more ↓
Colorado Hairstreak
The Colorado hairstreak (Hypaurotis crysalus) is a montane butterfly native to oak scrubland in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It was designated the state insect of Colorado in 1996. It is the only species in the genus Hypaurotis.
Gray Hairstreak
The gray hairstreak (Strymon melinus) is one of the most common hairstreaks in North America, ranging over nearly the entire continent. It occurs also throughout Central America and in northern South America.
Coral Hairstreak
Satyrium titus, the coral hairstreak, is a North American butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.
Juniper Hairstreak
Callophrys gryneus, the juniper hairstreak or olive hairstreak, is a butterfly native to North America. It belongs in the family Lycaenidae.
Holarctic Azures
Celastrina is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae found in the Palearctic, Nearctic, Indomalayan and Australasian realms.
Silvery Blue
Glaucopsyche lygdamus, the silvery blue, is a small butterfly native to North America. Its upperside is a light blue in males and a dull grayish blue in females. The underside is gray with a single row of round spots of differing sizes depending upon the region.
Central Blue
Euphilotes centralis, the central blue, is a species of blue in the family of butterflies known as Lycaenidae. It is found in North America.
Western Pygmy-Blue
The western pygmy blue (Brephidium exilis or Brephidium exile) is one of the smallest butterflies in the world and the smallest in North America. It has reached Hawaii, as well as the Persian Gulf, including eastern Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. Upperside copper brown with dull blue at the bases of both wings. Underside of hindwing is copper brown ...more ↓
Marine Blue
Leptotes marina, the marine blue or striped blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in from South America through Mexico up to Southern Texas, Arizona and California.
Reakirt's Blue
Hemiargus isola, the Reakirt's blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Central America and the extreme southern U.S. Hemiargus isola migrates regularly throughout most of the U.S. almost to the Canada–United States border, and very rarely into the southern prairies.
Boisduval's Blue
Aricia icarioides, or Boisduval's blue, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family found in North America.
Lupine Blue
Aricia lupini, the lupine blue, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found from south-western Canada, south through much of mountainous and intermountain western United States and high plains to northern Mexico.
Cloudless Sulphur
Phoebis sennae, the cloudless sulphur or cloudless giant sulphur, is a mid-sized butterfly in the family Pieridae found in the New World. There are several similar species such as the yellow angled-sulphur (Anteos maerula), which has angled wings, statira sulphur (Aphrissa statira), and other sulphurs, which are much smaller.
Dainty Sulphur
Nathalis iole, the dainty sulphur or dwarf yellow, is a North American butterfly in the family Pieridae.
Orange Sulphur
Colias eurytheme, the orange sulphur, also known as the alfalfa butterfly and in its larval stage as the alfalfa caterpillar, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae, where it belongs to the lowland group of "clouded yellows and sulphurs" subfamily Coliadinae. It is found throughout North America from southern Canada to Mexico, but is absent from the central ...more ↓
Clouded Sulphur
Colias philodice, the common sulphur or clouded sulphur, is a North American butterfly in the family Pieridae, subfamily Coliadinae.
Sleepy Orange
Eurema nicippe, the sleepy orange, is a North American butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is also found in the West Indies, Costa Rica and Belize.
Pine White
Neophasia menapia, the pine white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the western United States and in southern British Columbia, Canada.
Western White
Pontia occidentalis, the western white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Western North America.
Checkered White
Pontia protodice, the checkered white or southern cabbage butterfly, is a common North American butterfly in the family Pieridae. Its green larva is a type of cabbage worm.
Mormon Metalmark
Apodemia mormo (Mormon metalmark) is a principally Nearctic butterfly in the family Riodinidae. It is a particularly fascinating species for ecological and evolutionary research, as evidenced by its shifting taxonomic classifications. Conflicting observations of host plants utilized, distinctive morphologies, and a wide range of occupied habitats have prompted ...more ↓
Artichoke Plume Moth
Platyptilia carduidactyla (artichoke plume moth) is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in North America, from Mexico north into the United States.
Toothed Somberwing
The Toothed Somberwing (Euclidia cuspidea) is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found from Quebec west to western Alberta, north to the Northwest Territories and south to the Gulf of Mexico.
