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Insects of Golden Gate Canyon State Park

Golden Gate Canyon State Park lies approximately 25 miles west of downtown Denver in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. The park consists of 11,700 acres that lies across the boundary between the western edge of Jefferson County and the eastern edge of Gilpin County. Elevations range between ...more ↓

Fall Webworm Moth ¹
Hyphantria cunea

Ruby Tiger Moth ²
Phragmatobia fuliginosa

California Tiger Moth ³
Leptarctia californiae

Virginian Tiger Moth ⁴
Spilosoma virginica

Many-spotted Tiger Moth ⁵
Hypercompe permaculata

Painted Tiger Moth ⁶
Arachnis picta

Parthenice Tiger Moth ⁷
Apantesis parthenice

Phyllira Tiger Moth ⁸
Apantesis phyllira

Williams' Tiger Moth ⁵
Apantesis williamsii

Wood Tiger ⁹
Parasemia plantaginis

St. Lawrence Tiger Moth ¹⁰
Arctia parthenos

Police Car Moth ¹¹
Gnophaela vermiculata

Ctenucha cressonana ¹²

Oregon Cycnia Moth ⁸
Cycnia oregonensis

Grote's Bertholdia Moth ¹³
Bertholdia trigona

Clio Tiger Moth ¹⁴
Ectypia clio

Red-banded Aemilia ¹⁵
Aemilia ambigua

Lophocampa ingens ⁵

Spotted Tussock Moth ⁴
Lophocampa maculata

Bicolored Moth ¹⁶
Eilema bicolor

Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth ¹⁷
Hypoprepia miniata

Lycomorpha grotei ⁸

Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth ¹⁷
Lycomorpha pholus

Cisthene barnesii ⁸

Bruceia pulverina ¹²

Zigzag Furcula Moth ⁴
Furcula scolopendrina

White-dotted Prominent ⁴
Nadata gibbosa

Morning-glory Prominent ⁴
Schizura ipomoeae

Unicorn Prominent ¹⁸
Schizura unicornis

Sigmoid Prominent Moth ¹⁹
Clostera albosigma

Small Dark Yellow Underwing ²⁰
Coranarta luteola

Schinia chrysella ¹⁷

Silver-banded Gem Moth ⁸
Schinia cumatilis

Schinia errans ⁸

Clouded Crimson Moth ²¹
Schinia gaurae

Schinia grandimedia ²²

Hulst's Flower Moth ²³
Schinia hulstia

Jaguar Flower Moth ⁸
Schinia jaguarina

Gaillardia Moth ²⁴
Schinia masoni

Schinia obliqua ¹²

Schinia snowi ⁸

Schinia tertia ²⁵

Painted Schinia Moth ²⁶
Schinia volupia

Hübner's Pero Moth ²⁷
Pero ancetaria

Black-banded Orange Moth ²⁸
Epelis truncataria

White Spring Moth ²⁹
Lomographa vestaliata

Poison Hemlock Moth ³⁰
Agonopterix alstroemeriana

Mountain-mahogany Moth ⁸
Ethmia discostrigella

Ethmia semitenebrella ⁵

Gray Ethmia Moth ⁸
Ethmia monticola

Western Tent Caterpillar Moth ⁵
Malacosoma californica

Lettered Habrosyne Moth ⁴
Habrosyne scripta

Dasymutilla vestita ³¹

White-shouldered Bumble Bee ³²
Bombus appositus

Red-belted Bumble Bee ¹⁰
Bombus rufocinctus

Great Basin Bumble Bee ³³
Bombus centralis

Hunt's Bumble Bee ³⁴
Bombus huntii

Fuzzy-Horned Bumble Bee ³⁵
Bombus mixtus

Colorado Black-notched Bumble Bee ³⁶
Bombus bifarius

Western Honey Bee ³⁷
Apis mellifera

Green Small-Mason ³⁴
Hoplitis fulgida

Parasitic Aerial Yellowjacket ³⁸
Dolichovespula arctica

Common Aerial Yellowjacket ³⁹
Dolichovespula arenaria

Spiny leaf gall wasp ⁴⁰
Diplolepis polita

Elm Sawfly ⁴¹
Cimbex americanus

Punctured Tiger Beetle ⁴²
Cicindela punctulata

Common Claybank Tiger Beetle ⁴³
Cicindela limbalis

Boreal Long-lipped Tiger Beetle ⁴⁴
Cicindela longilabris

Seven-spotted Lady Beetle ⁴⁵
Coccinella septempunctata

Nuttall's blister beetle ⁴⁶
Lytta nuttalli

Blue Fungus Beetle ⁴⁵
Cypherotylus californicus

Ornate Checkered Beetle ⁴⁷
Trichodes ornatus

Neospondylis upiformis ⁴⁸

Spotted Pine Sawyer ⁴⁹
Monochamus clamator

White-spotted Sawyer Beetle ⁵⁰
Monochamus scutellatus

Colorado Soldier Beetle ⁵¹
Chauliognathus basalis

Western Sculptured Pine Borer ⁵²
Chalcophora angulicollis

Golden Buprestid Beetle ⁵³
Buprestis aurulenta

Bumble Flower Beetle ⁵⁴
Euphoria inda

Bee-mimic Beetle ¹⁰
Trichiotinus assimilis

Speckle-winged Rangeland Grasshopper ⁵⁵
Arphia conspersa

Clear-winged Grasshopper ¹⁰
Camnula pellucida

Crackling Forest Grasshopper ²⁹
Trimerotropis verruculata

Putnam's Cicada ³⁴
Platypedia putnami

Okanagana fratercula ⁵⁶

Douglas Fir Adelgid ⁵⁷
Adelges cooleyi

Small Milkweed Bug ⁵⁸
Lygaeus kalmii

Red-shouldered Stink Bug ⁵⁹
Thyanta custator

Western Conifer Seed Bug ⁶⁰
Leptoglossus occidentalis

Harmostes reflexulus ⁶¹

Variegated Meadowhawk ⁶²
Sympetrum corruptum

Common Green Darner ⁶³
Anax junius

Paddle-tailed Darner ⁶²
Aeshna palmata

Western Forktail ⁶⁴
Ischnura perparva

Willow Pinecone Gall Midge ⁶⁵
Rabdophaga strobiloides

Large-tailed Aphideater ¹⁸
Eupeodes volucris

Narrow-banded Pond Fly ¹⁰
Sericomyia militaris

Hedgehog Fly ⁶⁶
Adejeania vexatrix

Sunflower Seed Maggot ⁶⁷
Neotephritis finalis

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Insects of Golden Gate Canyon State Park

Fall Webworm Moth 1 Hyphantria cunea

Ruby Tiger Moth 2 Phragmatobia fuliginosa

California Tiger Moth 3 Leptarctia californiae

Virginian Tiger Moth 4 Spilosoma virginica

Many-spotted Tiger Moth 5 Hypercompe permaculata

Painted Tiger Moth 6 Arachnis picta

Parthenice Tiger Moth 7 Apantesis parthenice

Phyllira Tiger Moth 8 Apantesis phyllira

Williams' Tiger Moth 5 Apantesis williamsii

Wood Tiger 9 Parasemia plantaginis

St. Lawrence Tiger Moth 10 Arctia parthenos

Police Car Moth 11 Gnophaela vermiculata

Oregon Cycnia Moth 8 Cycnia oregonensis

Grote's Bertholdia Moth 13 Bertholdia trigona

Clio Tiger Moth 14 Ectypia clio

Red-banded Aemilia 15 Aemilia ambigua

Spotted Tussock Moth 4 Lophocampa maculata

Bicolored Moth 16 Eilema bicolor

Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth 17 Hypoprepia miniata

Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth 17 Lycomorpha pholus

Zigzag Furcula Moth 4 Furcula scolopendrina

White-dotted Prominent 4 Nadata gibbosa

Morning-glory Prominent 4 Schizura ipomoeae

Unicorn Prominent 18 Schizura unicornis

Sigmoid Prominent Moth 19 Clostera albosigma

Small Dark Yellow Underwing 20 Coranarta luteola

Silver-banded Gem Moth 8 Schinia cumatilis

Clouded Crimson Moth 21 Schinia gaurae

Hulst's Flower Moth 23 Schinia hulstia

Jaguar Flower Moth 8 Schinia jaguarina

Gaillardia Moth 24 Schinia masoni

Painted Schinia Moth 26 Schinia volupia

Hübner's Pero Moth 27 Pero ancetaria

Black-banded Orange Moth 28 Epelis truncataria

White Spring Moth 29 Lomographa vestaliata

Poison Hemlock Moth 30 Agonopterix alstroemeriana

Mountain-mahogany Moth 8 Ethmia discostrigella

Gray Ethmia Moth 8 Ethmia monticola

Western Tent Caterpillar Moth 5 Malacosoma californica

Lettered Habrosyne Moth 4 Habrosyne scripta

White-shouldered Bumble Bee 32 Bombus appositus

Red-belted Bumble Bee 10 Bombus rufocinctus

Great Basin Bumble Bee 33 Bombus centralis

Hunt's Bumble Bee 34 Bombus huntii

Fuzzy-Horned Bumble Bee 35 Bombus mixtus

Colorado Black-notched Bumble Bee 36 Bombus bifarius

Western Honey Bee 37 Apis mellifera

Green Small-Mason 34 Hoplitis fulgida

Parasitic Aerial Yellowjacket 38 Dolichovespula arctica

Common Aerial Yellowjacket 39 Dolichovespula arenaria

Spiny leaf gall wasp 40 Diplolepis polita

Elm Sawfly 41 Cimbex americanus

Punctured Tiger Beetle 42 Cicindela punctulata

Common Claybank Tiger Beetle 43 Cicindela limbalis

Boreal Long-lipped Tiger Beetle 44 Cicindela longilabris

Seven-spotted Lady Beetle 45 Coccinella septempunctata

Nuttall's blister beetle 46 Lytta nuttalli

Blue Fungus Beetle 45 Cypherotylus californicus

Ornate Checkered Beetle 47 Trichodes ornatus

Spotted Pine Sawyer 49 Monochamus clamator

White-spotted Sawyer Beetle 50 Monochamus scutellatus

Colorado Soldier Beetle 51 Chauliognathus basalis

Western Sculptured Pine Borer 52 Chalcophora angulicollis

Golden Buprestid Beetle 53 Buprestis aurulenta

Bumble Flower Beetle 54 Euphoria inda

Bee-mimic Beetle 10 Trichiotinus assimilis

Speckle-winged Rangeland Grasshopper 55 Arphia conspersa

Clear-winged Grasshopper 10 Camnula pellucida

Crackling Forest Grasshopper 29 Trimerotropis verruculata

Putnam's Cicada 34 Platypedia putnami

Douglas Fir Adelgid 57 Adelges cooleyi

Small Milkweed Bug 58 Lygaeus kalmii

Red-shouldered Stink Bug 59 Thyanta custator

Western Conifer Seed Bug 60 Leptoglossus occidentalis

Variegated Meadowhawk 62 Sympetrum corruptum

Common Green Darner 63 Anax junius

Paddle-tailed Darner 62 Aeshna palmata

Western Forktail 64 Ischnura perparva

Willow Pinecone Gall Midge 65 Rabdophaga strobiloides