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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 ↓

California Tiger Moth 1
Leptarctia californiae
Virginian Tiger Moth 2
Spilosoma virginica
Many-spotted Tiger Moth 3
Hypercompe permaculata
Painted Tiger Moth 4
Arachnis picta
Parthenice Tiger Moth 5
Apantesis parthenice
Phyllira Tiger Moth 6
Apantesis phyllira
Williams' Tiger Moth 3
Apantesis williamsii
Wood Tiger 7
Parasemia plantaginis
St. Lawrence Tiger Moth 8
Arctia parthenos
Police Car Moth 9
Gnophaela vermiculata
Ctenucha cressonana 10
Oregon Cycnia Moth 6
Cycnia oregonensis
Grote's Bertholdia Moth 11
Bertholdia trigona
Clio Tiger Moth 12
Ectypia clio
Red-banded Aemilia 13
Aemilia ambigua
Lophocampa ingens 3
Spotted Tussock Moth 2
Lophocampa maculata
Bicolored Moth 14
Eilema bicolor
Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth 15
Hypoprepia miniata
Lycomorpha grotei 6
Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth 15
Lycomorpha pholus
Cisthene barnesii 6
Bruceia pulverina 10
Zigzag Furcula Moth 2
Furcula scolopendrina
White-dotted Prominent 2
Nadata gibbosa
Morning-glory Prominent 2
Schizura ipomoeae
Unicorn Prominent 16
Schizura unicornis
Sigmoid Prominent Moth 17
Clostera albosigma
Small Dark Yellow Underwing 18
Coranarta luteola
Schinia chrysella 15
Silver-banded Gem Moth 6
Schinia cumatilis
Schinia errans 6
Clouded Crimson Moth 19
Schinia gaurae
Schinia grandimedia 20
Hulst's Flower Moth 21
Schinia hulstia
Jaguar Flower Moth 6
Schinia jaguarina
Gaillardia Moth 22
Schinia masoni
Schinia obliqua 10
Schinia snowi 6
Schinia tertia 23
Painted Schinia Moth 24
Schinia volupia
Hübner's Pero Moth 25
Pero ancetaria
Black-banded Orange Moth 26
Epelis truncataria
White Spring Moth 27
Lomographa vestaliata
Poison Hemlock Moth 28
Agonopterix alstroemeriana
Mountain-mahogany Moth 6
Ethmia discostrigella
Ethmia semitenebrella 3
Gray Ethmia Moth 6
Ethmia monticola
Western Tent Caterpillar Moth 3
Malacosoma californica
Lettered Habrosyne Moth 2
Habrosyne scripta
Dasymutilla vestita 29
White-shouldered Bumble Bee 30
Bombus appositus
Red-belted Bumble Bee 8
Bombus rufocinctus
Great Basin Bumble Bee 31
Bombus centralis
Hunt's Bumble Bee 32
Bombus huntii
Fuzzy-Horned Bumble Bee 33
Bombus mixtus
Colorado Black-notched Bumble Bee 34
Bombus bifarius
Western Honey Bee 35
Apis mellifera
Green Small-Mason 32
Hoplitis fulgida
Parasitic Aerial Yellowjacket 36
Dolichovespula arctica
Common Aerial Yellowjacket 37
Dolichovespula arenaria
Spiny leaf gall wasp 38
Diplolepis polita
Elm Sawfly 39
Cimbex americanus
Punctured Tiger Beetle 40
Cicindela punctulata
Common Claybank Tiger Beetle 41
Cicindela limbalis
Boreal Long-lipped Tiger Beetle 42
Cicindela longilabris
Seven-spotted Lady Beetle 43
Coccinella septempunctata
Nuttall's blister beetle 44
Lytta nuttalli
Blue Fungus Beetle 43
Cypherotylus californicus
Ornate Checkered Beetle 45
Trichodes ornatus
Neospondylis upiformis 46
Spotted Pine Sawyer 47
Monochamus clamator
White-spotted Sawyer Beetle 48
Monochamus scutellatus
Colorado Soldier Beetle 49
Chauliognathus basalis
Western Sculptured Pine Borer 50
Chalcophora angulicollis
Golden Buprestid Beetle 51
Buprestis aurulenta
Bumble Flower Beetle 52
Euphoria inda
Bee-mimic Beetle 8
Trichiotinus assimilis
Speckle-winged Rangeland Grasshopper 53
Arphia conspersa
Clear-winged Grasshopper 8
Camnula pellucida
Crackling Forest Grasshopper 27
Trimerotropis verruculata
Putnam's Cicada 32
Platypedia putnami
Okanagana fratercula 54
Douglas Fir Adelgid 55
Adelges cooleyi
Small Milkweed Bug 56
Lygaeus kalmii
Red-shouldered Stink Bug 57
Thyanta custator
Western Conifer Seed Bug 58
Leptoglossus occidentalis
Harmostes reflexulus 59
Variegated Meadowhawk 60
Sympetrum corruptum
Common Green Darner 61
Anax junius
Paddle-tailed Darner 60
Aeshna palmata
Western Forktail 62
Ischnura perparva
Willow Pinecone Gall Midge 63
Rabdophaga strobiloides
Large-tailed Aphideater 16
Eupeodes volucris
Narrow-banded Pond Fly 8
Sericomyia militaris
Hedgehog Fly 64
Adejeania vexatrix
Sunflower Seed Maggot 65
Neotephritis finalis

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