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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 ↓

Dasymutilla vestita ¹

White-shouldered Bumble Bee ²
Bombus appositus

Red-belted Bumble Bee ³
Bombus rufocinctus

Great Basin Bumble Bee ⁴
Bombus centralis

Hunt's Bumble Bee ⁵
Bombus huntii

Fuzzy-Horned Bumble Bee ⁶
Bombus mixtus

Colorado Black-notched Bumble Bee ⁷
Bombus bifarius

Western Honey Bee ⁸
Apis mellifera

Green Small-Mason ⁵
Hoplitis fulgida

Parasitic Aerial Yellowjacket ⁹
Dolichovespula arctica

Common Aerial Yellowjacket ¹⁰
Dolichovespula arenaria

Spiny leaf gall wasp ¹¹
Diplolepis polita

Elm Sawfly ¹²
Cimbex americanus

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Insects of Golden Gate Canyon State Park

Dasymutilla vestita 1

White-shouldered Bumble Bee 2 Bombus appositus

Red-belted Bumble Bee 3 Bombus rufocinctus

Great Basin Bumble Bee 4 Bombus centralis

Hunt's Bumble Bee 5 Bombus huntii

Fuzzy-Horned Bumble Bee 6 Bombus mixtus

Colorado Black-notched Bumble Bee 7 Bombus bifarius

Western Honey Bee 8 Apis mellifera

Green Small-Mason 5 Hoplitis fulgida

Parasitic Aerial Yellowjacket 9 Dolichovespula arctica

Common Aerial Yellowjacket 10 Dolichovespula arenaria

Spiny leaf gall wasp 11 Diplolepis polita

Elm Sawfly 12 Cimbex americanus