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Wildlife of Steamboat and Pearl Lake State Parks

Steamboat Lake and Pearl Lake State Parks are located in Routt County, 27 miles north of Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Steamboat Lake State Park is 2,820-acre (1,140 ha), established west of Hahns Peak in 1967, including a 1,101 acres (446 ha) reservoir. Park facilities include a visitors ...more ↓

Striped Skunk 1
Mephitis mephitis
Bobcat 2
Lynx rufus
Mountain Lion 3
Puma concolor
Coyote 4
Canis latrans
Red Fox 5
Vulpes vulpes
Masked Shrew 6
Sorex cinereus
American Pygmy Shrew 7
Sorex hoyi
Dusky Shrew 8
Sorex monticolus
Dwarf Shrew 9
Sorex nanus
American Water Shrew 8
Sorex palustris
Brown Trout 10
Salmo trutta
Cutthroat Trout 11
Oncorhynchus clarkii
Rainbow Trout 12
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Cat-faced Orbweaver 13
Araneus gemmoides
Shamrock Orbweaver 14
Araneus trifolium
White-lined Sphinx 15
Hyles lineata
Vashti Sphinx Moth 16
Sphinx vashti
One-eyed Sphinx 17
Smerinthus cerisyi
Twin-spotted Sphinx 18
Smerinthus jamaicensis
Small-eyed Sphinx 19
Paonias myops
Sagebrush Sheep Moth 20
Hemileuca hera
Anise Swallowtail 21
Papilio zelicaon
Western Tiger Swallowtail 22
Papilio rutulus
Juba Skipper 23
Hesperia juba
Garita Skipperling 24
Oarisma garita
Essex Skipper 25
Thymelicus lineola
Russet Skipperling 26
Piruna pirus
Nevada Cloudywing 27
Thorybes nevada
Persius Duskywing 28
Erynnis persius
Rocky Mountain Duskywing 29
Erynnis telemachus
Weidemeyer's Admiral 30
Limenitis weidemeyerii
Northern Crescent 31
Phyciodes cocyta
Field Crescent 32
Phyciodes pulchella
Gorgone Checkerspot 33
Chlosyne gorgone
Painted Lady 34
Vanessa cardui
Mourning Cloak 35
Nymphalis antiopa
California Tortoiseshell 36
Nymphalis californica
Green Comma 37
Polygonia faunus
Hoary Comma 38
Polygonia gracilis
Milbert's Tortoiseshell 39
Aglais milberti
Common Ringlet 40
Coenonympha california
Common Alpine 41
Erebia epipsodea
Small Wood-Nymph 42
Cercyonis oetus
Callippe Fritillary 43
Speyeria callippe
Northwestern Fritillary 44
Speyeria hesperis
Mormon Fritillary 45
Speyeria mormonia
Meadow Fritillary 46
Boloria bellona
Variegated Fritillary 47
Euptoieta claudia
Monarch 48
Danaus plexippus
Western Pine Elfin 46
Callophrys eryphon
Sheridan's Hairstreak 49
Callophrys sheridanii
Purplish Copper 24
Tharsalea helloides
Blue Copper 50
Tharsalea heteronea
Lilac-bordered Copper 51
Tharsalea nivalis
Ruddy Copper 52
Tharsalea rubidus
Echo Azure 50
Celastrina echo
Lucia Azure 53
Celastrina lucia
Silvery Blue 54
Glaucopsyche lygdamus
Rocky Mountain Dotted Blue 55
Euphilotes ancilla
Western Tailed-Blue 37
Cupido amyntula
Reakirt's Blue 56
Echinargus isola
Arctic Blue 57
Agriades glandon
Boisduval's Blue 46
Icaricia icarioides
Lupine Blue 58
Icaricia lupini
Greenish Blue 24
Icaricia saepiolus
Melissa Blue 24
Plebejus melissa
Dainty Sulphur 59
Nathalis iole
Orange Sulphur 60
Colias eurytheme
Clouded Sulphur 61
Colias philodice
Julia Orangetip 62
Anthocharis julia
Large Marble 63
Euchloe ausonides
Margined White 64
Pieris marginalis
Cabbage White 65
Pieris rapae
Checkered White 47
Pontia protodice
Salt Marsh Moth 66
Estigmene acrea
Garden Tiger Moth 67
Arctia caja
Wood Tiger 68
Arctia plantaginis
Police Car Moth 69
Gnophaela vermiculata
Spotted Tussock Moth 70
Lophocampa maculata
Zigzag Furcula Moth 70
Furcula scolopendrina
Alfalfa Looper 70
Autographa californica
Ridings' Forester 71
Alypia ridingsii
Cottonwood Dagger 72
Acronicta lepusculina
Lupine Dagger 73
Acronicta lupini
Sagebrush Girdle Moth 74
Plataea trilinearia
Western Tent Caterpillar 16
Malacosoma californica
Aspen Serpentine Leafminer Moth 75
Phyllocnistis populiella
Dasymutilla vestita 76
White-shouldered Bumble Bee 77
Bombus appositus
Nevada Bumble Bee 78
Bombus nevadensis
Colorado Black-notched Bumble Bee 79
Bombus bifarius
Bald-faced Hornet 80
Dolichovespula maculata
Prairie Yellowjacket 81
Vespula atropilosa
Norton's Giant Ichneumonid Wasp 82
Megarhyssa nortoni
Common Claybank Tiger Beetle 54
Cicindela limbalis
Boreal Long-lipped Tiger Beetle 83
Cicindela longilabris
Carabus taedatus 84
Convergent Lady Beetle 85
Hippodamia convergens
Yellow Velvet Beetle 86
Lepturobosca chrysocoma
White-spotted Sawyer Beetle 87
Monochamus scutellatus

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