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 ↓

Poplar Borer ¹
Saperda calcarata

Burying beetle ²
Nicrophorus defodiens

Banded Sexton Beetle ³
Nicrophorus investigator

Three-lined Shieldback ⁴
Steiroxys trilineata

Two-striped Grasshopper ⁵
Melanoplus bivittatus

Bog Leafhopper ⁶
Helochara communis

Perillus exaptus ⁷

Western Leaf-footed Bug ⁸
Leptoglossus clypealis

Alydus scutellatus ⁹

Powdered Dancer ¹⁰
Argia moesta

Common Loopwing Aphideater ¹¹
Lapposyrphus lapponicus

Spot-winged Pond Fly ¹²
Sericomyia flagrans

Sunflower Seed Maggot ¹³
Neotephritis finalis

Laphria fernaldi ¹⁴

Polystoechotes punctata ¹⁵

Virile Crayfish ¹⁶
Faxonius virilis

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Wildlife of Steamboat and Pearl Lake State Parks

Poplar Borer 1 Saperda calcarata

Burying beetle 2 Nicrophorus defodiens

Banded Sexton Beetle 3 Nicrophorus investigator

Three-lined Shieldback 4 Steiroxys trilineata

Two-striped Grasshopper 5 Melanoplus bivittatus

Bog Leafhopper 6 Helochara communis

Perillus exaptus 7

Western Leaf-footed Bug 8 Leptoglossus clypealis

Alydus scutellatus 9

Powdered Dancer 10 Argia moesta

Common Loopwing Aphideater 11 Lapposyrphus lapponicus

Spot-winged Pond Fly 12 Sericomyia flagrans

Sunflower Seed Maggot 13 Neotephritis finalis

Laphria fernaldi 14

Polystoechotes punctata 15

Virile Crayfish 16 Faxonius virilis