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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 ↓

White-lined Sphinx 1
Hyles lineata
Vashti Sphinx Moth 2
Sphinx vashti
One-eyed Sphinx 3
Smerinthus cerisyi
Twin-spotted Sphinx 4
Smerinthus jamaicensis
Small-eyed Sphinx 5
Paonias myops
Sagebrush Sheep Moth 6
Hemileuca hera
Anise Swallowtail 7
Papilio zelicaon
Western Tiger Swallowtail 8
Papilio rutulus
Juba Skipper 9
Hesperia juba
Garita Skipperling 10
Oarisma garita
Essex Skipper 11
Thymelicus lineola
Russet Skipperling 12
Piruna pirus
Nevada Cloudywing 13
Thorybes nevada
Persius Duskywing 14
Erynnis persius
Rocky Mountain Duskywing 15
Erynnis telemachus
Weidemeyer's Admiral 16
Limenitis weidemeyerii
Northern Crescent 17
Phyciodes cocyta
Field Crescent 18
Phyciodes pulchella
Gorgone Checkerspot 19
Chlosyne gorgone
Painted Lady 20
Vanessa cardui
Mourning Cloak 21
Nymphalis antiopa
California Tortoiseshell 22
Nymphalis californica
Green Comma 23
Polygonia faunus
Hoary Comma 24
Polygonia gracilis
Milbert's Tortoiseshell 25
Aglais milberti
Common Ringlet 26
Coenonympha california
Common Alpine 27
Erebia epipsodea
Small Wood-Nymph 28
Cercyonis oetus
Callippe Fritillary 29
Speyeria callippe
Northwestern Fritillary 30
Speyeria hesperis
Mormon Fritillary 31
Speyeria mormonia
Meadow Fritillary 32
Boloria bellona
Variegated Fritillary 33
Euptoieta claudia
Monarch 34
Danaus plexippus
Western Pine Elfin 32
Callophrys eryphon
Sheridan's Hairstreak 35
Callophrys sheridanii
Purplish Copper 10
Tharsalea helloides
Blue Copper 36
Tharsalea heteronea
Lilac-bordered Copper 37
Tharsalea nivalis
Ruddy Copper 38
Tharsalea rubidus
Echo Azure 36
Celastrina echo
Lucia Azure 39
Celastrina lucia
Silvery Blue 40
Glaucopsyche lygdamus
Rocky Mountain Dotted Blue 41
Euphilotes ancilla
Western Tailed-Blue 23
Cupido amyntula
Reakirt's Blue 42
Echinargus isola
Arctic Blue 43
Agriades glandon
Boisduval's Blue 32
Icaricia icarioides
Lupine Blue 44
Icaricia lupini
Greenish Blue 10
Icaricia saepiolus
Melissa Blue 10
Plebejus melissa
Dainty Sulphur 45
Nathalis iole
Orange Sulphur 46
Colias eurytheme
Clouded Sulphur 47
Colias philodice
Julia Orangetip 48
Anthocharis julia
Large Marble 49
Euchloe ausonides
Margined White 50
Pieris marginalis
Cabbage White 51
Pieris rapae
Checkered White 33
Pontia protodice
Salt Marsh Moth 52
Estigmene acrea
Garden Tiger Moth 53
Arctia caja
Wood Tiger 54
Arctia plantaginis
Police Car Moth 55
Gnophaela vermiculata
Spotted Tussock Moth 56
Lophocampa maculata
Zigzag Furcula Moth 56
Furcula scolopendrina
Alfalfa Looper 56
Autographa californica
Ridings' Forester 57
Alypia ridingsii
Cottonwood Dagger 58
Acronicta lepusculina
Lupine Dagger 59
Acronicta lupini
Sagebrush Girdle Moth 60
Plataea trilinearia
Western Tent Caterpillar 2
Malacosoma californica
Aspen Serpentine Leafminer Moth 61
Phyllocnistis populiella
Dasymutilla vestita 62
White-shouldered Bumble Bee 63
Bombus appositus
Nevada Bumble Bee 64
Bombus nevadensis
Colorado Black-notched Bumble Bee 65
Bombus bifarius
Bald-faced Hornet 66
Dolichovespula maculata
Prairie Yellowjacket 67
Vespula atropilosa
Norton's Giant Ichneumonid Wasp 68
Megarhyssa nortoni
Common Claybank Tiger Beetle 40
Cicindela limbalis
Boreal Long-lipped Tiger Beetle 69
Cicindela longilabris
Carabus taedatus 70
Convergent Lady Beetle 71
Hippodamia convergens
Yellow Velvet Beetle 72
Lepturobosca chrysocoma
White-spotted Sawyer Beetle 73
Monochamus scutellatus
Poplar Borer 74
Saperda calcarata
Burying beetle 75
Nicrophorus defodiens
Banded Sexton Beetle 2
Nicrophorus investigator
Three-lined Shieldback 76
Steiroxys trilineata
Two-striped Grasshopper 77
Melanoplus bivittatus
Bog Leafhopper 78
Helochara communis
Perillus exaptus 79
Western Leaf-footed Bug 80
Leptoglossus clypealis
Alydus scutellatus 81
Powdered Dancer 82
Argia moesta
Common Loopwing Aphideater 83
Lapposyrphus lapponicus
Spot-winged Pond Fly 84
Sericomyia flagrans
Sunflower Seed Maggot 49
Neotephritis finalis
Laphria fernaldi 85
Polystoechotes punctata 24

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