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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 ↓

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

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