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Wildlife of Cherry Creek State Park

Comprised of an 880-acre reservoir and 3305 acres of upland, Cherry Creek State Park is the largest regional park and recreation area in the southeast Denver area. it was also the first park in the state park system. Located in the High Plains section of the Great Plains, the park sits on a ...more ↓

Ottoe Skipper 1
Hesperia ottoe
Uncas Skipper 2
Hesperia uncas
Pawnee Skipper 3
Hesperia leonardus pawnee
orgine's skipper 4
Polites origenes rhena
Peck's Skipper 5
Polites peckius
Sandhill Skipper 6
Polites sabuleti
Tawny-edged Skipper 7
Polites themistocles
Delaware Skipper 2
Anatrytone logan
Silver-spotted Skipper 8
Epargyreus clarus
Afranius Duskywing 9
Erynnis afranius
Common Checkered-Skipper 10
Burnsius communis
Small Checkered Skipper 11
Pyrgus scriptura
Common Sootywing 5
Pholisora catullus
Goatweed Leafwing 12
Anaea andria
Viceroy 13
Limenitis archippus
Weidemeyer's Admiral 9
Limenitis weidemeyerii
Painted Crescent 14
Phyciodes picta
Field Crescent 15
Phyciodes pulchella
Pearl Crescent 16
Phyciodes tharos
Gorgone Checkerspot 17
Chlosyne gorgone
Arachne Checkerspot 14
Poladryas arachne
West Coast Lady 18
Vanessa annabella
Painted Lady 19
Vanessa cardui
American Lady 20
Vanessa virginiensis
American Red Admiral 21
Vanessa atalanta rubria
Mourning Cloak 22
Nymphalis antiopa
Eastern Comma 23
Polygonia comma
Question Mark 24
Polygonia interrogationis
Satyr Comma 18
Polygonia satyrus
Zephyr Anglewing 25
Polygonia gracilis zephyrus
Milbert's Tortoiseshell 26
Aglais milberti
Common Buckeye 27
Junonia coenia
Ochre Ringlet 28
Coenonympha tullia ochracea
Ridings' Satyr 29
Neominois ridingsii
Common Wood-Nymph 18
Cercyonis pegala
Aphrodite Fritillary 30
Speyeria aphrodite
Edwards' Fritillary 14
Speyeria edwardsii
Regal Fritillary 14
Speyeria idalia
Variegated Fritillary 31
Euptoieta claudia
Queen 32
Danaus gilippus
Monarch 32
Danaus plexippus
American Snout 33
Libytheana carinenta
Gray Hairstreak 34
Strymon melinus
Acadian Hairstreak 35
Satyrium acadica
Coral Hairstreak 36
Satyrium titus
Ruddy Copper 2
Lycaena rubidus
Great Copper 2
Lycaena xanthoides
Purplish Copper 37
Lycaena helloides
Bronze Copper 36
Lycaena hyllus
Rita Blue 14
Euphilotes rita coloradensis
Marine Blue 38
Leptotes marina
Western Tailed-Blue 28
Cupido amyntula
Eastern Tailed-blue 39
Cupido comyntas
Reakirt's Blue 30
Echinargus isola
Boisduval's Blue 40
Icaricia icarioides lycea
Melissa Blue 14
Plebejus melissa
Southern Dogface 41
Zerene cesonia
Large Orange Sulphur 14
Phoebis agarithe
Orange-barred Sulphur 42
Phoebis philea
Cloudless Sulphur 11
Phoebis sennae
White Angled-Sulphur 14
Anteos clorinde
Mexican Yellow 7
Eurema mexicana
Dainty Sulphur 14
Nathalis iole
Queen Alexandra’s Sulphur 2
Colias alexandra
Orange Sulphur 43
Colias eurytheme
Clouded Sulphur 43
Colias philodice
Sleepy Orange 44
Abaeis nicippe
Olympia Marble 45
Euchloe olympia
Large Marble 46
Euchloe ausonides coloradensis
Cabbage White 47
Pieris rapae
Western White 48
Pontia occidentalis
Checkered White 14
Pontia protodice
Isabella Tiger Moth 49
Pyrrharctia isabella
Corn Earworm Moth 50
Helicoverpa zea
Four-spotted Moth 51
Tyta luctuosa
Meal moth 52
Pyralis farinalis
Alfalfa Webworm Moth 53
Loxostege cereralis
Poison hemlock moth 54
Agonopterix alstromeriana
Turfgrass Ant 55
Lasius neoniger
Red Harvester Ant 56
Pogonomyrmex barbatus
Western Harvester Ant 57
Pogonomyrmex occidentalis
Dasymutilla asopus 58
Hairy-footed Scoliid Wasp 59
Dielis pilipes
Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp 60
Sceliphron caementarium
Cerceris bicornuta 61
Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp 62
Sphecius speciosus
Brown-belted Bumble Bee 59
Bombus griseocollis
Hunt's Bumble Bee 59
Bombus huntii
Western Honey Bee 63
Apis mellifera
European Paper Wasp 64
Polistes dominula
Golden Paper Wasp 65
Polistes aurifer
Long-tailed Giant Ichneumonid Wasp 55
Megarhyssa macrurus
Antistrophus lygodesmiaepisum 66
Big Sand Tiger Beetle 67
Cicindela formosa
Purple Tiger Beetle 68
Cicindela purpurea
Bronzed Tiger Beetle 55
Cicindela repanda
Cratacanthus dubius 69
Rain-beetle 70
Pterostichus melanarius
Spotted Cucumber Beetle 71
Diabrotica undecimpunctata
Rabbitbrush Beetle 72
Trirhabda nitidicollis

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