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 ↓

Cerceris bicornuta ¹

Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp ²
Sphecius speciosus

Brown-belted Bumble Bee ³
Bombus griseocollis

Hunt's Bumble Bee ³
Bombus huntii

Western Honey Bee ⁴
Apis mellifera

European Paper Wasp ⁵
Polistes dominula

Golden Paper Wasp ⁶
Polistes aurifer

Long-tailed Giant Ichneumonid Wasp ⁷
Megarhyssa macrurus

Antistrophus lygodesmiaepisum ⁸

Big Sand Tiger Beetle ⁹
Cicindela formosa

Purple Tiger Beetle ¹⁰
Cicindela purpurea

Bronzed Tiger Beetle ⁷
Cicindela repanda

Cratacanthus dubius ¹¹

Rain-beetle ¹²
Pterostichus melanarius

Spotted Cucumber Beetle ¹³
Diabrotica undecimpunctata

Rabbitbrush Beetle ¹⁴
Trirhabda nitidicollis

Convergent Lady Beetle ¹⁵
Hippodamia convergens

Parenthesis Ladybeetle ¹⁶
Hippodamia parenthesis

Seven-spotted Ladybird ¹⁷
Coccinella septempunctata

Eleodes acuta ¹⁸

Red-backed Darkling Beetle ¹⁹
Eleodes suturalis

Black Blister Beetle ²⁰
Epicauta pensylvanica

Scarlet Malachite Beetle ²¹
Malachius aeneus

Polydrusus impressifrons ²²

Pole Borer ²³
Neandra brunnea

Red-femured Milkweed Borer ³
Tetraopes femoratus

Colorado Soldier Beetle ¹⁶
Chauliognathus basalis

Yellow-spotted Jewel Beetle ²⁴
Buprestis confluenta

Giant Water Scavenger Beetle ²⁵
Hydrophilus triangularis

Bumble Flower Beetle ²⁶
Euphoria inda

Japanese Beetle ²⁷
Popillia japonica

Green-striped Grasshopper ²⁸
Chortophaga viridifasciata

Dusky Grasshopper ²⁹
Encoptolophus costalis

Carolina Grasshopper ³⁰
Dissosteira carolina

Two-striped Grasshopper ³
Melanoplus bivittatus

Red-legged Grasshopper ³¹
Melanoplus femurrubrum

Striped Leafhopper ³²
Cuerna striata

Plains Cicada ³³
Megatibicen dealbatus

Oleander Aphid ³⁴
Aphis nerii

Jagged Ambush Bug ²⁶
Phymata americana

Charcoal Seed Bug ¹⁷
Melacoryphus lateralis

Large Milkweed Bug ¹⁷
Oncopeltus fasciatus

Small Milkweed Bug ³⁵
Lygaeus kalmii

Aelia americana ³⁶

Conchuela Bug ³⁷
Chlorochroa ligata

Cactus Coreid ¹⁷
Chelinidea vittiger

Eight-spotted Skimmer ³⁸
Libellula forensis

Twelve-spotted Skimmer ³⁹
Libellula pulchella

Variegated Meadowhawk ⁴⁰
Sympetrum corruptum

White-faced Meadowhawk ⁴¹
Sympetrum obtrusum

Striped Meadowhawk ⁴²
Sympetrum pallipes

Band-winged Meadowhawk ³³
Sympetrum semicinctum

Blue Dasher ⁴³
Pachydiplax longipennis

Common Whitetail ⁴⁴
Plathemis lydia

Shadow Darner ⁴⁵
Aeshna umbrosa

Blue-eyed Darner ⁴⁶
Rhionaeschna multicolor

American Rubyspot ⁴³
Hetaerina americana

Plains Forktail ⁴⁷
Ischnura damula

Willow Pinecone Gall Midge ⁴⁸
Rabdophaga strobiloides

Thistle Stem Gall Fly ⁴⁹
Urophora cardui

Cotton-gall Tephritid ⁵⁰
Aciurina bigeloviae

European Mantis ⁵¹
Mantis religiosa

Virile Crayfish ⁵²
Faxonius virilis

Common Pill Woodlouse ³⁵
Armadillidium vulgare

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Wildlife of Cherry Creek State Park

Cerceris bicornuta 1

Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp 2 Sphecius speciosus

Brown-belted Bumble Bee 3 Bombus griseocollis

Hunt's Bumble Bee 3 Bombus huntii

Western Honey Bee 4 Apis mellifera

European Paper Wasp 5 Polistes dominula

Golden Paper Wasp 6 Polistes aurifer

Long-tailed Giant Ichneumonid Wasp 7 Megarhyssa macrurus

Antistrophus lygodesmiaepisum 8

Big Sand Tiger Beetle 9 Cicindela formosa

Purple Tiger Beetle 10 Cicindela purpurea

Bronzed Tiger Beetle 7 Cicindela repanda

Cratacanthus dubius 11

Rain-beetle 12 Pterostichus melanarius

Spotted Cucumber Beetle 13 Diabrotica undecimpunctata

Rabbitbrush Beetle 14 Trirhabda nitidicollis

Convergent Lady Beetle 15 Hippodamia convergens

Parenthesis Ladybeetle 16 Hippodamia parenthesis

Seven-spotted Ladybird 17 Coccinella septempunctata

Eleodes acuta 18

Red-backed Darkling Beetle 19 Eleodes suturalis

Black Blister Beetle 20 Epicauta pensylvanica

Scarlet Malachite Beetle 21 Malachius aeneus

Polydrusus impressifrons 22

Pole Borer 23 Neandra brunnea

Red-femured Milkweed Borer 3 Tetraopes femoratus

Colorado Soldier Beetle 16 Chauliognathus basalis

Yellow-spotted Jewel Beetle 24 Buprestis confluenta

Giant Water Scavenger Beetle 25 Hydrophilus triangularis

Bumble Flower Beetle 26 Euphoria inda

Japanese Beetle 27 Popillia japonica

Green-striped Grasshopper 28 Chortophaga viridifasciata

Dusky Grasshopper 29 Encoptolophus costalis

Carolina Grasshopper 30 Dissosteira carolina

Two-striped Grasshopper 3 Melanoplus bivittatus

Red-legged Grasshopper 31 Melanoplus femurrubrum

Striped Leafhopper 32 Cuerna striata

Plains Cicada 33 Megatibicen dealbatus

Oleander Aphid 34 Aphis nerii

Jagged Ambush Bug 26 Phymata americana

Charcoal Seed Bug 17 Melacoryphus lateralis

Large Milkweed Bug 17 Oncopeltus fasciatus

Small Milkweed Bug 35 Lygaeus kalmii

Aelia americana 36

Conchuela Bug 37 Chlorochroa ligata

Cactus Coreid 17 Chelinidea vittiger

Eight-spotted Skimmer 38 Libellula forensis

Twelve-spotted Skimmer 39 Libellula pulchella

Variegated Meadowhawk 40 Sympetrum corruptum

White-faced Meadowhawk 41 Sympetrum obtrusum

Striped Meadowhawk 42 Sympetrum pallipes

Band-winged Meadowhawk 33 Sympetrum semicinctum

Blue Dasher 43 Pachydiplax longipennis

Common Whitetail 44 Plathemis lydia

Shadow Darner 45 Aeshna umbrosa

Blue-eyed Darner 46 Rhionaeschna multicolor

American Rubyspot 43 Hetaerina americana

Plains Forktail 47 Ischnura damula

Willow Pinecone Gall Midge 48 Rabdophaga strobiloides

Thistle Stem Gall Fly 49 Urophora cardui

Cotton-gall Tephritid 50 Aciurina bigeloviae

European Mantis 51 Mantis religiosa

Virile Crayfish 52 Faxonius virilis

Common Pill Woodlouse 35 Armadillidium vulgare