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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 ↓

Convergent Lady Beetle 1
Hippodamia convergens
Parenthesis Ladybeetle 2
Hippodamia parenthesis
Seven-spotted Ladybird 3
Coccinella septempunctata
Eleodes acuta 4
Red-backed Darkling Beetle 5
Eleodes suturalis
Black Blister Beetle 6
Epicauta pensylvanica
Scarlet Malachite Beetle 7
Malachius aeneus
Polydrusus impressifrons 8
Pole Borer 9
Neandra brunnea
Red-femured Milkweed Borer 10
Tetraopes femoratus
Colorado Soldier Beetle 2
Chauliognathus basalis
Yellow-spotted Jewel Beetle 11
Buprestis confluenta
Giant Water Scavenger Beetle 12
Hydrophilus triangularis
Bumble Flower Beetle 13
Euphoria inda
Japanese Beetle 14
Popillia japonica
Green-striped Grasshopper 15
Chortophaga viridifasciata
Dusky Grasshopper 16
Encoptolophus costalis
Carolina Grasshopper 17
Dissosteira carolina
Two-striped Grasshopper 10
Melanoplus bivittatus
Red-legged Grasshopper 18
Melanoplus femurrubrum
Striped Leafhopper 19
Cuerna striata
Plains Cicada 20
Megatibicen dealbatus
Oleander Aphid 21
Aphis nerii
Jagged Ambush Bug 13
Phymata americana
Charcoal Seed Bug 3
Melacoryphus lateralis
Large Milkweed Bug 3
Oncopeltus fasciatus
Small Milkweed Bug 22
Lygaeus kalmii
Aelia americana 23
Conchuela Bug 24
Chlorochroa ligata
Cactus Coreid 3
Chelinidea vittiger
Eight-spotted Skimmer 25
Libellula forensis
Twelve-spotted Skimmer 26
Libellula pulchella
Variegated Meadowhawk 27
Sympetrum corruptum
White-faced Meadowhawk 28
Sympetrum obtrusum
Striped Meadowhawk 29
Sympetrum pallipes
Band-winged Meadowhawk 20
Sympetrum semicinctum
Blue Dasher 30
Pachydiplax longipennis
Common Whitetail 31
Plathemis lydia
Shadow Darner 32
Aeshna umbrosa
Blue-eyed Darner 33
Rhionaeschna multicolor
American Rubyspot 30
Hetaerina americana
Plains Forktail 34
Ischnura damula
Willow Pinecone Gall Midge 35
Rabdophaga strobiloides
Thistle Stem Gall Fly 36
Urophora cardui
Cotton-gall Tephritid 37
Aciurina bigeloviae
European Mantis 38
Mantis religiosa
Virile Crayfish 39
Faxonius virilis
Common Pill Woodlouse 22
Armadillidium vulgare

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