Insects and Arachnids of Chatfield State Park

Chatfield reservoir is one of the largest bodies of water along the Front Range open to public recreation. The park offers water enthusiasts the opportunity to enjoy fishing, boating, sailing, water-skiing, and swimming in the 1,500 surface acre reservoir. Nearly 3,900 acres of park land ...more ↓

Large Orange Sulphur ¹
Phoebis agarithe

Cloudless Sulphur ¹
Phoebis sennae

White Angled-Sulphur ¹
Anteos clorinde

Mexican Yellow ²
Eurema mexicana

Dainty Sulphur ¹
Nathalis iole

Orange Sulphur ³
Colias eurytheme

Scudder's Sulphur ⁴
Colias scudderii

Queen Alexandra's Sulphur ⁵
Colias alexandra alexandra

Clouded Sulphur ⁶
Colias philodice eriphyle

Sleepy Orange ⁷
Abaeis nicippe

Sara Orangetip ⁸
Anthocharis sara julia

Olympia Marble ⁹
Euchloe olympia

Large Marble ¹⁰
Euchloe ausonides coloradensis

Pine White ¹¹
Neophasia menapia

Margined White ¹²
Pieris marginalis

Cabbage White ¹³
Pieris rapae

Becker's White ¹⁴
Pontia beckerii

Checkered White ¹
Pontia protodice

Spring White ¹
Pontia sisymbrii

Western White ¹⁵
Pontia occidentalis occidentalis

Nais Metalmark ¹
Apodemia nais

Paler Graphic ¹⁶
Drasteria pallescens

Black Witch ¹⁷
Ascalapha odorata

Common Idia Moth ¹⁸
Idia aemula

Salt Marsh Moth ¹⁹
Estigmene acrea

Fall Webworm Moth ²⁰
Hyphantria cunea

Ruby Tiger Moth ²¹
Phragmatobia fuliginosa

California Tiger Moth ¹⁴
Leptarctia californiae

Virginian Tiger Moth ²²
Spilosoma virginica

Many-spotted Tiger Moth ²³
Hypercompe permaculata

Painted Tiger Moth ²⁴
Arachnis picta

Blake's Tiger Moth ²⁵
Apantesis blakei

Apantesis f-pallida ²⁶

Nevada Tiger Moth ²⁷
Apantesis nevadensis

Parthenice Tiger Moth ¹⁹
Apantesis parthenice

Phyllira Tiger Moth ²⁸
Apantesis phyllira

Williams' Tiger Moth ²³
Apantesis williamsii

St. Lawrence Tiger Moth ²⁹
Platarctia parthenos

Wood Tiger ³⁰
Parasemia plantaginis

Garden Tiger Moth ³¹
Arctia caja

Virbia Moth ³²
Virbia fragilis

bog holomelina ³³
Virbia lamae

Police Car Moth ³⁴
Gnophaela vermiculata

Yellow-collared Scape Moth ³⁵
Cisseps fulvicollis

Cresson's ctenucha ³⁶
Ctenucha cressonana

Oregon Cycnia Moth ²⁸
Cycnia oregonensis

Freckled Glassy-wing ³⁷
Hemihyalea labecula

Pseudohemihyalea ambigua ²³

Grote's Bertholdia Moth ³⁷
Bertholdia trigona

Clio Tiger Moth ³⁸
Ectypia clio

Blue-green lichen moth ³⁹
Pygoctenucha terminalis

Pine Tiger Moth ²³
Lophocampa ingens

Spotted Tussock Moth ⁴⁰
Lophocampa maculata

hickory tussock moth ⁴¹
Lophocampa significans

Impura lichen moth ⁴²
Crambidia impura

Bicolored Moth ⁴³
Eilema bicolor

Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth ⁴⁴
Hypoprepia miniata

Grote's lycomorpha moth ²⁸
Lycomorpha grotei

Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth ⁴⁴
Lycomorpha pholus

Barnesii lichen moth ²⁸
Cisthene barnesii

Pulverina lichen moth ¹⁸
Bruceia pulverina

Zigzag Furcula Moth ⁴⁰
Furcula scolopendrina

White-dotted Prominent ⁴⁰
Nadata gibbosa

Morning-glory Prominent ⁴⁰
Schizura ipomoeae

Unicorn Prominent ⁴⁵
Schizura unicornis

Sigmoid Prominent Moth ⁴⁶
Clostera albosigma

Eight-spotted Forester Moth ⁴⁷
Alypia octomaculata

Acronicta thoracica ²³

Chrysellus Flower Moth ⁴⁸
Schinia chrysella

Silver-banded Gem Moth ²⁸
Schinia cumatilis

Errans flower moth ²⁸
Schinia errans

Clouded Crimson Moth ⁴⁹
Schinia gaurae

Rockies Boneset Flower Moth ⁵⁰
Schinia grandimedia

Hulst's Flower Moth ³⁷
Schinia hulstia

Jaguar Flower Moth ²⁸
Schinia jaguarina

Gaillardia Moth ⁵¹
Schinia masoni

Oblique Flower Moth ³⁶
Schinia obliqua

Snowi flower moth ²⁸
Schinia snowi

Suetus flower moth ⁴⁵
Schinia suetus

Tertia flower moth ⁵²
Schinia tertia

Corn Earworm Moth ⁵³
Helicoverpa zea

Four-spotted Moth ⁵⁴
Tyta luctuosa

Pale-lined Angle ⁵⁵
Digrammia irrorata

Alfalfa Webworm Moth ²³
Loxostege cereralis

Poison Hemlock Moth ⁵⁶
Agonopterix alstroemeriana

Mcdunnough's Concealer Moth ⁴⁰
Semioscopis mcdunnoughi

Mountain-mahogany Moth ²⁸
Ethmia discostrigella

Ramsey Canyon moth ²³
Ethmia semitenebrella

Gray Ethmia Moth ²⁸
Ethmia monticola

Ethmia marmorea ²³

American Lappet Moth ⁴⁰
Phyllodesma americana

Lettered Habrosyne Moth ⁴⁰
Habrosyne scripta

Harvester Ants ⁵⁷
Pogonomyrmex

Red Harvester Ant ⁵⁸
Pogonomyrmex barbatus

Common Eastern Velvet Ant ⁵⁹
Dasymutilla occidentalis

Chrysis angolensis ⁶⁰

Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp ⁶¹
Sceliphron caementarium

Steel-blue Cricket-hunter Wasp ⁶²
Chlorion aerarium

Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp ⁵⁹
Sphecius speciosus

Oblique Longhorn ⁶³
Svastra obliqua

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Insects and Arachnids of Chatfield State Park

Large Orange Sulphur 1 Phoebis agarithe

Cloudless Sulphur 1 Phoebis sennae

White Angled-Sulphur 1 Anteos clorinde

Mexican Yellow 2 Eurema mexicana

Dainty Sulphur 1 Nathalis iole

Orange Sulphur 3 Colias eurytheme

Scudder's Sulphur 4 Colias scudderii

Queen Alexandra's Sulphur 5 Colias alexandra alexandra

Clouded Sulphur 6 Colias philodice eriphyle

Sleepy Orange 7 Abaeis nicippe

Sara Orangetip 8 Anthocharis sara julia

Olympia Marble 9 Euchloe olympia

Large Marble 10 Euchloe ausonides coloradensis

Pine White 11 Neophasia menapia

Margined White 12 Pieris marginalis

Cabbage White 13 Pieris rapae

Becker's White 14 Pontia beckerii

Checkered White 1 Pontia protodice

Spring White 1 Pontia sisymbrii

Western White 15 Pontia occidentalis occidentalis

Nais Metalmark 1 Apodemia nais

Paler Graphic 16 Drasteria pallescens

Black Witch 17 Ascalapha odorata

Common Idia Moth 18 Idia aemula

Salt Marsh Moth 19 Estigmene acrea

Fall Webworm Moth 20 Hyphantria cunea

Ruby Tiger Moth 21 Phragmatobia fuliginosa

California Tiger Moth 14 Leptarctia californiae

Virginian Tiger Moth 22 Spilosoma virginica

Many-spotted Tiger Moth 23 Hypercompe permaculata

Painted Tiger Moth 24 Arachnis picta

Blake's Tiger Moth 25 Apantesis blakei

Apantesis f-pallida 26

Nevada Tiger Moth 27 Apantesis nevadensis

Parthenice Tiger Moth 19 Apantesis parthenice

Phyllira Tiger Moth 28 Apantesis phyllira

Williams' Tiger Moth 23 Apantesis williamsii

St. Lawrence Tiger Moth 29 Platarctia parthenos

Wood Tiger 30 Parasemia plantaginis

Garden Tiger Moth 31 Arctia caja

Virbia Moth 32 Virbia fragilis

bog holomelina 33 Virbia lamae

Police Car Moth 34 Gnophaela vermiculata

Yellow-collared Scape Moth 35 Cisseps fulvicollis

Cresson's ctenucha 36 Ctenucha cressonana

Oregon Cycnia Moth 28 Cycnia oregonensis

Freckled Glassy-wing 37 Hemihyalea labecula

Pseudohemihyalea ambigua 23

Grote's Bertholdia Moth 37 Bertholdia trigona

Clio Tiger Moth 38 Ectypia clio

Blue-green lichen moth 39 Pygoctenucha terminalis

Pine Tiger Moth 23 Lophocampa ingens

Spotted Tussock Moth 40 Lophocampa maculata

hickory tussock moth 41 Lophocampa significans

Impura lichen moth 42 Crambidia impura

Bicolored Moth 43 Eilema bicolor

Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth 44 Hypoprepia miniata

Grote's lycomorpha moth 28 Lycomorpha grotei

Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth 44 Lycomorpha pholus

Barnesii lichen moth 28 Cisthene barnesii

Pulverina lichen moth 18 Bruceia pulverina

Zigzag Furcula Moth 40 Furcula scolopendrina

White-dotted Prominent 40 Nadata gibbosa

Morning-glory Prominent 40 Schizura ipomoeae

Unicorn Prominent 45 Schizura unicornis

Sigmoid Prominent Moth 46 Clostera albosigma

Eight-spotted Forester Moth 47 Alypia octomaculata

Acronicta thoracica 23

Chrysellus Flower Moth 48 Schinia chrysella

Silver-banded Gem Moth 28 Schinia cumatilis

Errans flower moth 28 Schinia errans

Clouded Crimson Moth 49 Schinia gaurae

Rockies Boneset Flower Moth 50 Schinia grandimedia

Hulst's Flower Moth 37 Schinia hulstia

Jaguar Flower Moth 28 Schinia jaguarina

Gaillardia Moth 51 Schinia masoni

Oblique Flower Moth 36 Schinia obliqua

Snowi flower moth 28 Schinia snowi

Suetus flower moth 45 Schinia suetus