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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 ↓

Striped Meadowhawk 1
Sympetrum pallipes
Band-winged Meadowhawk 2
Sympetrum semicinctum
Autumn Meadowhawk 3
Sympetrum vicinum
Western Pondhawk 4
Erythemis collocata
Belted Whiteface 5
Leucorrhinia proxima
Blue Dasher 4
Pachydiplax longipennis
Common Whitetail 6
Plathemis lydia
Plains Emerald 4
Somatochlora ensigera
Pale Snaketail 5
Ophiogomphus severus
Common Green Darner 3
Anax junius
Paddle-tailed Darner 3
Aeshna palmata
Blue-eyed Darner 7
Rhionaeschna multicolor
Broad-winged Damselflies 8
Calopterygidae
American Rubyspot 4
Hetaerina americana
Spread-winged Damselflies 9
Lestidae
Great Spreadwing 2
Archilestes grandis
Narrow-winged Damselflies 10
Coenagrionidae
Vivid Dancer 11
Argia vivida
Boreal Bluet 12
Enallagma boreale
Tule Bluet 12
Enallagma carunculatum
Familiar Bluet 13
Enallagma civile
Alkali Bluet 4
Enallagma clausum
Plains Forktail 10
Ischnura damula
Western Red Damsel 5
Amphiagrion abbreviatum
Willow Pinecone Gall Midge 14
Rabdophaga strobiloides
White-bowed Smoothwing 15
Scaeva affinis
Large-tailed Aphideater 16
Eupeodes volucris
Margined Calligrapher 17
Toxomerus marginatus
Orange-legged Drone Fly 17
Eristalis flavipes
Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly 18
Eristalis stipator
Common Drone Fly 19
Eristalis tenax
Copestylum lentum 20
Spiny Tachinid Fly 21
Paradejeania rutilioides
secondary screwworm 22
Cochliomyia macellaria
Stable Fly 23
Stomoxys calcitrans
Cotton-gall Tephritid 24
Aciurina bigeloviae
Slate Brown Dun 25
Epeorus longimanus
Small Minnow Mayfly 25
Baetis bicaudatus
Speckled Wing Dun 26
Callibaetis ferrugineus hageni
Hex 27
Hexagenia limbata
Tiny white winged black mayfly 28
Tricorythodes explicatus
Pale Morning Dun 25
Ephemerella excrucians
Western Green Drake 29
Drunella grandis
Prong-gilled Mayfly 28
Paraleptophlebia memorialis
Praying Mantis 30
Mantis religiosa
Virile Crayfish 31
Faxonius virilis
Common Pill Woodlouse 32
Armadillidium vulgare

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