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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 ↓

Broad-winged Damselflies 1
Calopterygidae
American Rubyspot 2
Hetaerina americana
Spread-winged Damselflies 3
Lestidae
Great Spreadwing 4
Archilestes grandis
Narrow-winged Damselflies 5
Coenagrionidae
Vivid Dancer 6
Argia vivida
Boreal Bluet 7
Enallagma boreale
Tule Bluet 7
Enallagma carunculatum
Familiar Bluet 8
Enallagma civile
Alkali Bluet 2
Enallagma clausum
Plains Forktail 5
Ischnura damula
Western Red Damsel 9
Amphiagrion abbreviatum
Willow Pinecone Gall Midge 10
Rabdophaga strobiloides
White-bowed Smoothwing 11
Scaeva affinis
Large-tailed Aphideater 12
Eupeodes volucris
Margined Calligrapher 13
Toxomerus marginatus
Orange-legged Drone Fly 13
Eristalis flavipes
Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly 14
Eristalis stipator
Common Drone Fly 15
Eristalis tenax
Copestylum lentum 16
Spiny Tachinid Fly 17
Paradejeania rutilioides
secondary screwworm 18
Cochliomyia macellaria
Stable Fly 19
Stomoxys calcitrans
Cotton-gall Tephritid 20
Aciurina bigeloviae
Slate Brown Dun 21
Epeorus longimanus
Small Minnow Mayfly 21
Baetis bicaudatus
Speckled Wing Dun 22
Callibaetis ferrugineus hageni
Hex 23
Hexagenia limbata
Tiny white winged black mayfly 24
Tricorythodes explicatus
Pale Morning Dun 21
Ephemerella excrucians
Western Green Drake 25
Drunella grandis
Prong-gilled Mayfly 24
Paraleptophlebia memorialis
Praying Mantis 26
Mantis religiosa

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