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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 ↓

Willow Pinecone Gall Midge 1
Rabdophaga strobiloides
White-bowed Smoothwing 2
Scaeva affinis
Large-tailed Aphideater 3
Eupeodes volucris
Margined Calligrapher 4
Toxomerus marginatus
Orange-legged Drone Fly 4
Eristalis flavipes
Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly 5
Eristalis stipator
Common Drone Fly 6
Eristalis tenax
Copestylum lentum 7
Spiny Tachinid Fly 8
Paradejeania rutilioides
secondary screwworm 9
Cochliomyia macellaria
Stable Fly 10
Stomoxys calcitrans
Cotton-gall Tephritid 11
Aciurina bigeloviae

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