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Bugs of Roxborough State Park

Roxborough State Park is located approximately twenty-five miles southwest of Denver in Douglas County. Over 105,000 people visit this day-use park each year. Local schools, scouting groups, and clubs make up a significant portion of park visitation. Families and groups of international ...more ↓

Colias cesonia 1
Zerene cesonia
Dainty Sulphur 2
Nathalis iole
Orange Sulphur 3
Colias eurytheme
Clouded Sulphur 3
Colias philodice
Large Marble 4
Euchloe ausonides
Olympia Marble 5
Euchloe olympia
Cabbage White 6
Pieris rapae
Western White 7
Pontia occidentalis
Checkered White 2
Pontia protodice
Spring White 2
Pontia sisymbrii
Toothed Somberwing 8
Euclidia cuspidea
Aholibah Underwing Moth 9
Catocala aholibah
Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth 10
Lycomorpha pholus
Six-spotted Gray 11
Spargaloma sexpunctata
Corn Earworm Moth 12
Helicoverpa zea
Epirrhoe plebeculata 13
Western Tent Caterpillar 14
Malacosoma californica
Western Tent Caterpillar 15
Malacosoma californicum
Southwestern Tent Caterpillar Moth 16
Malacosoma incurva
Sonoran Tent Caterpillar 17
Malacosoma tigris
Common Eastern Velvet Ant 18
Dasymutilla occidentalis
Cuckoo Bee 19
Melecta pacifica
Nevada Bumble Bee 20
Bombus nevadensis
Brown-belted Bumble Bee 21
Bombus griseocollis
Great Basin Bumble Bee 20
Bombus centralis
Yellow-Fronted Bumble Bee 22
Bombus flavifrons
Hunt's Bumble Bee 21
Bombus huntii
Honey Bee 23
Apis mellifera
Tripartite Sweat Bee 24
Halictus tripartitus
Ligated Furrow Bee 25
Halictus ligatus
Pseudomasaris vespoides 26
European Paper Wasp 27
Polistes dominula
Western Paper Wasp 28
Mischocyttarus flavitarsis
Western Yellowjacket 29
Vespula pensylvanica
Jewel Oak Gall Wasp 30
Acraspis quercushirta
Disholcaspis rubens 31
Purple Tiger Beetle 32
Cicindela purpurea
Leaf Beetle 33
Chrysomela knabi
Spinach Flea Beetle 34
Disonycha xanthomelas
Fifteen-spotted Ladybug 35
Anatis labiculata
Asian Lady Beetle 36
Harmonia axyridis
Convergent Lady Beetle 37
Hippodamia convergens
Seven-spotted Ladybird 1
Coccinella septempunctata
Western Spotless Ladybeetle 38
Cycloneda polita
Plains False Wireworm 39
Eleodes opaca
Eleodes obscura 40
Ischnomera puncticollis 41
Blue Fungus Beetle 1
Cypherotylus californicus
Enoclerus spinolae 42
Red-blue Checkered Beetle 43
Trichodes nuttalli
Ornate Checkered Beetle 4
Trichodes ornatus
Collops bipunctatus 44
Scarlet Malachite Beetle 45
Malachius aeneus
Polydrusus impressifrons 46
Batyle suturalis 47
Tragidion coquus 12
Red-femured Milkweed Borer 21
Tetraopes femoratus
Lycus sanguinipennis 48
Acmaeodera mixta 41
brown scarab beetle 49
Phyllophaga lanceolata
Orange-winged Grasshopper 50
Arphia conspersa
Green-striped Grasshopper 51
Chortophaga viridifasciata
Coral-winged Grasshopper 52
Pardalophora apiculata
Two-striped Grasshopper
Melanoplus bivittatus
Graphocephala hieroglyphica 53
Graphocephala uhleri 54
Neokolla dolobrata 21
Cuerna alpina 54
Jagged Ambush Bug 20
Phymata americana
Rhynocoris ventralis 55
Apiomerus spissipes 56
White-crossed Seed Bug 18
Neacoryphus bicrucis
Harlequin Bug 57
Murgantia histrionica
Conchuela Bug 58
Chlorochroa ligata
Eastern Boxelder Bug 59
Boisea trivittata
Lupine Bug 18
Megalotomus quinquespinosus
Eight-spotted Skimmer 60
Libellula forensis
Twelve-spotted Skimmer 61
Libellula pulchella
Striped Meadowhawk 62
Sympetrum pallipes
Band-winged Meadowhawk 63
Sympetrum semicinctum
Pale Snaketail 61
Ophiogomphus severus
Oblique Streaktail 64
Allograpta obliqua
Margined Calligrapher 65
Toxomerus marginatus
Black-backed Grass Skimmer 66
Paragus haemorrhous
Rocky Mountain Hornet Fly 67
Spilomyia liturata
Spiny Tachinid Fly 68
Paradejeania rutilioides
European Mantis 69
Mantis religiosa

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