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Wildlife of Castlewood Canyon State Park

Castlewood Canyon State Park is located in central Douglas County, one of the fastest growing counties in the nation. It lies east of Interstate 25 and is equidistant between the two largest metropolitan areas within Colorado - Denver and Colorado Springs. The park lies at the intersection of ...more ↓

Western Black Widow ¹
Latrodectus hesperus

Phidippus insignarius ²

Habronattus clypeatus ³

Hirsute Paradise Spider ³
Habronattus hirsutus

Habronattus venatoris ⁴

Polyphemus Moth ⁵
Antheraea polyphemus

Phoebus Apollo ⁶
Parnassius phoebus

Rocky Mountain Parnassian ⁷
Parnassius smintheus

Black Swallowtail ⁸
Papilio polyxenes

Two-tailed Swallowtail ⁹
Papilio multicaudata

Western Tiger Swallowtail ¹⁰
Papilio rutulus

Common Roadside-Skipper ¹¹
Amblyscirtes vialis

Taxiles Skipper ¹²
Lon taxiles

Snow's Skipper ¹³
Paratrytone snowi

Dun Skipper ¹⁴
Euphyes vestris

Russet Skipperling ¹⁵
Piruna pirus

Afranius Duskywing ¹⁶
Erynnis afranius

Horace's Duskywing ¹⁷
Erynnis horatius

Common Checkered-Skipper ¹⁸
Burnsius communis

Weidemeyer's Admiral ¹⁹
Limenitis weidemeyerii

Field Crescent ²⁰
Phyciodes pulchella

Gorgone Checkerspot ²¹
Chlosyne gorgone

Painted Lady ²²
Vanessa cardui

Mourning Cloak ²³
Nymphalis antiopa

Hoary Comma ²⁴
Polygonia gracilis

Satyr Comma ²⁵
Polygonia satyrus

Milbert's Tortoiseshell ²⁶
Aglais milberti

Common Ringlet ²⁷
Coenonympha california

Aphrodite Fritillary ²⁸
Speyeria aphrodite

Edwards's Fritillary ²⁹
Speyeria edwardsii

Monarch ³⁰
Danaus plexippus

Gray Hairstreak ³¹
Strymon melinus

Western Pine Elfin ¹³
Callophrys eryphon

Juniper Hairstreak ¹⁴
Callophrys gryneus

Hops Azure ³²
Celastrina humulus

Silvery Blue ³³
Glaucopsyche lygdamus

Ancilla Blue ³⁴
Euphilotes ancilla

Marine Blue ³⁵
Leptotes marina

Melissa Blue ³⁶
Plebejus melissa

Dainty Sulphur ³⁶
Nathalis iole

Orange Sulphur ³⁷
Colias eurytheme

Cabbage White ³⁸
Pieris rapae

Checkered White ³⁹
Pontia protodice

Spring White ³⁶
Pontia sisymbrii

Black Witch ¹⁷
Ascalapha odorata

Spotted Tussock Moth ⁴⁰
Lophocampa maculata

Odorous House Ant ⁴¹
Tapinoma sessile

Western Carpenter Ant ⁴²
Camponotus modoc

Bicolored Carpenter Ant ⁴³
Camponotus vicinus

Wily Field Ant ⁴⁴
Formica dolosa

Uncertain Field Ant ⁴⁵
Formica incerta

Pale Field Ant ⁴⁶
Formica pallidefulva

Allegheny Mound Ant ⁴⁷
Formica exsectoides

Formica podzolica ⁴⁸

Western Thatching Ant ⁴⁹
Formica obscuripes

New World Black Ant ⁴⁶
Formica neogagates

Short-horned Meadow Ant ⁵⁰
Lasius brevicornis

Lasius fallax ⁵¹

Lasius crypticus ⁵⁰

Lasius ponderosae ⁵⁰

Hairless Rover Ant ⁵²
Brachymyrmex depilis

Pennsylvania Ponera ⁴⁶
Ponera pennsylvanica

Pheidole ceres ⁵²

Hairy Pheidole ⁵³
Pheidole pilifera

Aphaenogaster occidentalis ⁵⁴

Schaum's Acorn Ant ⁴⁶
Temnothorax schaumii

Cherry Ant ⁵⁵
Crematogaster cerasi

Crematogaster coarctata ⁵⁶

Crematogaster emeryana ⁵⁷

Small-lined Crematogaster ⁵⁸
Crematogaster lineolata

Pseudomethoca propinqua ⁵⁹

Blue-winged Scoliid Wasp ⁶⁰
Scolia dubia

Brown-belted Bumble Bee ⁶¹
Bombus griseocollis

Hunt's Bumble Bee ⁶²
Bombus huntii

Western Honey Bee ⁶³
Apis mellifera

Sunflower Burrowing-Resin bee ⁶⁴
Paranthidium jugatorium

Pseudomasaris vespoides ⁶⁵

Western Paper Wasp ⁶⁶
Mischocyttarus flavitarsis

Western Yellowjacket ⁶²
Vespula pensylvanica

Blowout Tiger Beetle ⁶⁷
Cicindela lengi

Common Claybank Tiger Beetle ³³
Cicindela limbalis

Western Tiger Beetle ⁵
Cicindela oregona

Convergent Ladybeetle ⁶⁸
Hippodamia convergens

Seven-spotted Ladybird ¹⁷
Coccinella septempunctata

Nuttall's blister beetle ⁶⁹
Lytta nuttalli

Ornate Checkered Beetle ⁷⁰
Trichodes ornatus

Polydrusus impressifrons ⁷¹

Batyle suturalis ⁷²

Colorado Soldier Beetle ⁴⁶
Chauliognathus basalis

Goldenrod Soldier Beetle ¹⁷
Chauliognathus pensylvanicus

Eastern Eyed Click Beetle ¹⁷
Alaus oculatus

Banded Sexton Beetle ⁷³
Nicrophorus investigator

Emerald Euphoria ⁷⁴
Euphoria fulgida

brown scarab beetle ⁶²
Phyllophaga lanceolata

Speckle-winged Rangeland Grasshopper ⁷⁵
Arphia conspersa

Green-striped Grasshopper ⁷⁶
Chortophaga viridifasciata

Coral-winged Grasshopper ⁶²
Pardalophora apiculata

Lichen Grasshopper ⁷⁷
Trimerotropis saxatilis

Two-striped Grasshopper ⁶²
Melanoplus bivittatus

Spotted Bird Grasshopper ¹⁴
Schistocerca lineata

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Wildlife of Castlewood Canyon State Park

Western Black Widow 1 Latrodectus hesperus

Hirsute Paradise Spider 3 Habronattus hirsutus

Polyphemus Moth 5 Antheraea polyphemus

Phoebus Apollo 6 Parnassius phoebus

Rocky Mountain Parnassian 7 Parnassius smintheus

Black Swallowtail 8 Papilio polyxenes

Two-tailed Swallowtail 9 Papilio multicaudata

Western Tiger Swallowtail 10 Papilio rutulus

Common Roadside-Skipper 11 Amblyscirtes vialis

Taxiles Skipper 12 Lon taxiles

Snow's Skipper 13 Paratrytone snowi

Dun Skipper 14 Euphyes vestris

Russet Skipperling 15 Piruna pirus

Afranius Duskywing 16 Erynnis afranius

Horace's Duskywing 17 Erynnis horatius

Common Checkered-Skipper 18 Burnsius communis

Weidemeyer's Admiral 19 Limenitis weidemeyerii

Field Crescent 20 Phyciodes pulchella

Gorgone Checkerspot 21 Chlosyne gorgone

Painted Lady 22 Vanessa cardui

Mourning Cloak 23 Nymphalis antiopa

Hoary Comma 24 Polygonia gracilis

Satyr Comma 25 Polygonia satyrus

Milbert's Tortoiseshell 26 Aglais milberti

Common Ringlet 27 Coenonympha california

Aphrodite Fritillary 28 Speyeria aphrodite

Edwards's Fritillary 29 Speyeria edwardsii

Monarch 30 Danaus plexippus

Gray Hairstreak 31 Strymon melinus

Western Pine Elfin 13 Callophrys eryphon

Juniper Hairstreak 14 Callophrys gryneus

Hops Azure 32 Celastrina humulus

Silvery Blue 33 Glaucopsyche lygdamus

Ancilla Blue 34 Euphilotes ancilla

Marine Blue 35 Leptotes marina

Melissa Blue 36 Plebejus melissa

Dainty Sulphur 36 Nathalis iole

Orange Sulphur 37 Colias eurytheme

Cabbage White 38 Pieris rapae

Checkered White 39 Pontia protodice

Spring White 36 Pontia sisymbrii

Black Witch 17 Ascalapha odorata

Spotted Tussock Moth 40 Lophocampa maculata

Odorous House Ant 41 Tapinoma sessile

Western Carpenter Ant 42 Camponotus modoc

Bicolored Carpenter Ant 43 Camponotus vicinus

Wily Field Ant 44 Formica dolosa

Uncertain Field Ant 45 Formica incerta

Pale Field Ant 46 Formica pallidefulva

Allegheny Mound Ant 47 Formica exsectoides

Western Thatching Ant 49 Formica obscuripes

New World Black Ant 46 Formica neogagates

Short-horned Meadow Ant 50 Lasius brevicornis

Hairless Rover Ant 52 Brachymyrmex depilis

Pennsylvania Ponera 46 Ponera pennsylvanica

Hairy Pheidole 53 Pheidole pilifera

Schaum's Acorn Ant 46 Temnothorax schaumii

Cherry Ant 55 Crematogaster cerasi

Small-lined Crematogaster 58 Crematogaster lineolata

Blue-winged Scoliid Wasp 60 Scolia dubia

Brown-belted Bumble Bee 61 Bombus griseocollis

Hunt's Bumble Bee 62 Bombus huntii

Western Honey Bee 63 Apis mellifera

Sunflower Burrowing-Resin bee 64 Paranthidium jugatorium

Western Paper Wasp 66 Mischocyttarus flavitarsis

Western Yellowjacket 62 Vespula pensylvanica

Blowout Tiger Beetle 67 Cicindela lengi

Common Claybank Tiger Beetle 33 Cicindela limbalis

Western Tiger Beetle 5 Cicindela oregona

Convergent Ladybeetle 68 Hippodamia convergens

Seven-spotted Ladybird 17 Coccinella septempunctata

Nuttall's blister beetle 69 Lytta nuttalli

Ornate Checkered Beetle 70 Trichodes ornatus

Colorado Soldier Beetle 46 Chauliognathus basalis

Goldenrod Soldier Beetle 17 Chauliognathus pensylvanicus

Eastern Eyed Click Beetle 17 Alaus oculatus

Banded Sexton Beetle 73 Nicrophorus investigator

Emerald Euphoria 74 Euphoria fulgida

brown scarab beetle 62 Phyllophaga lanceolata