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Bugs of Cheyenne Mountain State Park

Cheyenne Mountain State Park is geographically situated just south of Colorado Springs. It lies beneath the eastern flank of Cheyenne Mountain, and borders the plains of Colorado. The park occupies an important transitional zone between Great Plains grassland communities and montane coniferous ...more ↓

Bent-winged Owlet 1
Bleptina caradrinalis
Salt Marsh Moth 2
Estigmene acrea
Many-spotted Tiger Moth 3
Hypercompe permaculata
Painted Tiger Moth 3
Arachnis picta
Apantesis f-pallida 4
Phyllira Tiger Moth 5
Apantesis phyllira
Garden Tiger 6
Arctia caja
Orange Virbia Moth 7
Virbia aurantiaca
Virginia Ctenucha Moth 8
Ctenucha virginica
Oregon Cycnia Moth 2
Cycnia oregonensis
Pseudohemihyalea ambigua 3
Freckled Glassy-wing 9
Pseudohemihyalea labecula
Grote's bertholdia 10
Bertholdia trigona
Clio Tiger Moth 11
Ectypia clio
Spotted Tussock Moth 12
Lophocampa maculata
Yellow-headed Lichen Moth 13
Crambidia cephalica
Painted Lichen Moth 14
Hypoprepia fucosa
Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth 15
Hypoprepia miniata
Barnes' Lichen Moth 16
Cisthene barnesii
Thin-banded Lichen Moth 17
Cisthene tenuifascia
Douglas-fir tussock moth 18
Orgyia pseudotsugata
Metalectra bigallis 5
Dark Marathyssa Moth 19
Marathyssa inficita
Barrens Paectes Moth 20
Paectes abrostolella
Hyperaeschra tortuosa 5
White-dotted Prominent 21
Nadata gibbosa
Unicorn Prominent 22
Schizura unicornis
Dingy Cutworm Moth 3
Feltia jaculifera
Venerable Dart 23
Agrotis venerabilis
Old Man Dart 24
Agrotis vetusta
Army Cutworm Moth 12
Euxoa auxiliaris
Coastal Heathland Cutworm Moth 25
Abagrotis nefascia
Abagrotis denticulata 26
Xestia conchis 27
Beet Armyworm Moth 22
Spodoptera exigua
Civil Rustic Moth 28
Caradrina montana
American Bird's-wing 29
Dypterygia rozmani
Apamea atrosuffusa 30
Yellow-headed Cutworm Moth 31
Apamea amputatrix
Glassy Cutworm Moth 3
Apamea devastator
Pink-barred Lithacodia 32
Pseudeustrotia carneola
Half-banded Bryolymnia 5
Bryolymnia semifascia
Egira variabilis 33
Hydroeciodes serrata 34
Ulolonche disticha 13
Bristly Cutworm Moth 35
Lacinipolia renigera
Mesogona olivata 3
American Dun-bar Moth 22
Cosmia calami
Narrow-winged Midget Moth 36
Tarache augustipennis
Prairie Bird-dropping Moth 37
Ponometia binocula
Olive-shaded Bird-dropping Moth 1
Ponometia candefacta
Half-yellow Moth 38
Ponometia semiflava
Ponometia tortricina 36
Alfalfa Looper 12
Autographa californica
Straight-lined Looper Moth 35
Pseudeva purpurigera
Laugher Moth 39
Charadra deridens
Condica albolabes 30
Eight-spotted Forester Moth 40
Alypia octomaculata
Acronicta exempta 4
Chrysellus Flower Moth 17
Schinia chrysellus
Silver-banded Gem Moth 41
Schinia cumatilis
Jaguar Flower Moth 5
Schinia jaguarina
Leadplant Flower Moth 5
Schinia lucens
Schinia simplex 4
Corn Earworm Moth 11
Helicoverpa zea
Gilded Seedcropper 42
Basilodes chrysopis
Plagiomimicus dimidiata 4
Frothy Moth 43
Plagiomimicus spumosum
Plagiomimicus tepperi 44
Grotella septempunctata 13
Montana Six-plume Moth 3
Alucita montana
Gray Scoopwing 45
Callizzia amorata
Brown Bark Carpet Moth 46
Horisme intestinata
Prorella gypsata 16
Many-lined Carpet Moth 47
Anticlea multiferata
Stamnodes fervefactaria 37
Stamnodes formosata 48
Perizoma custodiata 22
Hydriomena expurgata 5
Common Carpet Moth 49
Epirrhoe alternata
Broad-lined Angle 13
Digrammia atrofasciata
Digrammia muscariata 50
Brown-bordered Geometer Moth 51
Eumacaria madopata
Drepanulatrix bifilata 52
Confused Eusarca Moth 53
Eusarca confusaria
Destutia excelsa 5
Common Gray 22
Anavitrinella pampinaria
Johnson's Euchlaena Moth 2
Euchlaena johnsonaria
American Oak Beauty 54
Phaeoura quernaria
Dichorda rectaria 3
Blackberry Looper Moth 55
Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria
Wavy-lined Emerald 56
Synchlora aerata
Large Lace Border 57
Scopula limboundata
Speckled Wave 17
Lobocleta peralbata
Idaea gemmata 10
Clover Hayworm Moth 58
Hypsopygia costalis
Yellow-fringed Dolichomia Moth 59
Hypsopygia olinalis
Ponderosa Pine Coneworm Moth 60
Dioryctria auranticella
Carmine Snout 61
Peoria approximella
Maple Webworm Moth 62
Pococera asperatella

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