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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 ↓

Rugosana querci ¹

Plains Cicada ²
Megatibicen dealbatus

Southern Grass Cicada ³
Cicadetta calliope

Putnam's Cicada ⁴
Platypedia putnami

Prairie Spittle Bug ⁵
Philaenarcys bilineata

Jagged Ambush Bug ⁶
Phymata americana

Spiny Assassin Bug ⁷
Sinea spinipes

Pale Green Assassin Bug ⁸
Zelus luridus

Castolus ferox ⁹

Fitchia aptera ¹⁰

Wheel Bug ¹¹
Arilus cristatus

Masked Hunter ¹²
Reduvius personatus

Black Corsair ¹³
Melanolestes picipes

Common Water Strider ¹⁴
Aquarius remigis

Charcoal Seed Bug ¹⁵
Melacoryphus lateralis

Small Milkweed Bug ¹⁶
Lygaeus kalmii

Two-spotted Stink Bug ¹⁷
Perillus bioculatus

Red-shouldered Stink Bug ¹⁸
Thyanta custator

Harlequin Bug ¹⁹
Murgantia histrionica

Dendrocoris humeralis ²⁰

Piezogaster calcarator ²¹

Narnia snowi ²²

Western Leaf-footed Bug ¹⁰
Leptoglossus clypealis

Western Conifer Seed Bug ²³
Leptoglossus occidentalis

Cactus Coreid ¹⁵
Chelinidea vittiger

Eastern Boxelder Bug ²⁴
Boisea trivittata

Eight-spotted Skimmer ²⁵
Libellula forensis

Widow Skimmer ²⁶
Libellula luctuosa

Twelve-spotted Skimmer ²⁷
Libellula pulchella

Four-spotted Skimmer ²⁸
Libellula quadrimaculata

Flame Skimmer ²⁹
Libellula saturata

Halloween Pennant ³⁰
Celithemis eponina

Variegated Meadowhawk ³¹
Sympetrum corruptum

Black Meadowhawk ³²
Sympetrum danae

Western Meadowhawk ³³
Sympetrum occidentale

Striped Meadowhawk ³⁴
Sympetrum pallipes

Ruby Meadowhawk ¹⁴
Sympetrum rubicundulum

Band-winged Meadowhawk ²
Sympetrum semicinctum

Spot-winged Glider ³⁵
Pantala hymenaea

Red Saddlebags ³⁶
Tramea onusta

Eastern Pondhawk ³⁷
Erythemis simplicicollis

Dot-tailed Whiteface ³²
Leucorrhinia intacta

Common Whitetail ³⁸
Plathemis lydia

Desert Whitetail ³⁹
Plathemis subornata

Red Rock Skimmer ⁴⁰
Paltothemis lineatipes

Common Baskettail ⁴¹
Epitheca cynosura

Plains Emerald ³⁹
Somatochlora ensigera

Pale Snaketail ²
Ophiogomphus severus

Common Sanddragon ⁴²
Progomphus obscurus

Common Green Darner ⁴³
Anax junius

Variable Darner ³²
Aeshna interrupta

Sedge Darner ⁴⁴
Aeshna juncea

Paddle-tailed Darner ³²
Aeshna palmata

Shadow Darner ¹⁴
Aeshna umbrosa

Blue-eyed Darner ²⁷
Rhionaeschna multicolor

Paiute Dancer ⁴⁰
Argia alberta

Familiar Bluet ⁴⁵
Enallagma civile

Alkali Bluet ³⁹
Enallagma clausum

Arroyo Bluet ²
Enallagma praevarum

Western Forktail ⁴⁶
Ischnura perparva

Western Red Damsel ²
Amphiagrion abbreviatum

European Earwig ¹⁵
Forficula auricularia

Margined Calligrapher ⁴⁷
Toxomerus marginatus

Spiny Tachinid Fly ⁴⁸
Paradejeania rutilioides

Epalpus signifer ⁴⁹

Sunflower Seed Maggot ⁵⁰
Neotephritis finalis

Western Horse Fly ⁵¹
Tabanus punctifer

Exoprosopa caliptera ⁵²

Greater Bee Fly ⁵³
Bombylius major

European Mantis ⁵⁴
Mantis religiosa

Yersin's Ground Mantis ⁵⁵
Yersiniops solitarius

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Bugs of Cheyenne Mountain State Park

Plains Cicada 2 Megatibicen dealbatus

Southern Grass Cicada 3 Cicadetta calliope

Putnam's Cicada 4 Platypedia putnami

Prairie Spittle Bug 5 Philaenarcys bilineata

Jagged Ambush Bug 6 Phymata americana

Spiny Assassin Bug 7 Sinea spinipes

Pale Green Assassin Bug 8 Zelus luridus

Wheel Bug 11 Arilus cristatus

Masked Hunter 12 Reduvius personatus

Black Corsair 13 Melanolestes picipes

Common Water Strider 14 Aquarius remigis

Charcoal Seed Bug 15 Melacoryphus lateralis

Small Milkweed Bug 16 Lygaeus kalmii

Two-spotted Stink Bug 17 Perillus bioculatus

Red-shouldered Stink Bug 18 Thyanta custator

Harlequin Bug 19 Murgantia histrionica

Western Leaf-footed Bug 10 Leptoglossus clypealis

Western Conifer Seed Bug 23 Leptoglossus occidentalis

Cactus Coreid 15 Chelinidea vittiger

Eastern Boxelder Bug 24 Boisea trivittata

Eight-spotted Skimmer 25 Libellula forensis

Widow Skimmer 26 Libellula luctuosa

Twelve-spotted Skimmer 27 Libellula pulchella

Four-spotted Skimmer 28 Libellula quadrimaculata

Flame Skimmer 29 Libellula saturata

Halloween Pennant 30 Celithemis eponina

Variegated Meadowhawk 31 Sympetrum corruptum

Black Meadowhawk 32 Sympetrum danae

Western Meadowhawk 33 Sympetrum occidentale

Striped Meadowhawk 34 Sympetrum pallipes

Ruby Meadowhawk 14 Sympetrum rubicundulum

Band-winged Meadowhawk 2 Sympetrum semicinctum

Spot-winged Glider 35 Pantala hymenaea

Red Saddlebags 36 Tramea onusta

Eastern Pondhawk 37 Erythemis simplicicollis

Dot-tailed Whiteface 32 Leucorrhinia intacta

Common Whitetail 38 Plathemis lydia

Desert Whitetail 39 Plathemis subornata

Red Rock Skimmer 40 Paltothemis lineatipes

Common Baskettail 41 Epitheca cynosura

Plains Emerald 39 Somatochlora ensigera

Pale Snaketail 2 Ophiogomphus severus

Common Sanddragon 42 Progomphus obscurus

Common Green Darner 43 Anax junius

Variable Darner 32 Aeshna interrupta

Sedge Darner 44 Aeshna juncea

Paddle-tailed Darner 32 Aeshna palmata

Shadow Darner 14 Aeshna umbrosa

Blue-eyed Darner 27 Rhionaeschna multicolor

Paiute Dancer 40 Argia alberta

Familiar Bluet 45 Enallagma civile

Alkali Bluet 39 Enallagma clausum

Arroyo Bluet 2 Enallagma praevarum

Western Forktail 46 Ischnura perparva

Western Red Damsel 2 Amphiagrion abbreviatum

European Earwig 15 Forficula auricularia

Margined Calligrapher 47 Toxomerus marginatus

Spiny Tachinid Fly 48 Paradejeania rutilioides

Sunflower Seed Maggot 50 Neotephritis finalis

Western Horse Fly 51 Tabanus punctifer

Greater Bee Fly 53 Bombylius major

European Mantis 54 Mantis religiosa

Yersin's Ground Mantis 55 Yersiniops solitarius