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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 ↓

Archasia auriculata 1
Rugosana querci 2
Plains Cicada 3
Megatibicen dealbatus
Southern Grass Cicada 4
Cicadetta calliope
Putnam's Cicada 5
Platypedia putnami
Prairie Spittle Bug 6
Philaenarcys bilineata
Jagged Ambush Bug 7
Phymata americana
Spiny Assassin Bug 8
Sinea spinipes
Pale Green Assassin Bug 9
Zelus luridus
Castolus ferox 10
Fitchia aptera 11
Wheel Bug 12
Arilus cristatus
Masked Hunter 13
Reduvius personatus
Black Corsair 14
Melanolestes picipes
Common Water Strider 15
Aquarius remigis
Charcoal Seed Bug 16
Melacoryphus lateralis
Small Milkweed Bug 17
Lygaeus kalmii
Two-spotted Stink Bug 18
Perillus bioculatus
Red-shouldered Stink Bug 19
Thyanta custator
Harlequin Bug 20
Murgantia histrionica
Dendrocoris humeralis 21
Piezogaster calcarator 22
Narnia snowi 23
Western Leaf-footed Bug 11
Leptoglossus clypealis
Western Conifer Seed Bug 24
Leptoglossus occidentalis
Cactus Coreid 16
Chelinidea vittiger
Eastern Boxelder Bug 25
Boisea trivittata

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