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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 ↓

Taxonomy
« Back To Winged and Once-winged Insects Subclass Pterygota
- Flies Order Diptera
  - 4 Cyclorrhaphan Flies Infraorder Cyclorrhapha
  - 3 Orthorrhaphan Flies Infraorder Orthorrhapha

Margined Calligrapher ¹
Toxomerus marginatus

Spiny Tachinid Fly ²
Paradejeania rutilioides

Epalpus signifer ³

Sunflower Seed Maggot ⁴
Neotephritis finalis

Western Horse Fly ⁵
Tabanus punctifer

Exoprosopa caliptera ⁶

Greater Bee Fly ⁷
Bombylius major

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Bugs of Cheyenne Mountain State Park

Margined Calligrapher 1 Toxomerus marginatus

Spiny Tachinid Fly 2 Paradejeania rutilioides

Epalpus signifer 3

Sunflower Seed Maggot 4 Neotephritis finalis

Western Horse Fly 5 Tabanus punctifer

Exoprosopa caliptera 6

Greater Bee Fly 7 Bombylius major