Bugs of Rifle Falls, Rifle Gap, and Harvey Gap State Parks

Harvey Gap and Rifle Falls are both headquartered at Rifle Gap, and are all within about 4.5 miles of one another.

Harvey Gap is a total of about 320 acres, 160 of which is the reservoir and the other 160 acres are the lands surrounding the reservoir. The park lies at approximately ...more ↓

White-lined Sphinx ¹
Hyles lineata

Snowberry Clearwing ²
Hemaris diffinis

Rocky Mountain clearwing ³
Hemaris thetis

Great Ash Sphinx ⁴
Sphinx chersis

Apple Sphinx ⁵
Sphinx gordius

One-eyed Sphinx ⁶
Smerinthus cerisyi

Twin-spotted Sphinx ⁷
Smerinthus jamaicensis

Western Poplar Sphinx ⁸
Pachysphinx occidentalis

Blinded Sphinx Moth ⁹
Paonias excaecata

Columbia Silk Moth ¹⁰
Hyalophora columbia

Polyphemus Moth ¹¹
Antheraea polyphemus

Sagebrush Sheep Moth ¹²
Hemileuca hera

Nuttall's Sheep Moth ¹³
Hemileuca nuttalli

Rocky Mountain Parnassian ¹⁴
Parnassius smintheus

Indra Swallowtail ¹⁵
Papilio indra

Old World Swallowtail ¹⁶
Papilio machaon

Black Swallowtail ¹⁷
Papilio polyxenes

Anise Swallowtail ¹⁸
Papilio zelicaon

Pale Swallowtail ¹⁹
Papilio eurymedon

Two-tailed Swallowtail ²⁰
Papilio multicaudata

Western Tiger Swallowtail ²¹
Papilio rutulus

Yucca Giant-skipper ²²
Megathymus yuccae

Common Roadside-Skipper ²³
Amblyscirtes vialis

Taxiles Skipper ²⁴
Poanes taxiles

Woodland Skipper ²⁵
Ochlodes sylvanoides

Yuma Skipper ²⁶
Ochlodes yuma

Western Branded Skipper ²⁷
Hesperia colorado

Juba Skipper ²⁸
Hesperia juba

Nevada Skipper ²⁹
Hesperia nevada

Pahaska Skipper ³⁰
Hesperia pahaska

Uncas Skipper ³⁰
Hesperia uncas uncas

Draco Skipper ²⁶
Polites draco

Sandhill Skipper ²⁸
Polites sabuleti

Tawny-edged Skipper ³¹
Polites themistocles

Dun Skipper ¹
Euphyes vestris

Viereck's Skipper ²⁶
Atrytonopsis vierecki

Garita Skipperling ³⁰
Oarisma garita

Russet Skipperling ³²
Piruna pirus

Mexican Cloudywing ³⁰
Thorybes mexicana

Northern Cloudywing ³³
Thorybes pylades

Silver-spotted Skipper ³⁴
Epargyreus clarus

Afranius Duskywing ²⁶
Erynnis afranius

Sleepy Duskywing ³⁵
Erynnis brizo

Funereal Duskywing ³⁰
Erynnis funeralis

Horace's Duskywing ³⁶
Erynnis horatius

Dreamy Duskywing ³⁷
Erynnis icelus

Persius Duskywing ²⁷
Erynnis persius

Rocky Mountain Duskywing ³¹
Erynnis telemachus

Common Checkered-Skipper ³⁸
Burnsius communis

Northern Grizzled Skipper ³⁹
Pyrgus centaureae

Saltbush Sootywing ¹
Hesperopsis alpheus

Mojave Sootywing ⁴⁰
Hesperopsis libya

Common Sootywing ⁴¹
Pholisora catullus

Viceroy ⁴²
Limenitis archippus

Weidemeyer's Admiral ²⁶
Limenitis weidemeyerii

Variable Checkerspot ⁴³
Euphydryas chalcedona

Edith's Checkerspot ³¹
Euphydryas editha

Tawny Crescent ⁴⁴
Phyciodes batesii

Northern Crescent ⁴⁵
Phyciodes cocyta

Pale Crescent ⁴⁶
Phyciodes pallida

Field Crescent ⁴⁷
Phyciodes pulchella

Pearl Crescent ⁴⁸
Phyciodes tharos

Sagebrush Checkerspot ⁴⁹
Chlosyne acastus

The Leanira Checkerspot ²⁷
Chlosyne leanira

Silvery Checkerspot ²⁷
Chlosyne nycteis

Northern Checkerspot ⁵⁰
Chlosyne palla

Carlota Checkerspot ⁵¹
Chlosyne gorgone carlota

Dotted Checkerspot ²⁶
Poladryas minuta

West Coast Lady ⁵²
Vanessa annabella

Painted Lady ⁵³
Vanessa cardui

American Lady ⁵⁴
Vanessa virginiensis

American Red Admiral ⁵⁵
Vanessa atalanta rubria

Mourning Cloak ⁵⁶
Nymphalis antiopa

Green Comma ⁵⁷
Polygonia faunus

Hoary Comma ³⁹
Polygonia gracilis

Question Mark ⁵⁸
Polygonia interrogationis

Grey Comma ²⁴
Polygonia progne

Satyr Comma ⁵²
Polygonia satyrus

Milbert's Tortoiseshell ⁵⁹
Aglais milberti

Ochre Ringlet ⁶⁰
Coenonympha tullia ochracea

Ridings' satyr ⁶¹
Neominois ridingsii ridingsii

Chryxus Arctic ³¹
Oeneis chryxus

Common Alpine ⁶²
Erebia epipsodea

Small Wood-Nymph ²⁶
Cercyonis oetus

Common Wood-Nymph ⁵²
Cercyonis pegala

Great Basin Wood-Nymph ²⁶
Cercyonis sthenele

Canyonland Satyr ³⁰
Cyllopsis pertepida

Aphrodite Fritillary ²⁵
Speyeria aphrodite

Callippe Fritillary ⁶³
Speyeria callippe

Great Spangled Fritillary ³⁰
Speyeria cybele

Edwards' Fritillary ³⁰
Speyeria edwardsii

Nokomis Fritillary ²⁷
Speyeria nokomis

Coronis Fritillary ⁶⁴
Speyeria coronis halcyone

Eurynome Fritillary ³⁹
Speyeria mormonia eurynome

Meadow Fritillary ³³
Boloria bellona

Purplish Fritillary ⁶⁵
Boloria chariclea

Variegated Fritillary ⁶⁶
Euptoieta claudia

Queen ⁶⁷
Danaus gilippus

Monarch ⁶⁷
Danaus plexippus

Colorado Hairstreak ⁶⁸
Hypaurotis crysalus

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Bugs of Rifle Falls, Rifle Gap, and Harvey Gap State Parks

White-lined Sphinx 1 Hyles lineata

Snowberry Clearwing 2 Hemaris diffinis

Rocky Mountain clearwing 3 Hemaris thetis

Great Ash Sphinx 4 Sphinx chersis

Apple Sphinx 5 Sphinx gordius

One-eyed Sphinx 6 Smerinthus cerisyi

Twin-spotted Sphinx 7 Smerinthus jamaicensis

Western Poplar Sphinx 8 Pachysphinx occidentalis

Blinded Sphinx Moth 9 Paonias excaecata

Columbia Silk Moth 10 Hyalophora columbia

Polyphemus Moth 11 Antheraea polyphemus

Sagebrush Sheep Moth 12 Hemileuca hera

Nuttall's Sheep Moth 13 Hemileuca nuttalli

Rocky Mountain Parnassian 14 Parnassius smintheus

Indra Swallowtail 15 Papilio indra

Old World Swallowtail 16 Papilio machaon

Black Swallowtail 17 Papilio polyxenes

Anise Swallowtail 18 Papilio zelicaon

Pale Swallowtail 19 Papilio eurymedon

Two-tailed Swallowtail 20 Papilio multicaudata

Western Tiger Swallowtail 21 Papilio rutulus

Yucca Giant-skipper 22 Megathymus yuccae

Common Roadside-Skipper 23 Amblyscirtes vialis

Taxiles Skipper 24 Poanes taxiles

Woodland Skipper 25 Ochlodes sylvanoides

Yuma Skipper 26 Ochlodes yuma

Western Branded Skipper 27 Hesperia colorado

Juba Skipper 28 Hesperia juba

Nevada Skipper 29 Hesperia nevada

Pahaska Skipper 30 Hesperia pahaska

Uncas Skipper 30 Hesperia uncas uncas

Draco Skipper 26 Polites draco

Sandhill Skipper 28 Polites sabuleti

Tawny-edged Skipper 31 Polites themistocles

Dun Skipper 1 Euphyes vestris

Viereck's Skipper 26 Atrytonopsis vierecki

Garita Skipperling 30 Oarisma garita

Russet Skipperling 32 Piruna pirus

Mexican Cloudywing 30 Thorybes mexicana

Northern Cloudywing 33 Thorybes pylades

Silver-spotted Skipper 34 Epargyreus clarus

Afranius Duskywing 26 Erynnis afranius

Sleepy Duskywing 35 Erynnis brizo

Funereal Duskywing 30 Erynnis funeralis

Horace's Duskywing 36 Erynnis horatius

Dreamy Duskywing 37 Erynnis icelus

Persius Duskywing 27 Erynnis persius

Rocky Mountain Duskywing 31 Erynnis telemachus

Common Checkered-Skipper 38 Burnsius communis

Northern Grizzled Skipper 39 Pyrgus centaureae

Saltbush Sootywing 1 Hesperopsis alpheus

Mojave Sootywing 40 Hesperopsis libya

Common Sootywing 41 Pholisora catullus

Viceroy 42 Limenitis archippus

Weidemeyer's Admiral 26 Limenitis weidemeyerii

Variable Checkerspot 43 Euphydryas chalcedona

Edith's Checkerspot 31 Euphydryas editha

Tawny Crescent 44 Phyciodes batesii

Northern Crescent 45 Phyciodes cocyta

Pale Crescent 46 Phyciodes pallida

Field Crescent 47 Phyciodes pulchella

Pearl Crescent 48 Phyciodes tharos

Sagebrush Checkerspot 49 Chlosyne acastus

The Leanira Checkerspot 27 Chlosyne leanira

Silvery Checkerspot 27 Chlosyne nycteis

Northern Checkerspot 50 Chlosyne palla

Carlota Checkerspot 51 Chlosyne gorgone carlota

Dotted Checkerspot 26 Poladryas minuta

West Coast Lady 52 Vanessa annabella

Painted Lady 53 Vanessa cardui

American Lady 54 Vanessa virginiensis

American Red Admiral 55 Vanessa atalanta rubria

Mourning Cloak 56 Nymphalis antiopa

Green Comma 57 Polygonia faunus

Hoary Comma 39 Polygonia gracilis

Question Mark 58 Polygonia interrogationis

Grey Comma 24 Polygonia progne

Satyr Comma 52 Polygonia satyrus

Milbert's Tortoiseshell 59 Aglais milberti