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Bugs of Mueller State Park

Mueller State Park preserves an area of semi-wilderness within a short drive of one of Colorado’s largest metropolitan areas – Colorado Springs. The park is located on the western flank of Pike’s Peak, at elevations between 8900-9800 feet. Mueller is comprised of 5,121 acres of land, owned by ...more ↓

Common Loopwing Aphideater ¹
Lapposyrphus lapponicus

Black-margined Flower Fly ²
Syrphus opinator

Margined Calligrapher ³
Toxomerus marginatus

Adejeania vexatrix ⁴

Stable Fly ⁵
Stomoxys calcitrans

Physocephala texana ⁶

Coleomyia alticola

Sinuous Bee Fly ⁷
Hemipenthes sinuosa

Dorcadion Bee Fly ⁸
Exoprosopa dorcadion

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Bugs of Mueller State Park

Common Loopwing Aphideater 1 Lapposyrphus lapponicus

Black-margined Flower Fly 2 Syrphus opinator

Margined Calligrapher 3 Toxomerus marginatus

Adejeania vexatrix 4

Stable Fly 5 Stomoxys calcitrans

Physocephala texana 6