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Wildlife of Eldorado Canyon State Park

Eldorado Canyon State Park lies eight miles southwest of the city of Boulder along the eastern edge of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains in an ecotone between the grasslands below and coniferous forests in and above the park. The park is made up of 1,442 acres owned by the State of ...more ↓

Orchesella cincta ¹

Phoebus Parnassian ²
Parnassius phoebus

Rocky Mountain Parnassian ³
Parnassius smintheus

Anise Swallowtail ⁴
Papilio zelicaon

Pale Swallowtail ⁵
Papilio eurymedon

Two-tailed Swallowtail ⁶
Papilio multicaudata

Taxiles Skipper ⁷
Poanes taxiles

Woodland Skipper ⁸
Ochlodes sylvanoides

Long Dash ⁹
Polites mystic

Tawny-edged Skipper ¹⁰
Polites themistocles

Dun Skipper ¹¹
Euphyes vestris

Garita Skipperling ¹²
Oarisma garita

Russet Skipperling ¹³
Piruna pirus

Afranius Duskywing ¹⁴
Erynnis afranius

Dreamy Duskywing ⁹
Erynnis icelus

Mottled Duskywing ¹²
Erynnis martialis

Pacuvius Duskywing ¹⁵
Erynnis pacuvius

Hackberry Emperor ¹⁶
Asterocampa celtis

Weidemeyer's Admiral ¹⁷
Limenitis weidemeyerii

Anicia Checkerspot ¹⁸
Euphydryas anicia

Northern Crescent ¹⁹
Phyciodes cocyta

Field Crescent ²⁰
Phyciodes pulchella

Gorgone Checkerspot ²¹
Chlosyne gorgone

Red Admiral ²²
Vanessa atalanta

Painted Lady ²³
Vanessa cardui

Mourning Cloak ²⁴
Nymphalis antiopa

Hoary Comma ²⁵
Polygonia gracilis

Milbert's Tortoiseshell ²⁶
Aglais milberti

Ochre Ringlet ²⁷
Coenonympha tullia ochracea

Chryxus Arctic ¹⁰
Oeneis chryxus

Common Alpine ²⁸
Erebia epipsodea

Small Wood-Nymph ¹⁴
Cercyonis oetus

Aphrodite Fritillary ²⁹
Speyeria aphrodite

Atlantis Fritillary ¹²
Speyeria atlantis

Callippe Fritillary ³⁰
Speyeria callippe

Edwards' Fritillary ¹²
Speyeria edwardsii

Silver-bordered Fritillary ³¹
Boloria selene

Variegated Fritillary ³²
Euptoieta claudia

Striped Hairstreak ³³
Satyrium liparops

Western Green Hairstreak ⁸
Callophrys affinis

Brown Elfin ²⁰
Callophrys augustinus

Western Pine Elfin ³⁴
Callophrys eryphon

Blue Copper ⁸
Lycaena heteronea

Echo Azure ³⁵
Celastrina echo

Hops Azure ³⁶
Celastrina humulus

Spring Azure ³⁷
Celastrina ladon

Lucia Azure ³⁸
Celastrina lucia

Arrowhead Blue ¹⁵
Glaucopsyche piasus

Dotted Blue ³⁹
Euphilotes enoptes

Western Tailed Blue ²⁷
Cupido amyntula

Mexican Yellow ¹⁰
Eurema mexicana

Dainty Sulphur ⁴⁰
Nathalis iole

Cabbage White ⁴¹
Pieris rapae

Checkered White ¹²
Pontia protodice

Spring White ¹²
Pontia sisymbrii

California Tiger Moth ³⁹
Leptarctia californiae

Poison hemlock moth ⁴²
Agonopterix alstromeriana

Western Tent Caterpillar ⁴³
Malacosoma californica

Spotted Thyris Moth ⁴⁴
Thyris maculata

Great Golden Digger Wasp ⁴⁵
Sphex ichneumoneus

Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp ⁴⁶
Sceliphron caementarium

White-Shouldered Bumble Bee ¹⁷
Bombus appositus

Brown-belted Bumble Bee ⁴⁷
Bombus griseocollis

Great Basin Bumble Bee ⁴⁸
Bombus centralis

Hunt's Bumble Bee ⁴⁹
Bombus huntii

Colorado Black-notched Bumble Bee ⁵⁰
Bombus bifarius

Western Honey Bee ⁵¹
Apis mellifera

Black Shortface ⁵²
Dufourea maura

Milwaukee Mining Bee ⁵³
Andrena milwaukeensis

Ancistrocerus tuberculocephalus ⁵⁴

European Paper Wasp ⁵⁵
Polistes dominula

Western Paper Wasp ⁵⁶
Mischocyttarus flavitarsis

Mossy Rose Gall Wasp ⁵⁷
Diplolepis rosae

Punctured Tiger Beetle ⁵⁸
Cicindela punctulata

Anthrenus lepidus ⁵⁹

Saint John's Wort Beetle ⁶⁰
Chrysolina hyperici

Microrhopala excavata ⁶¹

Agroiconota bivittata ⁶¹

Convergent Lady Beetle ⁶²
Hippodamia convergens

Seven-spotted Lady Beetle ⁶³
Coccinella septempunctata

Blue Fungus Beetle ⁶³
Cypherotylus californicus

Ornate Checkered Beetle ⁶⁴
Trichodes ornatus

Scarlet Malachite Beetle ²⁷
Malachius aeneus

Rough strawberry root weevil ⁶⁵
Otiorhynchus rugosostriatus

Strawberry Root Weevil ⁶⁶
Otiorhynchus ovatus

Hairy Spider Weevil ⁶⁷
Barypeithes pellucidus

Rocky Mountain billbug ⁶⁸
Sphenophorus cicatristriatus

Colorado Soldier Beetle ⁶¹
Chauliognathus basalis

Western Sculptured Pine Borer ⁶⁹
Chalcophora angulicollis

Bumble Flower Beetle ⁷⁰
Euphoria inda

Mormon Cricket ⁷¹
Anabrus simplex

Speckle-Winged Rangeland Grasshopper ⁷²
Arphia conspersa

Green-striped Grasshopper ⁷³
Chortophaga viridifasciata

Pallid-winged Grasshopper ⁷⁴
Trimerotropis pallidipennis

Velvet-striped Grasshopper ⁷⁵
Eritettix simplex

Two-striped Grasshopper ⁴⁹
Melanoplus bivittatus

Putnam's Cicada ⁴⁹
Platypedia putnami

Sitobion avenae ⁷⁶

Long Thin Plant Bug ⁷⁷
Megaloceroea recticornis

Small Milkweed Bug ⁷⁸
Lygaeus kalmii

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Wildlife of Eldorado Canyon State Park

Orchesella cincta 1

Phoebus Parnassian 2 Parnassius phoebus

Rocky Mountain Parnassian 3 Parnassius smintheus

Anise Swallowtail 4 Papilio zelicaon

Pale Swallowtail 5 Papilio eurymedon

Two-tailed Swallowtail 6 Papilio multicaudata

Taxiles Skipper 7 Poanes taxiles

Woodland Skipper 8 Ochlodes sylvanoides

Long Dash 9 Polites mystic

Tawny-edged Skipper 10 Polites themistocles

Dun Skipper 11 Euphyes vestris

Garita Skipperling 12 Oarisma garita

Russet Skipperling 13 Piruna pirus

Afranius Duskywing 14 Erynnis afranius

Dreamy Duskywing 9 Erynnis icelus

Mottled Duskywing 12 Erynnis martialis

Pacuvius Duskywing 15 Erynnis pacuvius

Hackberry Emperor 16 Asterocampa celtis

Weidemeyer's Admiral 17 Limenitis weidemeyerii

Anicia Checkerspot 18 Euphydryas anicia

Northern Crescent 19 Phyciodes cocyta

Field Crescent 20 Phyciodes pulchella

Gorgone Checkerspot 21 Chlosyne gorgone

Red Admiral 22 Vanessa atalanta

Painted Lady 23 Vanessa cardui

Mourning Cloak 24 Nymphalis antiopa

Hoary Comma 25 Polygonia gracilis

Milbert's Tortoiseshell 26 Aglais milberti

Ochre Ringlet 27 Coenonympha tullia ochracea

Chryxus Arctic 10 Oeneis chryxus

Common Alpine 28 Erebia epipsodea

Small Wood-Nymph 14 Cercyonis oetus

Aphrodite Fritillary 29 Speyeria aphrodite

Atlantis Fritillary 12 Speyeria atlantis

Callippe Fritillary 30 Speyeria callippe

Edwards' Fritillary 12 Speyeria edwardsii

Silver-bordered Fritillary 31 Boloria selene

Variegated Fritillary 32 Euptoieta claudia

Striped Hairstreak 33 Satyrium liparops

Western Green Hairstreak 8 Callophrys affinis

Brown Elfin 20 Callophrys augustinus

Western Pine Elfin 34 Callophrys eryphon

Blue Copper 8 Lycaena heteronea

Echo Azure 35 Celastrina echo

Hops Azure 36 Celastrina humulus

Spring Azure 37 Celastrina ladon

Lucia Azure 38 Celastrina lucia

Arrowhead Blue 15 Glaucopsyche piasus

Dotted Blue 39 Euphilotes enoptes

Western Tailed Blue 27 Cupido amyntula

Mexican Yellow 10 Eurema mexicana

Dainty Sulphur 40 Nathalis iole

Cabbage White 41 Pieris rapae

Checkered White 12 Pontia protodice

Spring White 12 Pontia sisymbrii

California Tiger Moth 39 Leptarctia californiae

Poison hemlock moth 42 Agonopterix alstromeriana

Western Tent Caterpillar 43 Malacosoma californica

Spotted Thyris Moth 44 Thyris maculata

Great Golden Digger Wasp 45 Sphex ichneumoneus

Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp 46 Sceliphron caementarium

White-Shouldered Bumble Bee 17 Bombus appositus

Brown-belted Bumble Bee 47 Bombus griseocollis

Great Basin Bumble Bee 48 Bombus centralis

Hunt's Bumble Bee 49 Bombus huntii

Colorado Black-notched Bumble Bee 50 Bombus bifarius

Western Honey Bee 51 Apis mellifera

Black Shortface 52 Dufourea maura

Milwaukee Mining Bee 53 Andrena milwaukeensis

Ancistrocerus tuberculocephalus 54

European Paper Wasp 55 Polistes dominula

Western Paper Wasp 56 Mischocyttarus flavitarsis

Mossy Rose Gall Wasp 57 Diplolepis rosae

Punctured Tiger Beetle 58 Cicindela punctulata

Anthrenus lepidus 59

Saint John's Wort Beetle 60 Chrysolina hyperici

Microrhopala excavata 61

Agroiconota bivittata 61

Convergent Lady Beetle 62 Hippodamia convergens