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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 ↓

Conical Trashline Orbweaver ¹
Cyclosa conica

Togwoteeus biceps ²

European Harvestman ²
Phalangium opilio

Maple Erineum Mite ³
Aceria calaceris

Plum Finger Gall Mite ⁴
Eriophyes emarginatae

Orchesella cincta ⁵

Phoebus Parnassian ⁶
Parnassius phoebus

Rocky Mountain Parnassian ⁷
Parnassius smintheus

Anise Swallowtail ⁸
Papilio zelicaon

Pale Swallowtail ⁹
Papilio eurymedon

Two-tailed Swallowtail ¹⁰
Papilio multicaudata

Taxiles Skipper ¹¹
Poanes taxiles

Woodland Skipper ¹²
Ochlodes sylvanoides

Long Dash ¹³
Polites mystic

Tawny-edged Skipper ¹⁴
Polites themistocles

Dun Skipper ¹⁵
Euphyes vestris

Garita Skipperling ¹⁶
Oarisma garita

Russet Skipperling ¹⁷
Piruna pirus

Afranius Duskywing ¹⁸
Erynnis afranius

Dreamy Duskywing ¹³
Erynnis icelus

Mottled Duskywing ¹⁶
Erynnis martialis

Pacuvius Duskywing ¹⁹
Erynnis pacuvius

Hackberry Emperor ²⁰
Asterocampa celtis

Weidemeyer's Admiral ²¹
Limenitis weidemeyerii

Anicia Checkerspot ²²
Euphydryas anicia

Northern Crescent ²³
Phyciodes cocyta

Field Crescent ²⁴
Phyciodes pulchella

Gorgone Checkerspot ²⁵
Chlosyne gorgone

Red Admiral ²⁶
Vanessa atalanta

Painted Lady ²⁷
Vanessa cardui

Mourning Cloak ²⁸
Nymphalis antiopa

Hoary Comma ²⁹
Polygonia gracilis

Milbert's Tortoiseshell ³⁰
Aglais milberti

Ochre Ringlet ³¹
Coenonympha tullia ochracea

Chryxus Arctic ¹⁴
Oeneis chryxus

Common Alpine ³²
Erebia epipsodea

Small Wood-Nymph ¹⁸
Cercyonis oetus

Aphrodite Fritillary ³³
Speyeria aphrodite

Atlantis Fritillary ¹⁶
Speyeria atlantis

Callippe Fritillary ³⁴
Speyeria callippe

Edwards' Fritillary ¹⁶
Speyeria edwardsii

Silver-bordered Fritillary ³⁵
Boloria selene

Variegated Fritillary ³⁶
Euptoieta claudia

Striped Hairstreak ³⁷
Satyrium liparops

Western Green Hairstreak ¹²
Callophrys affinis

Brown Elfin ²⁴
Callophrys augustinus

Western Pine Elfin ³⁸
Callophrys eryphon

Blue Copper ¹²
Lycaena heteronea

Echo Azure ³⁹
Celastrina echo

Hops Azure ⁴⁰
Celastrina humulus

Spring Azure ⁴¹
Celastrina ladon

Lucia Azure ⁴²
Celastrina lucia

Arrowhead Blue ¹⁹
Glaucopsyche piasus

Dotted Blue ⁴³
Euphilotes enoptes

Western Tailed Blue ³¹
Cupido amyntula

Mexican Yellow ¹⁴
Eurema mexicana

Dainty Sulphur ⁴⁴
Nathalis iole

Cabbage White ⁴⁵
Pieris rapae

Checkered White ¹⁶
Pontia protodice

Spring White ¹⁶
Pontia sisymbrii

California Tiger Moth ⁴³
Leptarctia californiae

Poison hemlock moth ⁴⁶
Agonopterix alstromeriana

Western Tent Caterpillar ⁴⁷
Malacosoma californica

Spotted Thyris Moth ⁴⁸
Thyris maculata

Great Golden Digger Wasp ⁴⁹
Sphex ichneumoneus

Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp ⁵⁰
Sceliphron caementarium

White-Shouldered Bumble Bee ²¹
Bombus appositus

Brown-belted Bumble Bee ⁵¹
Bombus griseocollis

Great Basin Bumble Bee ⁵²
Bombus centralis

Hunt's Bumble Bee ⁵³
Bombus huntii

Colorado Black-notched Bumble Bee ⁵⁴
Bombus bifarius

Western Honey Bee ⁵⁵
Apis mellifera

Black Shortface ⁵⁶
Dufourea maura

Milwaukee Mining Bee ⁵⁷
Andrena milwaukeensis

Ancistrocerus tuberculocephalus ⁵⁸

European Paper Wasp ⁵⁹
Polistes dominula

Western Paper Wasp ⁶⁰
Mischocyttarus flavitarsis

Mossy Rose Gall Wasp ⁶¹
Diplolepis rosae

Punctured Tiger Beetle ⁶²
Cicindela punctulata

Anthrenus lepidus ⁶³

Saint John's Wort Beetle ⁶⁴
Chrysolina hyperici

Microrhopala excavata ²

Agroiconota bivittata ²

Convergent Lady Beetle ⁶⁵
Hippodamia convergens

Seven-spotted Lady Beetle ⁶⁶
Coccinella septempunctata

Blue Fungus Beetle ⁶⁶
Cypherotylus californicus

Ornate Checkered Beetle ⁶⁷
Trichodes ornatus

Scarlet Malachite Beetle ³¹
Malachius aeneus

Rough strawberry root weevil ⁶⁸
Otiorhynchus rugosostriatus

Strawberry Root Weevil ⁶⁹
Otiorhynchus ovatus

Hairy Spider Weevil ⁷⁰
Barypeithes pellucidus

Rocky Mountain billbug ⁷¹
Sphenophorus cicatristriatus

Colorado Soldier Beetle ²
Chauliognathus basalis

Western Sculptured Pine Borer ⁷²
Chalcophora angulicollis

Bumble Flower Beetle ⁷³
Euphoria inda

Mormon Cricket ⁷⁴
Anabrus simplex

Speckle-Winged Rangeland Grasshopper ⁷⁵
Arphia conspersa

Green-striped Grasshopper ⁷⁶
Chortophaga viridifasciata

Pallid-winged Grasshopper ⁷⁷
Trimerotropis pallidipennis

Velvet-striped Grasshopper ⁷⁸
Eritettix simplex

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Wildlife of Eldorado Canyon State Park

Conical Trashline Orbweaver 1 Cyclosa conica

Togwoteeus biceps 2

European Harvestman 2 Phalangium opilio

Maple Erineum Mite 3 Aceria calaceris

Plum Finger Gall Mite 4 Eriophyes emarginatae

Orchesella cincta 5

Phoebus Parnassian 6 Parnassius phoebus

Rocky Mountain Parnassian 7 Parnassius smintheus

Anise Swallowtail 8 Papilio zelicaon

Pale Swallowtail 9 Papilio eurymedon

Two-tailed Swallowtail 10 Papilio multicaudata

Taxiles Skipper 11 Poanes taxiles

Woodland Skipper 12 Ochlodes sylvanoides

Long Dash 13 Polites mystic

Tawny-edged Skipper 14 Polites themistocles

Dun Skipper 15 Euphyes vestris

Garita Skipperling 16 Oarisma garita

Russet Skipperling 17 Piruna pirus

Afranius Duskywing 18 Erynnis afranius

Dreamy Duskywing 13 Erynnis icelus

Mottled Duskywing 16 Erynnis martialis

Pacuvius Duskywing 19 Erynnis pacuvius

Hackberry Emperor 20 Asterocampa celtis

Weidemeyer's Admiral 21 Limenitis weidemeyerii

Anicia Checkerspot 22 Euphydryas anicia

Northern Crescent 23 Phyciodes cocyta

Field Crescent 24 Phyciodes pulchella

Gorgone Checkerspot 25 Chlosyne gorgone

Red Admiral 26 Vanessa atalanta

Painted Lady 27 Vanessa cardui

Mourning Cloak 28 Nymphalis antiopa

Hoary Comma 29 Polygonia gracilis

Milbert's Tortoiseshell 30 Aglais milberti

Ochre Ringlet 31 Coenonympha tullia ochracea

Chryxus Arctic 14 Oeneis chryxus

Common Alpine 32 Erebia epipsodea

Small Wood-Nymph 18 Cercyonis oetus

Aphrodite Fritillary 33 Speyeria aphrodite

Atlantis Fritillary 16 Speyeria atlantis

Callippe Fritillary 34 Speyeria callippe

Edwards' Fritillary 16 Speyeria edwardsii

Silver-bordered Fritillary 35 Boloria selene

Variegated Fritillary 36 Euptoieta claudia

Striped Hairstreak 37 Satyrium liparops

Western Green Hairstreak 12 Callophrys affinis

Brown Elfin 24 Callophrys augustinus

Western Pine Elfin 38 Callophrys eryphon

Blue Copper 12 Lycaena heteronea

Echo Azure 39 Celastrina echo

Hops Azure 40 Celastrina humulus

Spring Azure 41 Celastrina ladon

Lucia Azure 42 Celastrina lucia

Arrowhead Blue 19 Glaucopsyche piasus

Dotted Blue 43 Euphilotes enoptes

Western Tailed Blue 31 Cupido amyntula

Mexican Yellow 14 Eurema mexicana

Dainty Sulphur 44 Nathalis iole

Cabbage White 45 Pieris rapae

Checkered White 16 Pontia protodice

Spring White 16 Pontia sisymbrii

California Tiger Moth 43 Leptarctia californiae

Poison hemlock moth 46 Agonopterix alstromeriana

Western Tent Caterpillar 47 Malacosoma californica

Spotted Thyris Moth 48 Thyris maculata

Great Golden Digger Wasp 49 Sphex ichneumoneus

Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp 50 Sceliphron caementarium

White-Shouldered Bumble Bee 21 Bombus appositus

Brown-belted Bumble Bee 51 Bombus griseocollis

Great Basin Bumble Bee 52 Bombus centralis

Hunt's Bumble Bee 53 Bombus huntii

Colorado Black-notched Bumble Bee 54 Bombus bifarius

Western Honey Bee 55 Apis mellifera

Black Shortface 56 Dufourea maura

Milwaukee Mining Bee 57 Andrena milwaukeensis

Ancistrocerus tuberculocephalus 58

European Paper Wasp 59 Polistes dominula

Western Paper Wasp 60 Mischocyttarus flavitarsis

Mossy Rose Gall Wasp 61 Diplolepis rosae

Punctured Tiger Beetle 62 Cicindela punctulata