Wildlife of Lory State Park

Lory State Park's 2,492 acres are situated 7 miles west of Fort Collins in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. The park borders Horsetooth Reservoir and reaches 7,015 feet at its highest point. The park contains a gradual gradation of ecosystems from grasslands and riparian areas into ...more ↓

Velvet Ant 1
Pseudomethoca propinqua
Rusty Spider Wasp 2
Tachypompilus ferrugineus
Nevada Bumble Bee 3
Bombus nevadensis
Brown-belted Bumble Bee 4
Bombus griseocollis
Hunt's Bumble Bee 4
Bombus huntii
American Bumble Bee 5
Bombus pensylvanicus
Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee 6
Agapostemon virescens
Tansymustard Sweat Bee 7
Lasioglossum sisymbrii
Pollen Wasp 8
Pseudomasaris edwardsii
European Paper Wasp 9
Polistes dominula
Golden Paper Wasp 10
Polistes aurifer
Bald-faced Yellowjacket 11
Dolichovespula maculata
Red-backed Darkling Beetle 16
Eleodes suturalis
Blue Fungus Beetle 15
Cypherotylus californicus
Red-blue Checkered Beetle 18
Trichodes nuttalli
Ornate Checkered Beetle 19
Trichodes ornatus
Sisal Weevil 20
Scyphophorus acupunctatus
Red-femured Milkweed Borer 4
Tetraopes femoratus
Colorado Soldier Beetle 22
Chauliognathus basalis
Western Sculptured Pine Borer 23
Chalcophora angulicollis
Margined Burying Beetle 24
Nicrophorus marginatus
Tomentose Burying Beetle 25
Nicrophorus tomentosus
Northern Carrion Beetle 26
Thanatophilus lapponicus
Differential Grasshopper 27
Melanoplus differentialis
Two-striped Grasshopper 4
Melanoplus bivittatus
Two-spotted Stink Bug 33
Perillus bioculatus
Western Conifer Seed Bug 35
Leptoglossus occidentalis
Eastern Boxelder Bug 36
Boisea trivittata
Lupine Bug 37
Megalotomus quinquespinosus
Variegated Meadowhawk 38
Sympetrum corruptum
Common Flower Fly 39
Syrphus ribesii
Bare-eyed Bee-mimic Fly 40
Mallota bautias
European Mantis 44
Mantis religiosa

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