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 ↓

Carolina Wolf Spider 1
Hogna carolinensis
Bold Jumping Spider 2
Phidippus audax
Velvet Ant 4
Pseudomethoca propinqua
Rusty Spider Wasp 5
Tachypompilus ferrugineus
Nevada Bumble Bee 6
Bombus nevadensis
Brown-belted Bumble Bee 7
Bombus griseocollis
Hunt's Bumble Bee 7
Bombus huntii
American Bumble Bee 8
Bombus pensylvanicus
Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee 9
Agapostemon virescens
Tansymustard Sweat Bee 10
Lasioglossum sisymbrii
Pollen Wasp 11
Pseudomasaris edwardsii
European Paper Wasp 12
Polistes dominula
Golden Paper Wasp 13
Polistes aurifer
Bald-faced Yellowjacket 14
Dolichovespula maculata
Asian Lady Beetle 17
Harmonia axyridis
Seven-spotted Ladybird 18
Coccinella septempunctata
Red-backed Darkling Beetle 19
Eleodes suturalis
Blue Fungus Beetle 18
Cypherotylus californicus
Red-blue Checkered Beetle 21
Trichodes nuttalli
Ornate Checkered Beetle 22
Trichodes ornatus
Sisal Weevil 23
Scyphophorus acupunctatus
Red-femured Milkweed Borer 7
Tetraopes femoratus
Colorado Soldier Beetle 25
Chauliognathus basalis
Western Sculptured Pine Borer 26
Chalcophora angulicollis
Margined Burying Beetle 27
Nicrophorus marginatus
Tomentose Burying Beetle 28
Nicrophorus tomentosus
Northern Carrion Beetle 29
Thanatophilus lapponicus
Western Conifer Seed Bug 38
Leptoglossus occidentalis
Eastern Boxelder Bug 39
Boisea trivittata
Lupine Bug 40
Megalotomus quinquespinosus
Tomato Bristle Fly 31
Hystricia abrupta
Dorcadion Bee Fly 46
Exoprosopa dorcadion
European Mantis 47
Mantis religiosa

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