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Wildlife of Ridgway State Park

Voted one of the top ten state parks in the country by National Geographic Traveler, Ridgway State Park’s scenic beauty and biological diversity are true assets to the state park system. Located in the Uncompahgre River Valley in west central Colorado, the park is surrounded by the San Juan ...more ↓

White-lined Sphinx 1
Hyles lineata
Western Tiger Swallowtail 2
Papilio rutulus
Garita Skipperling 3
Oarisma garita
Common Checkered-Skipper 4
Burnsius communis
Pale Crescent 5
Phyciodes pallida
Field Crescent 6
Phyciodes pulchella
Painted Lady 7
Vanessa cardui
Great Spangled Fritillary 8
Speyeria cybele
Monarch 9
Danaus plexippus
Juniper Hairstreak 10
Callophrys gryneus
Melissa Blue 3
Plebejus melissa
Cabbage White 11
Pieris rapae
Becker's White 12
Pontia beckerii
Spring White 3
Pontia sisymbrii
Dasymutilla bioculata 13
Great Golden Digger Wasp 14
Sphex ichneumoneus
Nevada Bumble Bee 15
Bombus nevadensis
Brown-belted Bumble Bee 16
Bombus griseocollis
Two-form Bumble Bee 17
Bombus bifarius
Western Honey Bee 18
Apis mellifera
Xanthoteras eburneum 19
Convergent Lady Beetle 20
Hippodamia convergens
Ornate Checkered Beetle 21
Trichodes ornatus
Poplar Borer 22
Saperda calcarata
Speckle-winged Rangeland Grasshopper 23
Arphia conspersa
Red-winged Grasshopper 24
Arphia pseudonietana
Red-shanked Grasshopper 25
Xanthippus corallipes
Carolina Grasshopper 26
Dissosteira carolina
Water Skater 27
Limnoporus notabilis
Four-spotted Skimmer 28
Libellula quadrimaculata
Variable Darner 29
Aeshna interrupta
Plains Forktail 3
Ischnura damula
Spiny Tachinid Fly 30
Paradejeania rutilioides

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