Wildlife of St. Vrain State Park

St. Vrain State Park is centrally located in the northern Front Range in western Weld County about five miles east of the City of Longmont. It is a popular recreation destination, especially for people from Longmont and other parts of the northern Front Range and, to a lesser extent, from the ...more ↓

Red Harvester Ant ¹
Pogonomyrmex barbatus

Dasymutilla nigripes ²

Brown-belted Bumble Bee ³
Bombus griseocollis

American Bumble Bee ⁴
Bombus pensylvanicus

Honey Bee ⁵
Apis mellifera

Ligated Furrow Bee ⁶
Halictus ligatus

Lasioglossum sisymbrii ²

European Paper Wasp ⁷
Polistes dominula

Golden Paper Wasp ⁸
Polistes aurifer

Bald-faced Hornet ⁹
Dolichovespula maculata

Western Yellowjacket ²
Vespula pensylvanica

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Wildlife of St. Vrain State Park

Red Harvester Ant 1 Pogonomyrmex barbatus

Dasymutilla nigripes 2

Brown-belted Bumble Bee 3 Bombus griseocollis

American Bumble Bee 4 Bombus pensylvanicus

Honey Bee 5 Apis mellifera

Ligated Furrow Bee 6 Halictus ligatus

Lasioglossum sisymbrii 2

European Paper Wasp 7 Polistes dominula

Golden Paper Wasp 8 Polistes aurifer

Bald-faced Hornet 9 Dolichovespula maculata

Western Yellowjacket 2 Vespula pensylvanica