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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 ↓

Twin-spotted Sphinx 1
Smerinthus jamaicensis
Juba Skipper 2
Hesperia juba
Least Skipper 3
Ancyloxypha numitor
Goatweed Leafwing 4
Anaea andria
Viceroy 5
Limenitis archippus
Field Crescent 6
Phyciodes pulchella
West Coast Lady 7
Vanessa annabella
Painted Lady 8
Vanessa cardui
Mourning Cloak 9
Nymphalis antiopa
Common Buckeye 10
Junonia coenia
Mead’s Wood-Nymph 11
Cercyonis meadii
Monarch 12
Danaus plexippus
American Snout 13
Libytheana carinenta
Purplish Copper 14
Tharsalea helloides
Dainty Sulphur 15
Nathalis iole
Orange Sulphur 16
Colias eurytheme
Clouded Sulphur 17
Colias philodice
Cabbage White 18
Pieris rapae
Checkered White 19
Pontia protodice
Isabella Tiger Moth 20
Pyrrharctia isabella
Red Harvester Ant 21
Pogonomyrmex barbatus
Dasymutilla nigripes 22
Brown-belted Bumble Bee 23
Bombus griseocollis
American Bumble Bee 24
Bombus pensylvanicus
Honey Bee 25
Apis mellifera
Ligated Furrow Bee 26
Halictus ligatus
Lasioglossum sisymbrii 22
European Paper Wasp 27
Polistes dominula
Golden Paper Wasp 28
Polistes aurifer
Bald-faced Hornet 29
Dolichovespula maculata
Western Yellowjacket 22
Vespula pensylvanica
Pigeon Horntail 30
Tremex columba
Punctured Tiger Beetle 31
Cicindela punctulata
Sumac Flea Beetle 32
Blepharida rhois
Convergent Lady Beetle 33
Hippodamia convergens
Seven-spotted Ladybird 34
Coccinella septempunctata
Black Blister Beetle 35
Epicauta pensylvanica
Batyle suturalis 36
Tetraopes annulatus 37
Milkweed Borer 38
Tetraopes femoratus
Carolina Grasshopper 39
Dissosteira carolina
Differential Grasshopper 40
Melanoplus differentialis
Two-striped Grasshopper 22
Melanoplus bivittatus
Red-legged Grasshopper 41
Melanoplus femurrubrum
Large Milkweed Bug 34
Oncopeltus fasciatus
Small Milkweed Bug 42
Lygaeus kalmii
Harlequin Bug 43
Murgantia histrionica
Widow Skimmer 44
Libellula luctuosa
Twelve-spotted Skimmer 45
Libellula pulchella
Calico Pennant 46
Celithemis elisa
Halloween Pennant 19
Celithemis eponina
Variegated Meadowhawk 47
Sympetrum corruptum
Striped Meadowhawk 48
Sympetrum pallipes
Band-winged Meadowhawk 49
Sympetrum semicinctum
Wandering Glider 27
Pantala flavescens
Black Saddlebags 50
Tramea lacerata
Western Pondhawk 50
Erythemis collocata
Blue Dasher 51
Pachydiplax longipennis
Eastern Amberwing 12
Perithemis tenera
Common Whitetail 52
Plathemis lydia
Pale Snaketail 52
Ophiogomphus severus
Common Green Darner 53
Anax junius
Paddle-tailed Darner 52
Aeshna palmata
Shadow Darner 54
Aeshna umbrosa
Blue-eyed Darner 55
Rhionaeschna multicolor
American Rubyspot 56
Hetaerina americana
Great Spreadwing 52
Archilestes grandis
Spotted Spreadwing 49
Lestes congener
Paiute Dancer 14
Argia alberta
Tule Bluet 52
Enallagma carunculatum
Familiar Bluet 57
Enallagma civile
Orange Bluet 58
Enallagma signatum
Plains Forktail 14
Ischnura damula
Willow Pinecone Gall Midge 59
Rabdophaga strobiloides
Common Lagoon Fly 60
Eristalinus aeneus
European Mantis 61
Mantis religiosa

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