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 ↓

Widow Skimmer ¹
Libellula luctuosa

Twelve-spotted Skimmer ²
Libellula pulchella

Calico Pennant ³
Celithemis elisa

Halloween Pennant ⁴
Celithemis eponina

Variegated Meadowhawk ⁵
Sympetrum corruptum

Striped Meadowhawk ⁶
Sympetrum pallipes

Band-winged Meadowhawk ⁷
Sympetrum semicinctum

Wandering Glider ⁸
Pantala flavescens

Black Saddlebags ⁹
Tramea lacerata

Western Pondhawk ⁹
Erythemis collocata

Blue Dasher ¹⁰
Pachydiplax longipennis

Eastern Amberwing ¹¹
Perithemis tenera

Common Whitetail ¹²
Plathemis lydia

Pale Snaketail ¹²
Ophiogomphus severus

Common Green Darner ¹³
Anax junius

Paddle-tailed Darner ¹²
Aeshna palmata

Shadow Darner ¹⁴
Aeshna umbrosa

Blue-eyed Darner ¹⁵
Rhionaeschna multicolor

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Wildlife of St. Vrain State Park

Widow Skimmer 1 Libellula luctuosa

Twelve-spotted Skimmer 2 Libellula pulchella

Calico Pennant 3 Celithemis elisa

Halloween Pennant 4 Celithemis eponina

Variegated Meadowhawk 5 Sympetrum corruptum

Striped Meadowhawk 6 Sympetrum pallipes

Band-winged Meadowhawk 7 Sympetrum semicinctum

Wandering Glider 8 Pantala flavescens

Black Saddlebags 9 Tramea lacerata

Western Pondhawk 9 Erythemis collocata

Blue Dasher 10 Pachydiplax longipennis

Eastern Amberwing 11 Perithemis tenera

Common Whitetail 12 Plathemis lydia

Pale Snaketail 12 Ophiogomphus severus

Common Green Darner 13 Anax junius

Paddle-tailed Darner 12 Aeshna palmata

Shadow Darner 14 Aeshna umbrosa

Blue-eyed Darner 15 Rhionaeschna multicolor