Wildlife of Crawford State Park

Crawford State Park sits in southwestern Colorado 33 miles east of Delta. The West Elk Mountains lie to the east and the Fruitland Mesa lies to the west of the park. The reservoir park hosts a mix of pinyon-juniper woodlands and riparian and wetland communities.

Western Poplar Sphinx ¹
Pachysphinx occidentalis

Blinded Sphinx ²
Paonias excaecata

Columbia Silk Moth ³
Hyalophora columbia

Polyphemus Moth ⁴
Antheraea polyphemus

Sagebrush Sheep Moth ⁵
Hemileuca hera

Nuttall's Sheep Moth ⁶
Hemileuca nuttalli

Rocky Mountain Parnassian ⁷
Parnassius smintheus

Indra Swallowtail ⁸
Papilio indra

Old World Swallowtail ⁹
Papilio machaon

Black Swallowtail ¹⁰
Papilio polyxenes

Anise Swallowtail ¹¹
Papilio zelicaon

Pale Swallowtail ¹²
Papilio eurymedon

Two-tailed Swallowtail ¹³
Papilio multicaudata

Western Tiger Swallowtail ¹⁴
Papilio rutulus

Yucca Giant-skipper ¹⁵
Megathymus yuccae

Common Roadside-Skipper ¹⁶
Amblyscirtes vialis

Taxiles Skipper ¹⁷
Poanes taxiles

Woodland Skipper ¹⁸
Ochlodes sylvanoides

Yuma Skipper ¹⁹
Ochlodes yuma

Western Branded Skipper ²⁰
Hesperia colorado

Juba Skipper ²¹
Hesperia juba

Nevada Skipper ²²
Hesperia nevada

Pahaska Skipper ²³
Hesperia pahaska

Uncas Skipper ²⁴
Hesperia uncas

Draco Skipper ¹⁹
Polites draco

Sandhill Skipper ²¹
Polites sabuleti

Tawny-edged Skipper ²⁵
Polites themistocles

Dun Skipper ²⁶
Euphyes vestris

Viereck's Skipper ¹⁹
Atrytonopsis vierecki

Garita Skipperling ²³
Oarisma garita

Russet Skipperling ²⁷
Piruna pirus

Mexican Cloudywing ²³
Thorybes mexicana

Northern Cloudywing ²⁸
Thorybes pylades

Silver-spotted Skipper ²⁹
Epargyreus clarus

Afranius Duskywing ¹⁹
Erynnis afranius

Sleepy Duskywing ³⁰
Erynnis brizo

Funereal Duskywing ²³
Erynnis funeralis

Horace's Duskywing ³¹
Erynnis horatius

Dreamy Duskywing ³²
Erynnis icelus

Persius Duskywing ²⁰
Erynnis persius

Rocky Mountain Duskywing ²⁵
Erynnis telemachus

Common Checkered-Skipper ³³
Burnsius communis

Northern Grizzled Skipper ³⁴
Pyrgus centaureae

Saltbush Sootywing ²⁶
Hesperopsis alpheus

Mojave Sootywing ³⁵
Hesperopsis libya

Common Sootywing ³⁶
Pholisora catullus

Viceroy ³⁷
Limenitis archippus

Weidemeyer's Admiral ¹⁹
Limenitis weidemeyerii

Variable Checkerspot ³⁸
Euphydryas chalcedona

Edith's Checkerspot ²⁵
Euphydryas editha

Tawny Crescent ³⁹
Phyciodes batesii

Northern Crescent ⁴⁰
Phyciodes cocyta

Pale Crescent ⁴¹
Phyciodes pallida

Field Crescent ⁴²
Phyciodes pulchella

Pearl Crescent ⁴³
Phyciodes tharos

Sagebrush Checkerspot ⁴⁴
Chlosyne acastus

Gorgone Checkerspot ⁴⁵
Chlosyne gorgone

Leanira Checkerspot ²⁰
Chlosyne leanira

Silvery Checkerspot ²⁰
Chlosyne nycteis

Northern Checkerspot ⁴⁶
Chlosyne palla

Dotted Checkerspot ¹⁹
Poladryas minuta

West Coast Lady ⁴⁷
Vanessa annabella

Red Admiral ⁴⁸
Vanessa atalanta

Painted Lady ⁴⁹
Vanessa cardui

American Lady ⁵⁰
Vanessa virginiensis

Mourning Cloak ⁵¹
Nymphalis antiopa

Green Comma ⁵²
Polygonia faunus

Hoary Comma ⁵³
Polygonia gracilis

Question Mark ⁵⁴
Polygonia interrogationis

Grey Comma ²⁶
Polygonia progne

Satyr Comma ⁴⁷
Polygonia satyrus

Milbert's Tortoiseshell ⁵⁵
Aglais milberti

Common Ringlet ⁵⁶
Coenonympha tullia

Ridings' Satyr ⁵⁷
Neominois ridingsii

Chryxus Arctic ²⁵
Oeneis chryxus

Common Alpine ⁵⁸
Erebia epipsodea

Small Wood-Nymph ¹⁹
Cercyonis oetus

Common Wood-Nymph ⁴⁷
Cercyonis pegala

Great Basin Wood-Nymph ¹⁹
Cercyonis sthenele

Canyonland Satyr ⁵⁹
Cyllopsis pertepida

Aphrodite Fritillary ¹⁸
Speyeria aphrodite

Callippe Fritillary ⁶⁰
Speyeria callippe

Coronis Fritillary ⁶¹
Speyeria coronis

Great Spangled Fritillary ²³
Speyeria cybele

Edwards' Fritillary ²³
Speyeria edwardsii

Mormon Fritillary ⁶²
Speyeria mormonia

Nokomis Fritillary ²⁰
Speyeria nokomis

Meadow Fritillary ²⁸
Boloria bellona

Arctic Fritillary ⁶³
Boloria chariclea

Variegated Fritillary ⁶⁴
Euptoieta claudia

Queen ⁶⁵
Danaus gilippus

Monarch ⁶⁶
Danaus plexippus

Colorado Hairstreak ⁶⁷
Hypaurotis crysalus

Behr's Hairstreak ²⁸
Satyrium behrii

Banded Hairstreak ⁶⁸
Satyrium calanus

California Hairstreak ⁵³
Satyrium californica

Striped Hairstreak ⁶⁹
Satyrium liparops

Sylvan Hairstreak ⁴²
Satyrium sylvinus

Coral Hairstreak ⁷⁰
Satyrium titus

Brown Elfin ⁴²
Callophrys augustinus

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Wildlife of Crawford State Park

Western Poplar Sphinx 1 Pachysphinx occidentalis

Blinded Sphinx 2 Paonias excaecata

Columbia Silk Moth 3 Hyalophora columbia

Polyphemus Moth 4 Antheraea polyphemus

Sagebrush Sheep Moth 5 Hemileuca hera

Nuttall's Sheep Moth 6 Hemileuca nuttalli

Rocky Mountain Parnassian 7 Parnassius smintheus

Indra Swallowtail 8 Papilio indra

Old World Swallowtail 9 Papilio machaon

Black Swallowtail 10 Papilio polyxenes

Anise Swallowtail 11 Papilio zelicaon

Pale Swallowtail 12 Papilio eurymedon

Two-tailed Swallowtail 13 Papilio multicaudata

Western Tiger Swallowtail 14 Papilio rutulus

Yucca Giant-skipper 15 Megathymus yuccae

Common Roadside-Skipper 16 Amblyscirtes vialis

Taxiles Skipper 17 Poanes taxiles

Woodland Skipper 18 Ochlodes sylvanoides

Yuma Skipper 19 Ochlodes yuma

Western Branded Skipper 20 Hesperia colorado

Juba Skipper 21 Hesperia juba

Nevada Skipper 22 Hesperia nevada

Pahaska Skipper 23 Hesperia pahaska

Uncas Skipper 24 Hesperia uncas

Draco Skipper 19 Polites draco

Sandhill Skipper 21 Polites sabuleti

Tawny-edged Skipper 25 Polites themistocles

Dun Skipper 26 Euphyes vestris

Viereck's Skipper 19 Atrytonopsis vierecki

Garita Skipperling 23 Oarisma garita

Russet Skipperling 27 Piruna pirus

Mexican Cloudywing 23 Thorybes mexicana

Northern Cloudywing 28 Thorybes pylades

Silver-spotted Skipper 29 Epargyreus clarus

Afranius Duskywing 19 Erynnis afranius

Sleepy Duskywing 30 Erynnis brizo

Funereal Duskywing 23 Erynnis funeralis

Horace's Duskywing 31 Erynnis horatius

Dreamy Duskywing 32 Erynnis icelus

Persius Duskywing 20 Erynnis persius

Rocky Mountain Duskywing 25 Erynnis telemachus

Common Checkered-Skipper 33 Burnsius communis

Northern Grizzled Skipper 34 Pyrgus centaureae

Saltbush Sootywing 26 Hesperopsis alpheus

Mojave Sootywing 35 Hesperopsis libya

Common Sootywing 36 Pholisora catullus

Viceroy 37 Limenitis archippus

Weidemeyer's Admiral 19 Limenitis weidemeyerii

Variable Checkerspot 38 Euphydryas chalcedona

Edith's Checkerspot 25 Euphydryas editha

Tawny Crescent 39 Phyciodes batesii

Northern Crescent 40 Phyciodes cocyta

Pale Crescent 41 Phyciodes pallida

Field Crescent 42 Phyciodes pulchella

Pearl Crescent 43 Phyciodes tharos

Sagebrush Checkerspot 44 Chlosyne acastus

Gorgone Checkerspot 45 Chlosyne gorgone

Leanira Checkerspot 20 Chlosyne leanira

Silvery Checkerspot 20 Chlosyne nycteis

Northern Checkerspot 46 Chlosyne palla

Dotted Checkerspot 19 Poladryas minuta

West Coast Lady 47 Vanessa annabella

Red Admiral 48 Vanessa atalanta

Painted Lady 49 Vanessa cardui

American Lady 50 Vanessa virginiensis

Mourning Cloak 51 Nymphalis antiopa

Green Comma 52 Polygonia faunus

Hoary Comma 53 Polygonia gracilis

Question Mark 54 Polygonia interrogationis

Grey Comma 26 Polygonia progne

Satyr Comma 47 Polygonia satyrus

Milbert's Tortoiseshell 55 Aglais milberti

Common Ringlet 56 Coenonympha tullia

Ridings' Satyr 57 Neominois ridingsii

Chryxus Arctic 25 Oeneis chryxus

Common Alpine 58 Erebia epipsodea

Small Wood-Nymph 19 Cercyonis oetus

Common Wood-Nymph 47 Cercyonis pegala

Great Basin Wood-Nymph 19 Cercyonis sthenele