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 Pine Elfin ¹
Callophrys eryphon

Juniper Hairstreak ²
Callophrys gryneus

Sheridan's Green Hairstreak ³
Callophrys sheridanii

Great Purple Hairstreak ⁴
Atlides halesus

Tailed Copper ⁵
Lycaena arota

Blue Copper ⁶
Lycaena heteronea

Ruddy Copper ⁷
Lycaena rubidus

Purplish Copper ⁸
Lycaena helloides

Lilac-bordered Copper ¹
Lycaena nivalis

Spring Azure ⁹
Celastrina ladon

Silvery Blue ⁸
Glaucopsyche lygdamus

Arrowhead Blue ¹⁰
Glaucopsyche piasus

Rocky Mountain Dotted Blue ¹¹
Euphilotes ancilla

Western Pygmy Blue ¹²
Brephidium exilis

Marine Blue ¹³
Leptotes marina

Western Tailed-Blue ¹⁴
Cupido amyntula

Reakirt's Blue ¹⁵
Echinargus isola

Arctic Blue ¹⁶
Agriades glandon

Boisduval's Blue ¹⁷
Icaricia icarioides

Lupine Blue ¹
Icaricia lupini

Greenish Blue ¹⁸
Icaricia saepiolus

Northern Blue ¹⁹
Plebejus idas

Melissa Blue ¹⁸
Plebejus melissa

Cloudless Sulphur ¹⁸
Phoebis sennae

Dainty Sulphur ¹⁸
Nathalis iole

Queen Alexandra’s Sulphur ²⁰
Colias alexandra

Orange Sulphur ²¹
Colias eurytheme

Clouded Sulphur ²²
Colias philodice

Scudder's Sulphur ¹
Colias scudderii

Sleepy Orange ²³
Abaeis nicippe

Southwestern Orangetip ²⁴
Anthocharis sara thoosa

Large Marble ²⁵
Euchloe ausonides

Desert Marble ²⁶
Euchloe lotta

Pine White ²⁷
Neophasia menapia

Margined White ²⁸
Pieris marginalis

Cabbage White ²⁹
Pieris rapae

Becker's White ⁵
Pontia beckerii

Western White ³⁰
Pontia occidentalis

Checkered White ¹⁸
Pontia protodice

Spring White ¹⁸
Pontia sisymbrii

Mormon Metalmark ¹
Apodemia mormo

Fall Webworm Moth ³¹
Hyphantria cunea

Isabella Tiger Moth ³²
Pyrrharctia isabella

Virginian Tiger Moth ³³
Spilosoma virginica

Many-spotted Tiger Moth ³⁴
Hypercompe permaculata

Arachnis citra ³⁵

Nevada Tiger Moth ³⁰
Apantesis nevadensis

Williams' Tiger Moth ³⁴
Apantesis williamsii

Great Tiger Moth ³⁶
Arctia caja

Virbia fragilis ³⁷

Police Car Moth ³⁸
Gnophaela vermiculata

Yellow-collared Scape Moth ³⁹
Cisseps fulvicollis

Oregon Cycnia Moth ⁴⁰
Cycnia oregonensis

Freckled Glassy-wing ⁴¹
Hemihyalea labecula

Clio Tiger Moth ⁴²
Ectypia clio

Silver-spotted Tiger Moth ³³
Lophocampa argentata

Spotted Tussock Moth ³³
Lophocampa maculata

Pearly-winged Lichen Moth ³⁰
Crambidia casta

Yellow-headed Lichen Moth ⁴³
Crambidia cephalica

Hypoprepia inculta ⁴⁰

Barnes' Lichen Moth ⁴⁰
Cisthene barnesii

Gray Furcula Moth ³⁴
Furcula cinerea

Furcula nivea ⁷

Zigzag Furcula Moth ³³
Furcula scolopendrina

Common Gluphisia Moth ⁴⁴
Gluphisia septentrionis

Elegant Prominent Moth ⁴⁵
Odontosia elegans

Spotted Datana Moth ⁴⁶
Datana perspicua

Morning-glory Prominent ⁴⁷
Schizura ipomaeae

Unicorn Prominent ²⁷
Schizura unicornis

Pale Prominent ³⁴
Oligocentria pallida

Heterocampa lunata ⁴⁸

Sigmoid Prominent ⁴⁹
Clostera albosigma

Apical Prominent ³³
Clostera apicalis

Acute-lined Flower Moth ⁴⁰
Schinia acutilinea

Little Dark Gem ⁴⁰
Schinia villosa

Poison Hemlock Moth ⁵⁰
Agonopterix alstroemeriana

Mountain-mahogany Moth ⁴⁰
Ethmia discostrigella

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Wildlife of Crawford State Park

Western Pine Elfin 1 Callophrys eryphon

Juniper Hairstreak 2 Callophrys gryneus

Sheridan's Green Hairstreak 3 Callophrys sheridanii

Great Purple Hairstreak 4 Atlides halesus

Tailed Copper 5 Lycaena arota

Blue Copper 6 Lycaena heteronea

Ruddy Copper 7 Lycaena rubidus

Purplish Copper 8 Lycaena helloides

Lilac-bordered Copper 1 Lycaena nivalis

Spring Azure 9 Celastrina ladon

Silvery Blue 8 Glaucopsyche lygdamus

Arrowhead Blue 10 Glaucopsyche piasus

Rocky Mountain Dotted Blue 11 Euphilotes ancilla

Western Pygmy Blue 12 Brephidium exilis

Marine Blue 13 Leptotes marina

Western Tailed-Blue 14 Cupido amyntula

Reakirt's Blue 15 Echinargus isola

Arctic Blue 16 Agriades glandon

Boisduval's Blue 17 Icaricia icarioides

Lupine Blue 1 Icaricia lupini

Greenish Blue 18 Icaricia saepiolus

Northern Blue 19 Plebejus idas

Melissa Blue 18 Plebejus melissa

Cloudless Sulphur 18 Phoebis sennae

Dainty Sulphur 18 Nathalis iole

Queen Alexandra’s Sulphur 20 Colias alexandra

Orange Sulphur 21 Colias eurytheme

Clouded Sulphur 22 Colias philodice

Scudder's Sulphur 1 Colias scudderii

Sleepy Orange 23 Abaeis nicippe

Southwestern Orangetip 24 Anthocharis sara thoosa

Large Marble 25 Euchloe ausonides

Desert Marble 26 Euchloe lotta

Pine White 27 Neophasia menapia

Margined White 28 Pieris marginalis

Cabbage White 29 Pieris rapae

Becker's White 5 Pontia beckerii

Western White 30 Pontia occidentalis

Checkered White 18 Pontia protodice

Spring White 18 Pontia sisymbrii

Mormon Metalmark 1 Apodemia mormo

Fall Webworm Moth 31 Hyphantria cunea

Isabella Tiger Moth 32 Pyrrharctia isabella

Virginian Tiger Moth 33 Spilosoma virginica

Many-spotted Tiger Moth 34 Hypercompe permaculata

Arachnis citra 35

Nevada Tiger Moth 30 Apantesis nevadensis

Williams' Tiger Moth 34 Apantesis williamsii

Great Tiger Moth 36 Arctia caja

Virbia fragilis 37

Police Car Moth 38 Gnophaela vermiculata

Yellow-collared Scape Moth 39 Cisseps fulvicollis

Oregon Cycnia Moth 40 Cycnia oregonensis

Freckled Glassy-wing 41 Hemihyalea labecula

Clio Tiger Moth 42 Ectypia clio

Silver-spotted Tiger Moth 33 Lophocampa argentata

Spotted Tussock Moth 33 Lophocampa maculata

Pearly-winged Lichen Moth 30 Crambidia casta

Yellow-headed Lichen Moth 43 Crambidia cephalica

Hypoprepia inculta 40

Barnes' Lichen Moth 40 Cisthene barnesii

Gray Furcula Moth 34 Furcula cinerea

Furcula nivea 7

Zigzag Furcula Moth 33 Furcula scolopendrina

Common Gluphisia Moth 44 Gluphisia septentrionis

Elegant Prominent Moth 45 Odontosia elegans

Spotted Datana Moth 46 Datana perspicua

Morning-glory Prominent 47 Schizura ipomaeae

Unicorn Prominent 27 Schizura unicornis

Pale Prominent 34 Oligocentria pallida

Heterocampa lunata 48

Sigmoid Prominent 49 Clostera albosigma

Apical Prominent 33 Clostera apicalis

Acute-lined Flower Moth 40 Schinia acutilinea

Little Dark Gem 40 Schinia villosa

Poison Hemlock Moth 50 Agonopterix alstroemeriana

Mountain-mahogany Moth 40 Ethmia discostrigella