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Insects of State Forest State Park

State Forest State Park lies on 71,000 acres of land 80 miles west of Fort Collins and comprises the southernmost point of the Medicine Bow Mountain Range. This park makes up the largest parcel in Colorado's state parks system. It is also surrounded by the Routt National Forest, Roosevelt ...more ↓

Fireweed Clearwing Moth 1
Albuna pyramidalis
Rannoch Marble
Apotomis infida
Snakeweed Borer Moth 2
Pelochrista ridingsana
Hystrichophora stygiana 3
White-lined Sphinx 4
Hyles lineata
Smerinthus astarte 5
Rocky Mountain Parnassian 6
Parnassius smintheus
Anise Swallowtail 7
Papilio zelicaon
Draco Skipper 8
Polites draco
Persius Duskywing 9
Erynnis persius
Red Admiral 10
Vanessa atalanta
Painted Lady 11
Vanessa cardui
Mourning Cloak 12
Nymphalis antiopa
Green Comma 13
Polygonia faunus
Hoary Comma 14
Polygonia gracilis
Milbert's Tortoiseshell 15
Aglais milberti
Common Ringlet 16
Coenonympha california
Chryxus Arctic 17
Oeneis chryxus
Common Alpine 18
Erebia epipsodea
Mormon Fritillary 19
Speyeria mormonia
California Hairstreak 20
Satyrium californica
Western Sooty Hairstreak 21
Satyrium fuliginosa
Thicket Hairstreak 22
Callophrys spinetorum
Ruddy Copper 23
Tharsalea rubidus
Dotted Blue 24
Euphilotes enoptes
Western Tailed-Blue 13
Cupido amyntula
Boisduval's Blue 25
Icaricia icarioides
Greenish Blue 22
Icaricia saepiolus
Mead's Sulphur 26
Colias meadii
Clouded Sulphur 27
Colias philodice
Scudder's Sulphur 28
Colias scudderii
Margined White 29
Pieris marginalis
Checkered White 30
Pontia protodice
Northern Arches 31
Drasteria hudsonica
Garden Tiger 32
Arctia caja
Police Car Moth 33
Gnophaela vermiculata
Venerable Dart 34
Agrotis venerabilis
Obelisk Dart 21
Euxoa obeliscoides
Split-lined Angle 21
Macaria bitactata
Silvery Field Ant 35
Formica argentea
Helper Ant 35
Formica fusca
Western Thatching Ant 35
Formica obscuripes
Ammophila azteca 36
Digger Wasp 37
Oxybelus uniglumis
White-Shouldered Bumble Bee 38
Bombus appositus
Nevada Bumble Bee 39
Bombus nevadensis
Yellow-Fronted Bumble Bee 1
Bombus flavifrons
Hunt's Bumble Bee 40
Bombus huntii
Colorado Black-notched Bumble Bee 41
Bombus bifarius
California Bumble Bee 42
Bombus californicus
Western Bumblebee 43
Bombus occidentalis
Hairy-necked Tiger Beetle 44
Cicindela hirticollis
Boreal Long-lipped Tiger Beetle 25
Cicindela longilabris
Oblique-lined Tiger Beetle 45
Cicindela tranquebarica
Carabus taedatus 25
Red turnip beetle 46
Entomoscelis americana
Transverse Ladybeetle 47
Coccinella transversoguttata
Nuttall's blister beetle 48
Lytta nuttalli
Ornate Checkered Beetle 49
Trichodes ornatus
Strawberry Root Weevil 50
Otiorhynchus ovatus
Yellow Velvet Beetle 51
Lepturobosca chrysocoma
White-spotted Sawyer Beetle 52
Monochamus scutellatus
Ten-lined June Beetle 53
Polyphylla decemlineata
Odonteus obesus 54
Pallid-winged Grasshopper 55
Trimerotropis pallidipennis
Huckleberry Spur-throat Grasshopper 56
Melanoplus fasciatus
Adelphocoris rapidus 57
Chlorochroa granulosa 58
Common Blue Damselfly 59
Enallagma cyathigerum
Orange-spined Drone Fly 60
Eristalis nemorum

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