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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

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Insects of State Forest State Park

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