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Wildlife of Jackson Lake State Park

Commonly referred to as an “oasis on the prairie,” Jackson Lake State Park consists of 440 acres of land and 2,700 acres of water, making it one of the largest reservoirs in the state. The reservoir is in Morgan County, bordering Morgan County Road 3, in the Great Plains region of northeastern ...more ↓

Common Checkered-Skipper 1
Burnsius communis
Viceroy 2
Limenitis archippus
Monarch 3
Danaus plexippus
Gray Hairstreak 4
Strymon melinus
Western Pygmy-Blue 5
Brephidium exilis
Orange Sulphur 6
Colias eurytheme
Clouded Sulphur 6
Colias philodice
Fall Webworm Moth 7
Hyphantria cunea
Celery Looper Moth 8
Anagrapha falcifera
Tobacco Budworm Moth 9
Chloridea virescens
Corn Earworm Moth 10
Helicoverpa zea
Alfalfa Webworm Moth 11
Loxostege cereralis
Leach's Grass-veneer 12
Crambus leachellus
Colpa pollenifera 13
Brown-belted Bumblebee 14
Bombus griseocollis
American Bumble Bee 15
Bombus pensylvanicus
Five-banded Thynnid Wasp 16
Myzinum quinquecinctum
Punctured Tiger Beetle 17
Cicindela punctulata
Bronzed Tiger Beetle 18
Cicindela repanda
Oblique-lined Tiger Beetle 19
Cicindela tranquebarica
Convergent Lady Beetle 20
Hippodamia convergens
Black-sided Meadow Katydid 21
Conocephalus nigropleurum
Carolina Grasshopper 22
Dissosteira carolina
Spotted Wing Grasshopper 23
Cordillacris occipitalis
White-whiskered grasshopper 24
Ageneotettix deorum
Differential Grasshopper 25
Melanoplus differentialis
Cole's Bush Cicada 26
Megatibicen tremulus
Halloween Pennant 27
Celithemis eponina
White-faced Meadowhawk 11
Sympetrum obtrusum
Band-winged Meadowhawk 28
Sympetrum semicinctum
Northern Spreadwing 29
Lestes disjunctus
Broad-headed Sun Fly 30
Helophilus latifrons
Rainieria antennaepes 31
Western Black Horse Fly 32
Tabanus punctifer

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