Wildlife of John Martin Reservoir State Park

John Martin Reservoir State Park located in Bent County along the Arkansas River between Las Animas and Larmar, CO. The Park consists of about 1,727 acres of land and between 1000 and 11,647 acres of water depending on the elevation of the reservoir. Boating and fishing are by far the most ...more ↓

Bluegill ¹
Lepomis macrochirus

White Crappie ²
Pomoxis annularis

Black Crappie ³
Pomoxis nigromaculatus

Arkansas Darter ⁴
Etheostoma cragini

Saugeye ⁵
Sander canadensis × vitreus

Freshwater Drum ⁶
Aplodinotus grunniens

White Bass ⁷
Morone chrysops

Striped Bass ⁸
Morone saxatilis

Rainbow Trout ⁹
Oncorhynchus mykiss

Snake River Fine-Spotted Cutthroat Trout ¹⁰
Oncorhynchus clarkii behnkei

Cutthroat Trout ¹¹
Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii

Black Bullhead ¹²
Ameiurus melas

Flathead Catfish ¹³
Pylodictis olivaris

Blue Catfish ¹⁴
Ictalurus furcatus

Channel Catfish ¹⁵
Ictalurus punctatus

Sand Shiner ¹⁶
Notropis stramineus

Fathead Minnow ¹⁷
Pimephales promelas

Longnose Dace ¹⁸
Rhinichthys cataractae

Red Shiner ¹⁹
Cyprinella lutrensis

Suckermouth Minnow ²⁰
Phenacobius mirabilis

Flathead Chub ²¹
Platygobio gracilis

Carp ²²
Cyprinus

European Carp ²³
Cyprinus carpio

Longnose Sucker ²⁴
Catostomus catostomus

American Gizzard Shad ²⁵
Dorosoma cepedianum

Plains Killifish ²⁶
Fundulus zebrinus

Tiger Muskellunge ²⁷
Esox masquinongy × lucius

Asian Clam ²⁸
Corbicula fluminea

Western Spotted Orbweaver ²⁹
Neoscona oaxacensis

Bold Jumping Spider ³⁰
Phidippus audax

Habronattus klauseri ³¹

Brown Recluse ³²
Loxosceles reclusa

Texas Brown Tarantula ³³
Aphonopelma hentzi

Striped Bark Scorpion ³⁴
Centruroides vittatus

Carpenterworm Moth ³⁵
Prionoxystus robiniae

White-lined Sphinx ³⁶
Hyles lineata

Elm Sphinx ³⁷
Ceratomia amyntor

Horace's Duskywing ³⁸
Erynnis horatius

Common Checkered-Skipper ³⁹
Burnsius communis

Common Sootywing ⁴⁰
Pholisora catullus

Painted Crescent ⁴¹
Phyciodes picta

Painted Lady ⁴²
Vanessa cardui

Mourning Cloak ⁴³
Nymphalis antiopa

Monarch ⁴⁴
Danaus plexippus

Gray Hairstreak ⁴⁵
Strymon melinus

Rita Blue ⁴
Euphilotes rita coloradensis

Melissa Blue ⁴¹
Plebejus melissa

Paler Graphic ⁴⁶
Drasteria pallescens

Salt Marsh Moth ⁴⁷
Estigmene acrea

Purslane Moth ⁴⁸
Euscirrhopterus gloveri

Yellow Sunflower Moth ⁴⁹
Stiria rugifrons

Alfalfa Webworm Moth ⁵⁰
Loxostege cereralis

Rough Harvester Ant ⁵¹
Pogonomyrmex rugosus

Common Eastern Velvet Ant ⁵²
Dasymutilla occidentalis

Pepsis grossa ⁵³

Steel-blue Cricket-hunter Wasp ⁵⁴
Chlorion aerarium

Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp ⁵²
Sphecius speciosus

Long-tailed Giant Ichneumonid Wasp ⁵⁵
Megarhyssa macrurus

Bronzed Tiger Beetle ⁵⁵
Cicindela repanda

Oblique-lined Tiger Beetle ⁵⁶
Cicindela tranquebarica

Lined Stenolophus ⁵⁷
Stenolophus lineola

Elm Leaf Beetle ⁵⁸
Xanthogaleruca luteola

Kern's Flower Scarab
Euphoria kernii

Broad-banded Grasshopper ⁵⁹
Trimerotropis latifasciata

Pallid-winged Grasshopper ⁶⁰
Trimerotropis pallidipennis

Great Crested Grasshopper ⁶¹
Tropidolophus formosus

White-whiskered grasshopper ⁶²
Ageneotettix deorum

Two-Striped Mermiria ³⁴
Mermiria bivittata

Rainbow Grasshopper ⁶³
Dactylotum bicolor

Thistle Grasshopper ⁵⁹
Aeoloplides turnbulli

Flabellate Grasshopper ⁵⁹
Melanoplus occidentalis

Obscure Bird Grasshopper ⁶⁴
Schistocerca obscura

Plains Lubber Grasshopper ⁶⁵
Brachystola magna

Jagged Ambush Bug ⁶⁶
Phymata americana

Charcoal Seed Bug ³⁸
Melacoryphus lateralis

Western Leaf-footed Bug ⁶⁷
Leptoglossus clypealis

Widow Skimmer ⁶⁸
Libellula luctuosa

Halloween Pennant ⁶⁹
Celithemis eponina

Band-Winged Meadowhawk ⁷⁰
Sympetrum semicinctum

Black Saddlebags ³⁴
Tramea lacerata

Sulphur-Tipped Clubtail ³⁴
Phanogomphus militaris

Powdered Dancer ⁷¹
Argia moesta

Tule Bluet ⁷²
Enallagma carunculatum

Bare-eyed Bee-mimic Fly ⁵⁵
Mallota bautias

Common Pill Woodlouse ⁷³
Armadillidium vulgare

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Wildlife of John Martin Reservoir State Park

Bluegill 1 Lepomis macrochirus

White Crappie 2 Pomoxis annularis

Black Crappie 3 Pomoxis nigromaculatus

Arkansas Darter 4 Etheostoma cragini

Saugeye 5 Sander canadensis × vitreus

Freshwater Drum 6 Aplodinotus grunniens

White Bass 7 Morone chrysops

Striped Bass 8 Morone saxatilis

Rainbow Trout 9 Oncorhynchus mykiss

Snake River Fine-Spotted Cutthroat Trout 10 Oncorhynchus clarkii behnkei

Cutthroat Trout 11 Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii

Black Bullhead 12 Ameiurus melas

Flathead Catfish 13 Pylodictis olivaris

Blue Catfish 14 Ictalurus furcatus

Channel Catfish 15 Ictalurus punctatus

Sand Shiner 16 Notropis stramineus

Fathead Minnow 17 Pimephales promelas

Longnose Dace 18 Rhinichthys cataractae

Red Shiner 19 Cyprinella lutrensis

Suckermouth Minnow 20 Phenacobius mirabilis

Flathead Chub 21 Platygobio gracilis

Carp 22 Cyprinus

European Carp 23 Cyprinus carpio

Longnose Sucker 24 Catostomus catostomus

American Gizzard Shad 25 Dorosoma cepedianum

Plains Killifish 26 Fundulus zebrinus

Tiger Muskellunge 27 Esox masquinongy × lucius

Asian Clam 28 Corbicula fluminea

Western Spotted Orbweaver 29 Neoscona oaxacensis

Bold Jumping Spider 30 Phidippus audax

Habronattus klauseri 31

Brown Recluse 32 Loxosceles reclusa

Texas Brown Tarantula 33 Aphonopelma hentzi

Striped Bark Scorpion 34 Centruroides vittatus

Carpenterworm Moth 35 Prionoxystus robiniae

White-lined Sphinx 36 Hyles lineata

Elm Sphinx 37 Ceratomia amyntor

Horace's Duskywing 38 Erynnis horatius

Common Checkered-Skipper 39 Burnsius communis

Common Sootywing 40 Pholisora catullus

Painted Crescent 41 Phyciodes picta

Painted Lady 42 Vanessa cardui

Mourning Cloak 43 Nymphalis antiopa

Monarch 44 Danaus plexippus

Gray Hairstreak 45 Strymon melinus

Rita Blue 4 Euphilotes rita coloradensis

Melissa Blue 41 Plebejus melissa

Paler Graphic 46 Drasteria pallescens

Salt Marsh Moth 47 Estigmene acrea

Purslane Moth 48 Euscirrhopterus gloveri

Yellow Sunflower Moth 49 Stiria rugifrons

Alfalfa Webworm Moth 50 Loxostege cereralis

Rough Harvester Ant 51 Pogonomyrmex rugosus

Common Eastern Velvet Ant 52 Dasymutilla occidentalis

Pepsis grossa 53

Steel-blue Cricket-hunter Wasp 54 Chlorion aerarium

Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp 52 Sphecius speciosus

Long-tailed Giant Ichneumonid Wasp 55 Megarhyssa macrurus

Bronzed Tiger Beetle 55 Cicindela repanda

Oblique-lined Tiger Beetle 56 Cicindela tranquebarica

Lined Stenolophus 57 Stenolophus lineola

Elm Leaf Beetle 58 Xanthogaleruca luteola

Kern's Flower Scarab Euphoria kernii

Broad-banded Grasshopper 59 Trimerotropis latifasciata

Pallid-winged Grasshopper 60 Trimerotropis pallidipennis

Great Crested Grasshopper 61 Tropidolophus formosus

White-whiskered grasshopper 62 Ageneotettix deorum

Two-Striped Mermiria 34 Mermiria bivittata

Rainbow Grasshopper 63 Dactylotum bicolor

Thistle Grasshopper 59 Aeoloplides turnbulli

Flabellate Grasshopper 59 Melanoplus occidentalis

Obscure Bird Grasshopper 64 Schistocerca obscura

Plains Lubber Grasshopper 65 Brachystola magna

Jagged Ambush Bug 66 Phymata americana

Charcoal Seed Bug 38 Melacoryphus lateralis

Western Leaf-footed Bug 67 Leptoglossus clypealis

Widow Skimmer 68 Libellula luctuosa

Halloween Pennant 69 Celithemis eponina

Band-Winged Meadowhawk 70 Sympetrum semicinctum