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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 ↓

Carpenterworm Moth 1
Prionoxystus robiniae
White-lined Sphinx 2
Hyles lineata
Elm Sphinx 3
Ceratomia amyntor
Horace's Duskywing 4
Erynnis horatius
Common Checkered-Skipper 5
Burnsius communis
Common Sootywing 6
Pholisora catullus
Painted Crescent 7
Phyciodes picta
Painted Lady 8
Vanessa cardui
Mourning Cloak 9
Nymphalis antiopa
Monarch 10
Danaus plexippus
Gray Hairstreak 11
Strymon melinus
Rita Blue 12
Euphilotes rita coloradensis
Melissa Blue 7
Plebejus melissa
Paler Graphic 13
Drasteria pallescens
Salt Marsh Moth 14
Estigmene acrea
Purslane Moth 15
Euscirrhopterus gloveri
Yellow Sunflower Moth 16
Stiria rugifrons
Alfalfa Webworm Moth 17
Loxostege cereralis
Rough Harvester Ant 18
Pogonomyrmex rugosus
Common Eastern Velvet Ant 19
Dasymutilla occidentalis
Pepsis grossa 20
Steel-blue Cricket-hunter Wasp 21
Chlorion aerarium
Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp 19
Sphecius speciosus
Long-tailed Giant Ichneumonid Wasp 22
Megarhyssa macrurus
Bronzed Tiger Beetle 22
Cicindela repanda
Oblique-lined Tiger Beetle 23
Cicindela tranquebarica
Lined Stenolophus 24
Stenolophus lineola
Elm Leaf Beetle 25
Xanthogaleruca luteola
Kern's Flower Scarab
Euphoria kernii
Broad-banded Grasshopper 26
Trimerotropis latifasciata
Pallid-winged Grasshopper 27
Trimerotropis pallidipennis
Great Crested Grasshopper 28
Tropidolophus formosus
White-whiskered grasshopper 29
Ageneotettix deorum
Two-Striped Mermiria 30
Mermiria bivittata
Rainbow Grasshopper 31
Dactylotum bicolor
Thistle Grasshopper 26
Aeoloplides turnbulli
Flabellate Grasshopper 26
Melanoplus occidentalis
Obscure Bird Grasshopper 32
Schistocerca obscura
Plains Lubber Grasshopper 33
Brachystola magna
Jagged Ambush Bug 34
Phymata americana
Charcoal Seed Bug 4
Melacoryphus lateralis
Western Leaf-footed Bug 35
Leptoglossus clypealis
Widow Skimmer 36
Libellula luctuosa
Halloween Pennant 37
Celithemis eponina
Band-Winged Meadowhawk 38
Sympetrum semicinctum
Black Saddlebags 30
Tramea lacerata
Sulphur-Tipped Clubtail 30
Phanogomphus militaris
Powdered Dancer 39
Argia moesta
Tule Bluet 40
Enallagma carunculatum
Bare-eyed Bee-mimic Fly 22
Mallota bautias

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