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 ↓

Western Spotted Orbweaver ¹
Neoscona oaxacensis

Bold Jumping Spider ²
Phidippus audax

Habronattus klauseri ³

Brown Recluse ⁴
Loxosceles reclusa

Texas Brown Tarantula ⁵
Aphonopelma hentzi

Striped Bark Scorpion ⁶
Centruroides vittatus

Carpenterworm Moth ⁷
Prionoxystus robiniae

White-lined Sphinx ⁸
Hyles lineata

Elm Sphinx ⁹
Ceratomia amyntor

Horace's Duskywing ¹⁰
Erynnis horatius

Common Checkered-Skipper ¹¹
Burnsius communis

Common Sootywing ¹²
Pholisora catullus

Painted Crescent ¹³
Phyciodes picta

Painted Lady ¹⁴
Vanessa cardui

Mourning Cloak ¹⁵
Nymphalis antiopa

Monarch ¹⁶
Danaus plexippus

Gray Hairstreak ¹⁷
Strymon melinus

Rita Blue ¹⁸
Euphilotes rita coloradensis

Melissa Blue ¹³
Plebejus melissa

Paler Graphic ¹⁹
Drasteria pallescens

Salt Marsh Moth ²⁰
Estigmene acrea

Purslane Moth ²¹
Euscirrhopterus gloveri

Yellow Sunflower Moth ²²
Stiria rugifrons

Alfalfa Webworm Moth ²³
Loxostege cereralis

Rough Harvester Ant ²⁴
Pogonomyrmex rugosus

Common Eastern Velvet Ant ²⁵
Dasymutilla occidentalis

Pepsis grossa ²⁶

Steel-blue Cricket-hunter Wasp ²⁷
Chlorion aerarium

Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp ²⁵
Sphecius speciosus

Long-tailed Giant Ichneumonid Wasp ²⁸
Megarhyssa macrurus

Bronzed Tiger Beetle ²⁸
Cicindela repanda

Oblique-lined Tiger Beetle ²⁹
Cicindela tranquebarica

Lined Stenolophus ³⁰
Stenolophus lineola

Elm Leaf Beetle ³¹
Xanthogaleruca luteola

Kern's Flower Scarab
Euphoria kernii

Broad-banded Grasshopper ³²
Trimerotropis latifasciata

Pallid-winged Grasshopper ³³
Trimerotropis pallidipennis

Great Crested Grasshopper ³⁴
Tropidolophus formosus

White-whiskered grasshopper ³⁵
Ageneotettix deorum

Two-Striped Mermiria ⁶
Mermiria bivittata

Rainbow Grasshopper ³⁶
Dactylotum bicolor

Thistle Grasshopper ³²
Aeoloplides turnbulli

Flabellate Grasshopper ³²
Melanoplus occidentalis

Obscure Bird Grasshopper ³⁷
Schistocerca obscura

Plains Lubber Grasshopper ³⁸
Brachystola magna

Jagged Ambush Bug ³⁹
Phymata americana

Charcoal Seed Bug ¹⁰
Melacoryphus lateralis

Western Leaf-footed Bug ⁴⁰
Leptoglossus clypealis

Widow Skimmer ⁴¹
Libellula luctuosa

Halloween Pennant ⁴²
Celithemis eponina

Band-Winged Meadowhawk ⁴³
Sympetrum semicinctum

Black Saddlebags ⁶
Tramea lacerata

Sulphur-Tipped Clubtail ⁶
Phanogomphus militaris

Powdered Dancer ⁴⁴
Argia moesta

Tule Bluet ⁴⁵
Enallagma carunculatum

Bare-eyed Bee-mimic Fly ²⁸
Mallota bautias

Common Pill Woodlouse ⁴⁶
Armadillidium vulgare

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Wildlife of John Martin Reservoir State Park

Western Spotted Orbweaver 1 Neoscona oaxacensis

Bold Jumping Spider 2 Phidippus audax

Habronattus klauseri 3

Brown Recluse 4 Loxosceles reclusa

Texas Brown Tarantula 5 Aphonopelma hentzi

Striped Bark Scorpion 6 Centruroides vittatus

Carpenterworm Moth 7 Prionoxystus robiniae

White-lined Sphinx 8 Hyles lineata

Elm Sphinx 9 Ceratomia amyntor

Horace's Duskywing 10 Erynnis horatius

Common Checkered-Skipper 11 Burnsius communis

Common Sootywing 12 Pholisora catullus

Painted Crescent 13 Phyciodes picta

Painted Lady 14 Vanessa cardui

Mourning Cloak 15 Nymphalis antiopa

Monarch 16 Danaus plexippus

Gray Hairstreak 17 Strymon melinus

Rita Blue 18 Euphilotes rita coloradensis

Melissa Blue 13 Plebejus melissa

Paler Graphic 19 Drasteria pallescens

Salt Marsh Moth 20 Estigmene acrea

Purslane Moth 21 Euscirrhopterus gloveri

Yellow Sunflower Moth 22 Stiria rugifrons

Alfalfa Webworm Moth 23 Loxostege cereralis

Rough Harvester Ant 24 Pogonomyrmex rugosus

Common Eastern Velvet Ant 25 Dasymutilla occidentalis

Pepsis grossa 26

Steel-blue Cricket-hunter Wasp 27 Chlorion aerarium

Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp 25 Sphecius speciosus

Long-tailed Giant Ichneumonid Wasp 28 Megarhyssa macrurus

Bronzed Tiger Beetle 28 Cicindela repanda

Oblique-lined Tiger Beetle 29 Cicindela tranquebarica

Lined Stenolophus 30 Stenolophus lineola

Elm Leaf Beetle 31 Xanthogaleruca luteola

Kern's Flower Scarab Euphoria kernii

Broad-banded Grasshopper 32 Trimerotropis latifasciata

Pallid-winged Grasshopper 33 Trimerotropis pallidipennis

Great Crested Grasshopper 34 Tropidolophus formosus

White-whiskered grasshopper 35 Ageneotettix deorum

Two-Striped Mermiria 6 Mermiria bivittata

Rainbow Grasshopper 36 Dactylotum bicolor

Thistle Grasshopper 32 Aeoloplides turnbulli

Flabellate Grasshopper 32 Melanoplus occidentalis

Obscure Bird Grasshopper 37 Schistocerca obscura

Plains Lubber Grasshopper 38 Brachystola magna

Jagged Ambush Bug 39 Phymata americana

Charcoal Seed Bug 10 Melacoryphus lateralis

Western Leaf-footed Bug 40 Leptoglossus clypealis

Widow Skimmer 41 Libellula luctuosa

Halloween Pennant 42 Celithemis eponina

Band-Winged Meadowhawk 43 Sympetrum semicinctum

Black Saddlebags 6 Tramea lacerata

Sulphur-Tipped Clubtail 6 Phanogomphus militaris

Powdered Dancer 44 Argia moesta

Tule Bluet 45 Enallagma carunculatum

Bare-eyed Bee-mimic Fly 28 Mallota bautias

Common Pill Woodlouse 46 Armadillidium vulgare