Wildlife of Lathrop State Park

Lathrop State Park encompasses 1,434 acres of land and 320 acres of water. It is located about 90 miles south of Colorado Springs and 50 miles north of the Colorado-New Mexico state line. The principle features are Horseshoe and Martin Lakes, two of the largest reservoirs in the area, and ...more ↓

Common Whitetail ¹
Plathemis lydia

Sulphur-tipped Clubtail ²
Phanogomphus militaris

Common Green Darner ³
Anax junius

Blue-eyed Darner ⁴
Rhionaeschna multicolor

Plateau Spreadwing ⁵
Lestes alacer

Spotted Spreadwing ⁵
Lestes congener

Northern Emerald Spreadwing ⁶
Lestes dryas

Powdered Dancer ⁷
Argia moesta

Tule Bluet ⁸
Enallagma carunculatum

Familiar Bluet ⁹
Enallagma civile

Plains Forktail ⁶
Ischnura damula

European Drone Fly ¹⁰
Eristalis arbustorum

Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly ¹¹
Eristalis stipator

Four-barred Knapweed Gall Fly ¹²
Urophora quadrifasciata

Western Horse Fly ¹³
Tabanus punctifer

Three-banded Robber Fly ¹⁴
Stichopogon trifasciatus

Agile Ground Mantis ¹⁵
Litaneutria minor

Brown Wasp Mantidfly ¹⁶
Climaciella brunnea

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Wildlife of Lathrop State Park

Common Whitetail 1 Plathemis lydia

Sulphur-tipped Clubtail 2 Phanogomphus militaris

Common Green Darner 3 Anax junius

Blue-eyed Darner 4 Rhionaeschna multicolor

Plateau Spreadwing 5 Lestes alacer

Spotted Spreadwing 5 Lestes congener

Northern Emerald Spreadwing 6 Lestes dryas

Powdered Dancer 7 Argia moesta

Tule Bluet 8 Enallagma carunculatum

Familiar Bluet 9 Enallagma civile

Plains Forktail 6 Ischnura damula

European Drone Fly 10 Eristalis arbustorum

Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly 11 Eristalis stipator

Four-barred Knapweed Gall Fly 12 Urophora quadrifasciata

Western Horse Fly 13 Tabanus punctifer

Three-banded Robber Fly 14 Stichopogon trifasciatus

Agile Ground Mantis 15 Litaneutria minor

Brown Wasp Mantidfly 16 Climaciella brunnea