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 ↓

Western Yellowjacket ¹
Vespula pensylvanica

Large Grassland Tiger Beetle ²
Cicindela obsoleta

Punctured Tiger Beetle ³
Cicindela punctulata

Green Claybank Tiger Beetle ⁴
Cicindela denverensis

Bronzed Tiger Beetle ⁵
Cicindela repanda

Festive Tiger Beetle ⁶
Cicindela scutellaris

Spotted Cucumber Beetle ⁷
Diabrotica undecimpunctata

Convergent Lady Beetle ⁸
Hippodamia convergens

Eleodes obscura ⁹

the two-spotted melyrid ¹⁰
Collops bipunctatus

Mecas pergrata ¹¹

Cactus Longhorn Beetle ¹²
Moneilema annulatum

Colorado Soldier Beetle ¹³
Chauliognathus basalis

Yellow-spotted Jewel Beetle ¹⁴
Buprestis confluenta

Speckle-Winged Rangeland Grasshopper ¹⁵
Arphia conspersa

Green-striped Grasshopper ¹⁶
Chortophaga viridifasciata

Hayden's Grasshopper ¹⁷
Derotmema haydenii

Pallid-winged Grasshopper ¹⁸
Trimerotropis pallidipennis

Carolina Grasshopper ¹⁹
Dissosteira carolina

Wyoming Toothpick Grasshopper ¹⁷
Paropomala wyomingensis

Spotted Wing Grasshopper ¹⁷
Cordillacris occipitalis

Green Fool Grasshopper ¹⁷
Acrolophitus hirtipes

Striped Slant-faced Grasshopper ²⁰
Amphitornus coloradus

Two-striped Mermiria ²¹
Mermiria bivittata

Snakeweed Grasshopper ²²
Hesperotettix viridis

Two-striped Grasshopper ¹⁷
Melanoplus bivittatus

Common Cactus Dodger ²³
Cacama valvata

Orange-and-black Cicada ²⁴
Hadoa duryi

Putnam's Cicada ¹⁷
Platypedia putnami

Okanagana magnifica ²⁵

Big-eyed Toad Bug ²⁶
Gelastocoris oculatus

Wheel Bug ²⁷
Arilus cristatus

Apiomerus spissipes ²⁸

Common Water Strider ²⁹
Aquarius remigis

Holcostethus limbolarius ³⁰

Harlequin Bug ³¹
Murgantia histrionica

Western Leaf-footed Bug ³²
Leptoglossus clypealis

Eight-spotted Skimmer ¹
Libellula forensis

Twelve-spotted Skimmer ³³
Libellula pulchella

Four-spotted Skimmer ³⁴
Libellula quadrimaculata

Variegated Meadowhawk ³⁵
Sympetrum corruptum

Black Meadowhawk ³⁶
Sympetrum danae

Cherry-faced Meadowhawk ³⁷
Sympetrum internum

Striped Meadowhawk ³⁸
Sympetrum pallipes

Band-Winged Meadowhawk ³⁹
Sympetrum semicinctum

Common Whitetail ⁴⁰
Plathemis lydia

Sulphur-tipped Clubtail ²¹
Phanogomphus militaris

Common Green Darner ³⁶
Anax junius

Blue-eyed Darner ⁴¹
Rhionaeschna multicolor

Plateau Spreadwing ³⁹
Lestes alacer

Spotted Spreadwing ³⁹
Lestes congener

Northern Emerald Spreadwing ³⁴
Lestes dryas

Powdered Dancer ⁴²
Argia moesta

Tule Bluet ²⁹
Enallagma carunculatum

Familiar Bluet ⁴³
Enallagma civile

Plains Forktail ³⁴
Ischnura damula

European Drone Fly ⁴⁴
Eristalis arbustorum

Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly ⁴⁵
Eristalis stipator

Four-barred Knapweed Gall Fly ⁴⁶
Urophora quadrifasciata

Western Horse Fly ⁴⁷
Tabanus punctifer

Three-banded Robber Fly ⁴⁸
Stichopogon trifasciatus

Agile Ground Mantis ⁴⁹
Litaneutria minor

Brown Wasp Mantidfly ⁵⁰
Climaciella brunnea

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Wildlife of Lathrop State Park

Western Yellowjacket 1 Vespula pensylvanica

Large Grassland Tiger Beetle 2 Cicindela obsoleta

Punctured Tiger Beetle 3 Cicindela punctulata

Green Claybank Tiger Beetle 4 Cicindela denverensis

Bronzed Tiger Beetle 5 Cicindela repanda

Festive Tiger Beetle 6 Cicindela scutellaris

Spotted Cucumber Beetle 7 Diabrotica undecimpunctata

Convergent Lady Beetle 8 Hippodamia convergens

Eleodes obscura 9

the two-spotted melyrid 10 Collops bipunctatus

Mecas pergrata 11

Cactus Longhorn Beetle 12 Moneilema annulatum

Colorado Soldier Beetle 13 Chauliognathus basalis

Yellow-spotted Jewel Beetle 14 Buprestis confluenta

Speckle-Winged Rangeland Grasshopper 15 Arphia conspersa

Green-striped Grasshopper 16 Chortophaga viridifasciata

Hayden's Grasshopper 17 Derotmema haydenii

Pallid-winged Grasshopper 18 Trimerotropis pallidipennis

Carolina Grasshopper 19 Dissosteira carolina

Wyoming Toothpick Grasshopper 17 Paropomala wyomingensis

Spotted Wing Grasshopper 17 Cordillacris occipitalis

Green Fool Grasshopper 17 Acrolophitus hirtipes

Striped Slant-faced Grasshopper 20 Amphitornus coloradus

Two-striped Mermiria 21 Mermiria bivittata

Snakeweed Grasshopper 22 Hesperotettix viridis

Two-striped Grasshopper 17 Melanoplus bivittatus

Common Cactus Dodger 23 Cacama valvata

Orange-and-black Cicada 24 Hadoa duryi

Putnam's Cicada 17 Platypedia putnami

Okanagana magnifica 25

Big-eyed Toad Bug 26 Gelastocoris oculatus

Wheel Bug 27 Arilus cristatus

Apiomerus spissipes 28

Common Water Strider 29 Aquarius remigis

Holcostethus limbolarius 30

Harlequin Bug 31 Murgantia histrionica

Western Leaf-footed Bug 32 Leptoglossus clypealis

Eight-spotted Skimmer 1 Libellula forensis

Twelve-spotted Skimmer 33 Libellula pulchella

Four-spotted Skimmer 34 Libellula quadrimaculata

Variegated Meadowhawk 35 Sympetrum corruptum

Black Meadowhawk 36 Sympetrum danae

Cherry-faced Meadowhawk 37 Sympetrum internum

Striped Meadowhawk 38 Sympetrum pallipes

Band-Winged Meadowhawk 39 Sympetrum semicinctum

Common Whitetail 40 Plathemis lydia

Sulphur-tipped Clubtail 21 Phanogomphus militaris

Common Green Darner 36 Anax junius

Blue-eyed Darner 41 Rhionaeschna multicolor

Plateau Spreadwing 39 Lestes alacer

Spotted Spreadwing 39 Lestes congener

Northern Emerald Spreadwing 34 Lestes dryas

Powdered Dancer 42 Argia moesta

Tule Bluet 29 Enallagma carunculatum

Familiar Bluet 43 Enallagma civile

Plains Forktail 34 Ischnura damula

European Drone Fly 44 Eristalis arbustorum

Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly 45 Eristalis stipator

Four-barred Knapweed Gall Fly 46 Urophora quadrifasciata

Western Horse Fly 47 Tabanus punctifer

Three-banded Robber Fly 48 Stichopogon trifasciatus

Agile Ground Mantis 49 Litaneutria minor

Brown Wasp Mantidfly 50 Climaciella brunnea