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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 ↓

White-lined Sphinx 1
Hyles lineata
Western Tiger Swallowtail 2
Papilio rutulus
Green Skipper 3
Hesperia viridis
Red Admiral 4
Vanessa atalanta
Painted Lady 5
Vanessa cardui
Hoary Comma 6
Polygonia gracilis
Common Buckeye 7
Junonia coenia
Common Wood-Nymph 8
Cercyonis pegala
Variegated Fritillary 9
Euptoieta claudia
Queen 10
Danaus gilippus
Gray Hairstreak 11
Strymon melinus
Juniper Hairstreak 12
Callophrys gryneus
Marine Blue 13
Leptotes marina
Reakirt's Blue 14
Echinargus isola
Dainty Sulphur 15
Nathalis iole
Clouded Sulphur 16
Colias philodice
Checkered White 17
Pontia protodice
Morning-glory Plume Moth 18
Emmelina monodactyla
Nevada Tiger Moth 19
Apantesis nevadensis
Freckled Glassy-wing 20
Pseudohemihyalea labecula
Hypoprepia inculta 21
Army Cutworm Moth 22
Euxoa auxiliaris
Burgess' Apamea Moth 23
Apamea burgessi
Tricholita chipeta 24
Narrow-winged Midget Moth 25
Tarache augustipennis
Sympistis iricolor 21
Perizoma custodiata 1
Split-lined Angle 1
Macaria bitactata
Alfalfa Webworm Moth 26
Loxostege cereralis
Woolly Grass-veneer Moth 27
Thaumatopsis pexellus
Poison hemlock moth 28
Agonopterix alstromeriana
Dichomeris simpliciella 29
Dasymutilla leda 30
Tarantula Hawk 31
Pepsis thisbe
Anoplius aethiops 32
Poecilopompilus interruptus 33
Eight-spotted Scoliid Wasp 34
Colpa octomaculata
Hairy-footed Scoliid Wasp 27
Dielis pilipes
Ammophila ferruginosa 35
Common Thread-waisted Wasp 36
Ammophila procera
Isodontia elegans 37
Great Golden Digger Wasp 38
Sphex ichneumoneus
Cerceris bicornuta 12
Bumblebee-like Digger Bee 39
Anthophora bomboides
Nevada Bumble Bee 40
Bombus nevadensis
Hunt's Bumble Bee 27
Bombus huntii
American Bumble Bee 41
Bombus pensylvanicus
Bramble Mason Wasp 42
Ancistrocerus adiabatus
Stenodynerus anormis 43
Polistes aurifer 44
Prairie Yellowjacket 40
Vespula atropilosa
Western Yellowjacket 45
Vespula pensylvanica
Large Grassland Tiger Beetle 46
Cicindela obsoleta
Punctured Tiger Beetle 47
Cicindela punctulata
Green Claybank Tiger Beetle 48
Cicindela denverensis
Bronzed Tiger Beetle 49
Cicindela repanda
Festive Tiger Beetle 50
Cicindela scutellaris
Spotted Cucumber Beetle 51
Diabrotica undecimpunctata
Convergent Lady Beetle 52
Hippodamia convergens
Eleodes obscura 53
the two-spotted melyrid 54
Collops bipunctatus
Mecas pergrata 30
Cactus Longhorn Beetle 55
Moneilema annulatum
Colorado Soldier Beetle 11
Chauliognathus basalis
Yellow-spotted Jewel Beetle 56
Buprestis confluenta
Speckle-Winged Rangeland Grasshopper 57
Arphia conspersa
Green-striped Grasshopper 58
Chortophaga viridifasciata
Hayden's Grasshopper 27
Derotmema haydenii
Pallid-winged Grasshopper 59
Trimerotropis pallidipennis
Carolina Grasshopper 60
Dissosteira carolina
Wyoming Toothpick Grasshopper 27
Paropomala wyomingensis
Spotted Wing Grasshopper 27
Cordillacris occipitalis
Green Fool Grasshopper 27
Acrolophitus hirtipes
Striped Slant-faced Grasshopper 61
Amphitornus coloradus
Two-striped Mermiria 12
Mermiria bivittata
Snakeweed Grasshopper 62
Hesperotettix viridis
Two-striped Grasshopper 27
Melanoplus bivittatus
Common Cactus Dodger 63
Cacama valvata
Orange-and-black Cicada 64
Hadoa duryi
Putnam's Cicada 27
Platypedia putnami
Okanagana magnifica 65
Big-eyed Toad Bug 66
Gelastocoris oculatus
Wheel Bug 67
Arilus cristatus
Apiomerus spissipes 68
Common Water Strider 69
Aquarius remigis
Holcostethus limbolarius 70
Harlequin Bug 71
Murgantia histrionica
Western Leaf-footed Bug 72
Leptoglossus clypealis
Eight-spotted Skimmer 45
Libellula forensis
Twelve-spotted Skimmer 73
Libellula pulchella
Four-spotted Skimmer 74
Libellula quadrimaculata
Variegated Meadowhawk 75
Sympetrum corruptum
Black Meadowhawk 26
Sympetrum danae
Cherry-faced Meadowhawk 76
Sympetrum internum
Striped Meadowhawk 77
Sympetrum pallipes
Band-Winged Meadowhawk 78
Sympetrum semicinctum
Common Whitetail 79
Plathemis lydia
Sulphur-tipped Clubtail 12
Phanogomphus militaris
Common Green Darner 26
Anax junius
Blue-eyed Darner 80
Rhionaeschna multicolor

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