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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 ↓

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

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