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
Latrodectus hesperus, the western black widow spider or western widow, is a venomous spider species found in western regions of North America. The female's body is 14–16 mm (1/2 in) in length and is black, often with an hourglass-shaped red mark on the lower abdomen. This "hourglass" mark can be yellow, and on rare occasions, white. The male of the species is ...more ↓
Southern Black Widow
Latrodectus mactans, known as southern black widow or simply black widow, and the shoe-button spider, is a highly venomous species of spider in the genus Latrodectus. The females are well known for their distinctive black and red coloring and for the fact that they will occasionally eat their mate after reproduction. The species is native to North ...more ↓
Cat-faced Orbweaver
Araneus gemmoides, commonly known as the jewel spider (a name shared with Austracantha minax) and cat-faced spider (a name shared with Araneus gemma), is a common outdoor orb-weaver spider found in the USA and Canada. They are considered harmless and have low-toxicity venom. A. gemmoides are useful natural predators for insects.
Bold Jumping Spider
Phidippus audax is a common jumping spider of North America. It is commonly referred to as the daring jumping spider, or bold jumping spider. The average size of adults ranges from roughly 13–20 millimetres (0.51–0.79 in) in length. They are typically black with a pattern of spots and stripes on their abdomen and legs. Often these spots are orange-tinted in ...more ↓
White-lined Sphinx
The White-lined sphinx (Hyles lineata) is a moth of the Sphingidae family. Its range extends from Central America, through the United States and into parts of Canada.
Western Tiger Swallowtail
Papilio rutulus, the western tiger swallowtail, is a common swallowtail butterfly of western North America, frequently seen in urban parks and gardens, as well as in rural woodlands and riparian areas. It is a member of the Papilio genus, of which Papilio appalachiensis and Papilio xuthus are also members. It is a large, brightly colored and active ...more ↓
Green Skipper
Hesperia viridis, the green skipper, is a species of grass skipper in the family of butterflies known as Hesperiidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Red Admiral
The Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) is a well-known colourful butterfly, found in temperate Europe, Asia and North America. The Red Admiral has a 45–50 mm (1.8–2.0 in) wing span. The species is resident only in warmer areas, but migrates north in spring, and sometimes again in autumn.
Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui is a well-known colourful butterfly, known as the Painted Lady, or in North America as the Cosmopolitan. This butterfly has a strange pattern of flying in a sort of screw shape.
Hoary Comma
The Hoary Comma (Polygonia gracilis) is a species of butterfly, common in boreal North America from Alaska, across southern Canada to New England and the Maritime Provinces and south to New Mexico from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. The wings have a distinctive ragged edge.
Common Wood-Nymph
The Common Wood-nymph (Cercyonis pegala) is a North American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is also known as the Wood-nymph, Grayling,Blue-eyed Grayling, and the Goggle Eye.
Variegated Fritillary
Euptoieta claudia, the variegated fritillary, is a North and South American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. Even though the variegated fritillary has some very different characteristics from the Speyeria fritillaries, it is still closely related to them. Some of the differences are: variegated fritillaries have two or three broods per year vs. one per year in ...more ↓
Queen
The queen butterfly (Danaus gilippus) is a North and South American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae with a wingspan of 70–88 mm (2.8–3.5 in). It is orange or brown with black wing borders and small white forewing spots on its dorsal wing surface, and reddish ventral wing surface fairly similar to the dorsal surface. The ventral hindwings have black veins and small white ...more ↓
Gray Hairstreak
The gray hairstreak (Strymon melinus) is one of the most common hairstreaks in North America, ranging over nearly the entire continent. It occurs also throughout Central America and in northern South America.
Juniper Hairstreak
The Juniper Hairstreak (Callophrys gryneus) is a butterfly native to North America. It belongs in the family Lycaenidae.
Marine Blue
Leptotes marina, the marine blue or striped blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in from South America through Mexico up to Southern Texas, Arizona and California.
Reakirt's Blue
Hemiargus isola, the Reakirt's blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Central America and the extreme southern U.S. Hemiargus isola migrates regularly throughout most of the U.S. almost to the Canada–United States border, and very rarely into the southern prairies.
Dainty Sulphur
Nathalis iole, the dainty sulphur or dwarf yellow, is a North American butterfly in the family Pieridae.
Clouded Sulphur
Colias philodice, the common sulphur or clouded sulphur, is a North American butterfly in the family Pieridae, subfamily Coliadinae.
Checkered White
The Checkered White (Pontia protodice), also called Southern Cabbage Butterfly, is a common North American butterfly in the family Pieridae. Its green larva is a type of cabbage worm.
Morning-glory Plume Moth
Emmelina monodactyla (T-moth or morning-glory plume moth) is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Europe, Japan, central Asia, North Africa and North America.
Freckled Glassy-wing
Pseudohemihyalea labecula, the freckled glassy-wing, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Grote in 1881. It is found in southern Nevada, Utah, from Colorado to Arizona, New Mexico and western Texas.
Hypoprepia inculta
Hypoprepia inculta is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Henry Edwards in 1882. It is found in the US Rocky Mountain states from the Mexico border north to southern Wyoming and the Black Hills of South Dakota. The habitat consists of bunchgrass steppe.
Army Cutworm Moth
The army cutworm (Euxoa auxiliaris) is a species of moth. Its nickname "miller moth" comes from the fine scales on its wings that rub off easily and remind people of the dusty flour that covers the clothing of a miller.
Burgess' Apamea Moth
Apamea burgessi is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is native to central North America, where it can be found throughout the Great Plains and Great Basin. Its distribution extends north to Alberta and south to Texas. There is a disjunct population on the East Coast of the United States.
Tricholita chipeta
Tricholita chipeta is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America.
Narrow-winged Midget Moth
Tarache augustipennis, the narrow-winged midget, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from Manitoba to south-western British Columbia, south to Arizona and east to Texas.
Perizoma custodiata
Perizoma custodiata is a species of geometrid moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in North America.
Alfalfa Webworm Moth
Loxostege cereralis, the alfalfa webworm, is a species of moth of the Crambidae family. It is found from Quebec to British Columbia, south to Mexico in the west.
Woolly Grass-veneer Moth
Thaumatopsis pexellus, the woolly grass-veneer, is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Zeller in 1863. It is found in most of North America. The habitat consists of grasslands.
Poison hemlock moth
The hemlock moth (Agonopterix alstroemeriana), also known as the defoliating hemlock moth or poison hemlock moth, is a nocturnal moth species of the family Depressariidae. Of Palaearctic origin, it was first found in North America in 1973 when it was accidentally introduced. The moth is now widespread throughout the northern half of the United States, ...more ↓
Dichomeris simpliciella
Dichomeris simpliciella is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by August Busck in 1904. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from southern Alberta to Texas, eastern Washington, south-eastern Nevada and Arizona. It has also been recorded from northern Mexico.
Ammophila ferruginosa
Ammophila ferruginosa is a species of thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae.
Great Golden Digger Wasp
Sphex ichneumoneus, known commonly as the great golden digger wasp or great golden sand digger is a wasp in the family Sphecidae. It is identified by the golden pubescence on its head and thorax, its reddish orange legs, and partly reddish orange body. This wasp is native to the Western Hemisphere, from Canada to South America, and provisions its young with various ...more ↓
Bumblebee-like Digger Bee
Anthophora bomboides, the bumble-bee-mimic anthophora, is a species of anthophorine bee in the family Apidae. It is found in North America.
Nevada Bumble Bee
Bombus nevadensis, the Nevada bumblebee, is a species of bumblebee. It is native to North America, where it occurs from Alaska to California in the west, and east to Wisconsin, and in Arizona, New Mexico, and Mexico.
Hunt's Bumble Bee
Bombus huntii is a species of bumblebee. It is native to western North America, where it occurs in western Canada and the United States as far east as Manitoba and Minnesota, and in Mexico as far south as the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt. It is known commonly as the Hunt bumblebee or Hunt's bumblebee.
American Bumble Bee
Bombus pensylvanicus, the American bumblebee or Sonoran bumblebee, is a threatened species of bumblebee native to North America. It occurs in eastern Canada, throughout much of the United States, and much of Mexico.
Prairie Yellowjacket
Vespula atropilosa, also known as the prairie yellowjacket, is a black and yellow social wasp that forms annual colonies. Vespula atropilosa was formerly a member of the Vespa family. Males have either xanthic (yellow) or melanic (black) abdominal coloring. The prairie yellowjacket can be found in the Western and Midwestern United States as well as parts of ...more ↓
Western Yellowjacket
The western yellowjacket (Vespula pensylvanica) is a species of wasp in the genus Vespula.
Green Claybank Tiger Beetle
Cicindela denverensis, the green claybank tiger beetle, is a species of flashy tiger beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America.
Bronzed Tiger Beetle
Cicindela repanda, commonly known as the bronzed tiger beetle or common shore tiger beetle, is a species of tiger beetle that measures 10–13 millimetres (0.39–0.51 in) long, lives in most of North America. Its labrum is small with one tooth and the pronotum is coppery and hairy. The shoulder marking touches or nearly touches the middle band. It is usually seen in ...more ↓
Spotted Cucumber Beetle
The spotted cucumber beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata) is a beetle native to North America. The beetle is also a major agricultural pest insect of North America (see also cucumber beetle).
Convergent Lady Beetle
Hippodamia convergens, commonly known as the convergent lady beetle, is one of the most common lady beetles in North America and is found throughout the continent. Aphids form their main diet and they are used for the biological control of these pests.
Mecas pergrata
Mecas pergrata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Say in 1824.
Cactus Longhorn Beetle
Moneilema annulatum is a species of beetle in the Cerambycidae family. It was described by Say in 1824.
Colorado Soldier Beetle
Chauliognathus basalis, the Colorado soldier beetle, is a species of soldier beetle in the family Cantharidae. It is found in North America.
Yellow-spotted Jewel Beetle
Buprestis confluenta is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. It is found in North America.
Speckle-Winged Rangeland Grasshopper
Arphia conspersa, known generally as the speckle-winged rangeland grasshopper or speckled rangeland grasshopper, is a species of band-winged grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in North America.
Green-striped Grasshopper
Chortophaga viridifasciata, the green-striped grasshopper, is a species of band-winged grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in Central America and North America, ranging from British Columbia to the Gulf of Mexico (mostly east of the Rocky Mountains), south to Costa Rica.
Pallid-winged Grasshopper
The pallid-winged grasshopper (Trimerotropis pallidipennis) is a common grasshopper of the family Acrididae, native to the deserts of western North America from British Columbia to Argentina. They are more active during the summer months, and their pale, mottled coloration makes them hard to see against surfaces such as the granite often found in the gravel of dry river beds. ...more ↓
Carolina Grasshopper
Dissosteira carolina, the Carolina grasshopper, Carolina locust, black-winged grasshooper, road-duster or quaker, a large band winged species of grasshopper which ranges widely in North America inhabiting weedy grasslands.
Two-striped Mermiria
Mermiria bivittata, known generally as two-striped mermirium, is a species of slant-faced grasshopper in the family Acrididae. Other common names include the two-striped slantface grasshopper and mermiria grasshopper. It is found in Central America and North America.
Two-striped Grasshopper
Melanoplus bivittatus (two-striped grasshopper) is a poikilothermic species of grasshopper belonging to the genus Melanoplus. It is commonly found in North America, with high quantities inhabiting Canadian prairies and farmland.
Common Cactus Dodger
Cacama valvata, the common cactus dodger, is a species of cicada in the family Cicadidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Okanagana magnifica
Okanagana magnifica is a species of cicada in the family Cicadidae. It is found in North America.
Wheel Bug
The wheel bug (Arilus cristatus) is in the family Reduviidae (literally, "hangnail"), which consists of assassin bugs. The species is one of the largest terrestrial true bugs in North America, reaching up to 1.5 inches (38 mm) in length in their adult stage. However, males are smaller in terms of their length and width when compared to females. A characteristic structure is the ...more ↓
Apiomerus spissipes
Apiomerus spissipes is a species of assassin bug in the family Reduviidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Common Water Strider
Aquarius remigis, known as the common water strider, is a species of aquatic bug. It was formerly known as Gerris remigis, but the subgenus Aquarius was elevated to generic rank in 1990 on the basis of phylogenetic analysis. Aquarius remigis is found throughout North America, but is most prevalent in the mid-west of the United States.
Eight-spotted Skimmer
The Eight-spotted Skimmer (Libellula forensis) is a dragonfly of the skimmer family.
Twelve-spotted Skimmer
The Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella) is a common North American skimmer dragonfly, found in southern Canada and in all 48 of the contiguous U.S. states.
Four-spotted Skimmer
The four-spotted chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata), known in North America as the four-spotted skimmer, is a dragonfly of the family Libellulidae found frequently throughout Europe, Asia, and North America.
Variegated Meadowhawk
The Variegated Meadowhawk (Sympetrum corruptum) is a dragonfly of the family Libellulidae, native to North America.
Black Meadowhawk
The Black Darter or Black Meadowhawk (Sympetrum danae) is a dragonfly found in northern Europe, Asia, and North America. At about 30 mm (1.2 in) long, it is Britain's smallest resident dragonfly. It is a very active late summer insect typical of heathland and moorland bog pools.
Cherry-faced Meadowhawk
The Cherry-faced Meadowhawk (Sympetrum internum) is a dragonfly of the genus Sympetrum. It is found across northern and central United States and most of Canada, including southern portions of the Yukon and Northwest Territories. Its abdomen is brown, turning dark red at maturity in both sexes. The sides of the abdomen are marked with black triangles and the legs are ...more ↓
Striped Meadowhawk
Sympetrum pallipes, the striped meadowhawk, is a species of skimmer in the family of dragonflies known as Libellulidae. It is found in North America.
Band-Winged Meadowhawk
The Band-winged Meadowhawk (Sympetrum semicinctum) is a dragonfly of the genus Sympetrum belonging to the family Libellulidae.
