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Wildlife of Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area

Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area attracts millions of visitors each years to enjoy the 148 mile river corridor between Leadville and Canon City. The 24 parcels of land are managed by Colorado Parks and Wildlife alongside the Bureau of Land Management and span elevations of 10,000 feet to ...more ↓

Acossus undosus 1
White-lined Sphinx 2
Hyles lineata
One-eyed Sphinx 3
Smerinthus cerisyi
Doris' Pinemoth 4
Coloradia doris
Buck Moth
Hemileuca grotei diana
Io Moth 5
Automeris io
Two-tailed Swallowtail 6
Papilio multicaudata
Western Tiger Swallowtail 7
Papilio rutulus
Taxiles Skipper 8
Lon taxiles
Simius Skipper 9
Notamblyscirtes simius
Leonard's Skipper 10
Hesperia leonardus
Crossline Skipper 10
Polites origenes
Rhesus Skipper 11
Polites rhesus
Dusted Skipper 12
Atrytonopsis hianna
Silver-spotted Skipper 13
Epargyreus clarus
Xanthus Skipper 14
Pyrgus xanthus
Weidemeyer's Admiral 15
Limenitis weidemeyerii
Painted Crescent 16
Phyciodes picta
Painted Lady 17
Vanessa cardui
Mourning Cloak 18
Nymphalis antiopa
Alberta Arctic 11
Oeneis alberta
White-veined Arctic 19
Oeneis bore
Polixenes Arctic 20
Oeneis polixenes
Common Alpine 21
Erebia epipsodea
Mead’s Wood-Nymph 9
Cercyonis meadii
Common Wood-Nymph 22
Cercyonis pegala
Monarch 23
Danaus plexippus
Gray Hairstreak 24
Strymon melinus
Moss's Elfin 25
Callophrys mossii
Ruddy Copper 26
Tharsalea rubidus
Ruddy Copper 27
Lycaena rubidus
Hops Azure 28
Celastrina humulus
Colorado Blue 20
Euphilotes rita coloradensis
Northern Blue 29
Plebejus idas
Dainty Sulphur 30
Nathalis iole
Cabbage White 31
Pieris rapae
Checkered White 32
Pontia protodice
Drasteria mirifica 33
Paler Graphic 34
Drasteria pallescens
Painted Tiger Moth 35
Arachnis picta
Police Car Moth 36
Gnophaela vermiculata
Yellow-collared Scape Moth 37
Cisseps fulvicollis
Red-banded Aemilia 35
Pseudohemihyalea ambigua
Spotted Tussock Moth 38
Lophocampa maculata
Bicolored Moth 39
Manulea bicolor
Hypoprepia inculta 1
Bruceia pulverina 40
Gray Furcula Moth 35
Furcula cinerea
Two-spotted Forester 41
Alypiodes bimaculata
Alypiodes flavilinguis 42
Eight-spotted Forester Moth 43
Alypia octomaculata
Silver-banded Gem Moth 44
Schinia cumatilis
Stamnodes formosata 41
Dark-bordered Granite 45
Digrammia neptaria
Western Conifer Looper 38
Caripeta aequaliaria
Mericisca gracea 35
Oak Beauty 3
Phaeoura quernaria
Eriplatymetra coloradaria 33
Idaea gemmata 46
Yellow-fringed Dolichomia Moth 47
Hypsopygia olinalis
Carmine Snout 48
Peoria approximella
Pyrausta flavofascialis 49
Western Tent Caterpillar 35
Malacosoma californica
Gloveria arizonensis 35
Western Thatching Ant 50
Formica obscuripes
Western Harvester Ant 51
Pogonomyrmex occidentalis
Common Eastern Velvet Ant 52
Dasymutilla occidentalis
Great Black Digger Wasp 53
Sphex pensylvanicus
Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp 54
Sceliphron caementarium
Hunt's Bumble Bee 55
Bombus huntii
Pseudomasaris vespoides 56
European Paper Wasp 57
Polistes dominula
Jewel Oak Gall Wasp 58
Acraspis macrocarpae
Jewel Oak Gall Wasp 59
Acraspis quercushirta
Elm Sawfly 60
Cimbex americana
North American Elm Sawfly 60
Cimbex americanus
Large Grassland Tiger Beetle 61
Cicindela obsoleta
Punctured Tiger Beetle 62
Cicindela punctulata
Green Claybank Tiger Beetle 55
Cicindela denverensis
Crimson Saltflat Tiger Beetle 42
Cicindela fulgida
Blowout Tiger Beetle 6
Cicindela lengi
Prairie Long-lipped Tiger Beetle 63
Cicindela nebraskana
Bronzed Tiger Beetle 64
Cicindela repanda
Festive Tiger Beetle 63
Cicindela scutellaris
Oblique-lined Tiger Beetle 63
Cicindela tranquebarica
Rabbitbrush Beetle 49
Trirhabda nitidicollis
Convergent Lady Beetle 59
Hippodamia convergens
Stenomorpha opaca 65
Ornate Checkered Beetle 66
Trichodes ornatus
White-spotted Sawyer Beetle 67
Monochamus scutellatus
Ten-lined June Beetle 68
Polyphylla decemlineata
Carolina Grasshopper 69
Dissosteira carolina
Two-striped Mermiria 70
Mermiria bivittata
Thistle Grasshopper 55
Aeoloplides turnbulli
Differential Grasshopper 71
Melanoplus differentialis
Lakin Grasshopper 55
Melanoplus lakinus
Red-legged Grasshopper 72
Melanoplus femurrubrum
Spotted Bird Grasshopper 73
Schistocerca lineata
Okanagana magnifica 74
Jagged Ambush Bug 75
Phymata americana

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