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 ↓

Masked Hunter ¹
Reduvius personatus

Large Milkweed Bug ²
Oncopeltus fasciatus

Widow Skimmer ³
Libellula luctuosa

Flame Skimmer ²
Libellula saturata

Black Meadowhawk ⁴
Sympetrum danae

White-faced Meadowhawk ⁴
Sympetrum obtrusum

Striped Meadowhawk ⁵
Sympetrum pallipes

Band-winged Meadowhawk ⁶
Sympetrum semicinctum

Western Pondhawk ⁷
Erythemis collocata

Blue Dasher ⁸
Pachydiplax longipennis

Common Whitetail ⁴
Plathemis lydia

Pale Snaketail ⁶
Ophiogomphus severus

American Rubyspot ⁷
Hetaerina americana

Great Spreadwing ⁴
Archilestes grandis

Variable Dancer ⁹
Argia fumipennis

Powdered Dancer ¹⁰
Argia moesta

Double-striped Bluet ¹¹
Enallagma basidens

Plains Forktail ¹²
Ischnura damula

Rhopalomyia chrysothamni ¹³

Black-margined Flower Fly ¹⁴
Syrphus opinator

Spiny Tachinid Fly ¹⁵
Paradejeania rutilioides

Adejeania vexatrix ¹⁶

Cotton-gall Tephritid ¹⁷
Aciurina bigeloviae

Western Horse Fly ¹⁸
Tabanus punctifer

Three-banded Robber Fly ¹⁹
Stichopogon trifasciatus

Greater Bee Fly ²⁰
Bombylius major

Brachynemurus sackeni ⁷

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Wildlife of Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area

Masked Hunter 1 Reduvius personatus

Large Milkweed Bug 2 Oncopeltus fasciatus

Widow Skimmer 3 Libellula luctuosa

Flame Skimmer 2 Libellula saturata

Black Meadowhawk 4 Sympetrum danae

White-faced Meadowhawk 4 Sympetrum obtrusum

Striped Meadowhawk 5 Sympetrum pallipes

Band-winged Meadowhawk 6 Sympetrum semicinctum

Western Pondhawk 7 Erythemis collocata

Blue Dasher 8 Pachydiplax longipennis

Common Whitetail 4 Plathemis lydia

Pale Snaketail 6 Ophiogomphus severus

American Rubyspot 7 Hetaerina americana

Great Spreadwing 4 Archilestes grandis

Variable Dancer 9 Argia fumipennis

Powdered Dancer 10 Argia moesta

Double-striped Bluet 11 Enallagma basidens

Plains Forktail 12 Ischnura damula

Rhopalomyia chrysothamni 13

Black-margined Flower Fly 14 Syrphus opinator

Spiny Tachinid Fly 15 Paradejeania rutilioides

Adejeania vexatrix 16

Cotton-gall Tephritid 17 Aciurina bigeloviae

Western Horse Fly 18 Tabanus punctifer

Three-banded Robber Fly 19 Stichopogon trifasciatus

Greater Bee Fly 20 Bombylius major

Brachynemurus sackeni 7