Wildlife of North Sterling State Park

North Sterling State Park is located on the high plains of northeast Colorado in Logan County, 12 miles north of the town of Sterling and 20 miles south of the Nebraska border. The Pawnee National Grasslands are 20 miles to the west and the Chimney Canyons bluffs are just north of the park. The ...more ↓

Yellow Perch ¹
Perca flavescens

Freshwater drum ²
Aplodinotus grunniens

White Bass ³
Morone chrysops

Rainbow trout ⁴
Oncorhynchus mykiss

Black Bullhead ⁵
Ameiurus melas

Flathead Catfish ⁶
Pylodictis olivaris

Blue Catfish ⁷
Ictalurus furcatus

Channel Catfish ⁸
Ictalurus punctatus

Bigmouth Shiner ⁹
Notropis dorsalis

Sand Shiner ¹⁰
Notropis stramineus

Common Shiner ¹¹
Luxilus cornutus

Fathead minnow ¹
Pimephales promelas

Central stoneroller ¹²
Campostoma anomalum

Red Shiner ¹³
Cyprinella lutrensis

Plains Minnow ¹⁴
Hybognathus placitus

Suckermouth Minnow ¹⁵
Phenacobius mirabilis

Longnose sucker ¹⁶
Catostomus catostomus

White Sucker ¹⁷
Catostomus commersonii

River Carpsucker ¹⁸
Carpiodes carpio

American gizzard shad ¹⁹
Dorosoma cepedianum

Pallid sturgeon ²⁰
Scaphirhynchus albus

Northern Pike ²¹
Esox lucius

Apache Jumping Spider
Phidippus apacheanus

White-lined Sphinx ²²
Hyles lineata

Common Checkered-Skipper ²³
Burnsius communis

Goatweed Leafwing ²⁴
Anaea andria

Field crescent ²⁵
Phyciodes pulchella

Red Admiral ²⁶
Vanessa atalanta

Common Wood-Nymph ²⁷
Cercyonis pegala

Variegated Fritillary ²⁸
Euptoieta claudia

Queen ²⁹
Danaus gilippus

Monarch ³⁰
Danaus plexippus

Dainty Sulphur ³¹
Nathalis iole

Queen Alexandra’s Sulphur ³²
Colias alexandra

Orange Sulphur ³³
Colias eurytheme

Genista Broom Moth ³⁴
Uresiphita reversalis

Nearctic Blue Mud-dauber Wasp ³⁵
Chalybion californicum

Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp ³⁶
Sphecius speciosus

Augochloropsis sumptuosa ³⁷

Zephyr Sweat Bee ³⁸
Lasioglossum zephyrus

Pseudopanurgus aethiops ³⁷

Golden Paper Wasp ³⁹
Polistes aurifer

Dark Paper Wasp ⁴⁰
Polistes fuscatus

Seven-spotted Lady Beetle ⁴¹
Coccinella septempunctata

Eleodes carbonaria ⁴²

Red-femured Milkweed Borer ⁴³
Tetraopes femoratus

Red Milkweed Beetle ⁴¹
Tetraopes tetrophthalmus

Colorado Soldier Beetle ⁴⁴
Chauliognathus basalis

Jagged Ambush Bug ⁴⁵
Phymata americana

Apiomerus spissipes ⁴⁶

Western Conifer Seed Bug ⁴⁷
Leptoglossus occidentalis

Band-winged Meadowhawk ⁴⁸
Sympetrum semicinctum

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Wildlife of North Sterling State Park

Yellow Perch 1 Perca flavescens

Freshwater drum 2 Aplodinotus grunniens

White Bass 3 Morone chrysops

Rainbow trout 4 Oncorhynchus mykiss

Black Bullhead 5 Ameiurus melas

Flathead Catfish 6 Pylodictis olivaris

Blue Catfish 7 Ictalurus furcatus

Channel Catfish 8 Ictalurus punctatus

Bigmouth Shiner 9 Notropis dorsalis

Sand Shiner 10 Notropis stramineus

Common Shiner 11 Luxilus cornutus

Fathead minnow 1 Pimephales promelas

Central stoneroller 12 Campostoma anomalum

Red Shiner 13 Cyprinella lutrensis

Plains Minnow 14 Hybognathus placitus

Suckermouth Minnow 15 Phenacobius mirabilis

Longnose sucker 16 Catostomus catostomus

White Sucker 17 Catostomus commersonii

River Carpsucker 18 Carpiodes carpio

American gizzard shad 19 Dorosoma cepedianum

Pallid sturgeon 20 Scaphirhynchus albus

Northern Pike 21 Esox lucius

Apache Jumping Spider Phidippus apacheanus

White-lined Sphinx 22 Hyles lineata

Common Checkered-Skipper 23 Burnsius communis

Goatweed Leafwing 24 Anaea andria

Field crescent 25 Phyciodes pulchella

Red Admiral 26 Vanessa atalanta

Common Wood-Nymph 27 Cercyonis pegala

Variegated Fritillary 28 Euptoieta claudia

Queen 29 Danaus gilippus

Monarch 30 Danaus plexippus

Dainty Sulphur 31 Nathalis iole

Queen Alexandra’s Sulphur 32 Colias alexandra

Orange Sulphur 33 Colias eurytheme

Genista Broom Moth 34 Uresiphita reversalis

Nearctic Blue Mud-dauber Wasp 35 Chalybion californicum

Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp 36 Sphecius speciosus

Augochloropsis sumptuosa 37

Zephyr Sweat Bee 38 Lasioglossum zephyrus

Pseudopanurgus aethiops 37

Golden Paper Wasp 39 Polistes aurifer

Dark Paper Wasp 40 Polistes fuscatus

Seven-spotted Lady Beetle 41 Coccinella septempunctata

Eleodes carbonaria 42

Red-femured Milkweed Borer 43 Tetraopes femoratus

Red Milkweed Beetle 41 Tetraopes tetrophthalmus

Colorado Soldier Beetle 44 Chauliognathus basalis

Jagged Ambush Bug 45 Phymata americana

Apiomerus spissipes 46

Western Conifer Seed Bug 47 Leptoglossus occidentalis

Band-winged Meadowhawk 48 Sympetrum semicinctum