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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 ↓

White-lined Sphinx 1
Hyles lineata
Common Checkered-Skipper 2
Burnsius communis
Goatweed Leafwing 3
Anaea andria
Field crescent 4
Phyciodes pulchella
Red Admiral 5
Vanessa atalanta
Common Wood-Nymph 6
Cercyonis pegala
Variegated Fritillary 7
Euptoieta claudia
Queen 8
Danaus gilippus
Monarch 9
Danaus plexippus
Dainty Sulphur 10
Nathalis iole
Queen Alexandra’s Sulphur 11
Colias alexandra
Orange Sulphur 12
Colias eurytheme
Genista Broom Moth 13
Uresiphita reversalis
Nearctic Blue Mud-dauber Wasp 14
Chalybion californicum
Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp 15
Sphecius speciosus
Augochloropsis sumptuosa 16
Zephyr Sweat Bee 17
Lasioglossum zephyrus
Pseudopanurgus aethiops 16
Golden Paper Wasp 18
Polistes aurifer
Dark Paper Wasp 19
Polistes fuscatus
Seven-spotted Lady Beetle 20
Coccinella septempunctata
Eleodes carbonaria 21
Red-femured Milkweed Borer 22
Tetraopes femoratus
Red Milkweed Beetle 20
Tetraopes tetrophthalmus
Colorado Soldier Beetle 23
Chauliognathus basalis
Jagged Ambush Bug 24
Phymata americana
Apiomerus spissipes 25
Western Conifer Seed Bug 26
Leptoglossus occidentalis
Band-winged Meadowhawk 27
Sympetrum semicinctum

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