Wildlife of Eleven Mile State Park
Located in the southeastern corner of South Park, Eleven Mile State Park consists of a 3,405-acre reservoir and 4,075 acres of upland. The eastern side of Eleven Mile State Park abuts the Pike National Forest and the southern edge of the park comes within one mile of the Forest. Eleven Mile ...more ↓
Rocky Mountain Wood Tick
Dermacentor andersoni, commonly known as the Rocky Mountain wood tick, is a hard tick with 3 life stages including: larvae, nymph and adult. This tick is generally located in the NW United States and SW Canada along the Rocky Mountains. This tick is generally a vector for Colorado tick fever but can also be a vector for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and Tularemia. During ...more ↓
Red Admiral
Vanessa atalanta, the red admiral or previously, the red admirable,is a well-characterized, medium-sized butterfly with black wings, orange bands, and white spots. It has a wingspan of about 2 inches (5 cm). It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. The red admiral is widely distributed across temperate regions of ...more ↓
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.
Greenish Blue
Icaricia saepiolus, the greenish blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found from the northwestern United States to southern Saskatchewan and Alberta.
Many-spotted Tiger Moth
Hypercompe permaculata, the many-spotted tiger moth, is a tiger moth of the family Erebidae and one of more than 80 species of Hypercompe. It is native to the western United States and parts of northern Mexico.
Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp
Black and yellow mud dauber is a common name for the sphecid wasp species Sceliphron caementarium.
Punctured Tiger Beetle
Cicindela punctulata, the Punctured Tiger Beetle, is a species of Tiger Beetle (Subfamily Cicindelinae) commonly found across much of the US, Southeastern Canada, and in parts of Northern Mexico.
Western Tiger Beetle
Cicindela oregona, also called the Western Tiger Beetle, is a species of ground beetles native to North America.
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.
Say's Stink Bug
Chlorochroa sayi, or Say's stink bug, is a species of stink bug in the family Pentatomidae. It is found in North America.
Virile Crayfish
Faxonius virilis is a species of crayfish known as the virile crayfish, northern crayfish, eastern crayfish, and lesser known as the lake crayfish or common crawfish. Faxonius virilis was reclassified in August 2017, and the genus was changed from Orconectes to Faxonius. It is native to eastern United States and southeast ...more ↓
