Insects of Lake Pueblo State Park

Positioned approximately six miles west of the City of Pueblo, and within two hour’s drive of Denver and Colorado Springs, Lake Pueblo State Park attracts around 1.8 million visitors each year. It is located at the interface of the southern Rocky Mountains to the west and Great Plains to the ...more ↓

Golden Paper Wasp ¹
Polistes aurifer

Metric Paper Wasp ²
Polistes metricus

Western Paper Wasp ³
Mischocyttarus flavitarsis

Punctured Tiger Beetle ⁴
Cicindela punctulata

Green Claybank Tiger Beetle ⁵
Cicindela denverensis

Bronzed Tiger Beetle ⁶
Cicindela repanda

Festive Tiger Beetle ⁷
Cicindela scutellaris

Splendid Tiger Beetle ⁸
Cicindela splendida

Oblique-lined Tiger Beetle ⁷
Cicindela tranquebarica

steel-blue grapevine flea beetle ⁹
Altica torquata

beet leaf beetle ¹⁰
Erynephala puncticollis

Dogbane Leaf Beetle ¹¹
Chrysochus auratus

Mottled Tortoise Beetle ¹²
Deloyala guttata

Spotted Pink Ladybeetle ¹³
Coleomegilla maculata

Convergent Lady Beetle ¹⁴
Hippodamia convergens

Seven-spotted Lady Beetle ¹⁵
Coccinella septempunctata

Eleodes obscura ¹⁶

Eleodes longicollis ¹⁵

Eusattus reticulatus ¹⁷

Stenomorpha opaca ¹⁸

Enoclerus coccineus ¹⁹

Poplar-and-Willow Borer ²⁰
Cryptorhynchus lapathi

Batyle suturalis ²¹

Crossidius coralinus ²²

Tylosis maculatus ²³

Tetraopes discoideus ¹³

Banded Net-winged Beetle ¹⁵
Calopteron reticulatum

Colorado Soldier Beetle ²⁴
Chauliognathus basalis

Kern's Flower Scarab
Euphoria kernii

Greater Anglewing ²⁵
Microcentrum rhombifolium

Elegant Bush Katydid ²⁶
Insara elegans

Speckle-winged Rangeland Grasshopper ²⁷
Arphia conspersa

Red-winged Grasshopper ²⁸
Arphia pseudonietana

Green-striped Grasshopper ²⁹
Chortophaga viridifasciata

Three-banded Grasshopper ³⁰
Hadrotettix trifasciatus

Red-shanked Grasshopper ³¹
Xanthippus corallipes

Carolina Grasshopper ³²
Dissosteira carolina

Ebony Grasshopper ³³
Boopedon nubilum

Velvet-striped Grasshopper ³⁴
Eritettix simplex

Two-striped Mermiria ³⁵
Mermiria bivittata

Showy Grasshopper ³⁶
Hesperotettix speciosus

Thistle Grasshopper ⁵
Aeoloplides turnbulli

Spotted Bird Grasshopper ³⁵
Schistocerca lineata

Plains Lubber Grasshopper ⁵
Brachystola magna

Plains Cicada ³⁷
Megatibicen dealbatus

Poblicia fuliginosa ¹⁵

Hackberry Nipplegall Psyllid ³⁸
Pachypsylla celtidismamma

Oleander Aphid ³⁹
Aphis nerii

Big-eyed Toad Bug ⁶
Gelastocoris oculatus

Wheel Bug ⁴⁰
Arilus cristatus

Apiomerus spissipes ⁴¹

Common Water Strider ⁴²
Aquarius remigis

Large Milkweed Bug ¹⁵
Oncopeltus fasciatus

Melanopleurus tener ⁴³

Red-shouldered Bug ⁴⁴
Jadera haematoloma

Widow Skimmer ⁴⁵
Libellula luctuosa

Halloween Pennant ⁴⁶
Celithemis eponina

Variegated Meadowhawk ⁴⁷
Sympetrum corruptum

Striped Meadowhawk ⁴⁸
Sympetrum pallipes

Wandering Glider ⁴⁹
Pantala flavescens

Spot-winged Glider ⁴⁸
Pantala hymenaea

Black Saddlebags ⁴⁸
Tramea lacerata

Western Pondhawk ³⁵
Erythemis collocata

Eastern Pondhawk ⁵⁰
Erythemis simplicicollis

Checkered Setwing ⁵¹
Dythemis fugax

Dot-winged Baskettail ³⁵
Epitheca petechialis

Pale Snaketail ⁴⁸
Ophiogomphus severus

Blue-eyed Darner ⁵²
Rhionaeschna multicolor

American Rubyspot ³⁵
Hetaerina americana

Variable Dancer ⁵³
Argia fumipennis

Powdered Dancer ⁵⁴
Argia moesta

Familiar Bluet ⁵⁵
Enallagma civile

Plains Forktail ⁴⁸
Ischnura damula

Large-tailed Aphideater ²⁶
Eupeodes volucris

Swift Feather-legged Fly ⁵⁶
Trichopoda pennipes

Hedriodiscus binotatus ⁵⁷

European Mantis ⁵⁸
Mantis religiosa

A Waterflea ⁵⁹
Daphnia lumholtzi

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Insects of Lake Pueblo State Park

Golden Paper Wasp 1 Polistes aurifer

Metric Paper Wasp 2 Polistes metricus

Western Paper Wasp 3 Mischocyttarus flavitarsis

Punctured Tiger Beetle 4 Cicindela punctulata

Green Claybank Tiger Beetle 5 Cicindela denverensis

Bronzed Tiger Beetle 6 Cicindela repanda

Festive Tiger Beetle 7 Cicindela scutellaris

Splendid Tiger Beetle 8 Cicindela splendida

Oblique-lined Tiger Beetle 7 Cicindela tranquebarica

steel-blue grapevine flea beetle 9 Altica torquata

beet leaf beetle 10 Erynephala puncticollis

Dogbane Leaf Beetle 11 Chrysochus auratus

Mottled Tortoise Beetle 12 Deloyala guttata

Spotted Pink Ladybeetle 13 Coleomegilla maculata

Convergent Lady Beetle 14 Hippodamia convergens

Seven-spotted Lady Beetle 15 Coccinella septempunctata

Poplar-and-Willow Borer 20 Cryptorhynchus lapathi

Banded Net-winged Beetle 15 Calopteron reticulatum

Colorado Soldier Beetle 24 Chauliognathus basalis

Kern's Flower Scarab Euphoria kernii

Greater Anglewing 25 Microcentrum rhombifolium

Elegant Bush Katydid 26 Insara elegans

Speckle-winged Rangeland Grasshopper 27 Arphia conspersa

Red-winged Grasshopper 28 Arphia pseudonietana

Green-striped Grasshopper 29 Chortophaga viridifasciata

Three-banded Grasshopper 30 Hadrotettix trifasciatus

Red-shanked Grasshopper 31 Xanthippus corallipes

Carolina Grasshopper 32 Dissosteira carolina

Ebony Grasshopper 33 Boopedon nubilum

Velvet-striped Grasshopper 34 Eritettix simplex

Two-striped Mermiria 35 Mermiria bivittata

Showy Grasshopper 36 Hesperotettix speciosus

Thistle Grasshopper 5 Aeoloplides turnbulli

Spotted Bird Grasshopper 35 Schistocerca lineata

Plains Lubber Grasshopper 5 Brachystola magna

Plains Cicada 37 Megatibicen dealbatus

Hackberry Nipplegall Psyllid 38 Pachypsylla celtidismamma

Oleander Aphid 39 Aphis nerii

Big-eyed Toad Bug 6 Gelastocoris oculatus

Wheel Bug 40 Arilus cristatus

Common Water Strider 42 Aquarius remigis

Large Milkweed Bug 15 Oncopeltus fasciatus

Red-shouldered Bug 44 Jadera haematoloma

Widow Skimmer 45 Libellula luctuosa

Halloween Pennant 46 Celithemis eponina

Variegated Meadowhawk 47 Sympetrum corruptum

Striped Meadowhawk 48 Sympetrum pallipes

Wandering Glider 49 Pantala flavescens

Spot-winged Glider 48 Pantala hymenaea

Black Saddlebags 48 Tramea lacerata

Western Pondhawk 35 Erythemis collocata

Eastern Pondhawk 50 Erythemis simplicicollis

Checkered Setwing 51 Dythemis fugax

Dot-winged Baskettail 35 Epitheca petechialis

Pale Snaketail 48 Ophiogomphus severus

Blue-eyed Darner 52 Rhionaeschna multicolor

American Rubyspot 35 Hetaerina americana

Variable Dancer 53 Argia fumipennis

Powdered Dancer 54 Argia moesta

Familiar Bluet 55 Enallagma civile

Plains Forktail 48 Ischnura damula

Large-tailed Aphideater 26 Eupeodes volucris

Swift Feather-legged Fly 56 Trichopoda pennipes

European Mantis 58 Mantis religiosa

A Waterflea 59 Daphnia lumholtzi