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 ↓

Widow Skimmer ¹
Libellula luctuosa

Halloween Pennant ²
Celithemis eponina

Variegated Meadowhawk ³
Sympetrum corruptum

Striped Meadowhawk ⁴
Sympetrum pallipes

Wandering Glider ⁵
Pantala flavescens

Spot-winged Glider ⁴
Pantala hymenaea

Black Saddlebags ⁴
Tramea lacerata

Western Pondhawk ⁶
Erythemis collocata

Eastern Pondhawk ⁷
Erythemis simplicicollis

Checkered Setwing ⁸
Dythemis fugax

Dot-winged Baskettail ⁶
Epitheca petechialis

Pale Snaketail ⁴
Ophiogomphus severus

Blue-eyed Darner ⁹
Rhionaeschna multicolor

American Rubyspot ⁶
Hetaerina americana

Variable Dancer ¹⁰
Argia fumipennis

Powdered Dancer ¹¹
Argia moesta

Familiar Bluet ¹²
Enallagma civile

Plains Forktail ⁴
Ischnura damula

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Insects of Lake Pueblo State Park

Widow Skimmer 1 Libellula luctuosa

Halloween Pennant 2 Celithemis eponina

Variegated Meadowhawk 3 Sympetrum corruptum

Striped Meadowhawk 4 Sympetrum pallipes

Wandering Glider 5 Pantala flavescens

Spot-winged Glider 4 Pantala hymenaea

Black Saddlebags 4 Tramea lacerata

Western Pondhawk 6 Erythemis collocata

Eastern Pondhawk 7 Erythemis simplicicollis

Checkered Setwing 8 Dythemis fugax

Dot-winged Baskettail 6 Epitheca petechialis

Pale Snaketail 4 Ophiogomphus severus

Blue-eyed Darner 9 Rhionaeschna multicolor

American Rubyspot 6 Hetaerina americana

Variable Dancer 10 Argia fumipennis

Powdered Dancer 11 Argia moesta

Familiar Bluet 12 Enallagma civile

Plains Forktail 4 Ischnura damula