Ornate Checkered Beetle (Trichodes ornatus)
Ornate Checkered Beetle (Trichodes ornatus) occurs from Alaska and Western Canada down the Rocky Mountain States to Western Mexico. This beetle mates and the female lays her eggs on flowers frequented by bees. The larvae hatch and attach themselves to the back of...
Rocky Mountain Parnassian (Parnassius swintheus)
Male Rocky Mountain Parnassian, Parnassius smintheus (Papilionidae), is found in open meadows, forests and grasslands in New Mexico, north through Colorado and the Rocky Mountains into Southwest Alaska. It feeds on the nectar of the flowers of many stonecrop (Sedum)...
White-lined Sphinx Moth (Hyles lineata)
White-lined Sphinx Moth (Hyles lineata) is a large moth with a two to three inch wingspan. This moth has a wide geographic range in Central and North America and feeds on and pollinates many different kinds of flowers. In Colorado it prefers feeding on evening...