Thirteen Spot Lady Beetle (Hippodamia tredecimpunctata) is one of twelve types of ladybugs found in Colorado. It is orange, oval shaped rather than round and has a black and white head. It favors wet meadows and marshes, lake shores, and flood plains. Ladybugs are a...
Old World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) is also called the Common Yellow Swallowtail or just the Swallowtail. This butterfly has a huge range, from Russia, China and Japan to Europe, Alaska, Canada and the U.S. It frequents alpine meadows and hillsides where it...
The Schinia masoni moth is perfectly adapted to, and pollinates, one plant species. This moth is perfectly camouflaged in the disk flowers of Blanketflower (Gaillardia aristata) where it lays its eggs and the resulting larvae feed on the...
Spearleaf Stonecrop (Sedum lanceolatum), Stonecrop Family (Crassulaceae), is a native wildflower, common in rocky soil and on dry slopes, from the plains to the alpine on the eastern and western slopes. Blooms from May through September. Photo by Jim...
Golden Saxifrage (Saxifraga chrysantha), Saxifrage Family (Saxifragaceae) is a native plant found in rocky alpine tundra (and occasionally in similar subalpine areas), alpine meadows, and on scree slopes on the eastern and western slopes. Blooms from July through...
