Forest Bumblebee (Bombus sylvicola)

Forest Bumblebee (Bombus sylvicola)

Bombus sylvicola commonly known as the forest bumblebee has a wide range in North America throughout most of Canada, Alaska and the western contiguous United States. It is an alpine bee living in open, grassy habitats such as mountain meadows and feeds on a variety of...
Central Bumble Bee (Bombus centralis)

Central Bumble Bee (Bombus centralis)

The Central Bumble Bee (Bombus centralis) is distributed from Alberta and British Coumbia in Canada, south to Arizona and New Mexico in the U.S. It lives in prairies and river valleys and feeds on a variety of flowers including wild onions, rabbitbrush and thistles....
13 Spot Lady Beetle (Hippodamia tredecimpunctata)

13 Spot Lady Beetle (Hippodamia tredecimpunctata)

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)

Old World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon)

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...
Blanket-Flower-with-Fire-Moth-Ed-Ogle

Blanket-Flower-with-Fire-Moth-Ed-Ogle

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...