Jun 19, 2026
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Bugs Guide
Bugs Guide for Colorado
Mountains, alpine trails, wildlife, and wildflower summers
Bug highlights, common sightings, and the best places to look for bugs in Colorado. Use the highlight list to start quickly, then work through the full guide for a broader local view.
Sightings
211
Species
72
Active Months
12
Category Overview
Bugs across Colorado
This guide focuses on butterflies, bees, beetles, and other small species within Colorado's wider region guide, making local walks, gardens, and close-up exploring feel richer.
Latest Sightings
Recent insect sightings in Colorado
A recent look at insect sightings across Colorado.
Jun 19, 2026
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Jun 19, 2026
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Jun 19, 2026
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Jun 3, 2026
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Sightings Map
See where insect sightings cluster
Start wide, then zoom in to see where insect sightings cluster across Colorado.
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Top Highlights
Top 5 bugs to look for in Colorado
These bugs are snapped the most across this region.
Seven-spotted Lady Beetle
25 snaps
Japanese Beetle
22 snaps
Bold Jumping Spider
12 snaps
Bee
11 snaps
Western Tiger Swallowtail
11 snaps
Places to Start
Best places for bugs in Colorado
These place guides connect well with the bugs covered in this region.
Park60 sightings5 species
Colorado, US
Observatory Park
You might spot Common Dandelion, Apples and Crabapples, and Dwarf Mallow.
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Park48 sightings50 species
Colorado, US
City Park
You might spot Eastern Fox Squirrel, Bee, and Duck.
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Park47 sightings50 species
Colorado, US
Dinosaur Ridge
You might spot Common Starlily and Wholeleaf Paintbrush.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Colorado, US
Denver Botanic Gardens
You might spot Bee, Great Spreadwing, and Duck.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Colorado, US
Moraine Park Museum and Amphitheater
You might spot Elk, Mule Deer, and Black-Billed Magpie.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Colorado, US
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
You might spot Rocky Mountain Beeplant and Plains Pricklypear.
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Full Guide
Full Colorado bugs list
The complete ranked list for this guide, ordered by sightings count.
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Seven-spotted Lady Beetle
Japanese Beetle
Bold Jumping Spider
Bee
Western Tiger Swallowtail
Mourning Cloak
Two-tailed Swallowtail
Chryxus Arctic
Red Admiral
European Woolcarder Bee
Asian Lady Beetle
Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee
Blue Fungus Beetle
Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Echo Azure
Garden Snail
House Centipede
Paddle-tailed Darner
Painted Lady
Rocky Mountain Parnassian
Zebra Jumping Spider
Anise Swallowtail
Cabbage White
Common Pill Woodlouse
Common Ringlet
Glover's Silkmoth
Goldenrod Crab Spider
Hackberry Emperor
Ladybug
Obscure Darkling Beetle
Ornate Checkered Beetle
Reakirt's Blue
Small Milkweed Bug
Tule Bluet
Variegated Fritillary
Western Black Widow
White-spotted Sawyer
Woodlouse Spider
Alfalfa Leafcutter Bee
American Bumble Bee
Bedbug
California Flattened Jumping Spider
Chironomus
Colorado Black-notched Bumble Bee
Colorado Soldier Beetle
Common Green Darner
Dun Skipper
Elm Leaf Beetle
European Paper Wasp
Four-spotted Chaser
Four-spotted Moth
Green Bottle Fly
Greenish Blue
Hunt's Bumble Bee
Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee
Milbert's Tortoiseshell
Monarch Butterfly
Narcissus Bulb Fly
Nevada Bumble Bee
Orange-Legged Furrow Bee
Peck's Skipper
Persius Duskywing
Silver-spotted Skipper
Silver-spotted Tiger Moth
Silvery Checkerspot
Spotted Pine Sawyer
Ten-lined June Beetle
Twelve-spotted Skimmer
Two-spotted Lady Beetle
Western Paper Wasp
White-lined Sphinx
Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp
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