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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
175
Species
61
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.
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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
23 snaps
Japanese Beetle
22 snaps
Bold Jumping Spider
10 snaps
Bee
7 snaps
Mourning Cloak
7 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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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
City Park
You might spot Eastern Fox Squirrel, Bee, 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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Park30 sightings12 species
Colorado, US
Larimer Square
You might spot Eastern Fox Squirrel, Bee, and Canada Goose.
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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
Mourning Cloak
Western Tiger Swallowtail
Chryxus Arctic
Red Admiral
Two-tailed Swallowtail
Asian Lady Beetle
Blue Fungus Beetle
Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Echo Azure
European Woolcarder Bee
Garden Snail
House Centipede
Paddle-tailed Darner
Painted Lady
Rocky Mountain Parnassian
Anise Swallowtail
Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee
Cabbage White
Common Ringlet
Glover's Silkmoth
Goldenrod Crab Spider
Ladybug
Obscure Darkling Beetle
Small Milkweed Bug
Tule Bluet
White-spotted Sawyer
Zebra Jumping Spider
Alfalfa Leafcutter Bee
American Bumble Bee
Bedbug
California Flattened Jumping Spider
Chironomus
Colorado Black-notched Bumble Bee
Colorado Soldier Beetle
Common Pill Woodlouse
Elm Leaf Beetle
Green Bottle Fly
Greenish Blue
Hunt's Bumble Bee
Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee
Milbert's Tortoiseshell
Narcissus Bulb Fly
Nevada Bumble Bee
Orange-Legged Furrow Bee
Ornate Checkered Beetle
Peck's Skipper
Persius Duskywing
Reakirt's Blue
Silver-spotted Tiger Moth
Silvery Checkerspot
Spotted Pine Sawyer
Two-spotted Lady Beetle
Variegated Fritillary
Western Black Widow
Western Paper Wasp
White-lined Sphinx
Woodlouse Spider
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