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1 0 Leaf beetle

Leaf beetle

by BugEricPueblo, Colorado, USA

Roughly 6 mm long, colored as shown.

1 0 Steel Blue Cricket Hunter

Steel Blue Cricket Hunter

by BugEricPueblo, Colorado, USA

About 28-30+ millimeters in body length, bright metallic blue in color.

3 0 Western Cicada Killer (female)

Western Cicada Killer (female)

by BugEricPueblo, Colorado, USA

Very large, roughly 40-45 millimeters in body length, robust. Colored as shown.

0 0 Painted Turtle

Painted Turtle

by BugEricPueblo, Colorado, USA

Marked as shown. Note reddish plastron, lack of red marking on cheek.

1 0 Twelve-spotted Asparagus Beetle

Twelve-spotted Asparagus Beetle

by BugEricPueblo, Colorado, USA

Bright red with twelve black spots as shown. Roughly 5-6 millimeters long.

0 0 Marsh fly

Marsh fly

by BugEricPueblo, Colorado, USA

About 10 millimeters in length, slender with long antennae.

0 0 Plains Gartersnake

Plains Gartersnake

by BugEricPueblo, Colorado, USA

Large for a gartersnake, patterned as shown. Note lateral yellow stripes well ...

0 0 Western Red Damselfly (male)

Western Red Damselfly (male)

by BugEricPueblo, Colorado, USA

Red abdomen, brown thorax and head as shown.

0 0 Scoliid wasp (female)

Scoliid wasp (female)

by BugEricPueblo, Colorado, USA

About 20-24 millimeters in body length, colored as shown. Scoliids in general ...

3 0 Orussid wasp

Orussid wasp

by BugEricPueblo, Colorado, USA

About 10-12 mm in length, colored as shown. Note antennae inserted very low on ...

1 0 Red-legged Ham Beetle

Red-legged Ham Beetle

by BugEricPueblo, Colorado, USA

About 4-5 mm in length, metallic blue with red legs as shown.

0 0 American Bullfrog

American Bullfrog

by BugEricPueblo, Colorado, USA

Very large frog, note lack of strong dorsal ridge behind ear.

0 0 Eastern Fence Lizard

Eastern Fence Lizard

by BugEricPueblo, Colorado, USA

Highly variable in color and pattern, depending in part on how warm the animal ...

0 0 Stable Fly

Stable Fly

by BugEricPueblo, Colorado, USA

The size of a house fly, and very similar except for the beak-like mouthparts, ...

3 0 crabronid wasp

crabronid wasp

by BugEricPueblo, Colorado, USA

Small wasp, only 4-5 mm. Note hook on top rear of thorax, between the wings, ...

0 0 Tarantula hawk (male)

Tarantula hawk (male)

by BugEricPueblo, Colorado, USA

Very large, 40-50 millimeters in body length, colored as shown.

0 0 Rove beetle

Rove beetle

by BugEricPueblo, Colorado, USA

Approximately 10-12 mm in length, black with bronze cast as shown.

9 6 Scaled Quail

Scaled Quail

by JellisColorado, USA

Males and females are hard to tell apart. Medium sized with brown back, Pale ...

0 0 Plains Forktail Damselfly (females)

Plains Forktail Damselfly (females)

by BugEricPueblo, Colorado, USA

Usual form is largely orange and black as shown in the first image. There is ...

1 0 Hairy Rove Beetle

Hairy Rove Beetle

by BugEricPueblo, Colorado, USA

About 18-20 mm long, robust, black with gray, silver, and golden hairs as ...

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