Cooley spruce gall adelgid Order: HemipteraFamily: Adelgidae Description Cooley spruce gall adelgids (Adelges cooleyi) are gall forming hemipterans. This species is widely distributed throughout the Rocky Mountains and the Cascade Range of western North America....
Cicadas Order: HemipteraFamily: Cicadidae, Tibicinidae Description There are about 29 species of cicada in Colorado that range in size and color. They often have black bodies with varying shades and patterns of brown, white, green, or red. Some commonly observed...
Pine tip moths Order: LepidopteraFamily: Tortricidae, Pyralidae Description and life history Southwestern pine tip moth The southwestern pine tip moth (Rhyacionia neomexicana) is native to the western United States and is found in Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado,...
Giant conifer aphids Order: HemipteraFamily: Aphididae Description Cinara spp. are commonly referred to as giant conifer aphids and collectively feed on pines (Pinus spp.), juniper (Juniperus spp.), and spruce (Picea spp.). There are about three dozen species...
Dendroctonus spp. Order: ColeopteraFamily: Curculionidae Description Two Dendroctonus spp. are of particular significance in Colorado, the mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) and spruce beetle (Dendroctonus rufipennis), both of which are native to North...
