Back on my hyperfixation shenanigans so I have not slept and here's a list of what I consider to be the prettiest beetles, butterflies and moths, damselflies, and grasshoppers and crickets that inhabit Colorado and Kentucky according to insectidentification.org :
COLORADO
Emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis)
Fifteen-spotted lady beetle (Anatis labiculata)
Golden tortoise beetle (Charidotella sexpunctata)
Knapweed root weevil (Cyphocleonus achates)
Longhorn beetle (Semanotus amethystinus)
Dogbane Leaf Beetle (Chrysochus auratus)
European Ground Beetle (Carabus nemoralis)
Golden Net-wing Beetle (Dictyoptera aurora)?
Margined Blister Beetle (Epicauta funebris)
May Beetle - P. lanceolata (Phyllophaga lanceolata)
Mottled Tortoise Beetle (Deloyala guttata)
Pleasing Fungus Beetle (Gibbifer californicus)
Poplar Borer Beetle (Saperda calcarata)
Shining Leaf Chafer - Anomala spp. (Anomala spp.)
Signate Lady Beetle (Hyperaspis signata)
American Lappet Moth (Phyllodesma americana)
Cinnabar Moth (Tyria jacobaeae)
Common Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus communis)
Glover's Silkmoth (Hyalophora columbia gloveri)
Great Ash Sphinx Moth (Sphinx chersis)
Autumn Meadowhawk (Sympetrum vicinum)
Black Saddlebags Skimmer (Tramea lacerata)
Bird Grasshopper (Schistocerca spp.)
Obscure Bird Grasshopper (Schistocerca obscura)
Sooty Longwing Katydid (Capnobotes fulginosus)
KENTUCKY
Andrew's Snail-eating Beetle (Scaphinotus andrewsii)
Black Firefly (Lucidota atra)
Calligrapha Beetle (Calligrapha spp)
Eastern Hercules Beetle (Dynastes tityus)
Emerald Euphoria Beetle (Euphoria fulgida)
Glowworm (Phengodes spp.)
Goldsmith Beetle (Cotalpa lanigera)
Metallic Wood-boring Beetle: Chalcophora (Chalcophora fortis)
Notched-mouth Ground Beetle (Dicaelus purpuratus)
One-spotted Tiger Beetle (Apterodela unipuncata)
Rainbow Darkling Beetle (Tarpela micans)
Rainbow Scarab Beetle (Phanaeus vindex)
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle (Cicindela sexguttata)
Southern Sculptured Pine Borer Beetle (Chalcophora georgiana)
Stag Beetle (Lucanus capreolus)
Twice-stabbed Lady Beetle (Chilocorus stigma)
Vietinghoff's Ground Beetle (Carabus vietinghoffii)
Abbott's Sphinx Moth (Sphecodina abbottii)
American Ermine Moth (Yponomeuta multipunctella)
Arched Hooktip (Drepana arcuata)
American Bird's-Wing Moth (Dypterygia rozmani)
Arcigera Flower Moth (Schinia arcigera)
Attentive Crocus Moth (Xanthotype attenuaria)
Basswood Leafroller (Pantographa limata)
Beautiful Wood-Nymph (Eudryas grata)
Black-waved Flannel Moth (Megalopyge crispata)
Blackberry Looper (Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria
Blinded Sphinx Moth (Paonias excaecata)
Bluish Spring Moth (Lomographa semiclarata
Buck Moth (Hemileuca maia)
Carmine Snout Moth (Peoria approximella)
Carrot Seed Moth (Sitochroa palealis)
Cecropia Silk Moth (Hyalophora cecropia)
Changeable Grass-Veneer (Fissicrambus mutabilis)
Colorful Zale (Zale minerea)
Common Lytrosis Moth (Lytrosis unitaria)
Confused Eusarca (Eusarca confusaria)
Cross-lined Wave (Timandra amaturaria)
Curve-toothed Geometer (Eutrapela clemataria)
Dark-banded Geometer (Ecliptopera atricolorata)
Deep Yellow Euchlaena (Euchlaena amoenaria)
Diaphania costata (Diaphania costata
Dimorphic Macalla (Epipaschia superatalis)
Dot-lined White (Artace cribrarius)
Dotted Gray (Glena cribrataria)
Drab Prominent (Misogada unicolor)
Eight-spotted Forester Moth (Alypia octomaculata)
Elder Shoot Borer (Achatodes zeae)
Explicit Arches (Lacinipolia explicata)
Eyed Paectes Moth (Paectes oculatrix)
Falcate Orangetip (Anthocharis midea) (female)
Fall Webworm (Hyphantria cunea)
False Crocus Geometer (Xanthotype urticaria
Fervid Plagodis (Plagodis fervidaria)
Fig Sphinx (Pachylia ficus)
Friendly Probole Moth (Probole amicaria)
Giant Leopard Moth (Hypercompe scribonia)
Goldcap Moss-eater Moth (Epimartyria auricrinella)
Gray-edged Hypena (Hypena madefactalis)
Green Arches (Anaplectoides prasina)
Hag Moth (Phobetron pithecium
Hibiscus Leaf Caterpillar Moth (Rusicada privata)
Imperial Moth (Eacles imperialis)
Lesser Maple Spanworm Moth (Speranza pustularia
Luna Moth (Actias luna)
Melissa Blue Butterfly (Plebejus melissa spp.)
Modest Sphinx Moth (Pachysphinx modesta)
Morbid Owlet Moth (Chytolita morbidalis)
Orange-patched Smoky Moth (Pyromorpha dimidiata)
Pale Beauty (Campaea perlata)
Pale Lichen Moth (Crambidia pallida)
Pale Metarranthis (Metarranthis indeclinata)
Pandorus Sphinx Moth (Eumorpha pandorus)
Parthenice Tiger Moth (Apantesis parthenice)
Pearly Wood-Nymph Moth (Eudryas unio)
Pero Moth (Pero spp.)
Pink-patched Looper (Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides)
Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)
Pistachio Emerald Moth (Hethemia pistasciaria)
Plebeian Sphinx Moth (Paratrea plebeja) (Caterpillar)
Primrose Moth (Schinia florida)
Promiscuous Angle Moth (Macaria promiscuata)
Raspberry Pyrausta (Pyrausta signatalis)
Rustic Sphinx Moth (Manduca rustica)
Saddleback Caterpillar Moth (Acharia stimulea)
Saddled Yellowhorn (Colocasia flavicornis)
Salt-and-pepper Looper Moth (Syngrapha rectangula)
Satin Moth (Leucoma salicis)
Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth (Hypoprepia miniata)
Schlaeger's Fruitworm Moth (Antaeotricha schlaegeri)
Showy Emerald Moth (Dichorda iridaria)
Small Bird Dropping Moth (Ponometia erastrioides)
Snowy Urola (Urola nivalis)
Sorghum Webworm Moth (Nola cereella)
Southern Flannel Moth (Megalopyge opercularis)
Southern Longhorn Moth (Adela caeruleella)
Southern Pine Sphinx (Lapara coniferarum)
Southern Tussock Moth (Dasychira meridionalis)
The Badwing (Dyspteris abortivaria)
Unspotted Looper Moth (Allagrapha aerea)
Venerable Dart Moth (Agrotis venerabilis
Vine Sphinx Moth (Eumorpha vitis)
Walnut Sphinx Moth (Amorpha juglandis)
Wavy-lined Emerald Moth (Synchlora aerata)
Western Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth (Harrisina metallica)
White Flannel Moth (Norape ovina)
White Slant-line Moth (Tetracis cachexiata)
White-fringed Emerald Moth (Nemoria mimosaria)
Yucca Moth (Tegeticula, Greya, and Prodoxus spp.)
Carolina Locust (Dissosteira carolina)
Eastern Shieldback Katydid (Atlanticus spp.)
Slender Meadow Katydid (Conocephalus fasciatus)
True Katydid (Pterophylla camellifolia)
Ebony Jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata)
Midland Clubtail (Gomphurus fraternus)
Red Saddlebags (Tramea onusta)
Seepage Dancer (Argia bipunctulata)
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Main cast of the Walking Dead as Avians?
Avian Tribes (for anyone from TWD fandom that see this and doesn’t know about my wing AU)
Rick- Osprey (Avem)
Negan- Bearded vulture (Avem)
Daryl- Hydra
He has dark green scales with pale orange speckles down his tail, along his frills, and on the inside of his wings.
There are scars on the outside of his wings.
He has bull-like horns.
Firebreathing.
Maggie- Juniper hairstreak (Cimex)
Glenn- Black-and-white warbler (Avem)
Carl- Pied falconet (Avem)
Michonne- Hydra
Dark purple scales with lighter purple spiral patterns on the insides of her wings.
Goat-like horns.
Firebreathing.
Carol- Hummingbird moth (Cimex)
Beth- Honduran white bat (Vesper)
Has the moon power of mind reading.
Rosita- Peacock butterfly (Cimex)
Shane- Hydra
Light yellowish-brown scales.
Antelope-like horns.
Firebreathing.
Andrea- Golden tortoise beetle (Cimex)
Has venom in her teeth.
Jesus- Barn owl (Avem)
Morgan- Big brown bat (Vesper)
Has the moon power of clairvoyance.
Lori- Violet-green swallow (Avem)
Hershel- Green lacewing (Cimex)
Has itching acid in his mandibles.
T-Dog- Hydra
Russet red-brown scales.
Water buffalo-like horns.
Frostbreathing.
Gabriel- Turtle dove (Avem)
Tara- Little brown bat Vesper-Eyed paectes moth Cimex Hybrid
Her wings are very thin because of shitty hybrid genes, but they’re a lot bigger than Vesper wings should be. Like, they stretch upward in a way.
She also has two extra hindwings like a moth does underneath her primary wings. These are rounded like a moth’s.
The forewings are made of flesh like a bat’s, but they have the pattern of her moth side. So they have the little eye-like patterns on them.
The hindwings are covered in fluffy chitin.
She only has two arms but does have the feathery antennae of a moth.
Very large bat ears.
Rat-like bat tail that’s tipped by fluffy chitin.
Doesn’t have any silk, but she does have the moon power of precognition.
Enid- Wood duck (Avem)
Judith- Hydra
Bright green scales that are dappled in yellow and sky blue.
The speckles become more clumped together at the tip of her tail.
Her right frill is freckled in solely yellow and the left is freckled in solely sky blue.
Oribi-like horns.
Frostbreathing.
Sophia- Ladybug (Cimex)
Dwight- Hoary bat (Vesper)
Has the moon power of telepathy.
Both of his wings are burned from Negan’s punishment.
The Governor- Great black hornet (Cimex)
Eugene- Globemallow leaf beetle (Cimex)
Has venom in his claws (that he never uses,,)
Merle- Hydra
Jet black scales that turn into gradients of dark red on his wings and tail.
Bull-like horns.
Firebreathing.
Abraham- Red-tailed hawk (Avem)
Sasha- Hydra
Dark burgundy scales that fade to orange-yellow on her wings.
Hartebeest-like horns.
Frostbreathing.
Aaron- Wilson’s bird of paradise (Avem)
Dale- Twelve-spotted skimmer (Cimex)
Tyreese- Hydra
Lavender-blue scales.
Bison-like horns.
Frostbreathing.
Jadis- California leaf-nosed bat (Vesper)
Has the moon power of clairvoyance.
Ezekiel- Glover’s silkmoth (Cimex)
Noah- Red-winged blackbird (Avem)
Siddiq- Townsend’s warbler (Avem)
RJ- Rainbow lorikeet (Avem)
Henry- Oak treehopper (Cimex)
Has acid-spitting fangs.
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