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Lets track pollinators at the Chicago Wilderness during the lockdown: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/tracking-pollinators

Greater Bee Fly 1
Bombylius major
Walnut Husk Fly 2
Rhagoletis completa
Syrphus 3
Northern Plushback 4
Palpada vinetorum
Common Drone Fly 5
Eristalis tenax
Promachus hinei 6
Golden-backed Snipe Fly 7
Chrysopilus thoracicus
Atomosia puella 3
Cerotainia macrocera 8
Laphria divisor 9
Laphria flavicollis
Laphria sericea 10
Laphria sicula
Laphria thoracica 3
Asilus sericeus 11
Efferia aestuans 12
Efferia albibarbis 13
Machimus notatus
Proctacanthus hinei 14
Proctacanthus milbertii
Proctacanthus rufus 6
Promachus bastardii 15
Neoitamus orphne 16
Neoitamus flavofemoratus 6
Holcocephala abdominalis
Lasiopogon opaculus
Three-banded Robber Fly 10
Stichopogon trifasciatus
Heteropogon macerinus 17
Bumble Bee Hover Fly 18
Volucella bombylans
Platystoma seminationis 19
Thistle Stem Gall Fly 20
Urophora cardui
Sunflower Seed Maggot 21
Neotephritis finalis
Chrysanthrax cypris 22
Black-horned Gem 23
Microchrysa polita
Thick-legged Hover Fly 24
Syritta pipiens
Black Soldier Fly 24
Hermetia illucens
grasshopper bee fly 25
Systoechus vulgaris
Goldenrod Gall Fly 26
Eurosta solidaginis
Black Horse Fly 27
Tabanus atratus
Oblique Stripetail 28
Allograpta obliqua
Blue Bottlefly 24
Calliphora vicina
Narrow-headed Marsh Fly 29
Helophilus fasciatus
House Fly 24
Musca domestica
Striped Horse Fly 30
Tabanus lineola
Secondary Screwworm Fly 29
Cochliomyia macellaria
Lump-legged Swamp Fly
Lejops chrysostomus
Tabanus quinquevittatus
Odontomyia cincta 31
Stable Fly 32
Stomoxys calcitrans
Clubbed Mydas Fly 33
Mydas clavatus
Condylostylus patibulatus 3
Eastern Calligrapher 34
Toxomerus geminatus
Common Picture-winged Fly 35
Delphinia picta
Margined Calligrapher 36
Toxomerus marginatus
Common Greenbottle Fly 37
Lucilia sericata
Sepsis punctum 24
Taeniaptera trivittata 38
Quadrate Snipe Fly 39
Chrysopilus quadratus
Anthomyia oculifera 3
Common Green Bottle Fly 40
Phaenicia sericata
Yellow Dung Fly 24
Scathophaga stercoraria
Peacock Fly 3
Callopistromyia annulipes
Broad-banded Hornet Fly 41
Spilomyia alcimus
Hybomitra epistates
Common Thick-legged Fly 42
Tropidia quadrata
Trichopoda plumipes 43
Swift Feather-legged Fly 32
Trichopoda pennipes
Thaumatomyia glabra 2
Chrysops vittatus 44
Tiger Bee Fly 41
Xenox tigrinus
Common Eastern Physocephala 44
Physocephala tibialis
Tabanus trimaculatus 45
Stripe-legged Robber Fly 24
Dioctria hyalipennis
Archytas apicifer
Tetanocera plebeja
Anthrax albofasciatus 46
Virginia Flower Fly 47
Milesia virginiensis
Euaresta festiva
Epalpus signifer 48
Transverse-banded Flower Fly 48
Eristalis transversa
Maize Calligrapher 49
Toxomerus politus
Trichopoda lanipes 35
Juriniopsis adusta 50
Common Lagoon Fly 51
Eristalinus aeneus
Mouse Bot Fly 52
Cuterebra fontinella
Black-shouldered Drone Fly 53
Eristalis dimidiata
Eastern Band-winged Hover Fly 4
Ocyptamus fascipennis
Narcissus Bulb Fly 54
Merodon equestris
Stichopogon argenteus 46
Pterodontia flavipes
Orange-legged Drone Fly
Eristalis flavipes
Ornate Snipe Fly 55
Chrysopilus ornatus
Broad-headed Marsh Fly 31
Helophilus latifrons
Small Grass Fly 56
Lonchoptera bifurcata
Minettia magna
Proctacanthella cacopiloga 6
Brownish Deer Fly 57
Chrysops brunneus
Black Deer Fly 58
Chrysops niger
Hybomitra lasiophthalma 59
Lepidophora lutea

Edited by Renata Leite Pitman, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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