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Flies of Chicago Wilderness

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

Northern Plushback 1
Palpada vinetorum
Common Drone Fly 2
Eristalis tenax
Bumble Bee Hover Fly 3
Volucella bombylans
Thick-legged Hover Fly 4
Syritta pipiens
Narrow-headed Marsh Fly 5
Helophilus fasciatus
Lump-legged Swamp Fly
Lejops chrysostomus
Broad-banded Hornet Fly 6
Spilomyia alcimus
Common Thick-legged Fly 7
Tropidia quadrata
Virginia Flower Fly 8
Milesia virginiensis
Transverse-banded Flower Fly 9
Eristalis transversa
Common Lagoon Fly 10
Eristalinus aeneus
Black-shouldered Drone Fly 11
Eristalis dimidiata
Narcissus Bulb Fly 12
Merodon equestris
Orange-legged Drone Fly
Eristalis flavipes
Broad-headed Marsh Fly 13
Helophilus latifrons
Wavy Mucksucker 14
Orthonevra nitida
European Drone Fly 15
Eristalis arbustorum
Common Bog Fly 16
Parhelophilus laetus
Eastern Hornet Fly 17
Spilomyia longicornis
Spotted Wood Fly 18
Somula decora
Four-lined Hornet Fly
Spilomyia sayi
Yellow-thighed Thick-legged Fly 19
Tropidia albistylum
Hairy-eyed Mimic 20
Mallota posticata
American Snout Fly 21
Rhingia nasica
Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly 22
Eristalis stipator
Yellow-haired Falsehorn 23
Temnostoma balyras
Striped Bromeliad Fly 24
Copestylum vittatum
Bare-bellied Falsehorn 13
Temnostoma barberi
Common Copperback 14
Ferdinandea buccata
Bare-eyed Mimic 19
Mallota bautias
Short-haired Forest Fly 24
Chalcosyrphus piger
Williston's Wasp Fly 25
Sphiximorpha willistoni
Eastern Catkin Fly
Brachypalpus oarus

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