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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

Syrphus 1
Northern Plushback 2
Palpada vinetorum
Common Drone Fly 3
Eristalis tenax
Bumble Bee Hover Fly 4
Volucella bombylans
Thick-legged Hover Fly 5
Syritta pipiens
Oblique Stripetail 6
Allograpta obliqua
Narrow-headed Marsh Fly 7
Helophilus fasciatus
Lump-legged Swamp Fly
Lejops chrysostomus
Eastern Calligrapher 8
Toxomerus geminatus
Margined Calligrapher 9
Toxomerus marginatus
Broad-banded Hornet Fly 10
Spilomyia alcimus
Common Thick-legged Fly 11
Tropidia quadrata
Virginia Flower Fly 12
Milesia virginiensis
Transverse-banded Flower Fly 13
Eristalis transversa
Maize Calligrapher 14
Toxomerus politus
Common Lagoon Fly 15
Eristalinus aeneus
Black-shouldered Drone Fly 16
Eristalis dimidiata
Eastern Band-winged Hover Fly 2
Ocyptamus fascipennis
Narcissus Bulb Fly 17
Merodon equestris
Orange-legged Drone Fly
Eristalis flavipes
Broad-headed Marsh Fly 18
Helophilus latifrons
Small Grass Fly 19
Lonchoptera bifurcata
Black-backed Grass Skimmer
Paragus haemorrhous
Wavy Mucksucker 20
Orthonevra nitida
European Drone Fly 21
Eristalis arbustorum
Common Bog Fly 22
Parhelophilus laetus
Variable Duskyface 5
Melanostoma mellinum
Eastern Hornet Fly 23
Spilomyia longicornis
Spotted Wood Fly 24
Somula decora
Four-lined Hornet Fly
Spilomyia sayi
Tufted Globetail 25
Sphaerophoria contigua
Dusky-winged Hover Fly 2
Ocyptamus fuscipennis
Yellow-thighed Thick-legged Fly 26
Tropidia albistylum
Hairy-eyed Mimic 27
Mallota posticata
American Snout Fly 28
Rhingia nasica
Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly 29
Eristalis stipator
Yellow-haired Falsehorn 30
Temnostoma balyras
American Harlequin 31
Xanthogramma flavipes
Four-Speckled Hover Fly 32
Dioprosopa clavata
Striped Bromeliad Fly 33
Copestylum vittatum
Bare-bellied Falsehorn 18
Temnostoma barberi
Common Copperback 20
Ferdinandea buccata
Bare-eyed Mimic 26
Mallota bautias
Short-haired Forest Fly 33
Chalcosyrphus piger
Williston's Wasp Fly 1
Sphiximorpha willistoni
Eastern Catkin Fly
Brachypalpus oarus
Cobalt Hover Fly 6
Pelecinobaccha costata

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

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