Calgary Insect Pollinators Guide

This is a beginning guide to Calgary's insect pollinators. The goal is to highlight some of the many insect pollinators you may encounter in the city and through participating in the Calgary Pollinator Count (see ...more ↓

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Common Sickleleg ¹
Asemosyrphus polygrammus

Brown-haltered Bee-mimic Fly ²
Mallota sackeni

Woolly-tailed Marsh Fly ³
Helophilus hybridus

Broad-headed Marsh Fly ⁴
Helophilus latifrons

White-spotted Pond Fly ⁵
Sericomyia lata

Narrow-banded Pond Fly ⁵
Sericomyia militaris

Orange-spotted Drone Fly ⁶
Eristalis anthophorina

Black-shouldered Drone Fly ⁷
Eristalis dimidiata

Orange-legged Drone Fly ⁵
Eristalis flavipes

Black-footed Drone Fly ⁸
Eristalis hirta

Orange-spined Drone Fly ⁵
Eristalis nemorum

Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly ⁹
Eristalis stipator

Common Drone Fly ¹⁰
Eristalis tenax

Pufftails ¹¹
Sphegina

Xylotina ⁵

Wood Flies ⁴
Blera

Thick-legged Hover Fly ¹²
Syritta pipiens

Northern Wasp Fly ⁶
Ceriana abbreviata

Blacklets ¹³
Cheilosia

Narcissus Bulb Fly ¹⁴
Merodon equestris

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Calgary Insect Pollinators Guide

Common Sickleleg 1 Asemosyrphus polygrammus

Brown-haltered Bee-mimic Fly 2 Mallota sackeni

Woolly-tailed Marsh Fly 3 Helophilus hybridus

Broad-headed Marsh Fly 4 Helophilus latifrons

White-spotted Pond Fly 5 Sericomyia lata

Narrow-banded Pond Fly 5 Sericomyia militaris

Orange-spotted Drone Fly 6 Eristalis anthophorina

Black-shouldered Drone Fly 7 Eristalis dimidiata

Orange-legged Drone Fly 5 Eristalis flavipes

Black-footed Drone Fly 8 Eristalis hirta

Orange-spined Drone Fly 5 Eristalis nemorum

Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly 9 Eristalis stipator

Common Drone Fly 10 Eristalis tenax

Pufftails 11 Sphegina

Xylotina 5

Wood Flies 4 Blera

Thick-legged Hover Fly 12 Syritta pipiens

Northern Wasp Fly 6 Ceriana abbreviata

Blacklets 13 Cheilosia

Narcissus Bulb Fly 14 Merodon equestris