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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Taxonomy
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- Aschizan Flies Zoosection Aschiza
  - 20 Drone Flies and Allies Subfamily Eristalinae
  - 22 Typical Hover Flies Subfamily Syrphinae

Hairy-eyed Flower Fly ¹
Syrphus torvus

Tufted Globetail ²
Sphaerophoria contigua

Meadow Flies ³
Chrysotoxum

Halfbands ⁴
Melangyna

Bristleside Flies ⁴
Parasyrphus

Oblique Streaktail ⁵
Allograpta obliqua

Black-horned Smoothtail ⁶
Epistrophe grossulariae

Dasysyrphus intrudens ⁶

Common Loopwing Aphideater ⁶
Lapposyrphus lapponicus

Black-legged Gossamer ⁶
Megasyrphus laxus

White-bowed Smoothwing ⁷
Scaeva affinis

Black-margined Flower Fly ⁸
Syrphus opinator

Common Flower Fly ⁹
Syrphus ribesii

Black-footed Globetail ⁴
Sphaerophoria philanthus

Violaceous Globetail ¹⁰
Sphaerophoria pyrrhina

Large-tailed Aphideater ¹¹
Eupeodes volucris

Eupeodes americanus ¹²

Western Aphideater ¹³
Eupeodes fumipennis

Variable Duskyface Fly ⁶
Melanostoma mellinum

Sedgesitters ¹⁴
Platycheirus

Margined Calligrapher ⁶
Toxomerus marginatus

Grass Skimmer Flies ¹⁵
Paragus

Common Sickleleg ¹⁶
Asemosyrphus polygrammus

Brown-haltered Bee-mimic Fly ¹⁷
Mallota sackeni

Woolly-tailed Marsh Fly ¹⁸
Helophilus hybridus

Broad-headed Marsh Fly ⁴
Helophilus latifrons

White-spotted Pond Fly ⁶
Sericomyia lata

Narrow-banded Pond Fly ⁶
Sericomyia militaris

Orange-spotted Drone Fly ¹⁴
Eristalis anthophorina

Black-shouldered Drone Fly ¹⁹
Eristalis dimidiata

Orange-legged Drone Fly ⁶
Eristalis flavipes

Black-footed Drone Fly ²⁰
Eristalis hirta

Orange-spined Drone Fly ⁶
Eristalis nemorum

Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly ²¹
Eristalis stipator

Common Drone Fly ²²
Eristalis tenax

Pufftails ²³
Sphegina

Xylotina ⁶

Wood Flies ⁴
Blera

Thick-legged Hover Fly ²⁴
Syritta pipiens

Northern Wasp Fly ¹⁴
Ceriana abbreviata

Blacklets ²⁵
Cheilosia

Narcissus Bulb Fly ²⁶
Merodon equestris

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Calgary Insect Pollinators Guide

Hairy-eyed Flower Fly 1 Syrphus torvus

Tufted Globetail 2 Sphaerophoria contigua

Meadow Flies 3 Chrysotoxum

Halfbands 4 Melangyna

Bristleside Flies 4 Parasyrphus

Oblique Streaktail 5 Allograpta obliqua

Black-horned Smoothtail 6 Epistrophe grossulariae

Dasysyrphus intrudens 6

Common Loopwing Aphideater 6 Lapposyrphus lapponicus

Black-legged Gossamer 6 Megasyrphus laxus

White-bowed Smoothwing 7 Scaeva affinis

Black-margined Flower Fly 8 Syrphus opinator

Common Flower Fly 9 Syrphus ribesii

Black-footed Globetail 4 Sphaerophoria philanthus

Violaceous Globetail 10 Sphaerophoria pyrrhina

Large-tailed Aphideater 11 Eupeodes volucris

Eupeodes americanus 12

Western Aphideater 13 Eupeodes fumipennis

Variable Duskyface Fly 6 Melanostoma mellinum

Sedgesitters 14 Platycheirus

Margined Calligrapher 6 Toxomerus marginatus

Grass Skimmer Flies 15 Paragus

Common Sickleleg 16 Asemosyrphus polygrammus

Brown-haltered Bee-mimic Fly 17 Mallota sackeni

Woolly-tailed Marsh Fly 18 Helophilus hybridus

Broad-headed Marsh Fly 4 Helophilus latifrons

White-spotted Pond Fly 6 Sericomyia lata

Narrow-banded Pond Fly 6 Sericomyia militaris

Orange-spotted Drone Fly 14 Eristalis anthophorina

Black-shouldered Drone Fly 19 Eristalis dimidiata

Orange-legged Drone Fly 6 Eristalis flavipes

Black-footed Drone Fly 20 Eristalis hirta

Orange-spined Drone Fly 6 Eristalis nemorum

Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly 21 Eristalis stipator

Common Drone Fly 22 Eristalis tenax

Pufftails 23 Sphegina

Xylotina 6

Wood Flies 4 Blera

Thick-legged Hover Fly 24 Syritta pipiens

Northern Wasp Fly 14 Ceriana abbreviata

Blacklets 25 Cheilosia

Narcissus Bulb Fly 26 Merodon equestris