Carrizo Plains Plants and Insects Guide

This is a guide to help identify the some of the plants and floral visitors seen in the early spring at the Carrizo Plains National Monument.

Taxonomy
« Back To Winged and Once-winged Insects Subclass Pterygota
- Flies Order Diptera
  - 4 Cyclorrhaphan Flies Infraorder Cyclorrhapha
  - 3 Orthorrhaphan Flies Infraorder Orthorrhapha

Robber Flies ¹
Asilidae

Flesh Flies and Satellite Flies ²
Sarcophagidae

Bristle Flies ³
Tachinidae

Blow Flies ⁴
Calliphoridae

Heterostylum ⁵

Greater Bee Flies ⁶
Bombylius

Large-tailed Aphideater ⁷
Eupeodes volucris

Edited by Kylie Etter, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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1. (c) Marcello Consolo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
2. (c) Even Dankowicz, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Even Dankowicz
3. (c) Victor Engel, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Victor Engel
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