Species new to the Chicago metro region (on iNaturalist) during CNC 2021

Keep an eye on these links below for any documentations that are a first for the Chicago metro region on iNaturalist in 2021. These aren't necessarily totally newly documented for the region, just the first time they've been added to iNaturalist for the region (still cool!).

You'll often find species on here that are the result of computer vision errors as well as observations that should be marked captive/cultivated. Fixing these helps sort the wheat from the chaff and keeps range maps representative of wild organisms.

I've excluded casual observations here. Everything is split up into observose natural groups and then divided further when those groups have more than 500 taxa in the search results, due to the limitations of iNat's Compare tool.

Broad-billed hummingbird (Cynanthus latirostris) observed by @skrentnyjeff
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/77298506

Birds

• Broad-billed hummingbird (Cynanthus latirostris) - view observations by @skrentnyjeff @paulroots @benzerante @brdnrdr and read more at this blog post on the Chicago Ornithological Society's website
• Zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) observed by @whernandez. One-off escapee? Grey area on iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/76691808

Coleoptera except Cucujiformia (beetles)

• Amphicerus bicaudatus (apple twig borer) observed by @noah_finney at Pembroke Savanna (needs ID confirmation) https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/75973478

Nematocera (nematoceran flies)

• Contarinia cerasiserotinae, a species of gall midge that forms swollen buds on black cherry (Prunus serotina), observed by @brdnrdr in Porter County https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/76965952

Hemiptera (true bugs)

• Trichicorixa, a genus of water boatmen beetles observed by @cicadaboy_7867 in Oak Brook https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/76258937

Zale unilineata (one-lined zale) observed by @astridl

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/77587189

Noctuoidea (owlet moths and friends)

• Catabena lineolata (fine-lined sallow) observed by @psweet in Lake County, IL https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/77156461
• Zale unilineata (one-lined zale) observed by @astridl in DuPage County https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/77587189

Insects except the groups above and below

• Chimarra (little black caddisfly sp.) observed by @mcullenbailey https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/76650790

Bourletiella hortensis (garden springtail) observed by @thomaseverest

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/77084205

All other animals

• Bourletiella hortensis (garden springtail) observed by @thomaseverest in DuPage County https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/77084205

Caryophyllales (pinks and friends)

• Deamia testudo (dog-tail cactus) observed by @skrentnyjeff and @psweet in Lake County, IL

Cymbalaria muralis (ivy-leaved toadflax) observed by @micahbowman

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/76420008

Lamiales (mints and friends)

• Cymbalaria muralis (ivy-leaved toadflax) observed by @micahbowman, naturalized in Lake County, IL https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/76420008

There were no newly documented species on iNat in the Chicago metro region during CNC 2021 (as of May 8th, 2021) for the following groups of species:

• Mammals
• Reptiles and amphibians
• Ray-finned fishes
• Cucujiformia (cucujiform beetles)
• Brachycera (brachyceran flies)
• Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps, sawflies)
• Papilionoidea (butterflies)
• Bombycoidea (sphinx moths and friends)
• Geometroidea (geometer moths and friends)
• Pyraloidea (pyralid and crambid snout moths)
• Tortricoidea (tortricid leafroller moths and friends)
• Other moths than the groups listed above
• Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies)
• Arachnids
• Fungi without bacidiomycetes
• Basidiomycetes without Polyporales or Agaricales
• Agaricales
• Polyporales
• Non-flowering plants
• Poales (grasses, sedges, rushes, and friends)
• Monocots excluding Poales
• Apiales (carrots and friends)
• Asterales (sunflowers and friends)
• Boraginales (borages and friends)
• Brassicales (mustards and friends)
• Fabales (peas and friends)
• Fagales (beeches and friends)
• Gentianales (gentians and friends)
• Malpighiales (nances and friends)
• Ranunculales (buttercups and friends)
• Rosales (roses and friends)
• Solanales (tomatoes and friends)
• All other (eu)dicots except the groups above
• Other life (viruses, bacteria, slime molds, etc.)

But...check back on these links later as new identifications come in.

Posted on May 9, 2021 01:04 AM by bouteloua