Insects in flightFlying through the air with the greatest of ease. Dragons, damsels, flies and bees. |
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Red Milkweed Beetle Tetraopes tetrophthalmus
Jul 7, 2015
Russell R. Kirt Prairie |
Black-shouldered Drone Fly Eristalis dimidiata
Sep 22, 2014
Danada Forest Preserve |
Narrow-headed Marsh Fly Helophilus fasciatus
Sep 24, 2014
Danada Forest Preserve |
Narrow-headed Marsh Fly Helophilus fasciatus
Sep 24, 2014
Danada Forest Preserve |
Narrow-headed Marsh Fly Helophilus fasciatus
Sep 24, 2014
Danada Forest Preserve |
Narrow-headed Marsh Fly Helophilus fasciatus
Oct 1, 2014
Danada Forest Preserve |
Narrow-headed Marsh Fly Helophilus fasciatus
Oct 1, 2014
Danada Forest Preserve |
Narrow-headed Marsh Fly Helophilus fasciatus
Oct 1, 2014
Danada Forest Preserve |
Common Compost Fly Syritta pipiens
Jul 23, 2013
COD Main Campus |
Oblique Streaktail Allograpta obliqua
Sep 27, 2014
Springbrook Prairie |
Oblique Streaktail Allograpta obliqua
Sep 27, 2014
Springbrook Prairie |
American Aphideater Eupeodes americanus
Sep 14, 2013
COD Seed Collection |
Migrant Hover Fly Eupeodes corollae
Mar 28, 2023
Dan Jerusalem Hotel |
Western Aphideater Eupeodes fumipennis
Dec 2, 2023
Mesa, Arizona |
Western Aphideater Eupeodes fumipennis
Dec 2, 2023
Mesa, Arizona |
Large-tailed Aphideater Eupeodes volucris
Nov 20, 2023
Mesa, Arizona |
Large-tailed Aphideater Eupeodes volucris
Nov 20, 2023
Mesa, Arizona |
Large-tailed Aphideater Eupeodes volucris
Nov 20, 2023
Mesa, Arizona |
Eastern Calligrapher Toxomerus geminatus
Sep 29, 2014
Hidden Lake Forest Preserve |
Eastern Calligrapher Toxomerus geminatus
Jun 16, 2015
Egermann Woods Forest Preserve |
Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly Eristalis stipator
Aug 28, 2013
Russell R. Kirt Prairie |
Dwarf Periodical Cicada Magicicada cassini
Jun 20, 2024
Arrowhead Park |
Aster Andrena Andrena asteris
Oct 9, 2016
Chicago Montrose Harbor |
Urbane Digger Bee Anthophora urbana
Jul 26, 2024
San Diego |
Urbane Digger Bee Anthophora urbana
Aug 3, 2024
LA County Arboretum |
Asiatic Honey Bee Apis cerana
Jan 17, 2016
Chiang Mai |
Giant Honey Bee Apis dorsata
Jan 17, 2016
Chiang Mai |
European Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Jul 31, 2013
Russell R. Kirt Prairie |
Black-and-gold Bumble Bee Bombus auricomus
Jul 17, 2013
Russell R. Kirt Prairie |
Black-and-gold Bumble Bee Bombus auricomus
Jul 10, 2015
Hebron Trail |
Two-spotted Bumble Bee Bombus bimaculatus
Jul 25, 2020
Arrowhead Park |
Yellow Bumble Bee Bombus fervidus
Aug 14, 2013
Cantera Commons |
Yellow Bumble Bee Bombus fervidus
Aug 8, 2016
Chicago Monroe Harbor |
Mourning Bee Bombus funebris
Jul 21, 2015
Cusco |
Brown-belted Bumble Bee Bombus griseocollis
Aug 14, 2013
Cantera Commons |
Brown-belted Bumble Bee Bombus griseocollis
Sep 3, 2014
Russell R. Kirt Prairie |
Brown-belted Bumble Bee Bombus griseocollis
Jul 7, 2015
Russell R. Kirt Prairie |
Common Eastern Bumble Bee Bombus impatiens
Jul 16, 2014
Danada Forest Preserve |
Two-spotted Long-horned Bee Melissodes bimaculatus
Jul 16, 2016
Chicago Lurie Garden |
Two-spotted Long-horned Bee Melissodes bimaculatus
Jul 16, 2016
Chicago Lurie Garden |
Drury's Long-horned Bee Melissodes druriellus
Sep 14, 2013
COD Seed Collection |
Drury's Long-horned Bee Melissodes druriellus
Sep 25, 2013
Lambert Lake |
Drury's Long-horned Bee Melissodes druriellus
Sep 19, 2014
Hidden Lake Forest Preserve |
Small Carpenter Bee Ceratina
Sep 29, 2014
Hidden Lake Forest Preserve |
Sonoran Carpenter Bee Xylocopa sonorina
Jun 3, 2014
Kauai |
Eastern Carpenter Bee Xylocopa virginica
Aug 18, 2013
Arrowhead Park |
Eastern Carpenter Bee Xylocopa virginica
Jun 15, 2014
Grant Park Blues Fest |
Xylocopa Carpenter Bee Xylocopa
Jul 21, 2015
Cusco |
Orange-legged Furrow Bee Halictus rubicundus
Aug 1, 2013
COD Main Campus |
Augochlorine Sweat Bee Augochlorini
Jul 10, 2014
McDowell Grove Forest Preserve |
Augochlorine Sweat Bee Augochlorini
Jul 10, 2014
McDowell Grove Forest Preserve |
European Woolcarder Bee Anthidium manicatum
Jun 16, 2015
Egermann Woods Forest Preserve |
European Woolcarder Bee Anthidium manicatum
Jul 16, 2016
Chicago Lurie Garden |
European Woolcarder Bee Anthidium manicatum
Jul 28, 2016
Chicago Lurie Garden |
European Woolcarder Bee Anthidium manicatum
Aug 2, 2016
McDowell Grove Forest Preserve |
Four-banded Stink Bug Hunter Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus
Jul 22, 2020
Naperville |
Four-banded Stink Bug Hunter Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus
Jul 24, 2020
Naperville |
Eastern Cicada Killer Sphecius speciosus
Aug 6, 2014
Sugarland Run |
Eastern Cicada Killer Sphecius speciosus
Aug 6, 2014
Sugarland Run |
Eastern Cicada Killer Sphecius speciosus
Jul 22, 2016
Chicago Monroe Harbor |
Mexican Grass-carrying Wasp Isodontia mexicana
Jul 24, 2020
Naperville |
Common Eastern Bumble Bee Bombus impatiens
Sep 25, 2013
Lambert Lake |
Common Eastern Bumble Bee Bombus impatiens
Sep 27, 2014
Springbrook Prairie |
Common Eastern Bumble Bee Bombus impatiens
Sep 27, 2014
Springbrook Prairie |
Melissodes Long-horned Bee Melissodes
Sep 12, 2015
COD Seed Collection |
Yellow Bumble Bee Bombus fervidus
Aug 14, 2013
Cantera Commons |
Fraternal Potter Wasp Eumenes fraternus
Jul 10, 2014
McDowell Grove Forest Preserve |
European Paper Wasp Polistes dominula
Sep 29, 2014
Hidden Lake Forest Preserve |
European Paper Wasp Polistes dominula
Oct 11, 2014
Arrowhead Park |
European Paper Wasp Polistes dominula
Jun 29, 2015
Sugarland Run |
Eastern Yellowjacket Vespula maculifrons
Oct 4, 2022
Herrick Lake Forest Preserve |
Silver-spotted Skipper Epargyreus clarus
Jul 24, 2014
Herrick Lake Forest Preserve |
Hummingbird Clearwing Hemaris thysbe
Jul 8, 2024
Morton Arboretum |
Eurasian Hummingbird Hawkmoth Macroglossum stellatarum
Oct 9, 2023
Thessaloniki |
Squash Vine Borer Moth Eichlinia cucurbitae
Jul 5, 2016
Naperville |
Squash Vine Borer Moth Eichlinia cucurbitae
Jul 5, 2016
Naperville |
Monarch Danaus plexippus
Sep 24, 2014
Danada Forest Preserve |
Monarch Danaus plexippus
Jul 5, 2015
Herrick Lake Forest Preserve |
Monarch Danaus plexippus
Jul 5, 2015
Herrick Lake Forest Preserve |
Monarch Danaus plexippus
Aug 8, 2016
Chicago Monroe Harbor |
Tiger Swallowtail Papilio glaucus
Aug 7, 2020
Nike Park |
Orange Sulfur Colias eurytheme
Jul 1, 2014
Danada Forest Preserve |
Orange Sulfur Colias eurytheme
Sep 26, 2014
Springbrook Prairie |
Orange Sulfur Colias eurytheme
Sep 26, 2014
Springbrook Prairie |
Orange Sulfur Colias eurytheme
Sep 26, 2014
Springbrook Prairie |
Orange Sulfur Colias eurytheme
Sep 26, 2014
Springbrook Prairie |
Clouded Sulphur Colias philodice
Jul 10, 2015
Hebron Trail |
Cabbage White Pieris rapae
Jun 21, 2014
Herrick Lake Forest Preserve |
Shadow Darner Aeshna umbrosa
Sep 8, 2013
Arrowhead Park |
Shadow Darner Aeshna umbrosa
Sep 8, 2013
Arrowhead Park |
Shadow Darner Aeshna umbrosa
Sep 8, 2013
Arrowhead Park |
Common Green Darner Anax junius
Jul 23, 2014
McDowell Grove Forest Preserve |
Common Green Darner Anax junius
Oct 26, 2018
San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary |
Common Baskettail Epitheca cynosura
Jun 18, 2014
Danada Forest Preserve |
Common Baskettail Epitheca cynosura
Jun 6, 2016
Herrick Lake Forest Preserve |
Prince Baskettail Epitheca princeps
Jul 17, 2014
Danada Forest Preserve |
Widow Skimmer Libellula luctuosa
Aug 8, 2013
Cantera Commons |
Widow Skimmer Libellula luctuosa
Jun 24, 2014
Herrick Lake Forest Preserve |
Widow Skimmer Libellula luctuosa
Jul 9, 2016
Arrowhead Park |
Common Whitetail Plathemis lydia
Aug 18, 2013
Arrowhead Park |
Common Whitetail Plathemis lydia
Jul 31, 2020
Arrowhead Park |
Halloween Pennant Celithemis eponina
Aug 24, 2013
Wild Ones Field Trip |
Blue Dasher Pachydiplax longipennis
Jul 5, 2015
Herrick Lake Forest Preserve |
Blue Dasher Pachydiplax longipennis
Jun 26, 2016
Claude Moore Park |
Blue Dasher Pachydiplax longipennis
Aug 13, 2020
Diehl Road Pond |
Wandering Glider Pantala flavescens
Jun 3, 2014
Kauai |
Eastern Amberwing Perithemis tenera
Aug 8, 2020
Diehl Road Pond |
White-faced Meadowhawk Sympetrum obtrusum
Jul 9, 2014
Burlington Park |
White-faced Meadowhawk Sympetrum obtrusum
Jul 9, 2014
Burlington Park |
Autumn Meadowhawk Sympetrum vicinum
Sep 14, 2013
COD Seed Collection |
Carolina Saddlebags Tramea carolina
Jun 26, 2016
Claude Moore Park |
Black Saddlebags Tramea lacerata
Sep 7, 2011
Russell R. Kirt Prairie |
Black Saddlebags Tramea lacerata
Jul 10, 2016
Herrick Lake Forest Preserve |
Black Saddlebags Tramea lacerata
Jul 10, 2016
Herrick Lake Forest Preserve |
Ebony Jewelwing Calopteryx maculata
Jul 30, 2014
Sugarland Run |
Powdered Dancer Argia moesta
Jul 5, 2014
McDowell Grove Forest Preserve |
Powdered Dancer Argia moesta
Jul 10, 2014
McDowell Grove Forest Preserve |
Powdered Dancer Argia moesta
Jul 3, 2015
McDowell Grove Forest Preserve |
Familiar Bluet Enallagma civile
Jul 1, 2014
Danada Forest Preserve |
Familiar Bluet Enallagma civile
Sep 27, 2014
Springbrook Prairie |
Orange Bluet Enallagma signatum
Jun 23, 2014
Herrick Lake Forest Preserve |
Slender Bluet Enallagma traviatum
Jun 24, 2014
Herrick Lake Forest Preserve |
Slender Bluet Enallagma traviatum
Jun 24, 2014
Herrick Lake Forest Preserve |
Red-legged Grasshopper Melanoplus femurrubrum
Oct 1, 2014
COD Main Campus |