Insects in flight, Chicagoland, Illinois (mostly)


Other Fauna	68 species, 124 photos this page.	photographer:

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

Insects in flight

Insects in love

Birds in flight

Insects on the hunt