More urban insects on campus

As I mentioned last month, there is a group of pollination-enthusiasts conducting weekly pollinator observations on uOttawa campus.  Here are some of the insects and plants we have observed this month.

Because of all the insect photographs I am taking, I bought a small flash this month and started incorporating a diffuser and reflector into my macrophotography based on the tutorial from this blogger.

Rose Curculio (Merhynchites bicolor)

Unknown leafhopper (Family Cicadellidae)

Unknown damselfly (Suborder Zygoptera)

Unknown robber fly (Family Asilidae)

Unknown Muscid fly (Family Muscidae)

Long-legged fly (Family Dolichopodidae)

Eristalis syrphid fly (Eristalis sp.)

Unknown syrphid fly (Family Syrphidae)

Syrphid fly on oregano flowers (Origanum vulgare)

Syrphid fly walking on Eastern purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea).

Bombus griseocollis flying away from Japanese spiraea (Spiraea japonica).

Small carpenter bee (Ceratina sp.) on O. vulgare

Megachilid bee (Family Megachilidae) on bellflower (Campanula sp.).

Megachilid bee


Megachilid male bee on Coreopsis sp.

Megachilid male bee on coriander flowers (Coriandrum sp.).


Another Megachilid bee on coriander flowers.


Megachilid bee on bee balm flowers (Monarda sp.).

Sweat bee (Family Halictidae) on Coreopsis sp.

Another sweat bee covered with wall lettuce pollen (Lactuca muralis).

Pollen-thieving sweat bee on a bee balm flower.

Agapostemon sp. on oregano flowers.

Agapostemon bee inside a bellflower.


Agapostemon bee on E. purpurea.

Crabronid wasp (Family Crabronidae)

Unknown wasp

Cuckoo wasp (Family Chrysididae)

Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca)