Insects around Calgary
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Every measure here is worked out per 5 degree square, so this covers the wider area around Calgary (50° to 55° latitude, -115° to -110° longitude, about 550 km across), not the city alone. Counts are shares of all insects records in the same weeks, so busier stations do not inflate them (methods).
Arrived in the last four weeks
No insects arrived here in these weeks last year, as far as the records show.
Expected in the next six weeks
No arrivals expected here in the next six weeks, going by last year.
Dates are last year's first regular records after at least six weeks away, with each species' own uncertainty on its page. Each species page can email you when it turns up.
Most recorded, last eight weeks
| Species | Records | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Red-belted Bumble Bee Bombus rufocinctus | 57 | 158.8 |
| Painted Lady Vanessa cardui | 40 | 111.4 |
| Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly Eristalis stipator | 35 | 97.5 |
| Seven-spotted Lady Beetle Coccinella septempunctata | 20 | 55.7 |
| Common Drone Fly Eristalis tenax | 13 | 36.2 |
| White-bowed Smoothwing Scaeva affinis | 10 | 27.9 |
| Syrphid Fly Toxomerus marginatus | 10 | 27.9 |
| Central Bumble Bee Bombus centralis | 9 | 25.1 |
| Alfalfa Looper Autographa californica | 8 | 22.3 |
| Tri-colored Bumble Bee Bombus ternarius | 7 | 19.5 |
| Narrow-headed Marsh Fly Helophilus fasciatus | 7 | 19.5 |
| Milbert's Tortoiseshell Aglais milberti | 6 | 16.7 |
| Roesel's Bush Cricket Roeseliana roeselii | 6 | 16.7 |
| Lake Darner Aeshna eremita | 5 | 13.9 |
| Two-striped Grasshopper Melanoplus bivittatus | 5 | 13.9 |
How well this area is covered
Watched in 1 of the last 12 weeks for insects (enough records to count; unwatched weeks say nothing about absence). Active stations here in the last 30 days: 68 BirdWeather. Add a station to fill the gap.