Insects around Minneapolis
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Every measure here is worked out per 5 degree square, so this covers the wider area around Minneapolis (40° to 45° latitude, -95° to -90° 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Common Eastern Bumble Bee Bombus impatiens | 43 | 192.0 |
| Monarch Danaus plexippus | 26 | 116.1 |
| Red Bee Polistes fuscatus | 13 | 58.0 |
| Painted Lady Vanessa cardui | 10 | 44.6 |
| Syrphid Fly Toxomerus marginatus | 10 | 44.6 |
| Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee Agapostemon virescens | 7 | 31.3 |
| Narrow-headed Marsh Fly Helophilus fasciatus | 7 | 31.3 |
| Honey Bee Apis mellifera | 5 | 22.3 |
| Autumn Meadowhawk Sympetrum vicinum | 5 | 22.3 |
| Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly Eristalis stipator | 4 | 17.9 |
| Hackberry Nipple Gall Pachypsylla celtidismamma | 4 | 17.9 |
| Hackberry Blister Gall Psyllid Pachypsylla celtidisvesicula | 4 | 17.9 |
| Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis | 3 | 13.4 |
| Ligated Furrow Bee Halictus ligatus | 3 | 13.4 |
| Coppery Leafhopper Jikradia olitoria | 3 | 13.4 |
How well this area is covered
Watched in 5 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: 88 BirdWeather. Add a station to fill the gap.