Insects around Ottawa
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Every measure here is worked out per 5 degree square, so this covers the wider area around Ottawa (45° to 50° latitude, -80° to -75° 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fall Field Cricket Gryllus pennsylvanicus | 41 | 172.3 |
| Common Eastern Bumble Bee Bombus impatiens | 20 | 84.0 |
| Monarch Danaus plexippus | 15 | 63.0 |
| Hemlock Looper Lambdina fiscellaria | 12 | 50.4 |
| White-marked Tussock Moth Orgyia leucostigma | 10 | 42.0 |
| Honey Bee Apis mellifera | 9 | 37.8 |
| White Underwing Catocala relicta | 7 | 29.4 |
| Red Bee Polistes fuscatus | 6 | 25.2 |
| Narrow-banded Pond Fly Sericomyia militaris | 4 | 16.8 |
| Meadow Rue Borer Papaipema unimoda | 4 | 16.8 |
| Locust Borer Megacyllene robiniae | 4 | 16.8 |
| Smith's Dart Xestia smithii | 3 | 12.6 |
| Chain-dotted Geometer Cingilia catenaria | 3 | 12.6 |
| Clouded Sulphur Colias philodice | 3 | 12.6 |
| Maple Spanworm Ennomos magnaria | 3 | 12.6 |
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: 75 BirdWeather. Add a station to fill the gap.