Syrphids mating - Orthonevra nitida

Yes, everyone is in, we will use your images.

* Here is one:

… Christian Jacobs, 28 July, 2021 - 4:56pm

I would certainly recommend k

I would certainly recommend keeping fingers out of pictures in this case. In general, it is more useful to show insects in natural habitats or neutral backgrounds for a field guide. For example

… Hexapoda, 28 July, 2021 - 6:01pm

Then what should we do? Beetles? I just got back from bandcamp, and football practice.

… Christian Jacobs, 28 July, 2021 - 3:31pm

Orthoptera , maybe? Or a sing

Orthoptera, maybe? Or a singing insect guide in general, including only species that make sound(some grasshoppers, most of the Ensifera, cicadas, etc.)

… Hexapoda, 28 July, 2021 - 4:02pm

Sounds like a good idea, Hexapoda!

We may be getting off topic tho, are we actually going to use one of my images? Lol

… BugIdentifier, 28 July, 2021 - 4:16pm

Probably, you have quite a fe

Probably, you have quite a few cicada pictures

… Hexapoda, 28 July, 2021 - 5:58pm

That will be great!

… Christian Jacobs, 26 July, 2021 - 5:15pm

Yes, that sounds perfect! We already have a start. I have about three in my collection that I have not submitted yet.

… Christian Jacobs, 26 July, 2021 - 4:38pm

Or…

There is already a guide to the syrphids of northeastern North America. That includes basically all the species in NE. Maybe we could focus on another group, such as cicadas? They aren’t very dense in species so it would be easy to make a guide on them

… BugIdentifier, 26 July, 2021 - 4:40pm

Cicadas would be difficult, m

Cicadas would be difficult, many species overlap, and many places just have a hybrid mess, with several species interbreeding. The taxonomy hasn't been sorted out too well either.

… Hexapoda, 28 July, 2021 - 11:03am

Here's one that sounds like a

Here's one that sounds like a Linnei x Pruinosus I recorded https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gYDXdZRuRU-XotQjog4KHAnWHCmmd11N/view?usp=drivesdk
and
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gY7xKOOQBREgRoaniWeW2V6IqcfU7E6C/view?usp=drivesdk

… Hexapoda, 28 July, 2021 - 11:13am

Yes, but we are talking about Nebraska

Many species of Neotibicen are not common here and most are all but absent, due mostly to the lack of native trees outside of river ecosystems.
The main species are Auriferus, Pruinosus, and Lyricen, none of which seem to hybridize and all have either a unique call or they look nothing alike.

… BugIdentifier, 28 July, 2021 - 11:19am

Oops

Didn't see that you were referring to only NE

… Hexapoda, 28 July, 2021 - 11:22am

I am trying to write a book on diptera. You could help. The title could be: Diptera of the States of Nebraska and Illinois. We should start measuring Dipterans.

… Christian Jacobs, 26 July, 2021 - 4:24pm

I don’t know…

It would be hard to even do a guide on all the Diptera in one state! That’s probably 500+ species. Perhaps we could do “syrphids of Nebraska”

… BugIdentifier, 26 July, 2021 - 4:35pm

Moved

Moved from Hover Flies.

… BugIdentifier, 25 July, 2021 - 1:25pm

Orthonevra nitida

… Bill Dean, 25 July, 2021 - 12:35pm