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Garden Maggot

Bibio superfluus

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 8, February 9, March 8, April 46, May 14, June 8, July 7, August 6, September 8, October 8, November 6, December 7.
United States347
North Carolina102
Alabama68
Georgia50
Virginia30
South Carolina29
Maryland17
Texas13
Tennessee6
Delaware5

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderFlies · Diptera
FamilyMarch Flies · Bibionidae
GenusBibio

Sources

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Practise Garden Maggot with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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