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Lovebug

Bibio femoratus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 34, February 33, March 45, April 79, May 135, June 66, July 50, August 45, September 53, October 49, November 33, December 31.
United States3,280
New York653
Canada562
Ontario485
Massachusetts448
Virginia321
Maryland297
Pennsylvania213
New Jersey134
North Carolina133

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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