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Fever Fly

Dilophus febrilis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 472, February 348, March 546, April 859, May 1,239, June 1,351, July 1,445, August 1,243, September 912, October 681, November 372, December 291.
United States9,759
Alaska9,759
United Kingdom316
England236
Germany230
Finland54
Scotland47
France47
Niedersachsen43
Hessen42

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
GenusDilophus

Sources

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Practise Fever Fly 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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