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Garden March Fly

Bibio hortulanus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 47, February 35, March 55, April 86, May 125, June 136, July 145, August 125, September 92, October 68, November 37, December 29.
United States982
Alaska981
Germany172
France117
Spain90
Russia88
Ukraine73
Austria60
Israel59
Hungary59

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 March 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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