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Shaggy St Mark’s Fly

Bibio lanigerus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 133, February 98, March 154, April 242, May 349, June 381, July 408, August 350, September 257, October 192, November 105, December 82.
United States3,096
Alaska2,752
Massachusetts267
Germany78
New York46
United Kingdom39
England36
France20
Netherlands20
Nordrhein-Westfalen17

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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