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Yellow-footed March fly

Bibio xanthopus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Quebec.January 36, February 31, March 48, April 115, May 211, June 140, July 117, August 107, September 94, October 79, November 46, December 42.
Canada3,303
Quebec1,064
Nova Scotia972
New Brunswick951
United States147
Newfoundland and Labrador103
Ontario74
British Columbia34
California23
Minnesota21

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 Yellow-footed 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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