longipes or slossonae

Classification · Identification · Season

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))

Infraorder Bibionomorpha

Family Bibionidae (March Flies)

Genus Bibio

No Taxon longipes or slossonae

Identification

All but three North American species of Bibio fly in the spring and early summer. B. longipes and B. slossonae are the common fall-flying species. Males are all black and have swollen hind tarsi. Males are distinguished by color of body hair. Females are distinguished by color of thorax.

Season

Fall

Contributed by John F. Carr on 9 November, 2009 - 8:43pm

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