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Bug - unident - Bibio femoratus
Copyright © 2007 Rich Kelly

Bug - unident - Bibio femoratus
New Hyde Park, Nassau County, New York, USA
April 28, 2007
Size: about 15 mm
Assassin Bug? Found on lawn. Not sure if fully adult. Antennae very short.
Contributed by Rich Kelly on 28 April, 2007 - 12:04pm
Last updated 18 May, 2009 - 4:06pm

Moved
Moved from Bibio.
… John F. Carr, 18 May, 2009 - 4:06pm

 
Thanks for the ID.
Thanks for the ID.
… Rich Kelly, 18 May, 2009 - 5:18pm

...
looks like a Bibionid fly
… Sean McCann, 28 April, 2007 - 12:23pm

 
Fly
Thanks. That never would have occurred to me. Short antennae do it.
… Rich Kelly, 29 April, 2007 - 7:52am

 
Should be in Bibio
Should be in Bibio
… Joe, Entomologist (in training), 28 April, 2007 - 3:18pm

 
Fly
Thanks. That never would have occurred to me. Short antennae do it.
… Rich Kelly, 29 April, 2007 - 7:53am

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