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Photo#194908
unknown fly - Bibio albipennis

unknown fly - Bibio albipennis
Aromas, San Benito County, California, USA
April 20, 2008
Size: ~10mm
Saw this guy in our garden, he lit on the ground & was busily looking for a place to dig. Anybody know family or species for this guy? (live oak/chaparral habitat).

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unknown fly - Bibio albipennis unknown fly - Bibio albipennis

Moved
Moved from March Flies.

 
Thank you John
for the species ID.

Moved
Moved from Flies.

Not an ID
but might be a male march fly (Bibionidae) - check out those images while you're waiting for an expert to comment...

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