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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies (Bibionomorpha) » March Flies (Bibionidae) » Bibio » Bibio articulatus
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Bibio femoratus? March fly - Bibio articulatus - female
Copyright © 2022 Maggie Furtak

Bibio femoratus? March fly - Bibio articulatus - Female
Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
May 12, 2022

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Contributed by Maggie Furtak on 13 May, 2022 - 4:45pm
Last updated 11 January, 2023 - 9:32am

Moved
Moved from Bibio.
… Even Dankowicz, 11 January, 2023 - 9:32am login or register to post comments

 
When the species description
When the species description talks about the equal length of the spurs on the "fore tibia" does that refer to the spurs on the leg closest to the head? (Tibia of the foreleg?) Or the placement of the spurs being on the end of the tibia closest to the foot?

Thanks for your help! This is a new March Fly species for my yard!
… Maggie Furtak, 11 January, 2023 - 9:56am login or register to post comments

 
Front leg
The relative lengths of the two spurs at the tip of the tibia of the front leg. The outer spur (away from the body) is long, the inner spur can be very short to as long as the outer.
… John F. Carr, 11 January, 2023 - 10:08am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks! Weeding my photos no
Thanks! Weeding my photos now that I've got a species ID, and I wasn't sure which leg shot would best show the important characteristics. (:
… Maggie Furtak, 11 January, 2023 - 11:23am login or register to post comments

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