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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 albipennis
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Fly - Bibio albipennis - male
Copyright © 2009 Nolie Schneider

Fly - Bibio albipennis - Male
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
June 2, 2009
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Contributed by Nolie Schneider on 2 June, 2009 - 4:30pm
Last updated 3 November, 2009 - 7:26pm

Moved
Moved from March Flies.
… John F. Carr, 3 November, 2009 - 7:26pm login or register to post comments

This looks like a march fly...
Compare with this one which I photographed in...March.



If the same species you may have noticed an unusual profile when they are in flight. The bodies sort of hang downward making them appear like tiny angels, of all things!
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 2 June, 2009 - 4:39pm login or register to post comments

 
This looks like a march fly...
I did notice that it had an unusual flight pattern.
Thanks,
Nolie
… Nolie Schneider, 2 June, 2009 - 6:14pm login or register to post comments

 
You are welcome!
I forgot to mention that the comparatively large head and huge eyes make this one a male.

Nice photo, by the way!
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 2 June, 2009 - 6:49pm login or register to post comments

 
You are welcome!
Thanks again!
Nolie
… Nolie Schneider, 2 June, 2009 - 7:02pm login or register to post comments

 
You are welcome!
I forgot to mention that the comparatively large head and huge eyes make this one a male.
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 2 June, 2009 - 6:49pm login or register to post comments

March fly, maybe a Bibio
I believe you've got a male March fly there. It might be Bibio genus. Maybe somebody can get you a more definite ID.
… Andrew Williams, 2 June, 2009 - 4:35pm login or register to post comments

 
March fly, maybe a Bibio
Thanks, Andy.
Nolie
… Nolie Schneider, 2 June, 2009 - 6:15pm login or register to post comments

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