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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) » Larvae
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March Fly larva
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

March Fly larva
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
December 29, 2005
Size: 9mm
This has what looks like eyespots on it's tail end.

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Contributed by tom murray on 30 December, 2005 - 9:34pm
Last updated 11 November, 2012 - 10:16am

Moved
Moved from March Flies.
… John F. Carr, 11 November, 2012 - 10:16am login or register to post comments

Spiracles
If you have a closeup of the hind spiracles, as here:

ID to genus should be possible.
… John F. Carr, 31 January, 2010 - 9:06pm login or register to post comments

Bibionidae
The scattered finger-like tubercles, with the distinct/visible head capsule indicate that it is a bibionid.
… Donald S. Chandler, 31 December, 2005 - 8:47am login or register to post comments

 
March Fly
Donald, thanks for the id and explanation.
… tom murray, 31 December, 2005 - 2:17pm login or register to post comments

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