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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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Larva
Copyright © 2012 Charley Eiseman

Larva
Sunderland, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
December 19, 2011
Found a big group of these under a log. I saved some in a container of soil, but nothing has emerged.

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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 6 July, 2012 - 11:15pm
Last updated 24 November, 2012 - 9:48pm

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Thanks!
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Bibionid larvae
Large groups of them are very common. Probably genus Bibio, but the key characteristic for IDing them to genus are the posterior spiracles, which I can't see very well at this angle.
… Natalie Hernandez, 7 July, 2012 - 2:30pm login or register to post comments

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