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Classification Order: Diptera – true flies Family: Conopodiae

Length .8mm

Phenology

Spring Flying Bibio flight period usually peaks in May.

Identification

Pale milky-white wings in the male and uniformly dark wings in the female. Wings and short black wing stigma

Dwarf examples B. marci can resemble leucopterus in the field, but akey differentiator is the almost equal-lengthed spurs of the fore tibiae.

Life Cycle

Habitat

Wooded Wet areas